Origins 2008 is happening right now and the 34th Annual Origins Awards nominees are chosen (these are just the boardgame related nominees):
Board Game or Expansion
- Battue: Storm of the Horse Lords [bgg|eBay], by Jim Long (Red Juggernaut)
- Kingsburg [bgg|eBay], by Andrea Chiarvesio and Luca Iennaco (ElfinWerks)
- Last Night on Earth [bgg|eBay], by Jason Hill (Flying Frog Productions)
- Pillars of the Earth [bgg|eBay], by Michael Rieneck and Stefan Stadler (Mayfair Games)
- StarCraft: The Board Game [bgg|eBay], by Corey Konieczka & Christian Petersen (Fantasy Flight Games)
Traditional Card Game
- Bankruptcy [bgg|eBay], by Geoff Habinger and Coy Kissee (Tangent Games)
- Cutthroat Caverns [bgg|eBay], by Curt Covert and Justin Brunetto (Smirk and Dagger Games)
- Infernal Contraption [bgg|eBay], by Matt Wilson, Jason Soles, Kevin Clark and Erik Breidenstein
- Lifeboat [eBay], by Jeff Siadek (Gorilla Games)
- Race for the Galaxy [bgg|eBay], by Thomas Lehmann (Rio Grande Games)
- Zombie Fluxx [bgg|eBay], by Andrew Looney (Looney Labs)
Historical Board Game of the Year
- Age of Empires III [bgg|eBay], by Glenn Drover (Tropical Games)
- Asia Engulfed [bgg|eBay], by Rick Young and Jesse Evans (GMT Games)
- Athens and Sparta [eBay], by Tom Dalgliesh and Grant Dalgliesh (Columbia Games)
- Duel in the Dark [bgg|eBay], by Friedemann de Pedro (Pilot Games and Z-Man Games)
- Struggle for Rome [bgg|eBay], by Klaus Teuber (Mayfair Games)
- Tide of Iron [bgg|eBay], by John Goodenough (Fantasy Flight Games)
The winners will be announced tomorrow: Saturday, June 28. Take your bets ladies and gentlemen.
Tiago is the mastermind behind Breaking the Magic but he usually isn't the mastermind when playing games getting a lot of humiliating last places. He is however a cunning Cylon. Also never ask him to roll a die, even though he doesn't have bad luck at critical times he is known to roll the worst possible result. He loves receiving mail and answers every single one. 
