Nominations Open for 2020-21 Origins Award cycle

Submission for the 2020-2021 Origins Awards are now open. The Academy received 300 submissions for the 2019-2020 Awards cycle, up from 81 submissions in 2018-2019 for a 370% increase. Most categories experienced a doubling of submissions, with some even quadrupling (specifically board and role-playing games).

As such we have expanded the categories to help the juries review and score the nominated games. The categories for the 2020-21 cycle are:

·       Board Game - Family

·       Board Game - General

·       Board Game - Historical

·       Board Game - Party/Light

·       Board Game - Strategy/Heavy

·       Card Game

·       Collectible Game

·       Digital Adaptation of a Physical Game

·       Miniatures Game

·       Miniatures Game - Historical

·       Role-Playing Game – Family/General Audience

·       Role-Playing Game – Fantasy

·       Role-Playing Game – Science Fiction

·       Game Accessory

You can access the form at https://www.originsawards.net/origins-award-submissions.

We are also looking for members of the industry to serve on the 2020-21 juries. If you would like to volunteer to participate in one of the 14 juries, please send an email to academysecretary@gama.org