1974 to 1975 – Best Professional Game
| YEAR | GAME | DESIGNER | COMPANY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Third Reich | John Prados | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1975 | Kingmaker | 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 | Laurence Groves | 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 | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1977 | Squad Leader | John Hill | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
1976 to 1977 – Best Strategic Game
| YEAR | GAME | DESIGNER | COMPANY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Russian Campaign | John Edwards | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1977 | Victory in the Pacific | Richard Hamblen | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
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 | Jim Dunnigan | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1981 | A House Divided | Frank Chadwick | Game Designers’ Workshop |
| 1982 | Civilization | Francis Tresham | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1983 | The Civil War | Eric Lee Smith | Victory Games |
| 1984 | South Mountain | Richard Berg | West End Games |
| 1985 | Pax Britannica | Greg Costikyan | Victory Games |
| 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 | Joseph Balkoski | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1980 | Cresendo of Doom (Squad Leader module) | Don Greenwood | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1981 | Wings | Craig Taylor | Yaquinto Publications |
| 1982 | Storm Over Arnhem | Courtney Allen | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1983 | Ambush! | Eric Lee Smith | Victory Games |
| 1984 | Vietnam 1965 – 1975 | Nick Karp | Victory Games |
| 1985 | World in Flames | Harry Rowland | Australian Design Group |
| 1986 | Fortress America | Mike Gray | Milton Bradley Company |
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 | Joseph Balkoski | Victory Games |
| 1989 | A House Divided (2nd ed.) | Frank Chadwick | Game Designers’ Workshop |
| 1990 | Kadesh | Gary Dickens | XTR Corporation |
| 1991 | Alexandros | Mike Markowitz | XTR Corporation |
| 1992 | SPQR | Richard Berg & Mark Herman | GMT Games LLC |
| 1993 | When Eagles Fight | Ted Raicer | XTR Corporation |
| 1994 | Battles of Waterloo | Richard Berg | GMT Games LLC |
| 1995 | Great War in Europe | Ted Raicer | XTR Corporation |
| 1996 | Fields of Glory | Richard Berg | Moments in History |
| 1997 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Ted Raicer | Moments in History |
| 1998 | For the People | Mark Herman | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1999 | Paths of Glory | Ted Raicer | GMT Games LLC |
| 2000 | Drive on Paris | Al Wambold | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 2001 | Wilderness War | Volko Runkhe | GMT Games LLC |
| 2002 | Napoleonic Wars | Mark McLaughlin | GMT Games LLC |
| 2003 | Age of Napoleon | Reynaud Verlaque | Phalanx Games |
| 2004 | Sword of Rome | Wray Ferrell | GMT Games LLC |
| 2005 | Bonaparte at Marengo | Bowen Simmons | Simmons Games |
| 2006 | Here I Stand | Ed Beach | GMT Games LLC |
| 2007 | 1914: Twilight in the East | Michael Resch | GMT Games LLC |
| 2008 | Warriors of God | Makoto Nakajima | Multi-Man Publishing |
2009 to 2012 – 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 |
| 2010 | Washington’s War | Mark Herman | GMT Games |
| 2011 | Sekigahara | Matthew Calkins | GMT Games |
| 2012 | The Battle of Fontenoy | Paul Dangel | Clash of Arms |
2009 to 2012 – 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 |
| 2010 | The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939 | Javier Romero | GMT Games |
| 2011 | None But Heroes | Dean Essig | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2012 | Bloody April | Terry Simo | GMT Games |
1987 to 2012 – Best World War Two Game
| YEAR | GAME | DESIGNER | COMPANY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Raid on St. Nazaire | Rob Markham | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1988 | Tokyo Express | Jon Southard | Victory Games |
| 1989 | Hitler’s Last Gamble | Danny Parker | World Wide Wargames |
| 1990 | Operation Shoestring | Gene Billingsley | GMT Games LLC |
| 1991 | East Front | Craig Besinque | Columbia Games |
