Origins Award / Card Games

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This list contains the winners of the Origins Award for card games.

The Origins Award for card games has existed since 1994 . Initially, a card game was awarded every year. In 1996 there was a triple draw, so that all three card games were awarded prizes that year. In 1997, the prize was divided into Best Traditional Card Game , the best trading card game , best card game expansion and best card game graphics .

Best card game

year game author publishing company
1994 Illuminati: New World Order Steve Jackson Steve Jackson Games
1995 Middle-earth: The Wizards Coleman Charlton Iron Crown Enterprises
1996 Legend of the Five Rings : Battle of Both Pass Dave Williams Five Rings Publishing
1996 Lunch money Charlie Wiedman Atlas Games
1996 myth Charlie Sick Chaosium

Best traditional card game

year game author publishing company
1997 Give me the brain James Ernest Cheapass Games
1998 guillotine Paul Peterson Wizards of the Coast
1999 Chez Geek Jon Darbro Steve Jackson Games
2000 Chrononauts Andrew Looney Looney Labs
2001 Munchkin Steve Jackson Steve Jackson Games
2002 Star Munchkin Steve Jackson Steve Jackson Games
2003 Bang! Emiliano Sciarra Mayfair Games
2004 Cthulhu 500 Jeff Tidball Atlas Games
2005 Gloom Keith Baker Atlas Games
2006 Munchkin Impossible Steve Jackson Steve Jackson Games
2007 Zombie Fluxx Andrew Looney Looney Labs
2008 Dominion Donald X. Vaccarino Rio Grande Games
2009 Poo Matthew Gray Catalyst Game Labs / WildFire
2010 Back to the Future: The Card Game Looney Labs
2011 NUTS! Matthew Gray Wildfire LLC

Best trading card game

year game author publishing company
1997 Shadowrun TCG Mike Nielsen , Jim Nelson , Mike Mulvihill FASA Corporation
1998 Deadlands CCG Wizards of the Coast
1999 7th Sea : No Quarter! Dan Verssen , David Williams , John Zinser Alderac Entertainment Group
2000 Sailor Moon CCG Mark C. MacKinnon , Jeff Mackintosh , Karen McLarney , John R. Phythyon, Jr. Dart flip cards
2001 The Lord of the Rings trading card game Tom Liscke , Mike Reynolds , Chuck Kallenbach , Justin Pakes , Tim Ellington Decipher
2002 A Game of Thrones : Westeros Edition Eric Lang , Christian T. Petersen Fantasy Flight Games
2003 .hack // enemy Decipher
2004 Seven Masters Vs. The Underworld Z-Man Games
2006 Pirates: Davy Jones' Curse Mike Mulvihill WizKids
2007 Legend of the Five Rings Mark Wootton , Charles Urbach Alderac Entertainment Group

Best card game expansion

year game author publishing company
1997 Legend of the Five Rings - Time of the Void Dave Williams Five Rings Publishing
1998 Magic: The Gathering : Urza's Saga Wizards of the Coast
1999 7th Sea : Strange Vistas Dan Verssen , Rob Vaux , Kevin Wilson Alderac Entertainment Group
2000 BRAWL : Club Foglio James Ernest Cheapass Games
2001 Apples to Apples Expansion Set 3 Mark Alan Osterhaus , Ellen Osterhaus , Cathleen Quinn-Kinney , Al Waller Out of the box publishing
2002 Munchkin 2: Unnatural Ax Steve Jackson Steve Jackson Games
2003 Game of Thrones : Fire & Ice Expansion Fantasy Flight Games
2005 Magic: The Gathering : Ravnica: City of Guilds Mark Rosewater , Aaron Forsythe , Tyler Bielman , Richard Garfield , Mike Elliott Wizards of the Coast
2008 Magic: The Gathering : Shards of Alara 1 Dominic Craphuchettes , Satish Pillalamarri Wizards of the Coast
2011 Magic: The Gathering : Innistrad Wizards of the Coast

Best graphics in a card game

year game Graphic artist / illustrator publishing company
1997 Shadowrun TCG Jim Nelson , Mike Nielsen FASA Corporation
1998 Deadlands CCG Wizards of the Coast
1999 7th Sea : No Quarter! Dan Verssen , David Williams , John Zinser Alderac Entertainment Group
2000 BRAWL : Club Foglio James Ernest Cheapass Games
2001 The Lord of the Rings TCG Dan Burns , Joe Boulden , Ed Gartin , Leslie Burns , Mike Schley Decipher
2002 Chez Geek John Kovalic Steve Jackson Games
2003 Bang! Alessandro Pierangelini Mayfair Games