Origins Award Winners

Here are the Origins Award winners for the best tabletop games of the year:

Game of the Year
Gloomhaven
Cephalofair Games

Best Board Game of the Year
Gloomhaven
Cephalofair Games

Best Card Game of the Year
Ex Libris
Renegade

Best Family Game of the Year
Azul
Plan B Games

Best Roleplaying Game of the Year
Adventures in Middle Earth
Cubicle 7

Best Roleplaying Supplement of the Year
Dungeons & Dragons Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
Wizards of the Coast

Best Miniatures of the Year
Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition
Games Workshop

Best Game Accessory of the Year
Terraforming Mars Organizer
Broken Token Gaming

Best Collectible Game
Star Wars Destiny: Awakenings Booster
Fantasy Flight Games

Free RPG Day

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at this Saturday's Free RPG Day and why we like it. We will have pictures up this evening of this year's offerings.

Asmodee for Sale

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at who I think are the most likely purchasers of Asmodee, given that the owners, a private equity form, have announced the are looking at selling the company

Love Letter Sold

AEG's popular Love Letter card game recently sold to Z-man Games, part of the Asmodee group. Here are some of Scott's thoughts on the matter in this week's Rolling for Initiative column. 

4 Notable Things about Pre-release Weekend

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at 4 things Scott noted about this past weekends Dominaria pre-releases. 

Why You Should Play role playing Games

this week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at reasons why it is good that people play Dungeons and Dragons or other role playing games. Any game that combines literacy, math, problem solving, socialization and strategic thinking should be encouraged.

Early Dominaria Sales

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at the change in WOTC policy on early sales of Dominaria booster boxes and the replacement for the From the Vault sets.

GAMA Trade Show

The GAMA Trade Show moved to Reno this year and people are pretty happy with the new location. This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at a couple of hot topics at the show.

They're Number 3

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at the suprising jump of the D&D Player's Handbook to #3 on Amazon's best seller list and revisits MAP

GAMA Trade Show

For those planning to attend the GAMA Trade Show, this week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at some things you should plan to do.

Sales Taxes

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at the effect an upcoming Supreme Court decision could have on whether online retailers can continue to not collect sales taxes from customers and its possible consequences.

Barnes & Noble Cuts

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at the effect of the recently announced Barnes and Noble staff cuts of some 1600 full time positions.

So Long Mayfair

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at how the closure of Mayfair Games affects you. Short answer, it probably doesn't 

Lost Art and Mordenkainen

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at Konami's recent Lost Art Promotion and the recently announced Mordenkainen's Tomb of Foes

Increased Counterfeiting

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at the growth of counterfeiting in the gaming industry.This had been a problem with TCGs ever since the 1990s, with RPGs since the advent of the PDF and now with boardgames, due to the ease of accessing cheap overseas manufacturing.

GAMA

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at some of the activities the Game Manufacturer's Association performs 

What A Long Strange Fantasy Trip It's Been

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at the return of Metagaming's The Fantasy Trip, probably later this year

Game News

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at several of last week's news items in the gaming industry

It's Beginning to Look at Lot Like

This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at holiday seasonality in game stores 

Too Many Boardgames

I know it is hard to believe there could be too many boardgames but 80 new ones per week?  This week's Rolling for Initiative column looks at the numbers.