Charles S. Roberts Award
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The Charles S. Roberts Awards (or CSR Awards) are given annually for excellence in the historical wargaming
hobby. It is named after Charles S. Roberts
the "Father of Wargaming" who founded Avalon Hill
. The award is informally called a "Charlie" and officially called a "Charles S. Roberts Award".
Prior to 2000, the awards were given at the Origins Game Fair, and Charles Roberts Awards prior to 1987 are also considered to be Origins Awards. Since 2000, the awards have been given at the World Boardgaming Championships
(formerly "AvalonCon").
The Awards also include the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
which recognizes game designers and producers that have made a significant and long lasting contribution to the contemporary board wargaming hobby.
13 - The Gamers Incorporated
12 - Multi-Man Publishing
12 - The Avalon Hill Game Company
12 - Victory Games
10 - Decision Games
9 - XTR Corporation
6 - Simulation Publications Incorporated
5 - Against the Odds Magazine
5 - Game Designers' Workshop
4 - World Wide Wargames
4 - West End Games
12 - Rodger MacGowan
9 - Richard Berg
7 - Ted Racier
6 - Joe Miranda
4 - Mark Simonitch
4 - Mark Herman
4 - Ted Koller
3 - Frank Chadwick
3 - John Prados
3 - Joe Balkoski
3 - Greg Costikyan
3 - Dan Verssen
3 - Nicolas Eskubi
Wargaming
A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
hobby. It is named after Charles S. Roberts
Charles S. Roberts
Charles Swann Roberts was a wargame designer, railroad historian, and businessman. He is renowned as "The Father of Board Wargaming", having created the first modern wargame in 1952, and the first wargaming company in 1954...
the "Father of Wargaming" who founded Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...
. The award is informally called a "Charlie" and officially called a "Charles S. Roberts Award".
Prior to 2000, the awards were given at the Origins Game Fair, and Charles Roberts Awards prior to 1987 are also considered to be Origins Awards. Since 2000, the awards have been given at the World Boardgaming Championships
World Boardgaming Championships
The World Boardgaming Championships is a convention held yearly since 1999 by the Boardgame Players Association. It is typically held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was last held August 2 to August 8, 2010. It is next scheduled for August 1 to August 7, 2011...
(formerly "AvalonCon").
The Awards also include the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
The Charles S. Roberts Awards Hall of Fame is named after legendary military writer Karl von Clausewitz. The recipients of this award have made an important contribution and left their mark on the contemporary hobby of military strategy games and simulations....
which recognizes game designers and producers that have made a significant and long lasting contribution to the contemporary board wargaming hobby.
2003
- Best Pre–World War II Boardgame—Age of Napoleon (Phalanx Games)
- Best World War II Boardgame—Europe Engulfed (GMT Games LLC)
- Best Modern Era Boardgame—Lock 'n Load (Shrapnel Games)
- Best Magazine-Published Boardgame—Ignorant Armies (Strategy & Tactics/Decision)
- Best DTP-Produced Boardgame—Thunder on South MountainThunder on South MountainThunder on South Mountain is a board wargame that simulates the American Civil War battle of South Mountain Maryland, fought on September 14, 1862. In this battle, Union forces fought under the command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and Confederate forces were under the command of Maj. Gen....
(Blue Guidon) - Best Wargame Graphics—Ardennes '44 (GMT Games LLC)
- Best Professional Wargame Magazine—Against The Odds
- Best Amateur Wargame Magazine—Panzerschreck (Minden Games)
- Best Game Review or Game Analysis—Drive on Stalingrad, Paper Wars #50
- Best Historical or Scenario Article—"Napoleon at the Berezina", Against the Odds Vol.1 No.4
- James F. DunniganJim DunniganJames F. Dunnigan is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City, notable for his matter-of-fact approach to military analysis.-Career:...
Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement - Rick Young and Jesse Evans, Europe Engulfed (GMT Games LLC) - Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME—Kevin Zucker
2004
- Best Pre–World War II Boardgame—Sword of Rome (GMT GamesGMT GamesGMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis...
) - Best World War II Boardgame—ASL Starter Kit #1 (Multi-Man PublishingMulti-Man PublishingMulti-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc...
) - Best Modern Era Boardgame—Downtown (GMT Games)
- Best Magazine-Published Boardgame—Fortress Berlin (Against the Odds)
- Best DTP-Produced Boardgame—Louisiana Tigers (BSO Games)
- Best Wargame Graphics—Downtown (GMT Games)
- Best Professional Wargame Magazine—(tie) Against The Odds and Strategy & TacticsStrategy & TacticsStrategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue...
- Best Amateur Wargame Magazine—Panzerschreck (Minden Games)
- Best Game Review or Game Analysis—no winner designated
- Best Historical or Scenario Article—S&T Sedan, by Ty Bomba
- Best Pre-20th Century PC Game—Rome: Total War (Total War Games)
- Best 20th Century+ PC Game—Battles in Normandy (Strategic Studies Group)
- James F. DunniganJim DunniganJames F. Dunnigan is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City, notable for his matter-of-fact approach to military analysis.-Career:...
Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement—Lee Brimmicombe Wood for Downtown (GMT Games) - Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME—JD Webster
2005
- Best Pre–World War II Boardgame— Bonaparte at Marengo (Simmons Games)
- Best World War II Boardgame—Empire of the Sun (GMT Games LLC)
- Best Modern Era Boardgame—Twilight StruggleTwilight StruggleTwilight Struggle is a card-driven board wargame for two players, with its theme taken from the Cold War. One player plays the United States , and the other plays the Soviet Union . The game takes its title from John F...
