Meeples Choice Award Winners

The Meeples Choice Award is presented each year by the members of Spielfrieks, an email discussion group for game enthusiasts.

Voting generally takes place in May or June, with the award being given to three games released during the previous calendar year. Here are the winners of the Meeples Choice Award.

2008

• Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino
  
• Le Havre by Uwe Rosenberg
  
• Pandemic by Matt Leacock

2007

• Agricola by Uwe Rosenberg
  
• Brass by Martin Wallace
  
• Race for the Galaxy by Thomas Lehmann

2006

• Blue Moon City by Reiner Knizia
  
• Thurn and Taxis by Andreas and Karen Seyfarth
  
• Yspahan by Sébastien Pauchon

2005

• Caylus by William Attia
  
• Louis XIV by Rüdiger Dorn
  
• Shadows Over Camelot by Serge Laget and Bruno Cathala

2004

• Ticket to Ride by Alan R. Moon
  
• Power Grid by Friedemann Friese
  
• Goa by Rüdiger Dorn

2003

• Santiago by Roman Pelek and Claudia Hely
  
• Attika by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
  
• Amun-Re by Reiner Knizia

2002

• Puerto Rico by Andreas Seyfarth
  
• Age of Steam by Martin Wallace
  
• Lord of the Rings: the Confrontation by Reiner Knizia

2001

• San Marco by Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum
  
• Wyatt Earp by Richard Borg and Mike Fitzgerald
  
• Royal Turf by Reiner Knizia

2000

• Carcassone by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
  
• Citadels by Bruno Faidutti
  
• Princes of Florence by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich

1999

• Lost Cities by Reiner Knizia
  
• Ra by Reiner Knizia
  
• Union Pacific by Alan R. Moon

1998

• Through the Desert by Reiner Knizia
  
• Elfenland by Alan R. Moon
  
• Samurai by Reiner Knizia

1997

• Bohnanza by Uwe Rosenberg
  
• Tigris and Euphrates by Reiner Knizia
  
• Showmanager by Dirk Henn

1996

• Carabande by Jean du Poel
  
• Entdecker by Klaus Teuber
  
• Expedition by Wolfgang Kramer

1995

• Settlers of Catan by Klaus Teuber
  
• El Grande by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich
  
• Medici by Reiner Knizia

In January of 2000, the Spielfrieks email discussion group was founded and now has more than 1,600 members. Spielfrieks is devoted to "open discussion of sophisticated board and card games, with an emphasis on German or European titles."

In 2001, a series of retrospective polls were conducted to determine the Meeples Choice Award winners going back to 1995. The Meeples Choice Award is given to the three most popular games released in each year. Voting is open to every member of Spielfrieks. The votes are generally taken each May, and only games released during the prior calendar year are eligible.