The following are the winners of the 1st annual (1974) Origins Award, presented at Origins Game Fair 1975:[1]
The awards were the "brainchild of Canadian hobbyist John Mansfield."[2][3] Originally the awards were the Origins Awards but were informally known as the Charles Roberts Awards[4] and it was only in 1988 that Charles Roberts officially agreed to let his name be used.[5]
| Category | Winner | Company | Designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Professional Game | Third Reich | The Avalon Hill Game Company | Don Greenwood, John Prados [6] |
| Best Amateur Game | Manassas | Historical Simulations | Tom Eller[7] |
| Best Professional Magazine | Strategy & Tactics | SPI | |
| Best Amateur Magazine | Albion | Don Turnbull |
Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Inductee
editReferences
edit- ^ "The 1974 Origins Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
- ^ The Evolution of Origins: The National Convention af Five by John Prados, Moves, #45, June/July 1979, p.5
- ^ John Mansfield, resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba and long time gamer, is manager of Pendragon Games & Hobbies as of 2014.
- ^ The Evolution of Origins: The National Convention af Five by John Prados, Moves, #45, June/July 1979, p.10
- ^ 31 May 1988 - CSR AWARDS AUTHORIZATION Archived 6 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rise and Decline of the Third Reich at BoardGameGeek
- ^ Manassas at BoardGameGeek
External links
edit- Charles S. Roberts Awards 1974: winners and nominees