1979 Origins Award winners
      
The following are the winners of the 6th annual (1979) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1980:
The Charles Roberts Awards
|  Category | 
 Winner | 
 Company | 
 Designer(s) | 
| Best Pre-20th Century Game of 1979 | 
Napoleon at Leipzig | 
OSG | 
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| Best 20th Century Game of 1979 | 
City Fight | 
SPI | 
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| Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Game of 1979 | 
The Creature That Ate Sheboygan | 
SPI | 
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| Best Initial Release of 1979 | 
Ironclads | 
Yaquinto | 
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| Best Magazine Covering Boardgaming of 1979 | 
Fire & Movement | 
Baron Publishing | 
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| Best Amateur Magazine in General of 1979 | 
Perfidious Albion | 
 | 
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The H.G. Wells Awards
|  Category | 
 Winner | 
 Company | 
 Designer(s) | 
| Best Historical Figure Series of 1979 | 
System Seven Napoleonics | 
GDW | 
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| Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series of 1979 | 
Collectables | 
Ral Partha | 
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| Best Vehicular Model Series of 1979 | 
OGRE series | 
Martian Metals | 
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| Best Miniatures Rules of 1979 | 
System Seven Napoleonics | 
GDW | 
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| Best Roleplaying Rules of 1979 | 
Commando | 
SPI | 
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| Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1979 | 
Kinunir | 
GDW | 
| Best Magazine Covering Miniatures of 1979 | 
The Courier | 
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| Best Magazine Covering Roleplaying of 1979 | 
Journal of the Travellers Aid Society | 
GDW | 
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| All Time Best 20th Century Naval Rules of 1979 | 
General Quarters | 
Brookhurst | 
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| All Time Best Ancient Medieval Rules of 1979 | 
Chivalry & Sorcery | 
Fantasy Games Unlimited | 
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Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Inductee(s)
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