Origins Award / role-playing games

This list contains the winners of the Origins Award for role-playing games .

In 1979 the first prizes were awarded for the best role-playing system and the best role-playing adventure (until 2003). Since 1985 the best role-playing extension has been awarded and between 1987 and 2000 the best graphic presentation was also awarded.

Best role play system

year	game	Authors	publishing company
1979	Commando		SPI
1980	Dragonquest		SPI
1981	Call of Cthulhu		Chaosium
1982	Behind enemy lines	William H. Keith	FASA Corporation
1983	James Bond, 007		Victory Games
1984	Twilight: 2000		GDW
1984	paranoia		West End Games
1985	DC Heroes RPG	Greg Gordon	Mayfair Games
1986	Ghostbusters		West End Games
1987	Starwars	Greg Costikyan	West End Games
1988	GURPS Basic Set, 3rd Edition		Steve Jackson Games
1989	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons , 2nd Edition		TSR
1990	King Arthur Pendragon , 3rd ed.	Greg Stafford	Chaosium
1991	Vampires: The Masquerade	Mark Rein-Hagen	White wolf
1992	Shadowrun , 2nd Edition	Tom Dowd , Paul Hume , Bob Charrette	FASA
1993	Traveler : The New Era	Frank Chadwick , David Nilsen	GDW
1994	Castle Falkenstein	Mike Pondsmith	R. Talsorian Games
1995	Mage: The Ascension , 2nd Edition	Phil Brucato , Stewart Wieck	White wolf
1996	Deadlands	Shane Hensley	Pinnacle Entertainment Group
1997	Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game	John Wick	Alderac Entertainment Group
1998	Star Trek: The Next Generation RPG		Last Unicorn Games
1999	7th Sea	John Wick , Jennifer Wick , Kevin Wilson	Alderac Entertainment Group
2000	Dungeons and Dragons	Jonathan Tweet , Monte Cook , Skip Williams	Wizards of the Coast
2001	Adventure!	James Kiley , Michael B. Lee , Clayton Oliver	White wolf
2002	The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game	Steven S. Long , John Rateliffe , Christian Moore , Matt Forbeck	Decipher
2003	fishing rod		Eden Studios
2004	Ars Magica : 5th Edition	David Chart , Jonathan Tweet , Mark Rein-Hagen	Atlas Games
2005	Artesia	Mark Smylie	Archaia Studios Press
2006	Burning Empires	Chris Moeller , Luke Crane , Thor Olavsrud , Radek Drozdalski	Burning wheel
2007	Aces & Eights	Jolly R. Blackburn , Brian Jelke , Steve Johansson , Dave Kenzer , Jennifer Kenzer , Mark Plemmons	Kenzer and Co.
2008	Mouseguard	Luke Crane , David Petersen	Archaia Studios Press
2009	Eclipse phase	Rob Boyle , Brian Cross	Catalyst Game Labs / Posthuman Studios
2010	The Dresden Files RPG : Your Story		Evil Hat Productions
2011	Arcanis	Eric Wiener , Pedro Barrenechea , Henry Lopez	Paradigm Concepts

Best RPG adventure

year	game	Authors	publishing company
1979	Kinunir		GDW
1980	Twilights Peak		GDW
1981	Thieves World		Chaosium
1982	Citybook I	Mike Stackpole , Pat Mueller	Flying Buffalo
1983	Stormhaven (for Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes )	Michael Stackpole	Flying Buffalo
1984	Live & Let Die		Victory Games
1985	Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues (for paranoia )	John M. Ford	West End Games
1986	Going Home (for Twilight 2000 )		GDW
1987	Tournament of Dreams (for Pendragon )	Sam Shirley , Les Brooks , Greg Stafford	Chaosium
1988	Battle for the Golden Sun (for Star Wars )		West End Games
1989	The Great Old Ones (for Call of Cthulhu )	Harry Cleaver, Doug Lyons , Marcus L. Roland , Kevin A. Ross , Tom Sullivan , Lynn Willis	Chaosium
1990	Harlequin (for Shadowrun )	Tom Dowd , Sam Lewis , Ken St. Andre , John Faughnan , WG Armintrout , Jerry Epperson , Paul R. Hume , Lester Smith , James D. Long	FASA Corporation
1991	Horror on the Orient Express (for Call of Cthulhu)	Mark Morrison and others	Chaosium
1992	GURPS Cyberpunk Adventures	Jeff Koke (Editor), David Pulver , Jak Koke , Timothy Keating	Steve Jackson Games
1993	Dragon Mountain	Colin McComb	TSR
1994	Council of Wyrms (for AD&D )	Bill Slavicsek	TSR
1995	Giovanni Chronicle: The Last Supper (for vampires )	Daniel Greenberg	White wolf
1996	The Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep	Larry DiTillio , Lynn Willis	Chaosium
1997	Independence Day	Chris Snyder , Matt Forbeck	Pinnacle Entertainment Group
1998	Return to the Tomb of Horrors		Wizards of the Coast
1999	Beyond the Mountains of Madness	Charles Engan , Janyce Engan	Chaosium
2000	Death in Freeport	Chris Pramas	Green Ronin Publishing
2001	Unseen Masters	Bruce balloon	Chaosium
2002	City of the Spider Queen	James Wyatt	Wizards of the Coast
2003	Black Sails over Freeport		Green Ronin Publishing

