| Category
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Winner
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Company
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Designer(s)
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| Best Abstract Board Game of 1997
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Kill Doctor Lucky
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Cheapass Games
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Designer: James Ernest
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| Best Historical Board Game of 1997
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Successors
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The Avalon Hill Game Company
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Designers: Mark Simonitch, Richard Berg
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| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game of 1997
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Roborally Grand Prix
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Wizards of the Coast
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Designers: Glenn Elliot, Adam Conus, Tom Wylie
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| Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game of 1997 (tie)
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Wadjet: a Family Adventure Game
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Timbuk II, Inc.
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Graphic Designer: Dee Pomerleau
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| Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game of 1997 (tie)
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Successors
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The Avalon Hill Game Company
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Graphic Designer: Kurt Miller
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| Best Action Computer Game of 1997
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Tomb Raider
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Square Software/Eidos Software
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| Best Roleplaying Computer Game of 1997
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Final Fantasy VII
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Eidos Software
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| Best Strategy Computer Game of 1997
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Sid Meier's Gettysburg
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Firaxis
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Designers: Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, Brian Reynolds
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| Best Amateur Game Magazine of 1997
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Starry Wisdom
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Chaosium, Inc.
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Editors: Dustin Wright, Eric Vogt, Shannon Appel, Drashi Khendup
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| Best Professional Game Magazine of 1997
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Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine
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Kenzer & Co.
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Developers: Jolly Blackburn, Brian Jelke, Steve Johansson, David Kenzer
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| Best Trading Card Game of 1997
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Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition
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FASA Corp.
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Designers: Mike Nielsen, Jim Nelson, Mike Mulvihill
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| Best Traditional Card Game of 1997
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Give Me the Brain
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Cheapass Games
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Designer: James Ernest
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| Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement of 1997
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L5R—Time of the Void
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Five Rings Publishing
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Designer: Dave Williams
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| Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game of 1997
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Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition
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FASA Corp.
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Graphic Designers: Jim Nelson, Mike Nielsen
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| Best Game-Related Novel of 1997
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Planar Powers
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TSR, Inc.
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Author: J. Robert King
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| Best Game-Related Short Work of 1997
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A Forty Share in Innsmouth
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Chaosium
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Author: C.J. Henderson
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| Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1997
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Independence Day
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Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.
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Designers: Chris Snyder, Matt Forbeck
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| Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1997
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Delta Green
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Pagan Publishing
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Designers: Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, John Tynes
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| Best Roleplaying Game of 1997
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Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game
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Alderac Entertainment Group
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Designer: John Wick
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| Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1997
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In Nomine
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Steve Jackson Games
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Graphic Designers: Jeff Koke, Derek Pearcy, Dan Smith
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| Best Historical Figure Miniatures Series of 1997
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Charlie Company U.S. Army Figures
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RAFM
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Designer: Bob Murch
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| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Figure Miniature of 1997
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Sisters of Battle Battle Squad (Seraphim)
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Games Workshop
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Designer: Jes Goodwin
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| Best Vehicular Miniature of 1997
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Call of Cthulhu Roadster
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RAFM
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Designer: Bob Murch
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| Best Historical Miniatures Rules of 1997
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Flint & Steel
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Clash of Arms Games
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Designer: Richard Kane
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| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules of 1997
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Deadlands: the Great Rail Wars
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Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.
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Designer: Shane Lacy Hensley
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| Best New Play-by-Mail Game of 1997
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Middle-earth PBM Fourth Age Circa 1000
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Game Systems, Inc.
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Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
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| Best Ongoing Play-by-Mail Game of 1997
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Star Web
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Flying Buffalo, Inc.
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Designer: Rick Loomis
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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Nuclear War
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Flying Buffalo, Inc.
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Designer: Douglas Malewicki
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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BattleTech Mechs & Vehicles
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Ral Partha
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Developer: Charles Crain
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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Berg's Review of Games
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Publisher: Richard Berg
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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Illuminati Play-by-Mail
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Adventure Systems, Flying Buffalo, Inc.
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Designer: Draper Kauffman
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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Middle-earth Play-by-Mail
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Game Systems, Inc.
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Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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The Courier
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Courier Publications
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Publisher: Dick Bryant
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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Fire & Movement
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Baron Publishing, Diverse Talents, Inc.
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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Steve Jackson Games
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| 1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
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Strategy & Tactics
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SPI, 3W, Decision Games
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