Auf der Origins Games Fair in Columbus (19. – 23. Juni 2024) wurden die Origins Awards 2023 in 24 Kategorien verliehen. Dazu gab es vorab eine Auswahl von je bis zu fünf Kandidaten:
Best cooperative board game
- Sky Team (Scorpion Masque / Kosmos)
- Sail (Allplay)
- Kinfire Delve: Vainglory’s Grotto (Incredible Dream)
- Tales from the Red Dragon Inn (SlugFest Games)
- Tesseract (Smirk & Dagger Games)
Best gateway board game
- Wandering Towers (Capstone Games / Abacusspiele)
- Junk Drawer (25th Century Games)
- Prehistories Evolutions (25th Centruy Games)
- GAP (Arcane Wonders)
- Jokkmokk: The Winter Market (WizKids)
Best light strategy game
- Leaf (Weird City Games / Kobold)
- Match of the Century (Capstone Games)
- 3 Ring Circus (DEVIR GAMES)
- Cosmoctopus (Lucky Duck Games)
- In the Footsteps of Darwin (Sorry We Are French)
Best thematic board game
- Freelancers: A Crossroads Game (Plaid Hat Games)
- Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall (Incredible Dream)
- Distilled (Paverson Games)
- Thunder Road: Vendetta (Restoration Games)
- The Stifling Dark (Sophisticated Cerberus Games)
Best heavy strategy game
- Dune: Imperium – Uprising (Dire Wolf / Asmodee)
- Age of Innovation (Capstone Games/Feuerland)
- Ark Nova : Marine Worlds (Capstone Games/Feuerland)
- Kunta Hora: The City of Silver (Czech Games Edition)
- The Search for Lost Species (Renegade Game Studios)
Best party/social board game
- Smug Owls (Runaway Parade Games)
- Fiction (Allplay)
- Ensemble (Ares Games)
- CDSK (hachette/Randolph)
- Inside Job (Kosmos)
Best solo board game
- Legacy of Yu (Renegade Game Studios / Schwerkraft)
- Resist! (25th Century Games)
- 20 Strong (Chip Theory Games/Frosted Games)
Best children’s & family board game
- Diced Veggies (KTBG/Skellig Games)
- CRANIUM Hullabaloo (Funko/R&CPMK)
- Turbo Kidz (SCORPION MASQUE)
- One Too Many Rabbits (Three Archers Games)
- Sushi Boat (Japanime Games)
Best fixed constructible game
- Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond – The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Commander Decks (Wizards of the Coast)
- The Rune and the Rime (APE Games & Luminary Games)
- Mage Noir (Double Combo Games)
- Flesh and Blood: History Pack 1 Blitz Decks (Legend Story Studios)
- Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond – The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Starter Kit (Wizards of the Coast)
Best randomized constructible game game
- Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Collector Booster (Wizards of the Coast)
- Flesh and Blood: Bright Lights Booster Box (legend Story Studios)
- Nostalgix Harmonic Surge (Nostalgix TCG)
Best miniatures game product
- Star Wars: Shatterpoint (Atomic Mass Games)
- Marvel Crisis Protocol: Earth’s Mightiest Core Set (Atomic Mass Games)
- Conquest: City States vs. Nords (Para Bellum Games)
- Conquest: First Blood Warband (Para Bellum Games)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught (WizKids)
Best puzzle game
- Threads of Fate (Post Curious)
- Mother of Frankenstein (Arcane Wonders)
- EXIT: The Professor’s Last Riddle (Kosmos)
Best role-playing game adventure
- Heckna! Deluxe Box Set (Hit Point Press)
- Doctors and Daleks: The Keys of Scaravore (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
- The One Ring: Tales from the Lone Lands (Free League Publishing)
- Vaesen – Lost Mountain Saga (Free League Publishing)
- Fallout The Role Playing Game: Winter of Atom (Modiphius Entertainment)
Best role-playing game core product
- DIE: The Roleplaying Game (Rowan, Rook and Decard)
- Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game Core Book (Magpie Games)
- Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game: Core Rulebook (Marvel)
- Star Trek Adventures: Captain’s Log (Modiphius Entertainment)
- The Devil’s Dandy Dogs (Monte Cook Games)
Best role-playing game starter product
- Dreams and Machines: Starter Set (Modiphius Entertainment)
- Critical – Sanctuary Season 1 (Gigamic)
- Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Magpie Games)
Best role-playing game supplement
- Dune: Power and Pawns (Modiphius Entertainment)
- Uncharted Journeys (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
- The Griffon’s Saddlebag Book 2 (Hit Point Press)
- Avatar Legends: Wan Shi Tong’s Adventure Guide (Magpie Games)
- The Weird (Monte Cook Games)
Best dice/dice related accessory
- Glyphic Blind Dice Bags Series 3.5 (Level Up Dice)
- Gemini Purple-Teal/Gold Mini Polyhedral 7-Die Set (Chessex Manufacturing)
- Puzzle Cube Dice (Foam Brain Games)
- Hecknal Popcorn Dice & Bag (Hit Point Press)
- If I Were A Lich, Man – Dreidel Set (Hit Point Press)
Best game accessory
- Frameamajigs (Hit Point Press)
- Pollen: Glass Insect Beads (Allplay)
- Inkwell Trackers (Foam Brain Games)
Best role-playing game related accessory
- D&D Icons of the Realms: Adventure in a Box – Mind Flayer Voyage (WizKids)
- ENCHANCE Potion Light (AP Global)
- Traveler’s Trinkets (Foam Brain Games)
- Calendar of Many Adventures 2024 (Loke Battle Mats)
- Dreams and Machines RPG: GM’s Toolkit (Modiphius Entertainment)
Best 2D Artwork
- Kwanchai Moriya, Empire’s End (Brotherwise Games)
- The Weird (Monte Cook Games)
- Necrobiotic (Penny for a Tale)
- Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition (Czech Games Edition)
- Holler RPG (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Best 3D Component
- Threads of Fate – Puzzle Box (Post Curious)
- Omicron Protocol – Lady Rose 75mm Model (Dead Alive Games)
- Pericle, the Gathering Darkness – standees (Long Dog Games)
Best Game Related Writing
- Grace Collins, Shadow in the Night Part 2, Cozy Companion Magazine (Snowbright Studio)
- Luke Stratton, Pirate Borg (Limithron)
- Donald Shults and Mr. Bistro, Freelancers: A Crossroads Game (Plaid Hat Games)
Best Media Production
- Eleni Papadopoulou for Making Board Games – The CGE Documentary (8-Part Series)
- Oxventure One-Shot of Teatime Adventures: The COSIEST RPG by Snowbright Studio
- Moe Tousignant with The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast
- TheRathole.ca Review of Doctor Who the Roleplaying Game – Sixty Years of Adventure by Cubicle Seven
- Board Game Quest for Frosthaven Review by Brandon Bryson
Fan Favorite
- Distilled (Paverson Games / Giant Roc)
Hall of Fame Class of 2023
In die Hall of Fame wurden folgende Personen / Spiele aufgenommen:
- HOF Inductee – Mark Rosewater
- HOF Inductee – Jeff Easley
- HOF Inductee – Martin Wallace
- HOF Product Inductee – 1829
- HOF Product Inductee – Cyberpunk
- Rising Star – Mathias Wigge
Quelle: Origins Game Fair