The following are the winners of the 1st annual (1974) Origins Award, presented at Origins Game Fair 1975:
The awards were the "brainchild of Canadian hobbyist John Mansfield." Originally the awards were the Origins Awards but were informally known as the Charles Roberts Awards and it was only in 1988 that Charles Roberts officially agreed to let his name be used.
Charles Roberts Awards
| Category | Winner | Company | Designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Professional Game | Third Reich | The Avalon Hill Game Company | Don Greenwood, John Prados |
| Best Amateur Game | Manassas | Historical Simulations | Tom Eller |
| Best Professional Magazine | Strategy & Tactics | SPI | |
| Best Amateur Magazine | Albion | Don Turnbull |
Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Inductee
References
- "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
- Charles S. Roberts Awards 1974: winners and nominees
| Origins Awards by year | |
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