Games 100

See also: Game of the Year#Games magazine

The Games 100 is an annual feature of Games magazine, a United States magazine devoted to games and puzzles. The Games 100 first appeared in the November/December 1980 issue as an alphabetic list of the 100 games preferred by the editors of the magazine. In 1981, Games introduced The Games 100 Contest, which involved identifying pieces from games listed in the Games 100, with the grand prize being more than half of the games on that list. Games continues to publish this list as "The Buyers Guide to Games", broken out into "The Traditional Games 100" and "The Electronic Games 100".

Lists are published in either the November or December issue. Through 1994, the lists for a year were published at the end of that year. Starting in 1995, lists are released at the end of the year prior to the year of the list. (This means that there was no list for 1995. There was also no list for 1990, because Games was temporarily out of publication during the period when the list would have been published.) There are several categories for which "best" games are determined. The list has been criticized for having a selection process determined by very few individuals and not actually playing most of the games in contention.

The winner of the historical category for approximately the last ten years has been determine by one individual, Walt O'Hara, who runs the Historicon miniatures convention.

Contents

2011

The categories and winners for 2011 were as follows:[1]

Game of the Year: Jump Gate
Abstract Strategy: Arimaa
Advanced Strategy: Egizia
Family: Burger Joint
Family Card: Jaipur
Family Strategy: Valdora
Party: Telestrations
Puzzle: Anti-Virus
Historical Simulation Game: Battles of Napoleon: The Eagle and the Lion

2010

The categories and winners for 2010 were as follows:[2]

Game of the Year: Small World
Abstract Strategy: Blox
Advanced Strategy: Le Havre
Family: Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age
Family Card: Amerigo
Family Strategy: Dominion/Dominion Intrigue (Expansion)
Party: Dixit
Puzzle: La Ora Stelo
Historical Simulation: Fields of Fire

2009

The categories and winners for 2009 were as follows:[3]

Game of the Year: Tzaar
Abstract Strategy: Ponte del Diavolo
Advanced Strategy: Key Harvest
Family: Pandemic
Family Card: Palast Geflüster (Palace Whisperings)
Family Strategy: Stone Age
Party: Go Nuts!
Puzzle: Doris
Word Game: Jumbulaya
Historical Simulation: Pacific Typhoon

2008

The categories and winners for 2008 were as follows:[4]

Game of the Year: Pillars of the Earth
Abstract Strategy: Easter Island
Advanced Strategy: Khronos
Family: If Wishes Were Fishes
Family Card: Bull in a China Shop
Family Strategy: Shear Panic
Party: Gift Trap
Puzzle: Sacred Myths and Legends Series - DaVinci's Secret: The Clue, The Equation, Legend of the King
Word Game: Unspeakable Words
Historical Simulation: Ran

2007

The categories and winners for 2007 were as follows:[5]

Game of the Year Traditional: Vegas Showdown
Abstract Strategy: PÜNCT
Advanced Strategy: Reef Encounter
Family: Tricky Town
Family Card Games: Trump, Tricks, Game!
Family Strategy: Hacienda
Party Games: Wits and Wagers
Puzzles: Gordian's Knot
Word Games: Parlay
Historical Simulation: Silent War

2006

The categories and winners for 2006 were as follows:[6]

Game of the Year Traditional: Australia
Abstract Strategy: Project Kells
Advanced Strategy: Louis XIV
Family: Der Untergang von Pompeji (Escape from Pompeii)
Family Card Games: Die Weinhändler (The Wine Merchants)
Family Strategy: Primordial Soup (a.k.a. Ursuppe)
Two-Player Games: Jambo
Party Games: Snorta!
Puzzles: Tipover
Historical Simulation: Friedrich

2005

The categories and winners for 2005 were as follows:[7]

Game of the Year Traditional: BuyWord
Abstract Strategy: YINSH
Advanced Strategy: Tahuantinsuyu: The Rise of the Inca Empire
Family Games: Vanished Planet
Family Card Games: Victory & Honor
Family Strategy: Alexandros
Party/Trivia: Cranium Hoopla
Word Games: Word Rich
Historical Simulation: Memoir '44

2004

The categories and winners for 2004 were as follows:[8]

Game of the Year Traditional: New England
Abstract Strategy: Clans
Advanced Strategy: Wildlife
Family Games: I'm the Boss
Family Card Games: Queen's Necklace
Two-Player Card Games: Balloon Cup
Family Strategy: Zoosim
Historical Simulation: Hammer of the Scots
Party/Trivia: Dibs
Puzzles: River Crossing
Word Games: Crossword Pyramids

