The following are the winners of the 32nd annual
Origins Award
The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the gaming industry. They are presented by the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for games released in the preceding year. For example, t ...
, held in 2006:
Hall of Fame inductees
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Aaron Allston
Aaron Dale Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably ''Star Wars'' novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, sev ...
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Jolly R. Blackburn
Jolly Randall Blackburn is an American publisher and cartoonist who is best known as the creator of the comic strip and identically titled magazine ''Knights of the Dinner Table''.
Early life
As a child, Jolly Blackburn enjoyed playing ''Monopol ...
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Rodger MacGowan
Rodger B. MacGowan (1948 - February 21, 2025) was an artist, game developer, art director, and magazine publisher who has been active in the board wargame industry since the 1970s. MacGowan was a prolific artist of cover art for wargames, and th ...
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Dennis Mize
Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is sometime ...
(posthumous)
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Mike Pondsmith
Michael Alyn Pondsmith is an American Role-playing game, roleplaying, Board game, board, and video game designer. He founded the publisher R. Talsorian Games in 1982, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines. Pondsm ...
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James Ernest
James Ernest (born October, 1968) is an American game designer and juggler, best known as the owner and lead designer of Cheapass Games.
Career
Prior to founding Cheapass Games, Ernest worked as a juggler at various venues, including Camlann Me ...
Hall of Fame Game inductees
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Star Fleet Battles
''Star Fleet Battles'' (SFB) is a Military tactics, tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the ''Star Trek'' setting called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole, it has had four major editions. The current ...
External links
2005 Origins Awards*
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2005 awards
Origins Awards by year
2005 awards in the United States