Each year since 1980, GAMES Magazine has published a Buyer's Guide to Games in their year-end holiday issue. The article lists and reviews one hundred games each year, and is therefore known as the "Games 100". The list features the very best games published in the last year. The following is a complete listing of the Games 100 (courtesy of Games Magazine and Funagain Games).

Game of the Year   Australia Australia –- the fifth and smallest continent at the beginning of the 1920s. The economic crisis is yet to come –- Australia is booming. Industrial modernization and development are pursued with vigor to help the economy "down under" progress.... Best Abstract Strategy Game   Sacred Hill / High Kings of Tara part of the Project Kells series Inspired by the Book of Kells and its mesmerizing patterns woven amongst the vellum pages, Project Kells evolved. Standing atop the Hill of Tara and contemplating the conjoined ringforts of Forradh and Teach Chormac, the games of Sacred Hill and High... Best Advanced Strategy Game   Louis XIV English language edition Slip on the role of clever court attendant and try your luck in the court of Louis XIV. Influence his next decrees. Relax in his radiance on his countless cushions. Bribe ministers and buy generals. Spin intrigue and spread your net in the empire of... Best Family Game   Der Untergang von Pompeji Pompeji, the city at the foot of the Vesuvius, is at the high point of its development. When the inhabitants of Pompeii begin their daily work in the morning of August 24, 79 A.D., they don't suspect the forthcoming disaster. When Vesuvius erupts... Best Family Card Game   Die Weinhändler A '98 Zinfandel for a 20 year old Bordeaux?! Sounds like a great exchange -- so you only pause briefly before you jump at the opportunity! The more noble -- and above all the more ripe -- vintages you store in your wine cellar, the better. Best Family Card Game   Winehandler Best Family Strategy Game   Primordial Soup English language edition of Ursuppe You control a tribe of amoebas living in Earth's past trying to survive in the Primordial Soup. At first, your amoebas drift along, eating the nutrients that are available, but soon you'll have to figure out how to get to the rapidly depleting supply... Best Family Strategy Game   Ursuppe Each player controls a tribe of primeval Amoebas, at a time in the earth's history when there are no higher forms of life. At the start of the game, the Amoebas can feed, multiply and move in an uncoordinated fashion. By buying Gene cards, players... Best 2-Player Game   Jambo English language edition Jambo! is the friendly greeting Swahili traders offered their customers in Central Africa before colonization. The players are traders in this day, competing to be the first to earn 60 gold by selling tea, hide, fruits, salt, silk, and trinkets... Best Party Game   Snorta! Get ready for laughter as your friends and family suddenly start sounding like they were born in a barn! In Snorta each player chooses the sound of a typical farm animal and the fun begins. As players quickly flip over cards, tongue-tied players... Best Puzzle   Tipover You'll flip over Tipover, the three-dimensional mind challlenging game that takes brainteasers to a colorful new level. The object of Tipover is to get your Tipper playing piece from Start to Finish by tipping crates to create paths. To start, set... Best Historical Simulation   Friedrich second edition It is the summer of 1756. On the eve of the Seven Years War, half of Europe has formed an alliance. Frederick the Great is in deep sorrow: Is the annihilation of Prussia planned? Is it Prussia's defeat or is it Prussia's glory? Best Abstract Strategy Game Runner Up   Teleporters Best Advanced Strategy Game Runner Up   Keythedral Second Edition A keythedral is to be built in the middle of Keydom. Each player directs their workers to obtain the necessary building materials. The most successful player will be rawarded with seats of honor in the keythedral, prestige and victory. Best Advanced Strategy Game Runner Up   Keythedral numbered limited edition of 600 A keythedral is to be built in the middle of keydom. Your workers are hereby requested to assist in the gathering of materials for the five building phases. Accommodation supplied. Assistance available at a price. All contributors suitably... Best Family Game Runner Up   Tanz der Hornochsen! In this colorful boardgame, you try to place your number cards on the correct rows on the game board. However, if one of your cards lands on the wrong space, then you lose points. Best Family Card Game Runner Up   The Nacho Incident Make your fortune by smuggling Mexican food into Canada! Mounties are on the prowl, looking for anyone in possession of salsa, jalapenos or black olives. Where some see great risk, you see great reward! Outwit