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   Vegas Showdown In Vegas Showdown, players are attempting to build the best hotel/casino in Las Vegas. Players must balance their hotels with enough means to bring in the money, as well as other attractions to draw people in. Best Abstract Strategy Game   PÜNCT PÜNCT is the final game of Project GIPF, a series of games that was announced to consist of 6 games and a number of sets with additional pieces. GIPF was initially release in Belgium in 1997. Now, 8 years later, the series is complete. Best Advanced Strategy   Reef Encounter Reef Encounter is about life on a coral reef! Using polyp tiles, players grow different types of corals, which they can protect from being attacked by other corals through judicious placing of their four wooden shrimp. To be successful players must... Best Family Game   Tricky Town Welcome to Tricky Town! Feel the joy and fun of Halloween trick or treating as you move your family of 2 parent pieces that move around the board attemmpting to collect the most treats and all the while trying to trick your opponents instead of being... Best Family Card Game   Trump, Tricks, Game! English language edition of Auf der Pirsch In prehistoric times hunters caught game by following their footprints. In the game, players try to make tricks to get bear, wolf, wild boar and wild sheep cards. In the first three game turns, the number of tricks is predetermined. In the fourth and... Best Family Strategy Game   Hacienda English language edition of Hazienda Argentina at the beginning of 19th century. The pastures of the pampas seem to go on forever. You have enough money to buy land and cattle to build a small hacienda. During the game, players develop their haciendas, increase their herds and land... Best Party Game   Wits & Wagers First Edition, Second Printing Are you tired of not knowing all the minutia that others do in trivia games? Then Wits and Wagers is for you – a party game in which you don’t have to know the answers, but simply bet on those who do! Best Puzzle   Gordian's Knot In ancient times the great oracles foretold that whoever solved the mystery of the Gordian Knot would rule the world! For 400 years countless contenders tried and failed until one day Alexander the Great took up the challenge and succeeded. Are you ready? Best Word Game   Parlay Make the best word and the best poker hand that you can from your cards. Stay and risk your points for a shot at bonuses, or play it safe and fold for guaranteed points. Play Texas Hold’em, 5 Card Draw, and more! Best Historical Simulation Game   Silent War The United States Submarine Campaign Against Imperial Japan, 1941-1945 After two and a half years of condemning Germany's unrestricted submarine campaign in the Atlantic, it took the United States only six hours after the bombs fell upon Pearl Harbor to order its submarines to conduct its own unrestricted submarine... Best Abstract Strategy Game Runner-Up   Pacru includes Shacru and Azacru; series 302 The Pacru 302 set contains the rules and equipment for three games: Pacru, Shacru & Azacru. These are played by 2,3 or 4 players with special "chevron" pieces which turn fields their own color as they move round the board. Chevrons point and move in... Best Advanced Strategy Runner-Up   Caylus second edition The year is 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen will be flocking by the cartload... Best Family Game Runner-Up   Techno Witches Modern witches and wizards no longer ride simple flying brooms. They have now entered the modern age of technology and ride jet-powered sweeping machines! But, these new machines must be filled before each flight with magic dust. Using their magic... Best Family Card Game Runner-Up   King Arthur Card Game Welcome to the world of King Arthur! In this fabulous card game, as in the board game, the players again meet courageous knights, dangerous monsters and dark powers. As knights they try to show their adversaries the gates, to win knightly tournaments... Best Family Strategy Game Runner-Up   Aqua Romana multi-lingual edition It is Rome and they do not have enough drinking water. Master builders oversee their workers as they build the necessary aqueducts to bring the people the water they need. The winner will be they player who best manages his workers to build the longest... Best Party Game Runner-Up   Sketchword Sketchword is the best word game and the best drawing game combined into one box! Best Puzzle Runner-Up   FlipSide The flipping, sliding brainteaser. Best Word Game Runner-Up   Heximania Introducing the wild and wacky word search game that'll leave you spellbound! Spinning the board as you go, you take turns placing letter tiles and earning points for each word you build. As long as letters are adjacent and in the proper sequence... Best Historical Simulation Game Runner-Up   Commands & Colors Ancients reprint Commands & Colors: Ancients allows you to re-fight epic battles of the ancient world. Here the focus is on the two rivals for power in the Western Mediterranean -- Carthage and Rome. Will you, as Hannibal, triumph over larger Roman armies; or as Scipio... Abstract Strategy Nominee   Ringgz In this exciting strategy game, players