(GMT Games LLC) - Best Magazine-Published Boardgame—Chennault's First Fight (Against The Odds #12)
- Best DTP-Produced Boardgame—Death in the Trenches (Schutze Games)
- Best Wargame Graphics—(tie) Empire of the Sun (GMT Games LLC) and Fire in the Sky (MMP/The Gamers)
- Best Professional Wargame Magazine—Against The Odds
- Best Amateur Wargame Magazine—Panzerschreck (Minden Games)
- Best Game Review or Game Analysis—Empire of the Sun Strategy Concepts (C3i #17)
- Best Historical or Scenario Article—not awarded
- Best Pre-20th Century PC Game—Crown of Glory (Matrix Games)
- Best 20th Century+ PC Game—not awarded
- James F. DunniganJim DunniganJames F. Dunnigan is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City, notable for his matter-of-fact approach to military analysis.-Career:...
Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement—Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews, Twilight StruggleTwilight StruggleTwilight Struggle is a card-driven board wargame for two players, with its theme taken from the Cold War. One player plays the United States , and the other plays the Soviet Union . The game takes its title from John F...
(GMT Games LLC) - Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME—none
2006
- Best Pre–World War II Boardgame—Here I Stand (GMT Games LLC)
- Best World War II Boardgame—A Victory Lost (Multi-Man Publishing)
- Best Modern Era Boardgame—Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965-66 (S&T #239)
- Best DTP-Produced Boardgame—Battle of the Little Bighorn (Khyber Pass Games)
- Best Magazine-Published Boardgame—Golden Horde: Kulikovo 1380 (Against the Odds #18)
- Best Wargame Graphics—A Victory Lost (Multi-Man Publishing)
- Best Professional Wargame Magazine—Against The Odds
- Best Amateur Wargame Magazine—Line of Departure (Jim Werbaneth)
- James F. Dunnigan Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement—Tetsuya Nakamura, A Victory Lost (Multi-Man Publishing)
- Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME—none
2007
- Best Pre–World War II Boardgame—1914: Twilight in the East (GMT Games LLC)
- Best World War II Boardgame—Case Blue (MMP/The Gamers)
- Best Modern Era Boardgame—World at War: Eisenbach Gap (Lock 'n Load Publishing)
- Best DTP-Produced Boardgame—Rosebud: Prelude to Little Bighorn (Khyber Pass Games)
- Best Magazine-Published Boardgame—Not War But Murder (Against the Odds #19)
- Best Wargame Graphics (tie)—1914: Twilight in the East (GMT Games LLC) and Overlord: D-Day and the Beachhead Battles (New England Simulations)
- Best Professional Wargame Magazine—Against The Odds
- Best Amateur Wargame Magazine—Line of Departure (Jim Werbaneth)
- Best Game Review or Game Analysis—Against the Odds #19: "The Evolution of Cards and Wargames", by John Prados
- Best Historical or Scenario Article—Against the Odds #19, "Not War But Murder: The Cold Harbor Campaign - 1864", by Michael Rinella
- James F. Dunnigan Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement—Dean Essig, Designer, Case Blue and OCS series (MMP/The Gamers)
- Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame—Empires in Arms (Matrix Games)
- Best 20th Century Era Computer Wargame—Guns of August 1914-1918 (Matrix Games)
- Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME—none
2008
- Best Pre–World War II Boardgame—Warriors of God (Multi Man Publications, Inc.)
- Best World War II Boardgame—Conflict of Heroes (Academy Games)
- Best Modern Era Boardgame—Red Dragon Rising: The Coming War with China (Decision Games)
- Best DTP-Produced Boardgame—June '44 (DDH Games)
- Best Magazine-Published Boardgame—Iwo Jima: Rage Against the Marines (Operations, MMP)
- Best Wargame Graphics—Conflict of Heroes (Academy Games)
- Best Professional Wargame Magazine—C3i Magazine (RBM Publication)
- Best Amateur Wargame Magazine—Line of Departure (Jim Werbaneth)
- Best Game Review or Game Analysis (tie)—Empire of the Sun: Opening Strategy, by Mark Herman (C3i Magazine) and Top 20 Games – A Look Back by Steve Carey (C3i Magazine)
- Best Historical or Scenario Article (tie)—Combat Commander: Variant Rules by Chad Jensen and John Foley (C3i Magazine) and Flying Colors: Trafalgar Campaign by Mark Barker (C3i Magazine)
- James F. Dunnigan Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement—Uwe Eickert
- Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame—none
- Best 20th Century Era Computer Wargame—none
- Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME—none
2009
- Best Ancient to Napoleonic Era Board Wargame - A Most Dangerous Time: Japan in Chaos, 1570-1584, Multi Man Publications, Inc.
- Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre–World War II Era Board Wargame - Battle Above the Clouds, Multi Man Publications, Inc.
- Best World War II Era Board Wargame - D-Day at Omaha Beach, Decision Games
- Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame - Elusive Victory, GMT Games
- Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame - Field of Glory, Slitherine
- Best 20th Century Era - Modern Computer Wargame - War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition, Matrix Games
- Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Board Wargame - Struggle for the Galactic Empire, Decision Games
- Best Magazine Game - Deathride: Mars-la-Tour 1870, Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
- Best Desktop Published (DTP)/Print-and-Play Game - Zulus on the Ramparts!, Victory Point Games
- Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Game - Panzerblitz Hill of Death mini-module Carentan, Multi Man Publications, Inc.
- Best Board Game Graphics - Battle Above the Clouds, Multi Man Publications, Inc.
- Best Professional Game Magazine - Battles magazine (by Olivier Revenu)
- Best Amateur Game Magazine - Panzer DigestPanzer DigestPanzer Digest is a wargaming periodical published by Minden Games. It is published quarterly in a digest format. The digest is edited by Gary Graber.-History:...