your opponents and the border patrols to win! Best Family Strategy Game Runner Up   Iglu Iglu On the hunt for fish and polar foxes the Inuit crosses vast expanses of ice. Not only is there danger from polar bears, the ice is also malicious. Even a firm surface will melt quickly. And soon the ice floes float like small islands on the game... Best 2-Player Game Runner Up   Fjords Together, the players first build the map of the fjords, adding their houses in strategic locations as they build. When the map is complete, the players claim territory, trying to block their opponent from as much as possible, while securing these... Best Party Game Runner Up   Make 'n' Break You've got 10 wooden building blocks, a timer ticking per the number you rolled & a card showing you what to build in that time. Can you get it right... in the nick of time? When time's up, total the points on your completed building cards & collect... Best Puzzle Runner Up   Turbo Taxi English language edition of Flickwerk In Turbo Taxi, players try to be as quick as possible in making a town layout which meets the stipulated requirements. They have to add road tiles to a starting tile so that both their taxis can reach their destinations. Best Puzzle Runner Up   Flickwerk Best Historical Simulation Runner Up   Wellington It is spring 1812. The armies of Napoleonic France are masters of continental Europe. However, there is a festering sore in Spain where despite seemingly overwhelming odds valiant Spanish soldiers and guerrillas with their British allies persevere in... Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   Ingenious English language edition of Einfach Genial Ingenious is the new abstract placement game from internationally-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia. Players place colored tiles on the hexagonal board, scoring points, blocking opponents’ tile placement, and trying to protect themselves from... Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   Outfox Outfox is an easy-to-learn game with a twist. The goal is to form a row of three pieces, either three shapes in one color, or one shape in three colors. The twist is that as each piece is placed the piece next to it must slide to a new position. Each... Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   Columns Columns is a two player stacking game in which you manage an inventory of pieces with the goal of capping the most columns. One player uses the set of light pieces, the other player uses the dark ones. Taking turns, the players thread their pieces... Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   *STAR Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   Kites & Darts Game Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   Marvin Marvel's Marvelous Marble Machine AKA: The Marble Game Manipulate the marble manufacturing methods of the magnificent marble-sorting machine to amass the most amount of marbles in this madcap game for multiple players. Much mayhem might ensue in the march to marble mastery. Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   YINSH YINSH is a tempestuous game! The players each start with 5 rings on the board. Every time a ring is moved, it leaves a marker behind. Markers are white on one side and black on the other. When markers are jumped over by a ring, they must be... Abstract Strategy Game Nominee   Einfach Genial The simply ingenious placement game! With this unbelievably exciting placement game from the renown game designer Reiner Knizia, each playing piece opens up entirely new possibilities. The more identical color-symbols that are next to each other on... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Ars Mysteriorum It is autumn in Middleton, and King Florim is sponsoring his Alchemy Apprentice Competition. As an apprentice you will vie to see who can earn the most money by the end of the competition. You will barter favors for basic elements such as Brimstone... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Candamir: The First Settlers English language edition You never give up! Despite the long journey to your new homeland, and the loss of everything you owned, you have made it: you are a settler of Catan! You begin with nothing more than your own two hands, and each day will bring you a host of new... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Oltre Mare The Mediterranean Sea is the lifeline for merchants living in the lands on its shores. In Oltre Mare, players represent competing merchant families plying their trade throughout the region. As the players move their ships from port to port, they try to... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Goa At the beginning of the 16th century: beautiful beaches, wonderful climate, and one of the most important trading cities in the world. Competing companies trade with spices and send their colonists into the world and invest their money. Of most... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Dos Rios Two mighty rivers wind their way down from the mountains. The fields through which they flow are fruitful, bringing wealth to their owners. Harvest fields with campesinos, gathering riches to build homes and create a prosperous estate. The rivers... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Ys Pursue wealth and fame beyond the strong sea walls of the City of Ys! Will you search for black gems, seek favors from the mighty, or speculate at the markets and shops? The choice is yours, but the city is ruthless! Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Oltremare: Merchants of Venice Are you the Best Merchant of Venice? Try yourself and sail along the courses of ancient Venetians, Oltremare, in unknown lands of Barbaria. Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Candamir: Die Ersten Siedler German edition You never gave up! Although all your possessions and property were lost during the journey into the new homeland, you have succeeded: You are a settler of Catan! Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Mall World Players compete in the building of Mall World, scheduled to be the largest indoor shopping mall in the world. In the planning of a mall this size, it is important to get the right shops in the right locations and the player best able to do this will win! Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Heart of Africa Between 1845 and 1870, many expeditions were penetrating the heartland of Africa. Names like Burton, Speke, Baker and Livingstone are set is stone: they became true heroes of the modern world. As manager of a colonial trading company, you initially... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   In the Shadow of the Emperor Germany in the late middle ages! It is a time of flourishing cities, influential bishops, the powerful popes, and a pompous aristocracy. In such a volatile climate, no dynasty can remain in power for long. Several aristocratic families seek to acquire... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Shadows Over Camelot Shadows over Camelot is a unique collaborative game featuring a malevolent twist! As the incarnation of the Knights of the Round Table, you join forces against the game itself in an attempt to protect Camelot. Your victory hinges on the successful... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Struggle of Empires Players take the role of one of the major powers of the period and fight in both Europe and the colonies. Struggle of Empires recreates the conflict among the European powers as they attempt to become the dominant force in Europe and the rest of the... Advanced Strategy Game Nominee   Struggle of Empires Think of Civilization/Age of Renaissance set in the 18th century. Players take the role of one of the major powers of the period and fight in both Europe and the colonies. The twist to the game is that in each war players must form into two alliances... Family Game Nominee   Pickomino English language edition of Heckmeck am Bratwurmeck Roasted worms are a bird's delight. On one hand this is due to the fact that worms are the favorite dish of all poultry. On the other hand, the preference for barbecue worms is nobody else's doing but of Johnny Rooster Roaster. His Uncle Sam, a native... Family Game Nominee   Manila English language edition It is 1821, and for 250 years the Philippine Islands have been under the thumb of the Spanish crown. But, in the end, the Spaniards do not really control everything. In the shadow of the colonial power, self-willed natives have established secret... Family Game Nominee   Carcassonne: The Princess & the Dragon In this expansion for the prize-winning Carcassonne, we move into the realm of fantasy. The land around Carcassonne is being visited by a dragon, making life very difficult for the followers. Brave heroes venture forth to face the danger, but without... Family Game Nominee   Monsters Menace America Monsters Ravage America has been revamped and repackaged as Monsters Menace America. Playing off a campy, B-movie theme, Monsters Menace America finds individual players controlling both the diabolical creatures preying on North American cities and... Family Game Nominee   Burn in Hell Collect the souls of the damned! In Burn in Hell, you try to assemble the tastiest "Circles" of history's sinners. Trade souls with your rivals... or just steal the ones you need. Collect groups of Mass Murderers, Cannibals, or even Clerics... or build... Family Game Nominee   Mac Robber Mac Robber is set in Scotland when it was a young, raw country with strong and courageous chaps, who could lift and throw tree trunks and large rocks. But the life was not always simple. Large clans