2008 International Gamers Award Winners

Agricola and 1960: The Making of the President have won the 2008 International Gamers Awards for General Strategy Games, Multi-Player Category, and General Strategy Games, Two-Player Category, respectively.

Agricola, designed by Uwe Rosenberg and published by Z-Man Games and Lookout Games, is the #1 rated game of all time at BoardGameGeek.com and my pick as the #3 board game of 2007. At the start of the game, each player has a spouse, a shack and not much else. From there, everyone tries to build a successful farm through the game's 14 turns and six harvests.

1960: The Making of the President was my pick as the #1 board game of 2007. The 1960 U.S. presidential election was a contest between two dramatically different personalities: John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy won the real-life election, but this brilliant game allows players to recreate the contest.

The other finalists for the 2008 IGAs included many excellent games. The winners were chosen by a 19-member committee of gamers from around the world.