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.