| 1992 | Stalingrad Pocket | Masahiro Yamazaki | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1993 | Afrika | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1994 | Enemy at the Gates | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1995 | Tunisia | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1996 | Wave of Terror | John Desch | XTR Corporation |
| 1997 | DAK | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1998 | Invasion: Sicily | Vance von Borries | GMT Games LLC |
| 1999 | Burma | Dave Friedrichs | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 2000 (tie) | Sicily | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 2000 (tie) | Ukraine ’43 | Mark Simonitch | GMT Games LLC |
| 2001 | Barbarossa – Army Group North | Vance von Borries | GMT Games LLC |
| 2002 | Barbarossa to Berlin | Ted Raicer | GMT Games LLC |
| 2003 | Europe Engulfed | Rick Young & Jesse Evans | GMT Games LLC |
| 2004 | Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1 | Ken Dunn | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2005 | Empire of the Sun | Mark Herman | GMT Games LLC |
| 2006 | A Victory Lost | Tetsuya Nakamura | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2007 | Case Blue | Dean Essig | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2008 | Conflict of Heroes | Uwe Eckert | Academy Games |
| 2009 | D-Day at Omaha Beach | John Butterfield | Decision Games |
| 2010 | Normandy ’44 | Mark Simonitch | GMT Games |
| 2011 | No Retreat: The Russian Front Deluxe Edition | Carl Paradis | GMT Games |
| 2012 | Red Winter | Mark Mokszycki | GMT Games |
1987 to 2012 – Best Post–World War Two or Modern Game
| YEAR | GAME | DESIGNER | COMPANY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 (tie) | Central America | James McQuaid | Victory Games |
| 1987 (tie) | 7th Fleet | Joseph Balkoski | Victory Games |
| 1988 | Tac Air | Gary Morgan | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1989 | Modern Naval Battles | Dan Verssen | World Wide Wargames |
| 1990 | Silver Bayonet | Gene Billingsley | GMT Games LLC |
| 1991 (tie) | Inchon | Jim Werbaneth | XTR Corporation |
| 1991 (tie) | Hornet Leader | Dan Verssen | GMT Games LLC |
| 1992 | Tet ’68 | Joe Miranda | XTR Corporation |
| 1993 | Crisis: Korea 1995 | Gene Billingsley | GMT Games LLC |
| 1994 | no award | – | – |
| 1995 | Yom Kippur | Al Sandrick | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1996 | no award | – | – |
| 1997 | Semper Fi | Lee Forester | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1998 | no award | – | – |
| 1999 | no award | – | – |
| 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 |
| 2003 | Lock ‘n Load | Mark Walker | Shrapnel Games |
| 2004 | Downtown | Lee Brimmicombe-Wood | GMT Games LLC |
| 2005 | Twilight Struggle | Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews | GMT Games LLC |
| 2006 | Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965–66 | Joe Miranda | Decision Games |
| 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 |
| 2009 | Elusive Victory | Terry Simo | GMT Games LLC |
| 2010 | Labyrinth: The War on Terror | Volko Ruhnke | GMT Games |
| 2011 | Lock ‘n Load: Heroes of the Gap | Pete Abrams, Mark H. Walker | Lock ‘n Load Publishing |
| 2012 | Andean Abyss | Volko Ruhnke | GMT Games |
1999 to 2012 – 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 | 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 | Scot Holmgren | Blue Guidon Games |
| 2004 | Louisiana Tigers | Richard Berg | BSO Games |
| 2005 | Death in the Trenches | Ben Madison and Wes Erni | 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 |
| 2010 | We Must Tell the Emperor! | Steve Carey | Victory Point Games |
| 2011 | La Bataille d’ Halle – 1806 | Dennis A. Spors, James Soto, Monte Mattson, Michael Neylan | Marshal Enterprises |
| 2012 | City of Confusion: The Battle for Hue, Tet 1968 | Paul Rohrbaugh | High Flying Dice Games |
1999 to 2012 – Best Magazine Game
| YEAR | GAME | DESIGNER | COMPANY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Borodino & Friedland | Kevin Zucker | Decision Games (Strategy & Tactics) |
| 2000 | Xenophon | Joe Miranda | Decision Games (Strategy & Tactics) |
| 2001 | War of 1812 | Tom Dalgliesh | Decision Games (Strategy & Tactics) |
| 2002 | First Indochina War | Joe Miranda | Decision Games (Strategy & Tactics) |
| 2003 | Ignorant Armies | Phil Sharp | Decision Games (Strategy & Tactics) |