(by Gary Graber), Minden Games - Best Historical/Scenario Article - For the People – 10th Anniversary Variant Rules (C3i #23) by Mark Herman
- Best Game Review or Analysis Article - Liberty Roads (Battles Magazine 2)
- James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award - John Butterfield
- Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME - John Butterfield
2010
- Best Ancient to Napoleonic Era Board Wargame - Washington's War (by Mark Herman), GMT Games
- Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame - The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (by Javier Romero), GMT Games
- Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame - Normandy '44 (by Mark Simonitch), GMT Games
- Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame - Labyrinth: The War on Terror (by Volko Ruhnke), GMT Games
- Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame - Civilization V
- Best 20th Century Era - Modern Computer Wargame - Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 (2by3 Games/ Matrix)
- Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Board Wargame - War of the Ring Collector's Edition (by Roberto di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello), Fantasy Flight Games
- Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Computer Wargame - Mass Effect 2
- Best Magazine Game - A Week in Hell (by Laurent Guenette), Battles magazine
- Best Desktop Published (DTP)/Print-and-Play/Postcard Game - We Must Tell the Emperor (by Steve Carey), Victory Point Games
- Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Game - Combat Commander: Battle Pack #3 - Normandy (by John Foley), GMT Games
- Best Board Game Graphics - Normandy '44 (GMT)
- Best Computer Game Graphics - Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 (2by3 Games/ Matrix)
- Best Professional Game Magazine - Battles Magazine, Battles magazine
- Best Amateur Game Magazine - Line of Departure
- Best Historical/Scenario Article - Joel Toppen, History of the Peloponnesian War (C3i #24)
- Best Game Review or Analysis Article - Mark Herman, Washington's War, Art of asymmetrical Strategy (C3i#24)
- James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award - Labyrinth: The War on terror
- Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME - Richard Borg
1974 to 1975 - Best Professional Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Third Reich Rise and Decline of the Third Reich Rise and Decline of the Third Reich or more commonly Third Reich is a grand strategy wargame covering the European theater of World War II designed by John Prados, and released in 1974 by Avalon Hill... |
John Prados | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1975 | Kingmaker Kingmaker (board game) Kingmaker is a board game created by Andrew McNeil. It was first produced in Britain by PhilMar Ltd. in 1974. The second edition was produced by Avalon Hill in the United States in 1975. This version was somewhat different from the original, as it refined the rules and required less knowledge about... |
Andrew McNeil | PhilMar Ltd. |
1974 to 1975, 1978 - Best Amateur Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Manassas | Tom Eller | Historical Simulations Ltd. |
| 1975 | La Bataille de la Moskowa | Dennis Spors | Martial Enterprises |
| 1978 | Source of the Nile | David Wesely & Ross Maker | Discovery Games |
1976 to 1977 - Best Tactical Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Terrible Swift Sword | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1977 | Squad Leader Squad Leader thumb|Squad Leader game package.Squad Leader is a tactical level board wargame originally published by Avalon Hill in 1977. It was designed by Hall of Fame game designer John Hill and focuses on infantry combat in Europe during World War II... |
John Hill John Hill (game designer) John Hill is an American designer of military wargames, as well as rules for miniature wargaming such as Johnny Reb 3. He is a member of the Wargaming Hall of Fame.... |
The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
1976 to 1977 - Best Strategic Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Russian Campaign The Russian Campaign The Russian Campaign is an award winning strategic board wargame of the Eastern Front during World War II, during the period 1941-45. The unit scale is German Corps and Russian Armies and roughly covers the Berlin to Gorki region and Archangel to Grozny... |
John Edwards | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1977 | Victory in the Pacific Victory in the Pacific Victory in the Pacific is a board wargame published by the Avalon Hill game company in 1977. Based on the game system first used in War at Sea, also published by Avalon Hill, the game deals with the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II... |
Richard Hamblen | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
1978 to 1986 - Best Pre-20th century Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Source of the Nile | David Wesely & Ross Maker | Discovery Games |
| 1979 | Napoleon at Leipzig | Kevin Zucker | Operational Studies Group |
| 1980 | Empires of the Middle Ages Empires of the Middle Ages Empires of the Middle Ages is a board game for two to six players which simulates grand strategy and diplomacy in the Middle Ages. It was first released by Simulations Publications, Inc. in 1980.... |
Jim Dunnigan Jim Dunnigan James F. Dunnigan is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City, notable for his matter-of-fact approach to military analysis.-Career:... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1981 | A House Divided | Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick is a multiple-award–winning game designer and New York Times Best Selling author.-Beginnings:Frank Chadwick, along with Rich Banner and Marc Miller, were members of the Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal Games Club. They used their club funding to design war games... |
Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.-History:Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973... |
| 1982 | Civilization Civilization (board game) Civilization is a board game designed by Francis Tresham, published in Britain in 1980 by Hartland Trefoil , and in the US in 1981 by Avalon Hill. The game typically takes eight or more hours to play and is for two to seven players... |
Francis Tresham | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1983 | The Civil War | Eric Lee Smith | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1984 | South Mountain | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
West End Games |
| 1985 | Pax Britannica | Greg Costikyan Greg Costikyan Greg Costikyan, sometimes known under the pseudonym "Designer X" , is an American game designer and science fiction writer.Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including hex-based wargames, role-playing games, boardgames, card games, computer games, online games and mobile... |
Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1986 | Chickamauga | Jon Southard | West End Games |
1978 to 1986 - Best 20th century Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | To the Green Fields Beyond | David Isby | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1979 | City Fight | Joe Balkoski | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1980 | Cresendo of Doom (Squad Leader Squad Leader thumb|Squad Leader game package.Squad Leader is a tactical level board wargame originally published by Avalon Hill in 1977. It was designed by Hall of Fame game designer John Hill and focuses on infantry combat in Europe during World War II... module) |