struggled for power and influence. And everyone... Family Game Nominee   Walk The Dogs Family Game Nominee   Maka Bana The Pacific Island paradise, Maka Bana, has just opened for tourism. And instead of building large hotels which would disfigure the countryside, the owners decided for an architectural style in conformity with nature: straw huts. In addition, the... Family Game Nominee   Saboteur German edition The players slip into the role of dwarves in the mine searching for gold. Suddenly a pickaxe breaks and extinguishes the miners' lamp. The saboteur has struck. But which of the players is the saboteur? Find the gold first or direct the sinister... Family Game Nominee   Tutankhamen Discover the treasures of Tutankhamen. Alabaster lamps, golden daggers and splendid masks lie waiting for you. But beware -- other players may snatch the most valuable treasures from right before your eyes. Riches and fame await the archeologists... Family Game Nominee   BuyWord BuyWord is a game of words with a twist. You pay good hard cash to buy your letters, then form a word to sell at a profit, if you can. Your payoff depends on the quantity and the quality of the letters in your word. BuyWord mixes basic mathematics,... Family Game Nominee   Dawn Under Help! The sun is rising! In the false dawn before sunrise, the vampires search for a dark resting place for the day. But, just when you think you have found the perfect grave, you find it is already occupied. Or worse, it contains dreaded garlic! Family Game Nominee   Election USA Why not run for President in this first boardgame from Mongoose Publishing? Remember, though, you have to be a Republican! To succeed you will need to spend your money wisely , while sincerely holding policies that others might question, (for... Family Game Nominee   Betrayal at House on the Hill Build a house of terror -- tile by tile. With fifty fiendish scenarios, Betrayal at House on the Hill puts you face to face with legendary monsters, modern nightmares, and ... your friends. Family Game Nominee   Carcassonne: The City The impressive city of Carcassonne was a magnet for tourists from all lands even in the middle ages. Its large markets, grandiose homes, and busy streets made the whole city a popular attraction. Here is your chance to build the city... Family Game Nominee   Around the World in 80 Days Follow the path of those who took this legendary Jules Verne trip around the world. Do it less than 80 days and faster than your opponents and win the game. Win or lose, all will enjoy this game as you travel by train, boat, elephant, and balloon. Family Game Nominee   Caribbean The board shows the Caribbean in the 18th century. Six pirate ships lie in wait on the sea, ready to pillage the rich ports, or to rob the booty from other ships. The sea is divided into spaces. Each player is in possession of three safe havens, marked... Family Game Nominee   Niagara In the wild rapids of the Niagara River, fearless canoers battle the water and each other to collect gems along the riverbank. Of course, the most valuable gems are found furthest down-river, close to the waterfall. Yes, there is a waterfall, and... Family Game Nominee   For Sale English language edition Going once! Going twice! Sold to the highest bidder! Bid and bluff your way to purchase the most valuable properties for the lowest amount of money, then turn around and sell those properties for cold hard cash. Be the richest real estate mogul at the... Family Game Nominee   Saboteur English language edition You are dwarves digging for gold in the depths of a mine when suddenly, the pick-axe breaks, and the lantern goes out. The saboteur has struck again! But who is the saboteur and will he (or they!) stop you from reaching the treasure? If you succeed... Family Game Nominee   Wild Pirates Ahoy! Trump your fellow pirates at cards & see whose ship will sail the fastest over the high seas. Be the first to reach the legendary treasure island & win, but beware of your opponents & stormy weather! Family Game Nominee   Cloud 9 Cloud 9 will take you straight up through the clouds! The higher the balloon rises, the more points you can score. But watch out, the balloon can fall at anytime. How long are you willing to stay on and risk losing it all? Reach new heights with... Family Game Nominee   Cloud 9 What comes up must come down so you'd better look before you leap. It's a balloon race straight up through the clouds. Score a few points by jumping out of the balloon onto cloud one or two. Or risk it all for the chance to reach Cloud Nine. You'll... Family Game Nominee   That's Life! English language edition of Verflixxt! You just got onto the path to victory, and now you have to take this blasted card. But remain calm, because the game's not over yet. The last card decides the winner here. Only then