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The Awards Story

The 1997 Charles S. Roberts Awards were presented at Origins '98 in Columbus, Ohio.

Best Pre-World War II Board Game
&All Quiet on the Western Front (Moments in History; designed by Ted Raicer)
Gaines Mill (The Gamers)
Leuthen (Clash of Arms)

Best World War II Board Game
Barbarossa: Army Group South (GMT Games)
Crusader (The Gamers)
&DAK (The Gamers; designed by Dean Essig)

Best Post-World War II Board Game
&Semper Fi (The Gamers, designed by Forester)
The First Arab-Israeli War (Decision Games)
The Forgotten War (Decision Games)

Best Pre-Twentieth Century Computer Wargame
Great Battles of Alexander (InterActive Magic / GMT Games)
&Great battles of Hannibal (InterActive Magic / GMT Games)
Napoleon in Russia (Talonsoft)
Prelude to Waterloo (Talonsoft)

Best Twentieth Century Computer Wargame
&Close Combat / A Bridge Too Far (Microsoft)
EastFront (Talonsoft)
The Ardennes Offensive (SSG)

Best Wargaming Graphics
&DAK (The Gamers)
Home Before the Leaves Fall (Clash of Arms)
Leuthen (Clash of Arms)
Successors (Avalon Hill Game Co.)

Best Professional Game Magazine
&Command (XTR Corporation)
Operations (The Gamers)
Strategy & Tactics (Decision Games)

Best Amateur Game Magazine
&Berg's Review of Games (BROG; Richard Berg)
Der Musketier
Perfidious Albion

Best Game Review or Analysis Article
Breakout Normandy by Alan Appelbaum, The General Magazine, Vol 31, Nr.6
&Panzergruppe Guderian  (by Ted Kim, SPI Revival eZine #1)

Best Historical / Opinion / Variant / Scenario / Interview Article
A Wave of Terror by Arnold Blumberg, Command Magazine, Nr.41
&End of Empire, Parts I and II, by William Marsh, Command No. 46 (XTR)