challenge each other to win the most territories using colorful wooden rings. Find the right balance between gaining majorities and controlling your opponents to capture victory. Fast paced and addictive, this... Abstract Strategy Nominee   Blokus Trigon Blokus Trigon is a chip off the ole Blokus, but with a super-challenging twist! A new dimension of triangular-created Trigon pieces must be fit, tip to tip with your own pieces, on the hexagonal game board. Angles jut in every direction, so new... Abstract Strategy Nominee   GemBlo Start with a block in the corner and expand your territory across the board. Whoever can play the most pieces wins the game! Abstract Strategy Nominee   Corintho Timeline 400 B.C., Greece. The foundation has been laid for a new temple. Two "architects" attempt to form a line of 3 constructions which are topped by the same type of playing piece. Using the Corinthian Column capitals, columns and bases as the... Abstract Strategy Nominee   Skybridge The sky is the limit in this 3-D architecture strategy project. Use your 2- and 3-story building blocks to build towers, use the bridges to connect adjacent towers and the roofs to determine the tower's owner. The one who crowns the most structures wins. Abstract Strategy Nominee   Cathedral: World Yes, it is a competitive strategy game, but many players see Cathedral World as a work of art, a conversation piece, and a teaching aid. Played in the same manner as the award-winning Cathedral game, the newest edition's pieces depict 28 monuments from... Abstract Strategy Nominee   Die Dolmengötter Dolmengötter is a luck-independent majority game. Wander through dark and mysterious Ireland, create valuable stone circles and mark it with your dolmen, without letting your opponents know their worth. Only at the end will you see who has created the... Abstract Strategy Nominee   Chinagold Both players search for gold, one in the mountains, and the other in the rivers. If gold is found in the prospecting areas of a mountain or a river, the mountain or river player can protect the find. But note that every prospecting area is at the same... Abstract Strategy Nominee   Hey! That's My Fish! At the pole your penguins are jumping from ice floe to ice floe hunting fish. They're also trying to block other penguins and secure the best fishing grounds for themselves. The penguin colony that catches the most fish by the end of the game wins. Abstract Strategy Nominee   Pingvinas Penguins are jumping from ice floe to ice floe hunting fish. As they do so, they try to block their opponents to secure the best fishing grounds for themselves. Whoever has caught the most fish at the end of the game wins. Advanced Strategy Nominee   Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean immerses you in an exciting, competitive world filled with aggressive trading, perilous voyages, and the construction of grand monuments. Parthenon is a game of commerce for 3 to 6 players set in the islands of the Aegean... Advanced Strategy Nominee   Siena In the year 1338 the Siena's Town Council charged the famous artist Ambrogio Lorenzetti to paint a fresco showing the town and its commerce. You will play the game above the painting that he made. You will start as Peasants, sowing the ground and... Advanced Strategy Nominee   Conquest of Pangea A fascinating game for dominance set in the distant past when all the world's land masses were joined in a single super-continent: Pangea. This unique game promotes battle and migration as the world breaks into pieces. The player-controlled species... Advanced Strategy Nominee   The Scepter of Zavandor English language edition of Das Zepter von Zavandor In this strategic game of magic, power, and political wrangling, the players represent young magicians who have gained possession of ancient magical knowledge, and seek to utilize it to gain the position of archmage, symbolized by the Scepter of... Family Game Nominee   Beowulf: The Legend Beowulf: The Legend invites you to accompany the mighty hero as one of his brave comrades. Will you become the most renowned warrior and succeed Beowulf as king? Only the strongest will prevail! Family Game Nominee   Aloha Island tourism grew explosively around 1960 and travel agents searched desperately for new paradise beaches. Your travel office asks you to explore new holiday destinations. Your task is to find the best beaches and the most attractive locations. Family Game Nominee   Buccaneer multi-lingual edition of Seeräuber It's total chaos at the port. Many of the pirates are casting jealous glances at the riches in the large trading ships... and hatching plans to get the lucrative booty. Family Game Nominee   Celtica An old Irish legend tells of the hero, Chú Chulainn, who gathered 10 brave men together to drive the enemy from their land in a great battle. After returning home, he gave each of his followers a magic amulet. Each amulet was similar: the 9 outer parts... Family Game Nominee   Carcassonne: The Discovery This is a standalone game in the Carcassonne series. Regions are not automatically scored when completed. Instead, you can choose to score any one of your meeples on your turn, but get more points if the region has been completed. Family Game