[4] History of Categories The Origins Awards were initially presented at the Origins Game Fair in five categories: Best Professional Game, Best Amateur Game, Best Professional Magazine, Best Amateur Magazine and Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame.
There are additional categories for Graphic Design, for game expansions and accessories, and for game-related fiction.
Starting in 2003, the Origins Awards began a new category called the Vanguard Award, which honored highly innovative games.
Starting with the 1987 awards, the Charles S. Roberts were given separately, and they moved away from Origins entirely in 2000, leaving the Origins Awards as a completely separate system.
* - Dungeons & Dragons and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons were deemed different enough to be inducted on separate occasions.