Science Museum SMart Toy Award 2006

The first SMart Toy Awards are announced - yes, the capital M is on purpose (SM: Science Museum...). The London Science Museum selected games & toys in 5 categories and 1 overall winner. In the SMart Game Category and the overall SMart Toy Winner: Polarity.

Other categories were SMart Puzzle Category (The Kaleidoscope Classic), SMart Kit Category (Horrible Science - Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens), SMart Play Category (Tumba) and Our SMart Product Category (Science Museum Erupting Volcano Kit).

Thanks to Yehuda!
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Charles S. Roberts Awards

Charles S. Roberts Awards - since 1974 - United States











The Charles S. Roberts awards are presented at the World Boardgaming Championships (July/August) since 2000. Before that they were presented at Origins (July) and until 1987 a part of the Origins Awards.

Categories:

- Best Professional Game (1974-1975)
- Best Amateur Game (1974-1978)
- Best Professional Wargame Magazine (1974)
- Best Amateur Wargame Magazine (1974)
- Clausewitz Hall of Fame (1974)
- Best Graphics and Physical Systems (1976-1978)
- Best Tactical Game (1976-1977)
- Best Strategic Game (1976-1977)
- Best Fantasy/Science Fiction Board Game (1977-1986)
- Best Pre-Twentieth Century Game (1978-1986)
- Best Twentieth Century Game (1978-1986)
- Best Initial Release (1979-1981)
- Gamers Choice Award (1980-1980)
- Best Computer Game (1980-1986)
- Best Graphic Presentation in an Adventure Game (1984-1986)
- Best Wargame Graphics (1987)
- Best Pre-Twentieth Century Computer Wargame (1987)
- Best Twentieth Century Computer Wargame (1987)
- Best Game Review or Analysis Article (1987)
- Best Historical / Opinion / Variant / Scenario / Interview Article (1987)
- Best Pre-World War II Boardgame (1987)
- Best World War II Boardgame (1987)
- Best Modern Era Boardgame / Best Post World War II Boardgame (1987)
- James F. Dunnigan Award (1989)
- Best DTP-Produced Boardgame (1999)
- Best Magazine-Published Boardgame (1999)

Categories in red are not mentioned in this site - you'll find them here or here.

Best Modern Era Boardgame

2008 Warriors of God
2007 Not War But Murder
2006 Kulikovo 1380: The Golden Horde
2005 Chennault's First Fight
2004 Fortress Berlin
2003 Ignorant Armies (Iran-Iraq War)
2002 Indochina
2001 War of 1812
2000 Xenophon: 10,000 Against Persia
1999 Clash of Eagles: Borodino & Friedland

Best Twentieth Century Game

1986 Fortress America
1985 World in Flames
1984 Vietnam 1965-1975
1983 Ambush!
1982 Storm Over Arnhem
1981 Wings
1980 Crescendo of Doom
1979 City-Fight
1978 To the Green Fields Beyond

Best Pre-Twentieth Century Game

1986 Chickamauga: The Confederacy's Last Hope
1985 Pax Britannica
1984 South Mountain
1983 The Civil War
1982 Civilization
1981 A House Divided
1980 Empires of the Middle Ages
1979 Napoleon at Leipzig
1978 Source of the Nile

Best Initial Release

1981 Ironbottom Sound
1980 Streets of Stalingrad
1979 Ironclads

Best Tactical Game

1977 Squad Leader
1976 Terrible Swift Sword

Best Strategic Game

1977 Victory in the Pacific
1976 The Russian Campaign

Best Professional Game

1975 Kingmaker
1974 Third Reich

Best Amateur Game

1978 Source of the Nile
1977 (no award)
1976 (no award)
1975 La Bataille de la Moskowa
1974 Manassas

Gamers Choice Award

1980 Ace of Aces - Handy Rotary Series




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DSP 2006 winners & Essener Feder

The 2006 Deutscher Spiele Preis is awarded. Caylus took another win after the IGA and SdJ Sonderpreis. The endresults:

1. Caylus
2. Thurn & Taxis
3. Antike
4. Blue Moon City
5. Mesopotamia
6. Elasund
7. Masons
8. Hacienda
9. Augsburg 1520
10. Um Ru(h)m & Ehre

Winner in the Children's Game Category: Nacht der Magier - also winning the Essener Feder.
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IGA 2006 winners

The winner in the IGA Historical Simulation category was announced earlier: Twilight Struggle. In the Two-player category Twilight Struggle also wins the award! Double succes for designers Jason Matthews and Ananda Gupta and publisher GMT.

In the general strategy Multi-player category the award goes to William Attia's Caylus, published by Ystari.
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SpellenSpektakel

The SpellenSpektakel website (SpellenSpektakel is the biggest convention in The Netherlands) is trying to become the central website for Dutch & Flemish gaming. With an active forum and a small game database. As with BGG, users can rate the games in the database and all games with 10+ ratings get ranked.