Nominee   Combo King Combo King is probably the most rockin' and rollin' game about probability that you will ever play! What are the chances that you will complete the combo in a given number of rolls? How many chips are worth cashing to try to get rid of a card? Family Game Nominee   Darkness Falls on Sevinpold Darkness Falls on Sevinpold is a revolutionary new fantasy board game where every castle is filled with secrets, perils, powers and magical creatures; where the heroes, known as the Valiant, must play as a team against the menacing Darkness in order to... Family Game Nominee   Dead Man's Treasure English language edition of Der Schatz des Käpt'n Flint In Dead Man's Treasure players compete to gain the most valuable treasure on a chain of six islands. Deploy your crew secretly to the islands in your quest for the treasure, but watch out for booby traps, lest you find yourself on the bottom of the sea. Family Game Nominee   Double or Nothing Double or Nothing is a fast paced, press-your-luck game that is perfect fun for groups of 3-6 players. How far will you push yourself to score points? Players take turns scoring or flipping over cards, looking to increase their points. Turn over the... Family Game Nominee   Freya's Folly This game is inspired by the legend of the Brisingamen, an enchanting necklace owned by Freya, the Norse goddess of fertility and passion. It was said that Freya owed at least part of her reputation for irresistible beauty to the Brisingamen. According... Family Game Nominee   Wildfire domino game Dominoes have never been so WILD! Wildfire domino game is the newest domino game with wilds and features a unique electronic hub, which plays "fire" sounds in the background. The hub also calls out what the "wild" numbers are going to be during play. Family Game Nominee   Friesen-Törn In Friesen-Törn, you move sailboats over the playing field using directional movement cards, in an attempt to ram your opponents’ boats as often as possible (as in "bumper cars"). How often you are hit is of minor importance because none of the boats... Family Game Nominee   Skyline of the World Build floors and gain income by attaining top positions in the ever rising skyline. This game forces you to plan ahead. Will you gain control over the strategic areas, complete your secret assignment and build that third penthouse to ensure your victory? Family Game Nominee   Hoffman-Singleton Game Players race to find 3 "connected" cards in the display to claim them first. Claim the most cards to win! Family Game Nominee   Key Largo imported edition Friday July 22, 1899, 9:27. The heavy diving helmet has just been closed again on the head of Pablo, the diver whom you recruited yesterday at the Siren Bar. In a few minutes, he will be at work and you already dream of grandiose wealth! Under the... Family Game Nominee   Robber Knights multi-lingual edition of Raubritter The greedy knights leave their proud castles and go out into the surrounding countryside to expand their base of power and wealth. The other knights will not let these expansions go unanswered, and often seek to contest the new lands. So knights must... Family Game Nominee   Rocketville In the game, every player is a candidate vying to become mayor of the city of Rocketville. Each turn, candidates travel to different precincts, making campaign promises. The player with the best promise earns popularity points. At the end of the game... Family Game Nominee   Sitting Ducks Gallery No duck is safe in Sitting Ducks Gallery, where the object is to maneuver your ducks down the row and avoid getting in the line of fire! Get your ducks out of the water before feathers start flying, because cards can target, shoot, or move the line in... Family Game Nominee   RoboRally RoboRally is a fast-moving robot race. Each player tries to be the first to cross a series of checkpoints by maneuvering a robot across the floor of the "Grid Widget Factory." The course is laced with perils such as lasers, crushers, missile launchers... Family Game Nominee   The Great Space Race The Galactic Emperor is holding a Great Space Race! Will you survive to cross the finish line, or be crowned 'loser' (and cause the death of your entire species)? Family Game Nominee   Ticket to Ride: Märklin Ticket to Ride: Märklin is the third installment in the award winning series by Alan Moon. This train game, in which players attempt to connect routes between cities in Germany and surrounding countries, is widely hailed as the most strategic ... Family Game Nominee   Winner's Circle THEY'RE AT THE POST... As the crowd tenses with anticipation one can only wonder what's going on in the minds of these seven men and their mounts, these "equines for the ages" will soon settle that long asked question "Who's the greatest of all time?" Family Game Nominee   Giro Galoppo The riding event of the season has just begun! Five promising racehorses race along the course. The racing cards determine the speed. However, the race does not always go according to plan, because some of the horses push their way through and thrust... Family Game Nominee   Castle Merchants Players take on the roles of merchants during the Medieval period trying to sell their wares to the various