Don Greenwood Don Greenwood Don Greenwood is a board game designer. He worked for Avalon Hill from 1972 to 1998 and has done work for GMT Games. He was editor of Panzerfaust Magazine from 1967 until 1972 and of The General Magazine from 1972 until 1982. He is the founder of the Origins, Avaloncon, and WBC gaming conventions... |
The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1981 | Wings | Craig Taylor | Yaquinto Publications Yaquinto Publications Yaquinto Publications was the wargame publishing arm of the Robert Yaquinto Printing Company of Dallas, Texas. In March 1979 Robert Yaquinto hired Steve Peek and Craig Taylor, both experienced wargame designers with several famous titles in their resumes... |
| 1982 | Storm Over Arnhem Storm Over Arnhem Storm Over Arnhem is a board wargame designed by Courtney F. Allen, published by the Avalon Hill game company, and depicts the battle for Arnhem bridge over the Lower Rhine river during Operation Market Garden in World War II... |
Courtenay Allen | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1983 | Ambush! Ambush! Ambush! is a man-to-man wargame developed by Avalon Hill. It was released under Avalon's Victory Games label and was developed by Eric Lee Smith and John Butterfield. In 1984, Ambush! won the Origins Award for Best 20th Century Boardgame of 1983... |
Eric Lee Smith | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1984 | Vietnam 1965 - 1975 | Nick Karp | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1985 | World in Flames World in Flames World in Flames is a board wargame designed by Harry Rowland and released in 1985 by the Australian Design Group. It is currently in its 6th edition, World in Flames - Final Edition, each new edition featuring changes to the rules, maps and counters provided with the game. World in Flames won the... |
Harry Rowland | Australian Design Group |
| 1986 | Fortress America | Mike Gray | Milton Bradley Company Milton Bradley Company The Milton Bradley Company is an American game company established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1920, it absorbed the game production of McLoughlin Brothers, formerly the largest game manufacturer in the United States, and in 1987, it purchased Selchow and Righter,... |
1987 to 2008 – Best Pre–World War Two Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Shot & Shell | Roger Nord | World Wide Wargames |
| 1988 | Lee vs. Grant | Joe Balkoski | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1989 | A House Divided (2nd ed.) | Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick is a multiple-award–winning game designer and New York Times Best Selling author.-Beginnings:Frank Chadwick, along with Rich Banner and Marc Miller, were members of the Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal Games Club. They used their club funding to design war games... |
Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.-History:Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973... |
| 1990 | Kadesh | Gary Dickens | XTR Corporation |
| 1991 | Alexandros | Mike Markowitz | XTR Corporation |
| 1992 | SPQR SPQR (board game) SPQR is a board wargame designed by Richard Berg and Mark Herman, and released in 1992 by GMT Games, as part of the Great Battles of History series of games on ancient warfare... |
Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... & Mark Herman |
GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1993 | When Eagles Fight | Ted Racier | XTR Corporation |
| 1994 | Battles of Waterloo | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1995 | Great War in Europe | Ted Racier | XTR Corporation |
| 1996 | Fields of Glory | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
Moments in History |
| 1997 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Ted Racier | Moments in History |
| 1998 | For the People | Mark Herman | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1999 | Paths of Glory Paths of Glory (board game) Paths of Glory: The First World War, 1914-1918 is a strategy board wargame, designed in 1999 by the six-time Charles S. Roberts Awards winner Ted Raicer and published by GMT Games. It covers World War I from its outbreak to the 1918 Armistice, or based on the progress of the game a hypothetical... |
Ted Racier | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2000 | Drive on Paris | Al Wambold | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 2001 | Wilderness War | Volko Runkhe | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2002 | Napoleonic Wars | Mark McLaughlin | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2003 | Age of Napoleon | Reynaud Verlaque | Phalanx Games |
| 2004 | Sword of Rome | Wray Ferrell | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2005 | Bonaparte at Marengo Bonaparte at Marengo Bonaparte at Marengo is a strategy board wargame, designed by Bowen Simmons and published by Simmons Games in 2005. It recreates the dramatic Battle of Marengo that took place on June 14, 1800, between the French and Austrian armies. The game is dice-less and uses playing pieces formed as lines,... |
Bowen Simmons | Simmons Games |
| 2006 | Here I Stand | Ed Beach | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2007 | 1914: Twilight in the East | Michael Resch | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2008 | Warriors of God | Makoto Nakajima | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
2009 to 2010 - Best Ancient to Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | A Most Dangerous Time: Japan in Chaos, 1570–1584 | Tetsuya Nakamura | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2010 | Washington's War | Mark Herman | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
2009 to 2010 – Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre–World War II Era Board Wargame
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Battle Above the Clouds | Ed Beach & Mike Belles | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2010 | The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 | Javier Romero | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
1987 to 2010 - Best World War Two Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Raid on St. Nazaire | Rob Markham | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1988 | Tokyo Express | Jon Southard | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1989 | Hitler's Last Gamble | Danny Parker | World Wide Wargames |
| 1990 | Operation Shoestring | Gene Billingsley | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1991 | East Front | Craig Besinque | Columbia Games Columbia Games Columbia Games is a maker of board and role-playing games including Hârn and a variety of games, mostly wargames using blocks instead of the more conventional chits... |
| 1992 | Stalingrad Pocket | Masahiro Yamazaki | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1993 | Afrika | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1994 | Enemy at the Gates | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1995 | Tunisia | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1996 | Wave of Terror | John Desch | XTR Corporation |
