April 8, 2003 (SEATTLE) - The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design has released their Origins Awards nominees for 2003, and collectable miniatures games (CMGs) dominate this year's ballot. WizKids, LLC, the company that invented the category, received 14 nominations in 10 game and game-related fiction categories, including three of five nominations for the highly coveted Game of the Year award.
"We're completely thrilled," said Jordan Weisman, founder of Wizkids, LLC. "These nominations validate all the hard work we've done to make the most collectable, most playable games on the planet. I'm extremely proud of everyone at WizKids."
Voting for the awards is open to the public as well as members of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Ballots can be cast at the Academy's website at www.aagad.org. "We hope everyone will vote for WizKids," Weisman added.
The company has received Origins Awards in the past, taking Best Science Fiction Fantasy Miniature and Best Vehicular Miniature awards in 2001 and the Origins Vanguard Award in 2000.
The complete list of WizKids' Origins Award nominations for 2003 is as follows:
Game of the Year
MechWarrior(r): Dark Age
Mage Knight(tm) Dungeons
Marvel(tm) HeroClix: Infinity Challenge
Best Board Game Expansion or Supplement
Marvel HeroClix: Clobberin' Time
Best Graphic Fiction
Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #1
Best Game-Related Fiction, Short Form
Enemy Healer by Terri Hamilton
Best Game-Related Fiction, Long Form
Ghost War by Mike Stackpole
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game
Mage Knight Dungeons
Marvel HeroClix: Infinity Challenge
Marvel HeroClix Sentinel
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Figure Miniature Series
Mage Knight: Sinister
MechWarrior: Dark Age
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules
MechWarrior: Dark Age
Best Game Aid or Accessory
Mage Knight Dungeons Artifacts Sets 1 and 2
WizKids is a Seattle-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating tabletop games driven by imagination. Its Mage Knight, MechWarrior and HeroClix(tm) collectable miniatures games are among the most successful games on the market today, and have sold tens of millions of figures worldwide. For additional information, visit www.wizkidsgames.com.
(c)2003 WizKids, LLC. All rights reserved. MechWarrior, Mage Knight, HeroClix and WizKids are trademarks of WizKids, LLC.
Marvel and all related characters and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc., and are used with permission. (c)2003 Marvel Characters, Inc. www.marvel.com