castles in the land. Each castle has certain goods they are interested in obtaining and the first merchants to visit a castle receives a better... Family Game Nominee   Sneeze bagged edition Oh no! Not Cats and pollen! Ah'choo! Match Sneeze cards to your opponents' allergies to make them sneeze. Hold your breath to be safe, at least until the wind changes. Watch out -- sneeze once too often and you're out! Family Game Nominee   Lineage II: The Boardgame The story of Lineage II: The Boardgame precedes the original Lineage by far. It goes long back before the history of the usurpation and the revenge between the rightful heir Deforge and the usurper Ken Rauhel. The age of the mighty Titans has ended... Family Game Nominee   Aton multi-lingual edition The high priests of the two great Egyptian deities Aton and Amon are fighting for supremacy. Both leaders want to place their priests in the crucial positions in the four great temples in Thebes. Family Game Nominee   Cosmic Cows English language edition of Kniffel Duel It's time for the Annual Extraterrestrial Cow-Pulling Contest, and aliens from all over the galaxy have come to watch the event! Go head to head with your cross-cosmos rival to see who can abduct three Cosmic Cows first! Family Game Nominee   Times Square English language edition of Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb Zwei Without Champagne Charlie and Saucy Sue nothing happens in Times Square. Others flock to places that attract celebrities and other people important people. In other words, they go where the party is. Thus, folks go where Dancing Deb and Handsome Hal... Family Game Nominee   Pecking Order English language edition of Auf die Palme A fast-playing game which features subtle depth. Set against a backdrop of lush jungles and ancient stone ruins, mystical birds battle for advantage... for their place in the Pecking Order. Family Game Nominee   Aquadukt English language edition In accordance with the farmer's rules of ancient Roman provinces, players settle the fertile land with their houses. However, even the most luxurious houses are worthless without a reliable water supply. If a player does not supply his houses with... Family Game Nominee   Tombouctou international edition of Timbuktu All caravans want to go to Timbuktu to convert salt, coffee, gold, pepper, and especially water to riches and fame! Of course, the way through the desert is perilous and only the best will make it safely. Of course, those too timid will fail as well. Family Card Game Nominee   Poison The mad doctor has cooked up something evil in Reiner Knizia's Poison, a clever strategy card game. Players choose a potion card from their hand to add to one of three colored cauldrons, being careful not to let the pot go over a total value of 13. The... Family Card Game Nominee   Pecunia non olet In the hustle and bustle of ancient Rome, you earn heaps of coins as operators of a public latrine. Lure rich senators to your latrines. Push poor slaves and dawdlers to your opponents. With a little luck you'll become the richest latrine owner in Rome. Family Card Game Nominee   Glory to Rome plastic box edition Citizens of Rome, Caesar demands action! 64 AD, much of Rome has been devastated by fire -- the city is in turmoil. Emperor Nero is racing back from Antium to set up shelters and start rebuilding structures lost in the flames. Caesar expects your aid... Family Card Game Nominee   Ark English language edition of Arche Opti Mix Noah is tearing out his beard and the time-pressure is difficult. Clouds are gathering and the rain could come anytime. The weather forecast is not good. Meanwhile, animals are gathering before the ark. Now, a handful of people are offering to help... Family Card Game Nominee   Diabolo We admit it freely: There's a little devil in each of us! Annoying your opponents with number cards, so that they lose points, makes for simply devilish fun. At the beginning of the game the five Heaven & Hell cards are laid out on the table and each... Family Card Game Nominee   Lucca Città Italy, 1628: the wealthy families of Lucca compete in creating the most refined palaces and reinforcing the city walls. This is a card game for master builders! Family Card Game Nominee   Gracias The players earn victory points by collecting cards in the 6 different colors, but they never want to have the most cards in a color. At the end, the player with the most victory points is the winner! Family Card Game Nominee   Play Nine The Card Game of Golf The object is to shoot the lowest score. After nine holes, the lowest score wins. Card values range from -5 (hole-in-one) to 12 (out of bounds). Golfers and non-golfers alike enjoy Play Nine. The combination of strategy and luck-of-the-draw keeps... Family Card Game Nominee   Zing! English language edition of Die Sieben Siegal Outwit your opponents in this wily trick-taking game! Take a trick that another player wanted -- Zing! Make someone take a trick they don't need? Zing! Accurately predict how many tokens to take and you'll be the greatest Zinger! Family Card Game Nominee   Jericho English language edition The walls come a crumblin' down! With the help of some powerful trumpets you can make it happen -- but be warned, so can everyone else. To win this card game, you must quickly and cleverly build up your walls for scoring while trying to tear down the... Family Card Game Nominee   Nottingham English language edition The sheriff of Nottingham is in trouble! His time in power is nearing its end, and he hasn't quite managed to get enough cash together to buy another year in office. So he sends his Deputies out to collect taxes and promises to promote the most... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Cleopatra and the Society of Architects Cleopatra & the Society of Architects is a fun and engaging family game that includes a true, three-dimensional palace that players compete to build. Players strive to become the wealthiest of Cleopatra’s architects by constructing the most magnificent... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Masons English language edition of Mauerbauer In medieval times, famous masons competed to build the most beautiful and impressive cities. As we can see from what they left behind, they were perfectionists, but each had his own ideas about the best ways to design cities. Stately government... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Mesopotamia: Cradle of Civilization Several thousand years ago, clans of people began settling in Mesopotamia. Now you can lead one of these clans, exploring unknown areas, building huts to live in, and creating cult centers to collect the valuable and desired Mana. At the same time, all... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Thurn and Taxis English language edition Winning the Spiel des Jahres in 2006, Thurn and Taxis takes the theme of the German post office and transforms it into a fascinating game. Players take turns building connecting routes of postal stagecoaches across Germany. Decisions must be made ... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Euphrates & Tigris: Contest of Kings card game The fruitful region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers has long been an area of conflict. It is no different now and was not different 5000 years ago. Neighboring rulers are constantly scheming and fighting, always looking for the upper hand in... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Railroad Tycoon: The Boardgame With Railroad Tycoon, Eagle Games brings another Sid Meier classic to the table in boardgame form. It's an outstanding design brought to you by Age of Steam creator Martin Wallace. Family Strategy Game Nominee   Rum & Pirates English language edition of Um Ru(h)m und Ehre Players wander the alleys of the dangerous Pirate's Nest searching for honor (among pirates!) and treasure (yes!). Family Strategy Game Nominee   Ostia: The Harbor of Rome Ostia, first century A.D.: Merchants obtain and distribute the resources that the Roman Senate needs to complete civic projects. Those that support the Senate over the next five years will gain special favor in the eyes of the senators. Players receive... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Mykerinos 1899. For more than a century, the European public has been fascinated by Egyptology and the discoveries of Denon, Champollion, Petrie and others. Seeking adventure and glory, teams of archaeologists search the sands of Egypt for hidden treasures... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Kreta Have your people settle the most important provinces of Crete. Establish flowering cities and increase your influence by building powerful towers. Use your fleet skillfully and try to harvest as many olives and grapes as possible. Only the player who... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Il Principe To be a Prince in the Italian Renaissance is a brave and incessant struggle to conquer countrysides and fortify towns, and to win the confidence and favors of nobles and common people. By building up Cathedrals and Universities, enlarging Markets... Family Strategy Game Nominee   Himalaya multi-lingual edition The players move through the Himalayas on earthen trails, icy tracks and stone paths. As tribal chiefs they travel from village to village, and collect raw materials or fulfill orders. With them they can secure game-critical influence -- in political... Party Game Nominee   Jochen der Rochen Jochen der Rochen is a skill game for children, which requires a lot of sure instinct. Jochen the Ray bustles with five colourful fish couples on the round "dance floor". With the touch of a finger, the players tilt the floor and seesaw it back and... Party Game Nominee   Wallamoppi Fun is in the Balance! In a race against time, players attempt to "one up" each other by pulling Kiwi Disks from a teetering wall, and daring to stack them ever higher. The last player to successfully stack a disk, before the timer marble drops out of... Party Game Nominee   Brain Chain Brain Chain, the strategy-driven trivia game, challenges players as no game has before. The board's clever design allows players to block each other's progress while advancing their own without the use of dice. Party Game Nominee   Toppo Toppo is a fast card game with all players acting at once. Each player tries to get rid of his cards as quickly as possible by matching sets of three (or more) with the set