| 1997 | DAK | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1998 | Invasion: Sicily | Vance von Borries | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1999 | Burma | Dave Friedrichs | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 2000 (tie) | Sicily | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 2000 (tie) | Ukraine '43 | Mark Simonitch | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2001 | Barbarossa - Army Group North | Vance von Borries | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2002 | Barbarossa to Berlin | Ted Racier | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2003 | Europe Engulfed Europe Engulfed Europe Engulfed is a block wargame designed by Rick Young and Jesse Evans for GMT Games, first published in 2003, and it simulates the European theater of war during World War II featuring a streamlined play structure and multiple well-balanced strategies for both sides, giving players the chance... |
Rick Young & Jesse Evans | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2004 | Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1 Advanced Squad Leader Advanced Squad Leader is a tactical-level board wargame, originally marketed by Avalon Hill Games, that simulates actions of approximately company or battalion size in World War II. It is a detailed game system for two or more players . Components include the ASL Rulebook and various games called... |
Ken Dunn | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2005 | Empire of the Sun | Mark Herman | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2006 | A Victory Lost | Tetsuya Nakamura | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2007 | Case Blue | Dean Essig | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2008 | Conflict of Heroes | Uwe Eckert | Academy Games |
| 2009 | D-Day at Omaha Beach | John Butterfield | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2010 | Normandy '44 | Mark Simonitch | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
1987 to 2010 – Best Post–World War Two or Modern Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 (tie) | Central America | James McQuaid | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1987 (tie) | 7th Fleet | Joe Balkoski | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1988 | Tac Air | Gary Morgan | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1989 | Modern Naval Battles | Dan Verssen | World Wide Wargames |
| 1990 | Silver Bayonet | Gene Billingsley | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1991 (tie) | Inchon | Jim Werbaneth | XTR Corporation |
| 1991 (tie) | Hornet Leader | Dan Verssen | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1992 | Tet '68 | Joe Miranda | XTR Corporation |
| 1993 | Crisis: Korea 1995 | Gene Billingsley | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1994 | no award | ||
| 1995 | Yom Kippur | Al Sandrick | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1996 | no award | ||
| 1997 | Semper Fi | Lee Forester | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1998–2000 | no award | ||
| 2001 | When Dragons Fight | Ty Bomba | XTR Corporation |
| 2002 (tie) | Khe Sahn 1968 | John Prados | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2002 (tie) | First Indochina War | Joe Miranda | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2003 | Lock 'n Load | Mark Walker | Shrapnel Games |
| 2004 | Downtown | Lee Brimmicombe-Wood | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2005 | Twilight Struggle Twilight Struggle Twilight Struggle is a card-driven board wargame for two players, with its theme taken from the Cold War. One player plays the United States , and the other plays the Soviet Union . The game takes its title from John F... |
Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2006 | Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965-66 | Joe Miranda | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2007 | World at War: Eisenbach Gap | Mark H. Walker | Lock 'n Load Publishing |
| 2008 | Red Dragon Rising: The Coming War with China | Bruce Costello | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2009 | Elusive Victory | Terry Simo | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2010 | Labyrinth: The War on Terror | Volko Ruhnke | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
1999 to 2009 - Best DTP Game (or Print and Play, from 2009)
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 (tie) | Bloody Beach: Omaha | Bill Ramsey | Bill Ramsey |
| 1999 (tie) | Chantilly | Hampton Newsome | Ivy Street Games |
| 2000 | Solomon Sea | Markus Stumptner | Simulations Workshop Incorporated |
| 2001 | Longbow | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
BSO Games |
| 2002 (tie) | A Mere Matter of Marching | Bruce MacFarlane | Microgame Design Group |
| 2002 (tie) | Togoland 1914 | Dennis Bishop | Khyber Pass Games |
| 2003 | Thunder on South Mountain Thunder on South Mountain Thunder on South Mountain is a board wargame that simulates the American Civil War battle of South Mountain Maryland, fought on September 14, 1862. In this battle, Union forces fought under the command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and Confederate forces were under the command of Maj. Gen.... |
Scot Holmgren | Blue Guidon Games |
| 2004 | Louisiana Tigers | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
BSO Games |
| 2005 | Death in the Trenches | Ben Madison | Schutze Games |
| 2006 | Battle of the Little Bighorn | Micheal Taylor | Khyber Pass Games |
| 2007 | Rosebud: Prelude to Little Bighorn | Micheal Taylor | Khyber Pass Games |
| 2008 | June '44 | ? | DHH Games |
| 2009 | Zulus on the Ramparts! | Joe Miranda | Victory Point Games |
1999 to 2010 - Best Magazine Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Borodino & Friedland | Kevin Zucker | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... (Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... ) |
| 2000 | Xenophon | Joe Miranda | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... (Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... ) |
| 2001 | War of 1812 | Tom Dalgliesh | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... (Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... ) |
| 2002 | First Indochina War | Joe Miranda | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... (Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... ) |
| 2003 | Ignorant Armies | Phil Sharp | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... (Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... ) |
| 2004 | Fortress Berlin | John Prados | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2005 | Chennault's First Fight | Paul Rohrbaugh | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2006 | Kulikovo 1380: the Golden Horde | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2007 | Not War But Murder | ? | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2008 | Iwo Jima: Rage Against the Marines | Takaharu Horie | Operations Magazine |
| 2009 | Deathride: Mars-la-Tour 1870 | Charles Vasey | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2010 | A Week in Hell | Laurent Guenette | Battles Magazine |
2009 to 2010 - Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Game
| Year | Game | Designer | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Panzerblitz Hill of Death mini-module Carentan | Darren Emge | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2010 | Combat Commander: Battle Pack #3 - Normandy | John Foley | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
1974 to 2010 - Best Professional Wargaming Magazine