| 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 | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2007 | Not War But Murder | Michael Rinella | 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 |
| 2011 | Into the Bastards! – First tank battle | Nicolas Rident | Battles Magazine |
| 2012 | Beyond Waterloo | John Prados | Against the Odds Magazine |
2009 to 2012 – 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 |
| 2010 | Combat Commander: Battle Pack #3 – Normandy | John Foley | GMT Games |
| 2011 | Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 | Ken Dunn | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2012 | Advanced Squad Leader: Festung Budapest | Bill Cirillo | Multi-Man Publishing |
1974 to 2012 – Best Professional Wargaming Magazine
| YEAR | MAGAZINE | PUBLISHER |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Strategy & Tactics | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1975 | Strategy & Tactics | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1976 | Strategy & Tactics | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1977 | Strategy & Tactics | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1978 | Fire & Movement | Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1979 | Fire & Movement | Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1980 | Fire & Movement | Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1981 | Fire & Movement | Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |
| 1982 | Fire & Movement | Friedrich Helfferich & Steve Jackson Games |
| 1983 | Fire & Movement | Friedrich Helfferich & Steve Jackson Games |
| 1984 | The Wargamer | World Wide Wargames |
| 1985 | The Wargamer | World Wide Wargames |
| 1986 | The Wargamer | World Wide Wargames |
| 1987 | Strategy & Tactics | World Wide Wargames |
| 1988 | Strategy & Tactics | World Wide Wargames |
| 1989 | Strategy & Tactics | 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 | Decision Games |
| 1999 | Strategy & Tactics | Decision Games |
| 2000 | Strategy & Tactics | Decision Games |
| 2001 | Strategy & Tactics | Decision Games |
| 2002 | Strategy & Tactics | Decision Games |
| 2003 | Against the Odds | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2004 (tie) | Against the Odds | Against the Odds Magazine |
| 2004 (tie) | Strategy & Tactics | Decision Games |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Battles | Olivier Revenu |
| 2012 | C3i | RBM Publishing |
1974 to 2012 – Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine
| YEAR | MAGAZINE | PUBLISHER |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Albion | Don Turnbull |
| 1975 | Jagdpanther | Jagdpanther Publications |
| 1976 | Battlefield/Jagdpanther | Jagdpanther Publications |
| 1977 | The Space Gamer | Steve Jackson Games |
| 1978 | Perfidious Albion | Charles Vasey |
| 1979 | Perfidious Albion | Charles Vasey |
| 1980 | HMS Review* | Herb Barents |
| 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 and Excursions | Lee Gold |
| 1985 | The V.I.P of Gaming | Alan Emrich |
| 1986 | The Midwest Wargamers’ Association Newsletter | Hal Thinglum |
| 1987 | Volunteers – Civil War Gaming Newsletter | Bill Koff |
| 1988 | Volunteers – Civil War Gaming Newsletter | Bill Koff |
| 1989 | The Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1990 | The Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1991 | The Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1992 | The Canadian Wargaming Journal | Canadian Wargaming Group |
| 1993 | Paper Wars | Hexessential Publications |
| 1994 | Paper Wars | Hexessential Publications |
| 1995 | Berg’s Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg |
| 1996 | Berg’s Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg |
| 1997 | Berg’s Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg |
| 1998 | Berg’s Review of Games (BROG) | Richard Berg |
| 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 | Minden Games |
| 2010 | Line of Departure | Jim Werbaneth |
| 2011 | Line of Departure | Jim Werbaneth |
| 2012 | 1914 Dispatches | Oregon Consim Gamers |
* – formerly Swabbers
1987 to 2012 – Best Historical or Scenario Magazine Article
| YEAR | ARTICLE | WRITER | MAGAZINE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Aesthetics, Function and History in Wargame Graphics | Rodger MacGowan | The Wargamer Vol. 2, #3 |
| 1988 | Forrest at Bay | Richard Berg | Strategy & Tactics #119 |
