The winners of the 2002 Gamers' Choice Awards, sponsored by the Strategy Gaming Society, have been announced.
General Strategy Game, Multi-Player
San Marco (compare prices), a game designed by Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum and published throughout the world by Ravensburger, won in the category of Best Multi-Player Game. The game is set on the enchanting islands of Venice, Italy and engages players in a struggle for control of the many districts of the island city. For 3 to 4 players, ages 10 and up.
General Strategy Game, Two Player
Dvonn is the fourth in a series of strategic abstract games from designer Kris Burm. It's released in the United States by Rio Grande Games of Rio Rancho, New Mexico and internationally by Don & Company. The game was chosen as best in the General Strategy, 2-Player Game category. Like classic games such as Chess and Go, Dvonn has simple rules but strategies and tactics that provide great depth and excitement. Dvonn is for ages 9 and up.
Historical Simulation Game
Wilderness War, a simulation of the French and Indian War designed by Volko Ruhnke and published by GMT Games of Hanford, California, won in the category of Best Historical Simulation Game. According to the award committee, "Wilderness War uses the extremely popular card mechanism pioneered by such games as We the People and Paths of Glory, taking it to a new and exciting level." Wilderness War is recommended for adults and teens.
"This is an exciting time for people who enjoy board games," said Greg J. Schloesser, chairman of the SGS Award Committee. "With the great influx of fantastic games from overseas, particularly from Germany, the public has more exciting, challenging and high-quality games available to it than ever before."
The Gamers' Choice Awards were created to recognize outstanding games and game designers and to promote the board game industry. The Strategy Gaming Society was formed in 1973 as the American Wargaming Association. This is the third year it has presented the Gamers' Choice Awards. The SGS is the oldest continuously existing organization of board gaming enthusiasts in the United States.
To be eligible for the 2002 Gamers' Choice Awards, a game had to be released during the 2001 calendar year. This year's nominees included:
General Strategy Games, Multi-Player
Capitol by Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum
Evo by Philippe Keyaerts (compare prices)
Funkenschlag by Friedemann Friese
Industrial Waste by Jurgen Strohm Hans
Kanaloa by Guenter Cornett
Liberte by Martin Wallace
Medina by Steffan Dorra (compare prices)
Pampas Railroads by Martin Wallace
San Marco by Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum (compare prices)
Traders of Genoa by Rudiger Dorn (compare prices)
Volldampf by Martin Wallace
Wyatt Earp by Richard Borg and Mike Fitzgerald (compare prices)
General Strategy Games, Two-Player
Dvonn by Kris Burm
Flower Power by Angelika Fassauer and Peter Haluszka
Kupferkessel Co. (Copper Pot Co.) by Gunther Burkhardt
Starship Catan by Klaus Teuber (compare prices)
Toscana by Niek Neuwahl (compare prices)
Historical Simulation Games
Barbarossa: Army by Vance Von Bories
Boer War by Joseph Miranda
Clash of Giants by Ted Raicer
Fallschirmjaeger by The Gamers
Grant Takes Command by Ed Beach
Highway to the Kremlin by Kevin Zucker
Red Badge of Courage by Richard Berg
Thirty Years War by David Fox and Michael Carter
Wilderness War by Volko Ruhnke
Zero by Dan Verssen
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