| Year | Magazine | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1975 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1976 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1977 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1978 | Fire & Movement Fire & Movement Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. The magazine is devoted to covering games from a variety of manufacturers, specializing in wargames, both traditional board wargames and also computer wargames Fire &... |
Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1979 | Fire & Movement Fire & Movement Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. The magazine is devoted to covering games from a variety of manufacturers, specializing in wargames, both traditional board wargames and also computer wargames Fire &... |
Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1980 | Fire & Movement Fire & Movement Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. The magazine is devoted to covering games from a variety of manufacturers, specializing in wargames, both traditional board wargames and also computer wargames Fire &... |
Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1981 | Fire & Movement Fire & Movement Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. The magazine is devoted to covering games from a variety of manufacturers, specializing in wargames, both traditional board wargames and also computer wargames Fire &... |
Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1982 | Fire & Movement Fire & Movement Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. The magazine is devoted to covering games from a variety of manufacturers, specializing in wargames, both traditional board wargames and also computer wargames Fire &... |
Friedrich Helfferich & Steve Jackson Games |
| 1983 | Fire & Movement Fire & Movement Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. The magazine is devoted to covering games from a variety of manufacturers, specializing in wargames, both traditional board wargames and also computer wargames Fire &... |
Friedrich Helfferich & Steve Jackson Games |
| 1984 | The Wargamer The Wargamer (magazine) The Wargamer was a magazine devoted to the hobby of board wargaming. It was founded by Keith Poulter and published six times a year by World Wide Wargames , Although initially it was only published four times a year.... |
World Wide Wargames |
| 1985 | The Wargamer The Wargamer (magazine) The Wargamer was a magazine devoted to the hobby of board wargaming. It was founded by Keith Poulter and published six times a year by World Wide Wargames , Although initially it was only published four times a year.... |
World Wide Wargames |
| 1986 | The Wargamer The Wargamer (magazine) The Wargamer was a magazine devoted to the hobby of board wargaming. It was founded by Keith Poulter and published six times a year by World Wide Wargames , Although initially it was only published four times a year.... |
World Wide Wargames |
| 1987 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
World Wide Wargames |
| 1988 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
World Wide Wargames |
| 1989 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
World Wide Wargames |
| 1990 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1991 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1992 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1993 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1994 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1995 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1996 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1997 | Command | XTR Corporation |
| 1998 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 1999 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2000 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2001 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2002 | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2003 | Against the Odds | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2004 (tie) | Against the Odds | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2004 (tie) | Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics Strategy & Tactics is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue... |
Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2005 | Against the Odds | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2006 | Against the Odds | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2007 | Against the Odds | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2008 | C3i | RBM Publishing |
| 2009 | Battles | Olivier Revenu |
| 2010 | Battles | Olivier Revenu |
1974 to 2010 - Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine
| Year | Magazine | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Albion | Don Turnbull |
| 1975 | Jagdpanther | Jagdpanther Publications |
| 1976 | Battlefield/Jagdpanther | Jagdpanther Publications |
| 1977 | The Space Gamer The Space Gamer The Space Gamer was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the late 70s through the mid-80s... |
Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and the gaming magazine Pyramid.-History:... |
| 1978 | Perfidious Albion | Charles Vasey |
| 1979 | Perfidious Albion | Charles Vasey |
| 1980 | HMS Review* | Herb Barenta |
| 1981 | Journal of World War Two Wargaming | Nick Schuessler |
| 1982 | Journal of 20th Century Wargaming | Nick Schuessler |
| 1983 | Journal of 20th Century Wargaming | Nick Schuessler |
| 1984 | Alarums & Excursions | Lee Gold |
| 1985 | The V.I.P of Gaming | Alan Emrich |
| 1986 | The Midwest Wargamers' Association Newsletter Midwest Military Simulation Association The Midwest Military Simulation Association was a group of wargamers and military figurine collectors active during the late 1960s and 1970s when wargaming was in its heyday and role-playing games were first developed. The group lived in the Minneapolis-St Paul area... |
Hal Thinglum |
| 1987 | Volunteers - Civil War Gaming Newsletter | Bill Koff |
| 1988 | Volunteers - Civil War Gaming Newsletter | Bill Koff |
| 1989 | Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1990 | Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1991 | Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1992 | Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1993 | Paper Wars Paper Wars Paper Wars is a bimonthly wargaming magazine published by Omega Games, a producer of military simulation board games, card games for business education, and general-interest card games. The magazine's editor is John Burtt... |
Hexessential Publications |
| 1994 | Paper Wars Paper Wars Paper Wars is a bimonthly wargaming magazine published by Omega Games, a producer of military simulation board games, card games for business education, and general-interest card games. The magazine's editor is John Burtt... |
Hexessential Publications |
| 1995 | Berg's Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
| 1996 | Berg's Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
| 1997 | Berg's Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
| 1998 | Berg's Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
| 1999 | The Boardgamer | Bruce Monnin |
| 2000 | The Boardgamer | Bruce Monnin |
| 2001 | The Boardgamer | Bruce Monnin |
| 2002 | The Boardgamer | Bruce Monnin |
| 2003 | Panzerschreck | Minden Games |
| 2004 | Panzerschreck | Minden Games |
| 2005 | Panzerschreck | Minden Games |
| 2006 | Line of Departure | Jim Werbaneth |