| 1989 | Rush for Glory | Richard Hitchman | Strategy & Tactics #127 |
| 1990 (tie) | Borodino | Gary Morgan | Strategy & Tactics #136 |
| 1990 (tie) | Enter Rommel | Frank Watson | Europa Magazine #15 |
| 1991 | Desert Storm | Bo Eldridge | Command #13 |
| 1992 | Russo-Japanese War | Ron Bell | Command #19 |
| 1993 | When Eagles Fight: First World War in the East | Ted Raicer | Command #25 |
| 1994 | No Award | – | – |
| 1995 | Bunker Hill | William Marsh | Command #32 |
| 1996 | No Award | – | – |
| 1997 | End of Empire, Parts I and II | William Marsh | Command #46 |
| 1998 | The Meuse-Argonne: America’s Last Offensive of the Great War | John Desch | Command #51 |
| 1999 | Equus: Cavalry Battles of the Second Punic War | Dan Fournie | C3i #10 |
| 2000 | French Foreign Legion | Timothy Kutta | Strategy & Tactics #200 |
| 2001 | The Boer War, 1899–1902 | Joseph Miranda | Strategy & Tactics #205 |
| 2002 | Overshadowed by a Phrase: Pyrrhus | David W. Tschanz | C3i #14 |
| 2003 | Napoleon at the Berezina | Rob Markham | Against the Odds #4 |
| 2004 | The Sedan Campaign of 1870: An Analysis | Ty Bomba | Strategy & Tactics #224 |
| 2005 | No Winner Declared* | – | – |
| 2006 | No Award | – | – |
| 2007 | Not War But Murder: The Cold Harbor Campaign – 1864 | Michael Rinella | Against the Odds #19 |
| 2008 (tie) | Combat Commander: Variant Rules | Chad Jensen and John Foley | C3i #21 |
| 2008 (tie) | Flying Colors: Trafalgar Campaign | Mark Barker | C3i #20 |
| 2009 | For the People – 10th Anniversary Variant Rules | Mark Herman | C3i #23 |
| 2010 | History of the Peloponnesian War | Joel Toppen | C3i #24 |
| 2011 | To Script or Not to Script, that is the question? | Mark Herman | C3i #25 |
| 2012 | 1914 – A postwar Solution for Austria-Hungary’s Mobilization | Michael Resch | C3i #26 |
- – only Honorable Mentions
1987 to 2012 – Best Game Review or Game Analysis
| YEAR | ARTICLE | WRITER | MAGAZINE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Central America | Tom Slizewsk | Fire & Movement #56 |
| 1988 | Lee vs. Grant | Keith Poulter | The Wargamer Vol. 2, #5 |
| 1989 | World War II Anthology, Part I | Vance Von Borries | Fire & Movement #60 |
| 1990 | D-Elim | Ulrich & Dirk Blennemann | Command #2 |
| 1991 | The Evolution of Simulation Design | John Schettler | MOVES #65 |
| 1992 | August Storm: Franco-Prussian War | Ulrich & Dirk Blennemann | MOVES #72 |
| 1993–95 | No Award | – | – |
| 1996 | A Fleet Squandered | Tom Dworschak | Command #40 |
| 1997 | Panzergruppe Guderian | Ted Kim | SPI Revival eZine #1 |
| 1998 | Home Before the Leaves Fall | Rick Lechowich | Fire & Movement #116 |
| 1999 | La Bataille de Lutzen | Juan Rosario | Paper Wars #32 |
| 2000 | Clash of Arms‘ Summer Storm | Greg Ullrich | Paper Wars #33 |
| 2001 | Hube’s Pocket Analysis | Tony Zbaraschuk | Operations #41 |
| 2002 | Enjoying a Slice of Sicilian | Adam Starkweather | Paper Wars #48 |
| 2003 | Drive on Stalingrad | Adam Starkweather | Paper Wars #50 |
| 2004 | No Award | – | – |
| 2005 | Empire of the Sun Strategy Concepts | Mark Herman | C3i #17 |
| 2006 | No Award | – | – |
| 2007 | The Evolution of Cards and Wargame | John Prados | Against the Odds #19 |
| 2008 (tie) | Top 20 Games – A Look Back | Steve Carey | C3i #20 |
| 2008 (tie) | Empire of the Sun: Opening Strategy | Mark Herman | C3i #21 |
| 2009 | Liberty Roads review | François Xavier Euzet | Battles #2 |
| 2010 | Washington’s War, Art of Asymmetrical Strategy | Mark Herman | C3i #24 |
| 2011 | Labyrinth | David Hughes | Battles #6 |
| 2012 | For the People – Defending the Union | Dave Dockter, Mark Herman | C3i #25 |
1976 to 2012 – Best Wargame Graphics
| YEAR | GAME | ARTIST | PUBLISHER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Avalanche: The Salerno Landings | Rich Banner | Game Designers’ Workshop |
| 1977 | no award | – | – |
| 1978 | Cross of Iron (Squad Leader module) | Scott Moores | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1979 | no award | – | – |
| 1980 | no award | – | – |
| 1981 | no award | – | – |
| 1982 | no award | – | – |
| 1983 | no award | – | – |
| 1984 | Vietnam 1965 – 1975 | Ted Koller | Victory Games |
| 1985 | Pax Britannica | Ted Koller (Jim Talbot – map) | Victory Games |
| 1986 | Korean War | Ted Koller | Victory Games |
| 1987 | Raid on St. Nazaire | Charles Kibler | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1988 (tie) | Lee vs. Grant | Ted Koller | Victory Games |
