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Nominees for the 37th (2011) Annual Origins Awards

Best Roleplaying Game
DC Adventures - Green Ronin Publishing Dragon Age, Set 1 - Green Ronin Publishing The Dresden Files RPG: Your World  - Evil Hat Productions Fiasco - Bully Pulpit Games Gamma World RPG - Wizards of the Coast

Best Roleplaying Supplement
Advanced Player's Guide (Pathfinder RPG) - Paizo Publishing A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide (A Song of Ice and Fire RPG)  - Green Ronin Publishing Our World (The Dresden Files RPG) - Evil Hat Productions Sixth World Almanac (Shadowrun RPG)- Catalyst Game Labs Sunward: The Inner System (Eclipse Phase RPG) - Posthuman Studios

Best Board Game
Castle Ravenloft - Wizards of the Coast Defenders of the Realm - Eagle Games Fresco - Queen Games Lords of Vegas - Mayfair Games Nuns on the Run - Mayfair Games

Best Traditional Card Game
Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer - Gary Games Back to the Future: The Card Game - Looney Labs, Inc. Hecho - Glowfly Games Hex Hex XL - Smirk & Dagger Games Railways of the World: The Card Game - Eagle Games

Best Family, Party or Children's Game
Ligretto Dice - Playroom Entertainment Telestrations - USAopoly, Inc. Wits and Wagers Family Edition - North Star Games Word on the Street Junior - Out of the Box Publishing Zombie Dice - Steve Jackson Games

Best Gaming Accessory
Adventurers Tiles - Battle Bunker Games Battlefield XP Swamp Tufts - The Army Painter BattleTech Hex Pack: Lakes & Rivers - Catalyst Game Labs Color Primer: Dragon Red - The Army Painter Cthulhu Dice Bag - Steve Jackson Games

Best Miniatures Rules
Adventures in the Lost Lands - Two Hour Wargames BattleTech Technical Readout: 3085 - Catalyst Game Labs DC HeroClix Blackest Knight Starter Game - WizKids/NECA Hordes: Primal MK2 - Privateer Press MERCS Games Rule - MERCS Miniatures, LLC

Best Historical Board Game
Catan Histories - Settlers of America: Trails to Rails - Mayfair Games Conflict of Heroes: Price of Honour Poland 1939 - Academy Games Panzer General: Allied Assault - Petroglyph Games, Inc. Warlords of Europe - Conquest Gaming LLC

Best Game-Related Publication
Family Games: The 100 Best - Green Ronin Publishing Hamlet's Hit Points - Gameplaywright No Quarter Magazine  - Privateer Press Shadowrun: Spells and Chrome - Catalyst Game Labs World at War: Revelation - Lock ‘n Load Publishing

Nominees / Winners for the 36th (2010) Annual Origins Awards

Card Game
The Isle of Dr. Necreaux / Alderac Entertainment Group Martian Fluxx / Looney Labs Poo / Catalyst Game Labs The Stars are Right / Steve Jackson Games Thunderstone / Alderac Entertainment Group

Board Game
Castle Panic / Fireside Games Endeavor / Z-Man Games Small World / Days of Wonder Space Hulk / Games Workshop Steam / Mayfair Games

Children’s, Family, or Party Game
Are You The Traitor? / Looney Labs Duck! Duck! SAFARI! / APE Games Pack and Stack / Mayfair Games Ren Faire / Atlas Games Word on the Street / Out of the Box Publishing

Roleplaying Game
Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space / Cubicle 7 Eclipse Phase / Catalyst Game Labs FantasyCraft / Crafty Games A Song of Ice And Fire / Green Ronin Publishing Supernatural Roleplaying Game / Margaret Weis Productions

Roleplaying Game Supplement
Big Damn Heroes Handbook / Margaret Weis Productions The Day After Ragnarok / Atomic Overmind Press Seattle 2072 / Catalyst Game Labs Warriors & Warlocks / Green Ronin Publishing Weird War II / Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Miniatures Figure or Line of Figures
Duke Rathar, Dragon Lord / Fantization Miniatures Kings of War: Elves / Mantic Games   Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor Expansion / WizKids   Monsterpocalypse Series 4 / Privateer Press   Warhammer Armies: Skaven / Games Workshop  

Miniatures Rules
BattleTech: Strategic Operations / Catalyst Game Labs HAVOC: Tactical Miniatures Warfare / Voodoo Ink Publishing Larger Than Life-Two Hour Wargames Warhammer 40K: Planetstrike / Games Workshop Warmachine Prime Mk II / Privateer Press

Game Accessory
Arkham Horror Dice Set / Q-Workshop/Fantasy Flight Games d20Pro / Mindgene, LLC Forsaken Lands Poster Map / Maps of Mystery   Fortress of Redemption / Games Workshop   Knights of the Dinner Table / Kenzer and Company  

Game-Related Book 
BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction / Catalyst Game Labs   The Best of All Flesh / Elder Signs Press   Cthulhu 101 / Atomic Overmind Press   Deluge / Pinacle Entertainment Group   Legend of the Five Rings: Death at Koten / Alderac Entertainment Group  

Historical Board Game or Expansion
The Hell of Stalingrad / Clash of Arms Games   Richard III: War of the Roses / Columbia Games   Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel / Academy Games   D-Day at Omaha Beach / Decision Games   Unhappy King Charles / GMT Games  

Historical Miniatures Figure or Line of Figures  
Wings of War Albatross D.III / Fantasy Flights Games   15mm Parachute Rifle Company / Battlefront Miniatures   15 mm Ming Chinese / Old Glory Miniatures   28mm British Napoleonic Infantry / Victrix Miniatures   28 mm World War I: Great War in Africa / Brigade Games  

Historical Miniatures Rules  
Flames of War: Open Fire / Battlefront Miniatures   Wings of War: World War II, Deluxe Edition / Fantasy Flight Games   Napoleon’s Battles, 3rd Edition / Lost Battalion Games   “La Salle” Napoleonic Tactical Wargame Rules / Sam Mustafa Warlord Games   Black Powder Rulebook / Warlord Games  

Historical Miniatures Rules Supplement  
Flames of War: North Africa / Battlefront Miniatures   Eternal Empire: The Ottomans at War / Osprey Publishing   Battles of the Seven Years War: Austria vs. Prussia / Test of Battle Games   Fields of Battle: Atacar es Vencer! / Spanish Civil War 1936 / Iron Ivan Games   Commonwealth Skirmish Scenarios / Southern Maryland Press  

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