1997

Presented at Origins 1998

Best Abstract Board Game of 1997

Kill Doctor Lucky
Designer: James Ernest
Cheapass Games

Best Historical Board Game of 1997

Successors
Designers: Mark Simonitch, Richard Berg
The Avalon Hill Game Company

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game of 1997

Roborally Grand Prix
Designers: Glenn Elliot, Adam Conus, Tom Wylie
Wizards of the Coast

Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game of 1997 (tie)

Wadjet: a Family Adventure Game
Graphic Designer: Dee Pomerleau
Timbuk II, Inc.

Successors
Graphic Designer: Kurt Miller
The Avalon Hill Game Company

Best Action Computer Game of 1997

Tomb Raider
Square Software/Eidos Software

Best Roleplaying Computer Game of 1997

Final Fantasy VII
Eidos Software

Best Strategy Computer Game of 1997

Sid Meier's Gettysburg
Designers: Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, Brian Reynolds
Firaxis

Best Amateur Game Magazine of 1997

Starry Wisdom
Editors: Dustin Wright, Eric Vogt, Shannon Appel, Drashi Khendup
Chaosium, Inc.

Best Professional Game Magazine of 1997

Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine
Developers: Jolly Blackburn, Brian Jelke, Steve Johansson, David Kenzer
Kenzer & Co.

Best Trading Card Game of 1997

Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition
Designers: Mike Nielsen, Jim Nelson, Mike Mulvihill
FASA Corp.

Best Traditional Card Game of 1997

Give Me the Brain
Designer: James Ernest
Cheapass Games

Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement of 1997

L5R-- Time of the Void
Designer: Dave Williams
Five Rings Publishing

Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game of 1997

Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition
Graphic Designers: Jim Nelson, Mike Nielsen
FASA Corp.

Best Game-Related Novel of 1997

Planar Powers
Author: J. Robert King
TSR, Inc.

Best Game-Related Short Work of 1997

A Forty Share in Innsmouth
Author: C.J. Henderson
Chaosium

Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1997

Independence Day
Designers: Chris Snyder, Matt Forbeck
Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.

Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1997

Delta Green
Designers: Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, John Tynes
Pagan Publishing

Best Roleplaying Game of 1997

Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game
Designer: John Wick
Alderac Entertainment Group

Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1997

In Nomine
Graphic Designers: Jeff Koke, Derek Pearcy, Dan Smith
Steve Jackson Games

Best Historical Figure Miniatures Series of 1997

Charlie Company U.S. Army Figures
Designer: Bob Murch
RAFM

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Figure Miniature of 1997

Sisters of Battle Battle Squad (Seraphim)
Designer: Jes Goodwin
Games Workshop

Best Vehicular Miniature of 1997

Call of Cthulhu Roadster
Designer: Bob Murch
RAFM

Best Historical Miniatures Rules of 1997

Flint & Steel
Designer: Richard Kane
Clash of Arms Games

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules of 1997

Deadlands: the Great Rail Wars
Designer: Shane Lacy Hensley
Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.

Best New Play-by-Mail Game of 1997

Middle-earth PBM Fourth Age Circa 1000
Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
Game Systems, Inc.

Best Ongoing Play-by-Mail Game of 1997

Star Web
Designer: Rick Loomis
Flying Buffalo, Inc.

1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame

Nuclear War
Designer: Douglas Malewicki
Flying Buffalo, Inc.

BattleTech Mechs & Vehicles
Developer: Charles Crain

Ral Partha

Berg's Review of Games
Publisher: Richard Berg

Illuminati Play-by-Mail
Designer: Draper Kauffman
Adventure systems, Flying Buffalo, Inc.

Middle-earth Play-by-Mail
Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
Game Systems, Inc.

The Courier
Publisher: Dick Bryant
Courier Publications

Fire & Movement
Baron Publishing, Diverse Talents, Inc.

Steve Jackson Games

Strategy & Tactics
SPI, 3W, Decision Games