The list of games is limited to games with a Dutch edition.

Top 10, july 10, 2009

  1. Puerto Rico
  2. YINSH
  3. Agricola
  4. El Grande
  5. Eufraat & Tigris
  6. Settlers of Catan - Cities & Knights
  7. Princes of Florence
  8. Powergrid
  9. Pandemic
  10. Age of Empires III

Top 10, april 17, 2008

  1. Eufraat & Tigris
  2. El Grande
  3. Settlers of Catan - Cardgame
  4. Caylus
  5. Settlers of Catan - Cities & Knights
  6. Bohnanza
  7. Amun-Re
  8. Carcassonne
  9. Keythedral
  10. Goa

Top 10, september 10, 2006

  1. El Grande
  2. Caylus
  3. Euphrates & Tigris
  4. Settlers of Catan - Cardgame
  5. Keythedral
  6. Settlers of Catan - Cities & Knights
  7. Carcassonne
  8. Web of Power
  9. 6 Nimmt!
  10. Bohnanza


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About

About this

Why? I have no idea. I like lists. I like gathering information. I love boardgames.

Why Blogger? That I know! I have no knowledge whatsoever on making websites. Blogger is easy. Blogger is not made for information gathering database-y stuff, though. Still: I think this works quite well. Maybe one day I'll learn all about website design and create my 'own' site, but for now: I think this will do.

Awards? Awards. Awards are of big importance to publishers and designers, but are they important for us gamers? No. We're not buying games because of the award(s) it has won. Still: we discuss them. Want to know about them. And need to tell the rest of the gaming world that game X should've won instead of game Y. Just because. We don't need no stinkin awards! But we'll miss them if they're gone...






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SUMO / Counter Magazine Hall of Fame Nominees

The nominees for the SUMO / Counter Magazine Hall of Fame this year are:

Adel Verpflichtet
Britannia
Can't Stop
Circus Maximus
Power Grid
Web of Power
Kremlin
Lord of the Rings
Lost Cities
RoboRally
6 Nimmt
Tadsch Mahal
Take it Easy
Tikal
Traumfabrik

Two of these games will be added to the Hall of Fame. Voting can be done on BrettBoard until October 31st.
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SUMO / Counter Magazine Hall of Fame

Gery McLaughlin and Stuart Dagger formed the SUMO / Counter Magazine Hall of Fame. A list of Modern Classics. Games must be published at least 5 years ago to be nominated and voting is done by readers in September and October.







SUMO / Counter Magazine Hall of Fame:

1829/30
Acquire
Age of Steam
Airlines/Union Pacific
Bluff/Liars Dice
Bohnanza
Britannia
Can't Stop
Carcassonne
Civilization
Cosmic Encounter
Crude/McMulti
Die Macher
Diplomacy
Dungeon & DragonsElfenroads
El Grande
Euphrat & Tigris
Hare and Tortoise
History of the World
Lost Cities
Magic: the Gathering
Medici
Modern Art
Power Grid
The Princes of Florence
Tichu
Puerto Rico
Ra
Railway Rivals
The Settlers of Catan
Through the Desert
Web of Power
Win, Place & Show

Thanks to BrettBoard.dk, Stephen Smith & Larry Levy



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La Ludoteca Ideale

Italy's two biggest game clubs offer a list of the best games available in Italy. La Ludoteca Ideale (somewhat comparable with Faidutti's Ideal Library) is listed by La Tana dei Goblin and Club TreEmme. Publishers such as DaVinci even put the Ludoteca's logo on their boxes.

The List:

Axis & Allies
Axis & Allies: D-Day
Bang!
Bang! Dodge City
Bang! A fistful of cards
Caylus
Carcassonne
Carcassonne, Die Erweiterung
Carcassonne, Händler & Baumeister
Carcassonne, Burgfräulein und Drache
Carcassonne, Der Turm
Coloni di Catan
Coloni di Catan: Marinai
Conquest Of The Empire
Corridori in Fuga
Daymio
Dungeon Twister
Feudo
Fury of Dracula
La Guerra dell'Anello
La Guerra dell'Anello: Battaglie della Terza Era
Heroscape
Il Mistero dell' Abbazia
Il Principe
Leonardo da Vinci
Lucca Citta
Lupus in tabula
Magic The Gathering
Manila
Memoir '44
Memoir '44 - Terrain Pack
Memoir '44 - Eastern Front
Memoir '44 - Winter/Desert
Memoir '44 - Pacific Theatre
Munchkin
Super Munchkin
Niagara
Oltremare
Oriente
Power Grid
Railroad Tycoon
Raja
Reef Encounter
Shadows over Camelot
Siena
Si Oscuro
Signore
Ticket to Ride
Twilight Imperium 3ed
Warangel 10 Years Edition
Wings of War - Famous Aces
Wings of War - Watch Your Back
Wings of War - Burning Drachens
Wings of War - Recon Patrol Booster Pack
Wings of War - Top Fighters Booster Pack


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Spiele Charts

In 2002 the Reich der Spiele website starts its own chart: visitors can send in their Top 10 and a list (Spiele Chart) is made. In October 2002 three other websites join Reich der Spiele: H@LL9000, Spiele-Truhe and Fairspielt.

