The following are the winners of the 38th annual (2011) Origins Award, presented at Origins 2012:
| Category | Winner | Company | Designer(s) | | Best Roleplaying Game | Arcanis | Paradigm Concepts | Eric Wiener, Pedro Barrenechea, and Henry Lopez |
| Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure | Shadows over Scotland (Call of Cthulhu) | Cubicle 7 Entertainment | Stuart Boon |
| Best Board Game | Conquest of Nerath | Wizards of the Coast | Richard Baker, Mons Johnson, & Peter Lee |
| Best Traditional Card Game | NUTS! | Wildfire LLC | Matthew Grau |
| Best Family, Party or Children's Game | Get Bit! | Mayday Games | Dave Chalker |
| Best Miniatures Figure or Line | Storm Strider | Privateer Press |
| Best Miniatures Rules or Expansion | Battletech: The Wars of Reaving | Catalyst Game Labs | Ben H. Rome, Herbert A. Beas, Paul Sjardijn |
| Best Collectible Card Game or Expansion | The Gathering : Innistrad | Wizards of the Coast |
| Best Gaming Accessory | Shadowrun Runner’s Toolkit | Catalyst Game Labs | Elissa Carey, Rusty Childers, Cole Davidson, Mark Dynna, Adam Jury, Robyn King-Nitschke, Adam Large, Drew Littell, Elizabeth Nold, Brandie Tarvin, Peter Taylor, Malik Toms, Michael Wich, Russell Zimmerman |
| Best Game-Related Publication | The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design | Open Design LLC | Mike Selinker with Rob Daviau, James Ernest, Matt Forbeck, Richard Garfield, Dave Howell, Steve Jackson, John Kovalic, Richard C. Levy, Andrew Looney, Michelle Nephew, Paul Peterson, Lisa Steenson, Jeff Tidball, Teeuwynn Woodruff, and Dale Yu |
| Best Historical Board Game | Strike of the Eagle | Academy Games | Brian Bennett, Uwe Eickert, Robert Żak |
| Best Historical Miniatures Rules or Expansion | Flames of War: Cassino | Battlefront Miniatures Ltd. |
| Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line | Bolt Action WW2 | Warlord Games |
| Best Play by Mail or Correspondence Game | Heroic Fantasy | Flying Buffalo Inc | Rick Loomis and Steve MacGregor |