Asociația Producătorilor de Jocuri, cunoscută sub denumirea de GAMA, aniversează 50 de ani de la prima expoziție și 48 de ani de la acordarea Premiilor Origins GAMA, care se acordă anual în luna iunie.
Pentru a fi nominalizate la Premiile Origins, jocurile trebuie să fie propuse de membri GAMA, care includ designeri independenți, creatori de conținut, influenceri pe rețele sociale, precum și edituri și distribuitori. Totuși, cei mai activi în procesul de recomandare sunt proprietarii de magazine de jocuri independente, cunoscute sub denumirea de FLGS (Friendly Local Game Stores). Se estimează că între 4.000 și 5.000 de magazine de acest gen există în Statele Unite, iar GAMA are membri în 36 de țări.
John Stacy, directorul executiv GAMA, subliniază importanța acestei legături directe cu consumatorii, spunând că magazinele independente joacă un rol esențial în aflarea tendințelor de piață. De asemenea, Stacy și echipa GAMA monitorizează cu atenție manevrele administrației actuale SUA privind noile tarife vamale, care ar putea afecta semnificativ jocurile fabricate în străinătate, inclusiv cele obținute prin crowdfunding.
Nominalizările din acest an au fost structurate în patru categorii: jocuri de societate, jocuri cu miniaturi, jocuri de rol și „jocuri constructibile”, care se referă în principal la jocuri cu colecționare de cărți. Nominalizările sunt următoarele:
Board Games
Co-op/Solo
- Bomb Busters
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
- Slay the Spire: The Board Game
- Ultimatch
- Wolves
- A Gentle Rain
- Wilmot’s Warehouse
- The Gang
- Marvel United: Multiverse
- Daybreak
Gateway
- Captain Flip
- Castle Combo
- River Valley Glassworks
- Seaside
- YRO
- Gnome Hollow
- Explorers of Navoria
- Trio
- MLEM
- River of Gold
Party
- Caution Signs
- Change My Mind
- Flip 7
- Hurt Party: A Game of Bad Apologies
- Ito
- This Game is Killer
- Tiger Banana Pancake
- Cloud Nine: A Game of Wonderful Things
- Ghosts Can’t Draw
- Things in Rings
Heavy Strategy
- Arcs: Conflict and Collapse in the Reach
- Dune: War for Arrakis
- Endeavor: Deep Sea
- SETI: Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
- Andromeda’s Edge
- Rock Hard 1977
- Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition
- Prime Minister
- Unconscious Mind
- Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
Light Strategy
- boop the Halls!
- Confusing Lands
- Creature Caravan
- Faraway
- Fromage
- Lure
- Lynx
- Zoomies
- Star Realms Academy
- Wonderous Creatures
Constructible
Fixed
- Compile: Main 1
- Magic: The Gathering Foundations Starter Collection
- Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
- Star Wars Unlimited – Spark of Rebellion Two-Player Starter Set
- Magic: The Gathering – Fallout Commander Deck Bundle
- Disney Lorcana Gateway – Shimmering Skies
- Altered: Beyond the Gates Starter Deck Set of Six
- Flesh & Blood – Part the Mistveil Blitz Deck Collection
- Marvel Heroclix: Starter Set 2025
- Final Fantasy Trading Card Game Anniversary Collection Set 2024
Randomized
- Neopets Battledome Trading Card Game: Defenders of Neopia Booster Box
- Round Table Trading Card Game Starter Decks
- Star Wars: Unlimited – Spark of Rebellion Booster Box
- Altered – Beyond the Gate Booster Display
- Sorcery: Contested Realm – Arthurian Legends Booster Box
- Pokémon Trading Card Game: Scarlet & Violet-Surging Sparks Booster Box
- Disney Lorcana – Into the Inklands Booster Pack Display
- Magic: The Gathering – Bloomburrow Collector Booster Box
- Konami Yu-Gi-Oh Collectible Card Game: 25th Anniversary: Rarity Collection 2 Booster Box
- Flesh & Blood – Rosetta Booster Box
Miniature games
Miniature Core Product
- Car Wars Sixth Edition: Two-Player Starter Set: Orange/Purple
- Field of Screams with Seven Sleeping Kings
- Halo: Flashpoint Spartan Edition
- Heroscape: Age of Annihilation Master Set
- Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars
- Mythic Earth Core Rule Book 2.0
- Warhammer Underworld: Embergard
- Warhammer: The Old World Core Set – Tomb Kings of Khemri Edition
- Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat 40th Anniversary
- Star Trek: Into the Unknown – Federation vs. Dominion Core Set
Miniature
- Abraxia, Spear of the Everchosen
- Marvel: Crisis Protocol – Electro & Sandman & Shocker & Vulture
- Cyber Pet Quest Diorama (75 mm)
- Fool’s Gold: Tarrasque (Gray)
- Marvel: Crisis Protocol – Apocalypse
- Star Wars: Shatterpoint This Is Some Rescue! Squad Pack
- The Stormlight Archive Premium Miniatures
- Conquest – Sorcerer Kings: Efreet Flamecasters/Sword Dancers (Dual Kit)
- Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Night Lords Nemesis Claw
- GodTear: Durthax, Branchlord of the Weald & Treekin
Miniature Paint/Hobby Accessory
- One Page Rules Brush Set
- Paint Weaver Full Airbrush Kit
- Pro Acryl Signature Series Set 6 – Rogue Hobbies
- Turbo Dork Thinning Medium
- Two Thin Coats: Omega Blue
- AK Interactive Real Colors Markers Set
- Vallejo Model Colour – Light Violet
- Gamers Grass Alien Grass Tuft Starter Set
- Artis Opus Series D Medium Drybrush
- AK Interactive Rubble Dust – Enamel Liquid Pigment
Role-playing Games
RPG Core
- Arzium Roleplaying Game
- Cowboy Bebop Roleplaying Game – Corebook
- PARA: The Role-playing Game
- Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast
- Arkham Horror: The Roleplaying Game – Core Rulebook
- Mothership Deluxe Set
- Pathfinder Player Core 2
- Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (2024)
- Eat the Reich
- Star Trek Adventures: The Roleplaying Game Second Edition Core Rulebook
RPG Supplement
- Star Crossed: Love Letters
- The One Ring: Moria – Through the Doors of Durin
- The Making of Original Dungeons and Dragons: 1970-1977
- Call of Cthulhu: No Time to Scream
- Heroes of Mythic Americas
- Through the Hedgerow: A Roleplaying Game of Rustic Fantasy
- The Wildsea: Storm and Root
- Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game – Starter Kit (2nd Edition)
- Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts
- Mothership: Warden’s Operations Manual
