title: 1978 Origins Award winners
text: # 1978 Origins Award winners
  
  The following are the winners of the 5th annual (1978), Origins Award, presented at Origins 1979.
  
  ## Charles Roberts Awards
  
  | Category | Winner | Company | Designer(s) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Best Pre-20th Century Game | Source of the Nile | Discovery | David Wesely & Ross Maker |
  | Best 20th Century Game | To the Green Fields Beyond | SPI | David Isby |
  | Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame | Mayday | GDW | Marc Miller |
  | Best Wargame Graphics | Cross of Iron | The Avalon Hill Game Company | Scott Moores |
  | Best Amateur Game | Source of the Nile | Discovery | David Wesely & Ross Maker |
  | Best Professional Magazine | Fire & Movement | Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing | |
  | Best Amateur Magazine | Perfidious Albion | Charles Vasey | |
  
  ## The H.G. Wells Awards
  
  | Category | Winner | Company |
  | - | - | - |
  | Best Historical Figure Series of 1978 | Days of the Empire | Ral Partha |
  | Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series of 1978 | Fantasy Collectors Series | Ral Partha |
  | Best Vehicular Model Series of 1978 | Modern Micro Armor | GHQ |
  | Best Miniatures Rules of 1978 | Fire & Steel | GDW |
  
  ## Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Inductee
  
  * John Hill
  