The websites publish a Top 15 for every month and occasionaly award games to participants.

The Top 15 of All Time, june 2009
  1. Dominion
  2. Agricola
  3. Puerto Rico
  4. Stone Age
  5. Pandemic
  6. Carcassonne
  7. Settlers of Catan
  8. Caylus
  9. Le Havre
  10. El Grande
  11. Kingsburg
  12. Galaxy Trucker
  13. Saint Petersburg
  14. Diamonds Club
  15. Powergrid
The Top 15 of All Time, november 26, 2007
  1. Puerto Rico 22,7 %
  2. Carcassonne 19,5 %
  3. Die Siedler von Catan 14,3 %
  4. (Der Palast von) Alhambra 12,9 %
  5. El Grande 11,3 %
  6. San Juan 9,8 %
  7. Ohne Furcht und Adel 9,3 %
  8. Zug um Zug 8,2 %
  9. Sankt Petersburg 7,7 %
  10. Einfach Genial 7,1 %
  11. Caylus 6,9 %
  12. Funkenschlag 6,7 %
  13. Bohnanza 6,7 %
  14. Wallenstein 5,4 %
  15. Löwenherz 5,2 %
The Top 15 of All Time, september 9, 2006
  1. Puerto Rico 24,7 %
  2. Carcassonne 21,0 %
  3. Die Siedler von Catan 15,6 %
  4. (Der Palast von) Alhambra 15,0 %
  5. El Grande 11,5 %
  6. San Juan 10,5 %
  7. Ohne Furcht und Adel 10,3 %
  8. Sankt Petersburg 8,2 %
  9. Zug um Zug 8,0 %
  10. Bohnanza 7,2 %
  11. Einfach Genial 6,6 %
  12. Funkenschlag 6,3 %
  13. Wallenstein 6,1 %
  14. Blue Moon 5,6 %
  15. Löwenherz 5,6 %

The Spielecharts can be found here, here and here.




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Jeu de l'Année

Jeu de l'Année - France - 2003-2005












The Jeu de l'Année merged in 2004 with the As d'Or.

2005 Squad 7
2004 Wooly Bully
2003 San Marco



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The Internet Top 100

The Internet Top 100 is a list of the best games as chosen by you, compiled by Aaron Fuegi. That is, everyone who sends in his/her list of 10 boardgame favourites. Aaron posts regular updates on the list on his website and on rec.games.board. Currently he's at edition nr. 340! Edition #1 was already published in November 1998.

On the website you can view all 340 lists, as well as the total list (beyond the Top 100). In total 85212 votes are used to compile the latest list.

Internet Top 100 Top 10 - October 16, 2008
  1. Puerto Rico
  2. Euphrat & Tigris
  3. The Princes of Florence
  4. The Settlers of Catan
  5. Caylus
  6. El Grande
  7. Modern Art
  8. Powergrid
  9. Citadels
  10. Carcassonne

See all games: Internet Top 100



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Årets Brettspill - Trivia / Party Game

Årets Brettspill - Norway - since 2005

The Norwegian Game of the Year is divided in 4 categories, although the Strategy category is already lost in the 2006 nomination process.

- Family / Light Strategy Game
- Children's Game
- Trivia / Party Game
- Strategy Game

Trivia / Party Game

2008 A-å
2007 Snorta!
2006 Reiselyst
2005 wordXchange
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Årets Brettspill - Children's Game

Årets Brettspill - Norway - since 2005

The Norwegian Game of the Year is divided in 4 categories, although the Strategy category is already lost in the 2006 nomination process.

- Family / Light Strategy Game
- Children's Game
- Trivia / Party Game
- Strategy Game

Children's Game

2008 Chateau Roquefort
2007 Jumbo Zoo
2006 Geistertreppe
2005 Cranium Cadoo
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Årets Brettspill - Strategy

Årets Brettspill - Norway - since 2005

The Norwegian Game of the Year is divided in 4 categories, although the Strategy category is already lost in the 2006 nomination process.