Best roleplaying add-on

year	game	Authors	publishing company
1985	Pendragon Campaign (for King Arthur Pendragon )	Greg Stafford	Chaosium
1986	BattleTech Technical Readout		FASA Corporation
1986	Cthulhu by Gaslight (for Call of Cthulhu )		Chaosium
1987	Star Wars Sourcebook (for Star Wars RPG )	Curtis Smith , Bill Slavicsek	West End Games
1988	GURPS Space		Steve Jackson Games
1989	Creatures of the Dreamlands (for Call of Cthulhu)	Mark Ferrari , Sandy Petersen , Lynn Willis	Chaosium
1990	Forgotten Realms Adventure Book (for AD&D )		TSR
1991	GURPS Time Travel	Steve Jackson , John M. Ford	Steve Jackson Games
1992	GURPS Illuminati	Nigel Findley	Steve Jackson Games
1993	GURPS Vampires: The Masquerade		Steve Jackson Games
1994	The Encyclopedia Magica, Volume 1 (for AD&D )	Doug Stewart	TSR
1995	Birthright (for AD&D )	Slade Hansen , Rich Baker , Colin McComb	TSR
1996	Six Guns and Sorcery	Edward Bolme , James Cambias , Eric Floch , Angela Hyatt , Jim Parks , Derek Quintanar , Barrie Rosen , Mark Schumann , Chris Williams	R. Talsorian
1997	Delta Green	Dennis Detwiller , Adam Scott Glancy , John Tynes	Pagan Publishing
1998	Greyhawk : The Adventure Begins (for AD&D )		Wizards of the Coast
1999	Delta Green: Countdown	Dennis Detwiller , Adam Scott Glancy , John Tynes	Pagan Publishing
2000	GURPS Steampunk	William H. Stoddard	Steve Jackson Games
2001	Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (for D&D )	Ed Greenwood , Sean K. Reynolds , Skip Williams , Rob Heinsoo	Wizards of the Coast
2002	Celtic Age	Mike Bennighof , John R. Phythyon, Jr. , Ree Soesbee	Avalanche Press
2003	Redhurst Academy of Magic		Human Head Studios
2004	Eberron Campaign Setting (for D&D)		Wizards of the Coast
2005	GURPS Infinite Worlds, 4th Edition	Kenneth Hite , Steve Jackson , John M. Ford	Steve Jackson Games
2006	Deadlands Reloaded Setting (for Savage Worlds )	Shane Hensley , BD Flory	Pinnacle / Great White Games
2007	Codex Arcanis	Team Paradigm	Paradigm Concepts
2008	Serenity Adventures	Alana Abbot , Billy Aguiar , James Davenport , Ted Reed , James M. Ward	Margaret Weis Productions
2009	Big Damn Heroes Handbook	Cam Banks , Jennifer Brozek , Jim Davenport , Jason Durall , Tony Lee , Nathon Rockwood , Clark Valentine	Margaret Weis Productions
2010	The Dresden Files RPG : Our World		Evil Hat Productions
2011	Call of Cthulhu : Shadows over Scotland	Stuart Boon	Cubicle 7 entertainment

Best graphic presentation for role-playing games

year	game	Graphic artist / authors	publishing company
1987	Miskatonic University Kit (for Call of Cthulhu )	Lynn Willis	Chaosium
1988	Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters (for Call of Cthulhu)		Chaosium
1989	Creatures of the Dreamlands (for Call of Cthulhu)	Mark Ferrari , Tom Sullivan , Lynn Willis	Chaosium
1990	Ravenloft Box Set (for AD&D )		TSR
1990	Seattle Source Book (for Shadowrun )		FASA Corporation
1991	Horror on the Orient Express (for Call of Cthulhu)	Les Brooks , Lynn Willis , Charlie Krank	Chaosium
1992	Cthulhu for President (for Call of Cthulhu)	Charlie Krank , Les Brooks	Chaosium
1992	Shadowrun, 2nd ed.	Jeff Laubenstein , Joel Biske	FASA
1993	Underground	Maria Cabardo	Mayfair Games
1994	Planescape Campaign Setting (for AD&D )	Sarah Feggestad , Dee Barnett , Dawn Murin , Peggy Cooper , Robh Ruppel , Dana Knutson , Tony DiTerlizzi	TSR
1995	Bug City (for Shadowrun)	Jim Nelson	FASA
1996	Deadlands	Tim Link , Jay Lloyd Neal , Charles Ryan	Pinnacle Entertainment Group
1997	In nomine	Jeff Koke , Derek Pearcy , Dan Smith	Steve Jackson Games
1998	Dragonlance Bestiary (for AD&D)		Wizards of the Coast
1999	Dark * Matter	Wolfgang Bauer, Monte Cook	Wizards of the Coast
2000	Monster Manual	Sean Glenn , Sherry Floyd	Wizards of the Coast