| 1988 (tie) | The Campaigns of Robert E. Lee | Rick Barber (map) | Clash of Arms Games |
| 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 |
| 1992 | SPQR | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 1993 | Lion of the North | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 1994 | Battles of Waterloo | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 1995 | Yom Kippur | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1996 | GD ’41 | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1997 | DAK | Dean Essig | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1998 | Saratoga 1777 | Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 1999 | River of Death | Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 2000 | Brandywine Creek | Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 2001 | Wilderness War | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 2002 | Streets of Stalingrad (3rd ed.) | Joe Youst (map) | L2 Design Group |
| 2003 | Ardennes ’44 | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 2004 | Downtown | Rodger MacGowan (Lee Brimmicombe-Wood – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 2005 (tie) | Empire of the Sun | Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 2005 (tie) | Fire in the Sky | Nicolas Eskubi | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2006 | A Victory Lost | Nicolas Eskubi | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2007 (tie) | 1914: Twilight in the East | Markus Brown, Michael Resch, (Mark Simonitch – map) | GMT Games LLC |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Normandy ’44 | Mark Simonitch | GMT Games |
| 2011 | Where Eagles Dare | Nicolas Eskubi | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2012 | The Battle of Fontenoy | Charles Kibler | Clash of Arms |
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 and 2010 to 2012 – Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame
| YEAR | GAME | RECIPIENT | COMPANY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | War of the Rings | Richard Berg | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1978 | Mayday | Marc Miller | Game Designers’ Workshop |
| 1979 | The Creature That Ate Sheboygan | Greg Costikyan | Simulation Publications Incorporated |
| 1980 | Azhanti High Lightning | Frank Chadwick | Game Designers’ Workshop |
| 1981: Sci-Fi | Car Wars | Chad Irby & Steve Jackson | Steve Jackson Games |
| 1981: Fantasy | Barbarian Prince | Arnold Hendrick | Dwarfstar Games |
| 1982: Sci-Fi | Illuminati | Steve Jackson | Steve Jackson Games |
| 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 | West End Games |
| 1984: Fantasy | Lonely Mountain | Coleman Charlton | Iron Crown Enterprises |
| 1985 | Wabbit Wampage | Mark Acres | Pacesetter Games |
| 1986 | Kings & Things | Tom Wham & Robert J. Kuntz | West End Games |
| 2010 | War of the Ring Collector’s Edition | Roberto di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello | Fantasy Flight Games |
| 2011 | Space Empires 4X | Jim Krohn | GMT Games |
| 2012 | Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game | Jeffrey Kniffen | Fantasy Flight Games |
1989 to 2012 – 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 | Republic of Rome | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 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 |
| 1994 | Dean Essig | Enemy at the Gates | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1995 | Ted Raicer | Great War in Europe | XTR Corporation |
| 1996 | Ty Bomba | Command magazine | XTR Corporation |
| 1997 | Dean Essig | DAK | The Gamers Incorporated |
| 1998 | Mark Herman | For the People | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| 1999 | Ted Raicer | Paths of Glory | GMT Games LLC |
| 2000 | Mark Simonitch | Ukraine ’43 | GMT Games LLC |
| 2001 | Volko Ruhnke | Wilderness War | GMT Games LLC |
| 2002 | Ben Hull | This Accursed Civil War | GMT Games LLC |
| 2003 | Rick Young & Jesse Evans | Europe Engulfed | GMT Games LLC |
| 2004 | Lee Brimmicombe-Wood | Downtown | GMT Games LLC |
| 2005 | Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews | Twilight Struggle | GMT Games LLC |
| 2006 | Tetsuya Nakamura | A Victory Lost | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2007 | Dean Essig | Case Blue and the OCS series | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2008 | Uwe Eickert | Conflict of Heroes | Academy Games |