2003

The categories and winners for 2003 were as follows:[9]

Game of the Year: DVONN
Abstract Strategy: Pueblo
Advanced Strategy: Puerto Rico
Family Games: Emerald
Family Card Games: Vom Kap Bis Kairo (From Cape to Cairo)
Family Strategy: Mexica
Historical Simulations: Wilderness War
Puzzles: Nemesis Factor
Manual Dexterity: Villa Paletti
Party Games: Moods

2002

The categories and winners for 2002 were as follows:[10]

Game of the Year: Evo
Abstract Strategy: Morisi
Advanced Strategy: Java
Family Cards: Babel
Family Games: Africa
Family Strategy: Lord of the Rings
Historical Simulations: Drive on Paris
Manual Dexterity: Space Game
Party: Hilarium
Puzzles: Flip-It!
Word Games: My Word!

2001

The categories and winners for 2001 were as follows:[11]

Game of the Year: Aladdin's Dragons
Family Strategy: Web of Power
Family Games: Café International
Advanced Strategy: Die Fürsten von Florenz (The Princes of Florence)
Abstract Strategy: ZÈRTZ
Family Cards: Hellrail: Second Perdition
2-Player Card Games: Caesar & Cleopatra
Party Games: Democrazy
Puzzles: Lunar Lockout
Historical Simulations: Paths of Glory
Games of Dexterity: Carabande

2000

The categories and winners for 2000 were as follows:[12]

Game of the Year: Torres
Family Strategy: Tikal
Abstract Strategy: Octi
Family Games: Moonshot
Family Card Games: Buried Treasure
Party Games: Apples to Apples
Puzzles: Ricochet Robot
Word Games: Double Quick!
Trivia: Bioviva
Memory Games: Mamma Mia
Collectible Card Games: Pokemon
Games of Dexterity: Spintrek

1999

The categories and winners for 1999 were as follows:[13]

Game of the Year: Fossil
Family Strategy: El Grande
Abstract Strategy: GIPF
Family: Montgolfiere
Family Card: Bohnanza
Party Games: Say When!
Puzzles: Stormy Seas
Word Games: Alphablitz
Trivia: Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Collectible Card Games: Arc System/Jim Lee's C-23
Conflict: Atlantic Storm

1997

The categories and winners for 1997 were as follows:[14]

Game of the Year: 25 Words or Less
Party: Last Chance
Family: Mole in the Hole
Family Card: Take 6
Family Strategy: Priceless
Abstract Strategy: Transpose
Strategy and Conflict: Field Command
Word: Bethump'd With Words
Puzzles: Deluxe Lights Out
Trivia: Origins
Adventure and Role-Playing: Dragonlance: Fifth Age

Hall of Fame

Part of the Buyer's Guide includes a hall of fame for "games that have met or exceeded the highest standards of quality and play value and have been continuously in production for at least 10 years; i.e., classics."[15]

This Hall of Fame includes:

References

  1. ^ 2011 Games of the Year... GAMES Magazine Online, Accessed 30 March 2011
  2. ^ "2010 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 33 (256): pp. 33–64. December 2009. 
  3. ^ "2009 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 32 (246): pp. 35–50. December 2008. 
  4. ^ "2008 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 31 (236): pp. 35–50. December 2007. 
  5. ^ "2007 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 30 (226): pp. 35–49. December 2006. 
  6. ^ a b "2006 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 29 (216): pp. 35–47. December 2005. 
  7. ^ "2005 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 28 (206): pp. 33–48. December 2004. 
  8. ^ a b "2004 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 27 (196): pp. 35–48. December 2003. 
  9. ^ "2003 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 26 (186): pp. 33–64. December 2002. 
  10. ^ "2002 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 25 (176): pp. 35–48. December 2001. 
  11. ^ a b c "2001 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 24 (166): pp. 35–50. December 2000. 
  12. ^ a b "2000 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 23 (157): pp. 31–46. December 1999. 
  13. ^ a b "1999 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 22 (148): pp. 29–60. December 1998. 
  14. ^ "1997 Buyer's Guide To Games". Games (GAMES Publications) 20 (136): pp. 31–44. December 1996. 
  15. ^ "Games Hall of Fame". http://www.gamesmagazine-online.com/gameslinks/hallofame.html. 

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