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The Origins Awards have been given since 1975 by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design to recognize excellence in game design, and last week nominations for these awards were announced at the GAMA Expo in Reno, NV. To be eligible for the 2020 awards, games must have been released to the public between November 15, 2018 and November 14, 2019. These nominees were selected by a jury of 40 hobby game industry professionals and are considered the most deserving games in their respective categories. Games were nominated in the following...

“A piercingly good card game!”

Capstone Games has announced an English version of the popular German trick taking card game Sticheln , or Stick ‘Em . In this simple, but addictive game from designer Klaus Palesch , players start by secretly selecting a card from their hand to be their “pain card”. During this hand, any cards collected in the pain color will be negative points, equal to the value of the card. All other cards collected score one point each. Players each play one...

“ Every Good Kitty Likes A Treat ”

Cat Lady (2017) by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) and designer Josh Wood is a popular set collection card game for those who follow a certain feline fancy. 2-4 Players select cards from a 3x3 grid, taking all 3 cards in a row or column. Cards can be cats, which must be fed, food cards which generate said resources, toys that generate points for unique sets, catnip, action cards and many others. Stray cats can be taken for bonus points by...

“Have you ever been sitting around at home with family, or maybe with friends at dinner and... maybe one or two people did all the talking, while others were left out… or you hung out with friends at work and... or maybe or sat at home with a loved one, or went on a date and... The crazy thing is... every one of us is a UNIVERSE of stories and interesting surprises! But we all seem to have an invisible bubble around us, and we stay at a distance.”

Humanature Studios and...