| 2009 | John Butterfield | D-Day at Omaha Beach | Decision Games |
| 2010 | Volko Ruhnke | Labyrinth: The War on Terror | GMT Games |
| 2011 | Adam Starkweather | The Devil’s Cauldron & Where Eagles Dare | Multi-Man Publishing |
| 2012 | Dean Essig | It Never Snows and the SCS series | Multi-Man Publishing |
2019 Charles S. Roberts Awards Winners
Milieu Awards
Best Ancients to Pre-Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
Al Nofi’s Imperium Romanum
Command & Colors: Medieval
Freeman’s Farm 1777
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242*
Peloponnesian War
Best Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
La Bataille de Bautzen 1813
Moravian Sun
Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II
Quatre Bras 1815: Last Eagles*
Waterloo Campaign 1815
Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame
Brave Little Belgium
Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War
Custoza: Fields of Doom
Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah*
Triumph of Chaos V2: The Russian Civil War 1918-1921
Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame
Brazen Chariots: Battles for Tobruk
Last Hundred Yards
Stalingrad ’42: Southern Russia, June-December, 1942
U-Boot: The Board Game*
Wings of the Motherland
Best Post-WW2, Cold War, & Hypothetical Era Board Wargame
Blue Water Navy: The War at Sea
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975
Less than 60 Miles
Red Storm: The Air War Over Central Germany, 1987
World at War 85: Storming the Gap*
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Wargame
Dune *
Escape from Hades
Red Alert: Space Fleet Warfare
Space Infantry: Resurgence
Time of Legends: Joan of Arc
Computer Gaming Awards
Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Blocks! Julius Caesar *
Blocks! Richard III
Fields of Glory: Empires
Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis
Best Modern Era Computer Wargame
Command: Modern Operations*
Unity of Command 2
WarPlan
World of Tanks
Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Computer Wargame
Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2
Fantasy General 2
Stellaris*
Best Computer Wargame Expansion or Update
Through the Ages – New Leaders and Wonders*
Best Computer Wargame Graphics
Steel Division 2
U-Boot: The Board Game
Unity of Command 2 *
World of Tanks
Format Awards
Best Amateur / Print & Play Board Wargame
Battles for the Pacific
B-25 Prince of the Skies
Federation Stellar Force*
S-boats: Scourge of the English Channel
Storm over Dublin
Best Solitaire/Cooperative Board Wargame
Fields of Fire 2
Jeff Davis: The Confederacy at War
Peloponnesian War
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Zeppelin Raider
Best Magazine Board Wargame
Campaigns of 1777 (Strategy & Tactics)*
Die Atombombe (Against the Odds)
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Operations)
Pitt’s War (Paper Wars)
Waterloo Campaign 1815 (C3I)
Best Postcard/Small format Board Wargame
A Hard Pounding Fight: The Battle for La Haye Sainte
Five for Fighting: The Battles of D-Day
Imua! The Unification of Hawaii, 1795 *
JU87 Stuka Jericho Trumpets
S.W.A.T.: Hostage Rescue
Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Board Wargame
Great War Commander: British Expeditionary Force
Next War: Supplement #2 – Insurgency
Red Factories
Time of Crisis: Age of Iron and Rust*
Wing Leader: Eagles 1943-45
Best Board Wargame Playing Components
Crossing the Line: Aachen 1944
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Wings of the Motherland
World at War 85: Storming the Gap
Best Board Wargame Map Graphics
Death Valley: Battles for the Shenadoah
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
Stalingrad ‘42
The Last Hundred Yards
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Best Board Wargame Rules
Peloponnesian War
Stalingrad ‘42
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Undaunted Normandy
Wings over the Motherland
Best Computer Assist Module
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Best Original Box Cover Art
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
Peloponnesian War
Stalingrad ‘42
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Wings of the Motherland
Publication Awards
Best Professional Wargame Magazine
Against the Odds
Battles
C3I*
Modern War
Strategy & Tactics
Best Amateur Magazine
Banzai!
