1986 Origins Award winners

The following are the winners of the 13th annual (1986) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1987:

Charles Roberts Awards

Category Winner Company Designer(s)
Best Pre-20th Century Game of 1986 Chickamauga West End Games
Best 20th Century Game of 1986 Fortress America Milton Bradley
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Game of 1986 Kings & Things West End Games
Best Professional Boardgaming Magazine of 1986 The Wargamer World Wide Wargaming
Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1986 Gettysburg, the Turning Point Strategic Simulations Inc
Best Amateur Adventure Gaming Magazine of 1986 The Midwest Wargamers Association Newsletter Hal Thingium
Best Graphic Presentation of 1986 Korean War Victory Games
Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Lou Zocchi

The H.G. Wells Awards

Category Winner Company Designer(s)
Best Historical Figure Series of 1986 American Civil War Line Stone Mountain Miniatures J.McCarron, D. Babb
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series of 1986 Fantasy Lords Line Grenadier Models
Best Vehicular/Accessory Series of 1986 Battle Tech Mech Ral Partha
Best Miniatures Rules of 1986 Command Decision GDW
Best Roleplaying Rules of 1986 Ghostbusters West End Games
Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1986 Going Home (for Twilight 2000) GDW
Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1986 BattleTech Technical Readout (for BattleTech) FASA
Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1986 Cthulhu by Gaslight (for Call of Cthulhu) Chaosium
Best Professional Roleplaying Magazine of 1986 The Dragon TSR
Best Professional Miniatures Magazine of 1986 The Courier Courier Publishing
Best Play-by-Mail Game of 1986 It's a Crime Adventures By Mail
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1986 Bard's Tale II Electronic Arts
Best Screen Graphics in a Home Computer Game of 1986 Gunship Microprose