is the final scoring done. As the saying goes... Family Game Nominee   Verflixxt! You just got onto the path to victory, and now you have to take this blasted card. But remain calm, because the game's not over yet. The last card decides the winner here. Only then is the final scoring done. As the saying goes: He who laughs last, laughs Family Game Nominee   Jungle Smart Jungle Smart is a game of quick thinking and visual logic. Players compete to be the first to find the correct sequence of moves that will have 3 animals go from a given starting position to a new target position. The player who shouts out loud the... Family Game Nominee   MaNiKi! You're animal trainers at the circus. Put the animals through their paces for a good show. Two cards are drawn to determine the start and goal configurations of the three animals. Use a set of simple commands to move the animals into new... Family Card Game Nominee   Drive Family Card Game Nominee   Die Fugger Who will get the most guilders? Augsburg in the year 1367: The Dynasty of the Fugger begins with Jakob the Rich. Through him this bank- and trading-house becomes the most important in all of Europe, because it loans large sums of money to popes and... Family Card Game Nominee   BoomTown There's gold in them hills! With that cry prospectors race westward and Boomtowns are establishedthe gold rush is on. In Boomtown, you must compete with your fellow prospectors in a mad scramble to find your fortune in gold, but watch out for... Family Card Game Nominee   Station Master With the rising of a new dawn, another busy day at the Station begins. Harried passengers hustle about, looking for their trains. Behind the scenes the engineers and workers rush to connect carriages to engines. It would all be a fine mess if there... Family Card Game Nominee   Ice Cream I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Nothing says summertime like a trip to the local ice cream stand. In Ice Cream, you have the chance to demonstrate your business skills by running an ice cream stand. You have just four days to... Family Card Game Nominee   Sole Mio! Mama’s back in the kitchen! Only she has the nerve to attempt to make pizzas with the very special desires of her strange customers. It is normal for a pizza to have mushrooms -- but with pineapple? There is also a relative simple order with... Family Card Game Nominee   Gloom In the Gloom card game, you assume control of the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game is sad, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to... Family Card Game Nominee   My Dwarves Fly You want the fabled treasure of the Red Mountain. You need to enlist creatures to help secure your share. You have rivals, who believe they also have some right to the treasure. They are wrong. You will have to show them by vanquishing them in battle. Family Card Game Nominee   Farfalia The naturalist magazine Farfalia proposes five subjects that their enthusiastic followers must find and catch... with their cameras! Research requires careful planning -- especially when only one specimen can be taken for the collection. And how much... Family Card Game Nominee   Flaschenteufel new edition The book The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson tells a story about a magical bottle that grants wishes to the owner... with a catch. It can't increase lifespan, you can only sell it for less than you paid for it, and if you die with it, you go... Family Card Game Nominee   Flaschenteufel first edition Family Card Game Nominee   No Merci international edition of Geschenkt Good card games can be so simple. Either take the card, or pay a chip -- anyone can make that decision, right? However, there's a catch -- in fact, there are two: For one, nobody wants the cards, not even for free, because they get you plenty of... Family Card Game Nominee   Geschenkt Good card games can be so simple. Why hasn't someone come up with this one before?! Take a card or give a chip -- anyone can do that! Family Strategy Game Nominee   Palazzo English language edition Who will build the most magnificent palace? In the game of Palazzo, set in the age of the late Renaissance, the players slip on the roles of wealthy landowners, who compete against each other to build the most valuable palaces. As their constructions... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Camelot Legends The tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have inspired artists, scholars, and dreamers for over 1000 years. Now you can relive the legends of Camelot by sending powerful knights to mysterious lands to accomplish the world's... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Goldbräu English language edition Seehausen am See. For many years, more and more people visit this idyllic village during the annual summer fest. In these three weeks, the breweries and beer gardens in the village make more money than during the rest of the year. So, you and your... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Submarine Picture from the oceanic bathyscaphe Neptune XIII seems to prove the existence of an ancient civilization under the sea. Inside a sub-marine canyon this modern technical jewel discovered what is claimed to be vestiges of the mythic civilization of... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Amazonas English language edition It's the 19th Century, and you have come to the lush tropical jungles of the Amazon in search of rare plants and animals. You must explore the twisting paths and waterways, leading your expedition from one village to another. Each village offers an... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Ticket to Ride: Europe This installment in the best-selling Ticket to Ride series of train adventures, Ticket to Ride Europe takes you across the Ocean into the heart of Europe. Family Strategy Game Nominee   Tower of Babel Together, the players build the eight wonders of the ancient world. While building together, each tries to provide the majority of the components for each wonder and collect scoring tiles. Together, these things earn the players victory points. And... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Plunder Are ye' tired of pirate games which ignore the adventure, the feel of the wind on your face, or get mired in details of riggin' and supplyin' yer' fine vessel, or even go the other way -- bein' so simple that ye' get bored as a plank after three games?... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Nexus Ops Nexus Ops is a game of competing corporate mercenaries battling for control of a resource-rich world far from mother Earth. Players explore the alien landscape, mine the precious rubium ore, and recruit native creatures into their armies to gain... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Flandern 1302 English language edition The Flemish Guilds' Revolution began in the Battle of the Golden Spurs in Kortrijk on July 11th 1302. The guilds of weavers, fullers, dyers and cloth-cutters had successfully rushed to the aid of the Count of Flanders to drive out King Philip IV of... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Indus English language edition There are fascinating secrets hidden in the fertile valley of the River Indus -- discover artefacts from the ancient Harappa culture. Each game is different as the board can be put together in a variety of ways to produce different excavation sites. Family Strategy Game Nominee   Inka English language edition of Der Gold der Inka On the hunt for the gold of the Inkas, each player not only wants to be the first to find the treasure, but also to be the first to return with the treasure. In order to overcome the dangerous abysses of the temple, the players must carefully move the... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Rheinländer English language edition Hundreds of years ago the heart of Europe was divided. Powerful dukes ruled their duchies from their castles on the banks of the Rhine, and earned a rich income from their wealthy cities. Struggles for power were everyday, and frequently the... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Rheinländer original German edition Many hundreds of years ago, the heart of Europe was divided. Powerful dukes ruled their duchies from their castles on the banks of the Rhine, and earned a rich income from their wealthy cities. Struggles for power were commonplace, and frequently... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Buy Low Sell High From the witty and popular personal finance duo comes a "blue-chip" board game. Buy Low, Sell High not only teaches sound investment principles, it is a blast to play! Family Strategy Game Nominee   Palmyra Palmyra was one of the most important trading centers of the ancient world. caravans travelled for thousands of miles to bring their goods to this market town, on the far eastern border of the Roman Empire. Here, vintage wines, rare spices, and the... Family Strategy Game Nominee   China English language edition Even today in China, the unmistakable evidence of a fascinating story is everywhere. Hundreds of years ago, the country teetered on the brink of a change in power. Regional rulers fought continuously with each other with only one goal in mind: to... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Kardinal & König original German edition Europe, the center of power in the 12th century, is the stage for political intrigue. Clerical orders vie to control that power by influencing the cardinals and kings who hold the power. By building cloisters in the courts of kings, the orders try... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Web of Power English language edition Europe, the center of power in the 12th century, is the stage for political intrigue. Clerical orders vie to control that power by influencing the cardinals and kings who hold the power. By building cloisters in the courts of kings, the orders try... 2-Player Game Nominee   Gone Fishing! Who is the best angler? One player takes the role of the two anglers and tries to catch as many fish as possible. The other player takes the role of the fish and with bluff and skill tries to hinder the anglers from catching fish. The angler player... 2-Player Game Nominee   Polarity WARNING: Polarity is a highly addictive strategy board game that is unique and so interesting that you might have a hard time putting it away. Polarity combines strategy, dexterity and instinct -- to deliver a gaming experience that is unique... 2-Player Game Nominee   Rat Hot English language edition of Rattenscharf Two spice dealers are sharing a storehouse which a number of hungry rats are keen on as well. So that they know where everything is, the two dealers want to store spices of the same type together. But they also have to keep the rats at bay. 2-Player Game Nominee   Roma English language edition of Revolte in Rom Rome is in a state of emergency, the Senate and the Guard are embroiled in fierce arguments, the people are divided. Many roads lead to Rome, whether you decide to use powerful cards such as the Tower and the Praetorian Guard to protect the power and... Party Game Nominee   Evolution Evolution gets your tribe together in a wild and wonderful race up the evolutionary ladder as you draw, decode puzzles, decipher clues, mime, rhyme, act, sing, answer trivia and, ultimately, prove that you are SUPER HUMAN. Party Game Nominee   AdVersity This game of crazy mixed-up ads combines pop-culture, creativity, innuendo and a bit of advertising history to create hilarious social interaction for adults! Take turns trying to create new, hilarious "ads" by pairing up popular ad slogans with... Party Game Nominee   Last Word Subject: Vegetables... Letter: C. Players race opponents and the random-interval timer to yell them out... Carrots! Cucumbers! Corn! Cauliflower! "tick-tick"... The player with the Last Word in before the timer sounds advances. ...Oh! Celery! BZZZT! Party Game Nominee   Go Wacky! Collect as many cards as you can by following some wacky directions along the way! You may have to roll your dice at the bull's-eye cards, or roll as fast as you can as the other players count. Party Game Nominee   Fearsome Floors It was fabulous! Fearlessly, you found the 3 fetishes in the Finnish fjord. With light-footed and foxy feints you ferry the fetishes to prince Fieso in France to free the fascinating faerie Fabula. But Fieso is not fond of foreigners, what a... Party Game Nominee   Finstere Flure A fantastic fable: Fearlessly you searched for the 3 fetishes from the Finnish fjord, using fast and faceted feints to take them away and hurry with them to Prince Fiesto of France to free the fascinating Fee and Freelady Fabula. But Fieso seems... Puzzle Nominee   Subtrax Set up one of 40 Beginner to Expert Challenges and place the pegs on the grid to match the card. Lines on the game grid define the direction of allowable jumps. You may jump only one adjacent peg at a time. Jump and remove pegs until only the orange... Historical Simulation Nominee   Revolution: The Dutch Revolt 1568-1648 limited, numbered edition Revolution: The Dutch Revolt simulates the Eighty Years War between Spain and the Netherlands. This epic struggle lasted from 1568 until 1648 and eventually brought independence to Holland and the northern provinces. In the south, the revolt was less... Historical Simulation Nominee   Bonaparte at Marengo On 14 June 1800, the French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was taken by surprise and attacked by the Austrian army under General Melas. Outnumbered and outgunned, the French were defeated and forced to retreat. But later that same day, French... Historical Simulation Nominee   Empire of the Sun Empire of the Sun (EotS) is Mark Herman's third card driven design since he introduced the system to the hobby in We The People. EotS is a strategic level look at the entire War in the Pacific from the attack on Pearl Harbor until the surrender of... Historical Simulation Nominee   Under the Lily Banners Under the Lily Banners is a tactical battle game featuring five battles from the Thirty years War. This is the third volume from the award winning Musket & Pike Battles Series detailing 17th Century warfare, often known as the Dawn of Modern Warfare...

Games 100 Award Winners From Earlier Years

Dvonn (2003)	Evo (2002)	Aladdin's Dragons (2001)
Torres (2000)	Fossil (1999)	Quoridor (1998)

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