| 2007 | Line of Departure | Jim Werbaneth |
| 2008 | Line of Departure | Jim Werbaneth |
| 2009 | Panzer Digest Panzer Digest Panzer Digest is a wargaming periodical published by Minden Games. It is published quarterly in a digest format. The digest is edited by Gary Graber.-History:... |
Minden Games |
| 2010 | Line of Departure | Jim Werbaneth |
- - formerly Swabbers
1976 to 2010 - Best Wargame Graphics
| Year | Game | Artist | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Avalanche - The Salerno Landings | Rich Banner Rich Banner Paul Richard "Rich" Banner is an award-winning game designer and graphic artist.-Beginnings:Rich Banner and Frank Chadwick, along with Marc Miller, were members of the Illinois State University Games Club... |
Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.-History:Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973... |
| 1977 | no award | ||
| 1978 | Cross of Iron (Squad Leader Squad Leader thumb|Squad Leader game package.Squad Leader is a tactical level board wargame originally published by Avalon Hill in 1977. It was designed by Hall of Fame game designer John Hill and focuses on infantry combat in Europe during World War II... module) |
Scott Moores | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1979 to 1983 | no award | ||
| 1984 | Vietnam 1965 - 1975 | Ted Koller | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1985 | Pax Britannica | Ted Koller (Jim Talbot - map) | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1986 | Korean War | Ted Koller | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1987 | Raid on St. Nazaire | Charles Kibler | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1988 (tie) | Lee vs. Grant | Ted Koller | Victory Games Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1988 (tie) | The Campaigns of Robert E. Lee | Rick Barber (map) | Clash of Arms Games Clash of Arms Clash of Arms Games is a wargaming company best known for a high level of graphics quality and moderately to highly complex games, often focusing on the Napoleonic era, but with offerings in most eras of military history... |
| 1989 | Hitler's Last Gamble | Dean Essig | World Wide Wargames |
| 1990 | Kadesh | Larry Hoffman (counters) & (Mark Simonitch - map) | XTR Corporation |
| 1991 | Hornet Leader | Rodger MacGowan | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1992 | SPQR | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1993 | Lion of the North | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1994 | Battles of Waterloo | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1995 | Yom Kippur | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1996 | GD '41 | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1997 | DAK | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1998 | Saratoga 1777 | Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 1999 | River of Death | Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2000 | Brandywine Creek | Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2001 | Wilderness War | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2002 | Streets of Stalingrad (3rd ed.) | Joe Youst (map) | L2 Design Group L2 Design Group L2 Design Group was established in 2001 by Art Lupinacci. Its primary business activity is to publish strategy games.Since then, L2 Design Group has published The Russian Campaign, Deluxe Bitter Woods and Russia Besieged. The Russian Campaign Expansion Kit, Deluxe Bitter Woods Expansion kit and ADC... |
| 2003 | Ardennes '44 | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2004 | Downtown | Rodger MacGowan (Lee Brimmicombe-Wood - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2005 (tie) | Empire of the Sun | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map) | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2005 (tie) | Fire in the Sky | Nicolas Eskubi | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2006 | A Victory Lost | Nicolas Eskubi | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2007 (tie) | 1914: Twilight in the East | Markus Brown, Michael Resch, Mark Simonitch | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2007 (tie) | Overlord | Mark Hinkle | New England Simulations |
| 2008 | Conflict of Heroes | Steve Paschal | Academy Games |
| 2009 | Battle Above the Clouds | Charles Kibler & Nicolas Eskubi | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2010 | Normandy '44 | Mark Simonitch | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
1979 to 1981 - Best Initial Release Wargame
| Year | Recipient | Game | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Ironclads | John Fuseler | Yaquinto Publications |
| 1980 | Streets of Stalingrad | Dana Lombardy | Phoenix Games |
| 1981 | Ironbottom Sound | Jack Greene | Quarterdeck Games |
1977 to 1986 & 2010 - Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame
| Year | Recipient | Game | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | War of the Rings | Richard Berg Richard Berg For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1978 | Mayday | Marc Miller | Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.-History:Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973... |
| 1979 | The Creature That Ate Sheboygan The Creature That Ate Sheboygan The Creature That Ate Sheboygan is a science fiction board game released in 1979 by Simulations Publications . The game was originally designed by Greg Costikyan. It won the Charles S... |
Greg Costikyan Greg Costikyan Greg Costikyan, sometimes known under the pseudonym "Designer X" , is an American game designer and science fiction writer.Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including hex-based wargames, role-playing games, boardgames, card games, computer games, online games and mobile... |
Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1980 | Azhanti High Lightning | Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick is a multiple-award–winning game designer and New York Times Best Selling author.-Beginnings:Frank Chadwick, along with Rich Banner and Marc Miller, were members of the Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal Games Club. They used their club funding to design war games... |
Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop Game Designers' Workshop was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.-History:Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973... |
| 1981 : Sci-Fi | Car Wars Car Wars Car Wars is a vehicle combat simulation game developed by Steve Jackson Games. It was first published in late 1980 .-Game play:In Car Wars, players assume control of one or more automobiles, which may include any powered vehicle, from motorcycles to semi trucks. Optional rules include piloting... |
Chad Irby & Steve Jackson | Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and the gaming magazine Pyramid.-History:... |
| 1981 : Fantasy | Barbarian Prince | Arnold Hendrick | Dwarfstar Games |
| 1982 : Sci-Fi | Illuminati Illuminati (game) Illuminati is a standalone card game made by Steve Jackson Games , inspired by The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. The game has ominous secret societies competing with each other to control the world through sinister means, including legal, illegal, and even mystical... |
Steve Jackson | Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and the gaming magazine Pyramid.-History:... |
| 1982 : Fantasy | Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective | Gary Grady, Raymond Edwards & Suzanne Goldberg | Sleuth Publications |