Dispatches from the Bunker
Line of Departure
War Diary *
Best Historical or Scenario Article
1777 Year of Decision Trevor Bender
Evolution of Historical Small Unit Tactic Board Wargames Robert Caroll*
OCS 101 Vitebsk Introductory Scenario Chip Saltsman*
Best Game Review or Analysis
Armchair General
Harsh Rules- Breaking Down Boardgames
The Player’s Aid *
Wojennik TV
Overall Awards
Best Board Wargame of the Year
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
Stalingrad ‘42
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Undaunted Normandy
Wings of the Motherland
James F Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design
Volko Ruhnke
Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME
Paul Banner
* winner
2020 Charles S. Roberts Award Winners
Ancients to Medieval Board Wargame
Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul GMT *
Men of Iron Battles Tri-pack: Men of Iron, Infidel, Blood & Roses GMT
Stilicho: Last of the Romans Hollanspiele
The First Jihad: The Rise of Islam 632-750 White Dog Games
The Mission: Early Christianity from the Crucifixion to the Crusades White Dog Games
Early Gunpowder Board Wargame
Commands & Colors Tricorne: Jacobite Rising Compass
Imperial Struggle GMT *
The Conquistadors: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas 1518-1548 Compass
The Great Crisis of Frederick II VUCA Simulations
This War Without an Enemy Nuts! Publishing
Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
Dawn’s Early Light: The War of 1812 Compass
Napoleon 1807 Shakos
Napoleon’s Wheel OSG
The Shores of Tripoli Fort Circle *
War & Peace: A Game of the Napoleonic Wars One Small Step
Late GunPowder Era Board Wargames
Dawn of Empire: The Spanish American Naval War in the Atlantic, 1898 Compass
Freedom! Phalanx *
Into the Lion’s Mouth: The Second Anglo-Sikh War 1848-1849 White Dog Games
La Belle Epoque Aleph Games Studio
Red Sun, Blue Cross Bonsai Games
American Civil War (ACW) Board Wargames
Cedar Mountain 1862 Vae Victis
Chancellorsville 1863 Worthington *
Shiloh 1862 Worthington
Shiloh: First Day Lumaca
WWI Board Wargames
1918/1919: Storm in the West GMT
All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland 1917-1918 GMT
An Attrition of Souls Compass
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno * Fellowship of Simulations
Versailles 1919 GMT
WW2 Board Wargames
A Time for Trumpets GMT
From Salerno to Rome Dissimula Edizioni
Hungarian Rhapsody: The Eastern Front in Hungary MMP
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket – January/February 1944 NES *
White Eagle Defiant: Poland 1919 Hollandspiele
Modern, Hypothetical Board Wargame
1985: Deadly Northern Lights Thin Red Line Games
Brief Border Wars Compass
Brotherhood & Unity: War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995 Compass *
Iron Curtain: Central Europe, 1945-1989 MMP
Next War: Vietnam GMT
SciFi Fantasy Board Wargame
Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps Gale Force 9
Dinosaur Table Battles Hollandspiele
Dune: Imperium Dire Wolf
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy Lautapelit.fi
Stellar Horizons Compass *
SF Fantasy Computer Wargame
Gears Tactic Xbox Game Studios
Shadow Empire* Matrix Games
Root * Dire Wolf
Sierra Ops Sekai Project
Pre-20th Century Computer Wargame
Crusader Kings III * Paradox Interactive
Field of Glory II: Medieval* Slitherine
Libertad o Muerte! Avalon Digital
Total War Saga: Troy Sega
Napoleonic Battles John Tiller Software
Modern Era Computer Wargame
Krim: The War in the Crimea 1941-42 Yobowargames
Panzer Campaigns – Scheldt ’44
Panzer Corps 2 *
Labyrinth: War on Terror
Lock N’ Load Tactical Digital
Computer Wargame Expansion
Field of Glory Empires – Persia 550 – 330 BCE* Slitherine Ltd
Order of Battle: Red Storm* Slitherine
Total War: Warhammer II: The Warden & The Paunch Sega, Feral Interactive
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Craftworld Aeldari Slitherine
Combat Mission Shock Force 2 Slitherine
Computer Wargame Graphics
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Crusader Kings 3
Panzer Corps 2 *
Root
SGS Afrika Korps
Board Game Assist Module
Dune (Treachery Online) *
Empire of the Sun (Vassal)
For the People (Vassal)
Red Storm (Vassal)
Solitaire/Coop Board Wargame
By Stealth and Sea Dan Verssen Games
The First Jihad: The Rise of Islam 632-750
The Mission: Early Christianity from the Crucifixion to the Crusades
The Shores of Tripoli * Fort Circle Games
