Origins Awards 2019 - Winners Announced!

The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design announced the winners of the 45th Origins Awards last night at a ceremony in Columbus, Ohio. Remarkably, my predictions were correct! Let me know what you guys think to the results in the comments below. Here's the full list of winners:

Game of the Year Root (Leder Games; Cole Wehrle)

Board Game Root (Leder Games; Cole Wehrle)

Card Game The Mind (Pandasaurus Games)

Family Game The Tea Dragon Society Card Game (Renegade Game Studios)

Collectible Game Keyforge: Call of the Archons (Fantasy Flight Games)

Role-Playing Game Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition (Modiphius Entertainment)

Role-Playing Game Supplement Dungeons & Dragons: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (Wizards of the Coast)

Miniatures Game Necromunda (Games Workshop)

Star Wars Legion (Fantasy Flight Games)

Game Accessory Black Dragon Trophy Plaque (WizKids)

Hall of Fame Inductees

Gerald Brom, Writer/Illustrator

Vlaada Chvatil, Designer/Co-founder of Czech Games Edition

Mage Knight (WizKids) – Designed by Vlaada Chvatil

Apples to Apples (Mattel) – Designed by Matthew Kirby, Mark Alan Osterhaus

The Academy also created a new award this year 'to honor individuals in the early stages of their careers in gaming that have demonstrated exceptional ability'. The Rising Star award went to Jamey Stegmaier, the co-founder of Stonemaier Games