| 1983 : Sci-Fi | Nuclear Escalation | Douglas Malewicki | Flying Buffalo |
| 1983 : Fantasy | Lost Worlds | Alfred Leonardi | Nova Game Designs |
| 1984 : Sci-Fi | Web & Starship | Greg Costikyan Greg Costikyan Greg Costikyan, sometimes known under the pseudonym "Designer X" , is an American game designer and science fiction writer.Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including hex-based wargames, role-playing games, boardgames, card games, computer games, online games and mobile... |
West End Games |
| 1984 : Fantasy | Lonely Mountain | Coleman Charlton | Iron Crown Enterprises |
| 1985 | Wabbit Wampage | Mark Acres | Pacesetter Games |
| 1986 | Kings & Things | Tom Wham Tom Wham Tom Wham is a designer of board games who has also produced artwork, including that for his own games.Wham worked a variety of odd jobs during his early adult life. After serving four years in the U.S. Navy, he worked for the Guidon Games hobby shop in Maine where he got his first game, a variant... & Robert J. Kuntz Robert J. Kuntz Robert J. Kuntz is a game designer and author of role-playing game publications. He is most famous for his contributions to various Dungeons & Dragons-related materials.-Works:... |
West End Games |
| 2010 | War of the Ring Collector's Edition | Roberto di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello | Fantasy Flight Games |
1989 to 2010 - James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design
To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement in that year| Year | Recipient | Game | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Dan Verssen & Rodger MacGowan | Modern Naval Battles** | World Wide Wargames |
| 1990 | Don Greenwood Don Greenwood Don Greenwood is a board game designer. He worked for Avalon Hill from 1972 to 1998 and has done work for GMT Games. He was editor of Panzerfaust Magazine from 1967 until 1972 and of The General Magazine from 1972 until 1982. He is the founder of the Origins, Avaloncon, and WBC gaming conventions... |
Republic of Rome | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1991 (tie) | Mark Simonitch | The Legend Begins | Rhino Games |
| 1991 (tie) | Craig Besinque | East Front** | Columbia Games |
| 1992 | Ben Knight | Victory at Midway | XTR Corporation |
| 1993 | Dean Essig | Afrika | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1994 | Dean Essig | Enemy at the Gates | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1995 | Ted Racier | Great War in Europe | XTR Corporation |
| 1996 | Ty Bomba | Command magazine | XTR Corporation |
| 1997 | Dean Essig | DAK | The Gamers Incorporated The Gamers The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for... |
| 1998 | Mark Herman | For the People | The Avalon Hill Game Company Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
| 1999 | Ted Racier | Paths of Glory Paths of Glory (board game) Paths of Glory: The First World War, 1914-1918 is a strategy board wargame, designed in 1999 by the six-time Charles S. Roberts Awards winner Ted Raicer and published by GMT Games. It covers World War I from its outbreak to the 1918 Armistice, or based on the progress of the game a hypothetical... |
GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2000 | Mark Simonitch | Ukraine '43 | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2001 | Volko Runkhe | Wilderness War | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2002 | Ben Hull | This Accursed Civil War | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2003 | Rick Young & Jesse Evans | Europe Engulfed Europe Engulfed Europe Engulfed is a block wargame designed by Rick Young and Jesse Evans for GMT Games, first published in 2003, and it simulates the European theater of war during World War II featuring a streamlined play structure and multiple well-balanced strategies for both sides, giving players the chance... |
GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2004 | Lee Brimmicombe-Wood | Downtown | GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2005 | Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews | Twilight Struggle Twilight Struggle Twilight Struggle is a card-driven board wargame for two players, with its theme taken from the Cold War. One player plays the United States , and the other plays the Soviet Union . The game takes its title from John F... |
GMT Games LLC GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| 2006 | Tetsuya Nakamura | A Victory Lost | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2007 | Dean Essig | Case Blue and the OCS series | Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc... |
| 2008 | Uwe Eickert | Conflict of Heroes | Academy Games |
| 2009 | John Butterfield | D-Day at Omaha Beach | Decision Games Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc... |
| 2010 | Volko Ruhnke | Labyrinth: The War on Terror | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
- - In 1989 and 1991 the game won the award.
Leading CSR award winners for wargames (1974 to 2009)
These totals include awards for games, magazine games, game graphics and (for designers) the James F. Dunnigan award. Not included are awards for magazines, computer media and articles.by game company
34 -GMT Games LLCGMT Games
GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis...
13 - The Gamers Incorporated
The Gamers
The Gamers was a wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer, Illinois. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for...
12 - Multi-Man Publishing
Multi-Man Publishing
Multi-Man Publishing, LLC is a game company formed by baseball player Curt Schilling and his partners to keep the game series Advanced Squad Leader in print. MMP operates some of the former Avalon Hill games under license from Hasbro, Inc...
12 - The Avalon Hill Game Company
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...
12 - Victory Games
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...
10 - Decision Games
Decision Games
Decision Games is a wargaming company, founded by Christopher Cummins, that publishes Strategy & Tactics magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications, Inc...
9 - XTR Corporation
6 - Simulation Publications Incorporated
5 - Against the Odds Magazine
5 - Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.-History:Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973...
4 - World Wide Wargames
4 - West End Games
by game designer or graphic artist
13 - Dean Essig12 - Rodger MacGowan
9 - Richard Berg
Richard Berg
For the television producer see Dick Berg.Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987...
7 - Ted Racier
6 - Joe Miranda
4 - Mark Simonitch
4 - Mark Herman
4 - Ted Koller
3 - Frank Chadwick
Frank Chadwick
Frank Chadwick is a multiple-award–winning game designer and New York Times Best Selling author.-Beginnings:Frank Chadwick, along with Rich Banner and Marc Miller, were members of the Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal Games Club. They used their club funding to design war games...
3 - John Prados
3 - Joe Balkoski
3 - Greg Costikyan
Greg Costikyan
Greg Costikyan, sometimes known under the pseudonym "Designer X" , is an American game designer and science fiction writer.Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including hex-based wargames, role-playing games, boardgames, card games, computer games, online games and mobile...
3 - Dan Verssen
3 - Nicolas Eskubi