Stilicho: Last of the Romans
Magazine Board Wargame
“Almost a Miracle!” Against the Odds #51
Banana Wars Strategy & Tactics #322
Battle for Kursk: The Tigers Are Burning, 1943* C3i #34
Buffalo Wings 2 Against the Odds #29
Storm Over Madrid 1936: “Miracle of November” Battles #14
Amateur/Print & Play Wargame
Bomber Boys
Gravelotte 1870
Kettle Hill*
Lucky Little Luxembourg
Sarajevo 28th June 1914
Postcard/Small Format Board Wargame
Austerlitz 05 Lumaca
Desert Eagles: Air Battles Over Israel, 1948 High Flying Dice Games
Goto Hell! ATO
Lucky Little Luxembourg *
Sarajevo: 28th June 1914 Lumaca
Best Board Wargame Expansion
Buffalo Wings Expansion Kit
Croix de Guerre, 2nd Edition
Fire in the Lake: Tru’ng Bot Update Pack
Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-? *
Root: The Underworld Expansion
Wing Leader: Origins 1936-1942
Board Wargame Playing Components
Imperial Struggle
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket – January/February 1944 NES *
The Shores of Tripoli
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno
War without an Enemy
Board Wargame Map Graphics
All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland
Caesar: Rome vs Gaul GMT Games
Imperial Struggle * GMT Games
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket – January/February 1944 NES
The Shores of Tripoli Fort Circle Games
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno
Wargame Rules
Brotherhood & Unity
Imperial Struggle
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket * New England Simulations
The Shores of Tripoli * Fort Circle Games
Undaunted: North Africa Osprey Games
Original Box Cover Art
Imperial Struggle GMT
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket – January/February 1944 NES
The Shores of Tripoli * Fort Circle Games
Verdun 1916 Steel Inferno (FSim)
This War Without an Enemy
Amateur Wargame Magazine
No Turkeys
Punched *
War Diary
Professional Wargame Magazine
Against the Odds
Battles
C3I *
Paper Wars
Strategy & Tactics
Vae Victis
Wargame Analysis / Game Review / Analysis website, webcast, podcast
Ardwulf’s Lair (Counter Clipping)
Beyond Solitaire
Harold on Games
Moe’s Game Table
No Enemies Here
The Player’s Aid *
Individual Historical Article or Scenario Analysis
An Active Defense of Fifth Corps: The Soviet Breakthrough at Fulda, Central Front Series, Volume 1 – RMN https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/reviews/an-active-defense-of-fifth-corps-the-soviet-breakthrough-at-fulda-central-front-series-volume-1/
A Game Too Far – David Hughes https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2448909/game-too-far
The Military History of Jerusalem – Darin Leviloff http://www.atomagazine.com/images/Annual17_TOC.pdf
Simulating Saratoga: How Saratoga-Themed Board Games Function as Experiential Historiography – Maurice Suckling https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/bgs-2020-0005
Wargaming in the Department of Defense — U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Common Core: Wargaming in the Joint Planning Process* – Eric Walters https://community.consimworld.com/post/wargaming-in-the-department-of-defense—-u-s-army-command-and-general-staf–604288efc993d26724d570206.
Military History Book
A Game of Bird and Wolves by Simon Parkin
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific 1944-1945 by Ian Toll *
Rome – City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943–44 by Victor Fallmezger
Sicily ’43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James Holland
The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze
Tower of Skulls: History of the Asia-Pacific War by Richard Frank
Wargame of the Year
Brotherhood & Unity: War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995 Compass
Imperial Struggle GMT Games
The Shores of Tripoli Fort Circle Games
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket – January/February 1944 NES
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno* Fellowship of Simulations
Dunnigan Award for Design Excellence
A Time for Trumpets: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 Bruno Sinagalio
Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul Mark Simonitch
Imperial Struggle Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket – January/February 1944
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno* Walter Vejdovsky
Clausewitz Hall of Fame recipient
Walter Vejdovsky*