showing on the layout on the table. Puzzle Nominee   Regatta Aye, aye, Commodore! Command a colorful fleet in this dazzling game of pattern recognition! With 55 different races and two levels of exciting game play, Regatta is the ultimate single-player game for all ages. Pick a card, and place your crew in their... Word Game Nominee   Jot! Here's a competitive "write & wipe" game the whole family will enjoy. Players select game cards that suggest words to jot down on the board. Players write them down, and erase their opponent's words -- causing them to lose points. It's a great way to... Word Game Nominee   Plext Take 14 letters in a row and turn them into as few words as you can! Prove you have the ultimate vocabulary in this addicting game by finding fewer words than your fellow players. Word lovers unite! Word Game Nominee   Keesdrow Deluxe Keesdrow is fun and challenging with a strong educational benefit for all who play. Few games offer the level of interaction between children and adults like Keesdrow. Unlike other word games, all players have access at all times to the entire game... Word Game Nominee   Keesdrow Standard edition Keesdrow is fun and challenging with a strong educational benefit for all who play. Few games offer the level of interaction between children and adults like Keesdrow. Unlike other word games, all players have access at all times to the entire game... Word Game Nominee   Wordsearch Search the board, then slide the letters together to form a word. The more letters you use, the more you score. Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Twilight Struggle 2nd edition In 1945, unlikely allies toppled Hitler's war machine, while humanity's most devastating weapons forced the Japanese Empire to its knees in a storm of fire. Where once there stood many great powers, there now stood only two -- the United States and the... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Here I Stand Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 The lineage of Here I Stand includes descent from both SPI's A Mighty Fortress (published in 1977) and GMT's The Napoleonic Wars (2002). Reusing the theme of A Mighty Fortress, the game improves on its predecessor with a much deeper system to handle... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Triumph of Chaos Russian Civil War 1918–1921 Triumph of Chaos: Russian Civil War 1918 –1921 is a two-player card driven strategic boardgame within the context of the chaos of the Russian Civil War. Players assume the side of the REDs (communist forces) and the WHITEs (anti-communist forces) in... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Defiant Russia: Operation Barbarossa, 1941 Games You Can Play! series When two people sit down over a table to play a historical board game, they're not looking for the same thing every time. Sometimes they want an in-depth study of an event; sometimes it's just the desire for competitive fun. Defiant Russia leans... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Alsace 1945: The Germans Attack Games You Can Play! series Like any dying organism, the Nazi regime lashed out against its enemies during late 1944 and early 1945. The most famous of these actions, the so-called "Battle of the Bulge", is the focus of America Triumphant. Less well known but equally critical in... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Gazala 1942 Games You Can Play! series Starting with the Italian invasion of Egypt in September, 1940, war flowed back and forth across the North African deserts for 18 months. The summer of 1942 found the Axis and Allied armies facing one another west of Tobruk, where the Commonwealth... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   They Shall Not Pass: The Battle of Verdun, 1916 Games You Can Play! series In early 1916, the German and French armies faced each other in what appeared to be a stalemate. The German commander-in-chief, Erich von Falkenhayn, conceived one of the most cold-hearted plans in military history. Fall Gericht, which translates as... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Red Vengeance: 1945, The Destruction of Nazi Germany Games You Can Play! series By the summer of 1944, the peoples of the Soviet Union had suffered incredible hardships. Three years of war had wrecked the economy, destroyed countless cities, and brought the murders of at least 10 million civilians. Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Strange Defeat: The Fall of France, 1940 Games You Can Play! series In the spring of 1940, the French Army, generally believed to be the best in the world, again faced her mortal enemy, the German Army. With the last war scarcely 20 years past, this one seemed destined to develop along similar lines. British forces... Historical Simulation Game Nominee   Bitter Victory: The Invasion of Sicily, 1943 Games You Can Play! series After chasing Axis forces out of Africa in the spring of 1943, the Allied armies prepared to return to Europe. After studying several possible landing sites, the British and Americans decided to invade Sicily. Strategically located in the middle of the...

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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