- Family / Light Strategy Game
- Children's Game
- Trivia / Party Game
- Strategy Game

Strategy Game

2005 Memoir '44
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Årets Spill 2006 Nominees (Norway)

The second Game of the Year (Årets Spill) award in Norway will be awarded in October. Here are the nominees:

Family / Light Strategy Game

Aqua Romana
Clue DVD Game
Elasund: The First City of Catan
GIPF
Ticket to Ride Europe

Children's Game

Junior alias
Funny Farm
Mighty Magpies
Speedybag
Geistertreppe

Trivia / Party Game

Crossword Pyramids
Alle mot en
He & She
Reiselyst
Therapy
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BoardGameGeek

BoardGameGeek.com is the biggest online boardgame community. And probably has the biggest Game Ranking as well. Over 5000 games (not counting expansions) are listed ranked; the database itself has over 40.000 games...

Games are ranked when 30 users rate a game. For more specifics on the methods used: see here. Of course, BGG users all have their own ideas on the system, but with a community this big, you can't please all. Moreover: if you don't like user ranking, don't use them.

Games that have been number 1:

Agricola
Puerto Rico
Euphraat & Tigris
Paths of Glory
Monkey Auto Races (April 1st Joke)
Game of Life (Testing the system)

BGG Top 10, July 10, 2009

All Games
  1. Agricola
  2. Puerto Rico
  3. Power Grid
  4. Twilight Struggle
  5. Through the Ages
  6. Dominion
  7. Euphraat & Tigris
  8. Le Havre
  9. El Grande
  10. Caylus

See all games: BGG Rankings

War Games
  1. Case Blue
  2. Combat Commander: Pacific
  3. World at War: Blood and Bridges
  4. The Devil's Cauldron: The Battles for Arnhem and Nijmegen
  5. DAK2
  6. Twilight Struggle
  7. Lobositz: First Battle of the Seven Years War
  8. EastFront II
  9. Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear!
  10. Napoleon's Triumph
See all games: BGG Wargame Rankings



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IGA 2006 winner?

Weird things on the IGA website: it's announced the winner for the 2005 Historical Simulations category... Twilight Struggle. Message published: Dec. 9 2005.

Probably a small mistake, so I assume Twilight Struggle won the IGA 2006 Historical Simulations award. Ronald Hoekstra gives that info on his website as well.
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International Gamers Awards - Historical Simulation

International Gamers Awards - since 2000









In 2000 Greg Schloesser and the Strategy Gaming Society founded The Gamers' Choice Award. Known figures of the gaming scene from around the world were asked to join the jury, making this an international award.

In 2003 the award became independant under a new name: International Gamers Award. More on the voting system can be found here. Games are awarded in 3 categories:

- General Strategy; Multi-player
- General Strategy; Two-player
- Historical Simulation

Historical Simulation





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International Gamers Awards - Two-player

International Gamers Awards - since 2000








In 2000 Greg Schloesser and the Strategy Gaming Society founded The Gamers' Choice Award. Known figures of the gaming scene from around the world were asked to join the jury, making this an international award.

In 2003 the award became independant under a new name: International Gamers Award. More on the voting system can be found here. Games are awarded in 3 categories:

- General Strategy; Multi-player
- General Strategy; Two-player
- Historical Simulation

General Strategy; Two-player




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International Gamers Awards - Multi-player

International Gamers Awards - since 2000








In 2000 Greg Schloesser and the Strategy Gaming Society founded The Gamers' Choice Award. Known figures of the gaming scene from around the world were asked to join the jury, making this an international award.

In 2003 the award became independant under a new name: International Gamers Award. More on the voting system can be found here. Games are awarded in 3 categories:

- General Strategy; Multi-player
- General Strategy; Two-player
- Historical Simulation

General Strategy; Multi-player

2010 Age of Industry
2009 Le Havre
2008 Agricola
2007 Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
2006 Caylus
2005 Ticket to Ride Europe
2004 St. Petersburg
2003 Age of Steam *
2003 Puerto Rico *
2002 San Marco
2001 The Princes of Florence
2000 Tikal

* Period a game is eligible has changed; as is the award. Puerto Rico is awarded for 01-01-2002 - 01-07-2002; Age of Steam for 01-07-2002 - 01-07-2003.





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BGG's Golden Geek nominees announced

The nominees for BoardGameGeek's Game of the Year (or 'Golden Geek') are announced here. Fifteen games each are nominated in 6 categories: Gamer's Game, Children's Game, Wargame, Two-player Game (non-wargame), Light/Party Game and Family Game. Voting will start soon (running until September 30) and the winners will be announced at BGG.CON 2006.
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Essener Feder

Essener Feder - Germany - since 1981







The Essener Feder (or "Goldenen Feder - Wanderpreis der Stadt Essen") is an award presented by the city of Essen, Germany since 1981 and a part of the Deutscher Spiele Preis. Awarded at the Spiel convention, this prize awards the best-written rulebook.
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