The Awards Story
Once again, the "Charlies" were announced at MonsterGame.Con
in Tempe, AZ and presented at the World Boardgaming Championships.
Best Pre-World
War II Boardgame
►1914: Twilight in the East (GMT Games LLC)
A Fatal Attraction (Against the Odds)
Habit of Victory , The (OSG)
Talavera (MMP/The Gamers)
Marne 1918: Friedensturm (Hexasim)
Best World War II
Boardgame
Asia Engulfed (GMT Games LLC)
►Case Blue (MMP/The Gamers)
Combat Commander: Vol. II - Med (GMT Games LLC)
Corps Command: Totensonntag (Lock n' Load Publishing)
Overlord: D-Day and the Beachhead Battles (NES)
Red Star Rising (MMP/IGS)
Best Post-WWII
Era Boardgame
Biafra (ATO 2007 Annual)
Jerusalem (Cool Stuff Unlimited)
Sea Lords (Strategy & Tactics #243)
►World at War: Eisenbach Gap (Lock 'n Load Publishing)
Best Wargame
Graphics
►1914: Twilight in the East (GMT Games LLC)
Case Blue (MMP/The Gamers)
Habit of Victory, The (OSG)
&Overlord: D-Day and the Beachhead Battles (NES)
Prussia's Defiant Stand (Worthington Games)
Red Star Rising (MMP/IGS)
Best Desk Top
Published (DTP)-Produced Boardgame
Blackshirt (BSO Games)
Jerusalem (Cool Stuff Unlimited)
Prairie Aflame (Khyber Pass Games)
►Rosebud: Prelude to Little Bighorn (Khyber Pass Games)
Best
Magazine-Published Boardgame
A Fatal Attraction (Against the Odds #20)
Look Away! (Against the Odds 2007 Annual)
►Not War But Murder (Against the Odds #19)
Sea Lords (Strategy & Tactics #243/DG)
Twilight of the Ottomans (Strategy & Tactics #241/DG)
Best Pre-20th
Century Era Computer Wargame
►Empires in Arms (Matrix Games)
Best 20th
Century Era Computer Wargame
►Guns of August 1914-1918 (Matrix
Games)
Best Game
Review or Game Analysis
►Against the Odds #19: The Evolution of Cards and Wargames, by John Prados
C3I #19, Combat Commander: Briefing on Scenario 10, by Chad & Kai Jensen
and John Foley
C3I #19, Combat Commander: Up Close and Personal, by John Foley
C3I #19, For the People: Opening Moves, by Mark Herman
Operations #52: A Victory Lost, Series Replay, by Pat Hirtle and Jon
Gautier
Best
Historical or Scenario Article
&Against the Odds #19, Not War But Murder: The Cold Harbor Campaign - 1864,
by Michael Rinella
Against the Odds #20, A Fatal Attraction: The Gallipoli Campaign, by Paul Rourbaugh
Against the Odds #20, Beating the Odds at Long Tan, by Mal Wright
Strategy & Tactics #244, Moscow 1941: Guderian vs. Hitler, by Joseph
Miranda
Strategy & Tactics #245, Fall of France, 1940: Myths & Reality,=2 0by John Burtt
James F.
Dunnigan Award
Craig Grando, Graphic Artist, Against the Odds magazine
►Dean Essig, Designer, Case Blue and OCS series (MMP/The Gamers)
Chad Jensen, Designer, Combat Commander series (GMT Games LLC)
Bowen Simmons, Designer, Napoleon's Triumph (Simmons Games)
Rick Young, Designer, Asia Engulfed (GMT Games LLC)
Clausewitz
Award HALL OF FAME
Not awarded this year.
Best
Professional Wargame Magazine
►Against The Odds
C3i (RBM Studio)
Paper Wars (Omega Games)
Strategy & Tactics (Decision Games)
Vae Victis
Best Amateur
Wargame Magazine
Frog of War Newsletter
►Line of Departure (James Werbaneth)
Panzer Digest (Gary Graber, Minden Games)
Panzerschreck (Gary Graber, Minden Games)
Simualcrum (John Kula)
& = Awarded Best in that
Category; when more than one is awarded in a category, the result was a
statistical tie.

Board wargames published in 2007
 | Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
 | #19: Not War But Murder |
 | #20: A Fatal Attraction |
 | Biafra! (2007 Annual) |
 | Look Away! The Fall of Atlanta (2007 Annual) |
 | Some Poles Apart (pocket game) |
 | Wintergewitter (2007 Campaign Study) |
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 | Alea magazine (Ludopress)
 | #32: Dios Patria y Rey |
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 | Armchair General Magazine
 | Brothers By My Side |
 | Lee at Gettysburg |
 | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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 | Avalanche
 | Alamein |
 | Alaska's War (supplement in the Panzer Grenadier series) |
 | East of Suez (in the Second World War at Sea series) |
 | Eastern Fleet (in the Second World War at Sea series, reprint) |
 | Edelweiss Expanded Edition (supplement in the Panzer Grenadier
series) |
 | Fronte Russo (supplement in the Panzer Grenadier series) |
 | Iron Curtain (in the Panzer Grenadier series) |
 | Mediterranean (in the Great War at Sea Series, reprint) |
 | Napoleonic Battles: Austerlitz |
 | Queen of the Celts (in the Rome at War series) |
 | Sea of Troubles (supplement inthe Great War at Sea series) |
 | Soldier Kings (reprint) |
 | South Africa's War (supplement in the Panzer Grenadier series) |
 | They shall not pass |
 | Tiger of Malaya |
 | White Eagles (supplement in the Panzer Grenadier series). |
 | Zeppelins (in the Great War at Sea series) |
|
 | Battle-Market
 | #1: Hanba'al/Chinggis Khan/Zeppelin |
 | #2: Ma'alinti Rangers: Black Hawks Down/Tannenberg/Grunwald 1410:
Downfall of the Teutonic Order |
|
 | Bayonet Games
 | Strike Force Hunter |
 | Warfighter 101: Maneuver Warrior |
|
 | BSO
 | Blackshirt, The Italian Invasion of Egypt, 1940 |
|
 | Roger Campbell
 | Brown Water Submarines |
|
 | Canons en
Carton
 | Auerstaedt 1806 (in the Jours de Gloire series) |
 | Friedland 1807 (in the Jours de Gloire series) |
 | Swords and Crown (in the Au fil de l'Epée series) |
 | Saalfeld 1806 (in the Jours de Gloire series) |
 | Schleiz 1806 (in the Jours de Gloire series)
|
|
 | Clash of Arms
 | Campaigns of King David |
 | Close Action: Monsoon Seas |
 | Triumph of Chaos: Comrades' Guide (booklet) |
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 | Lou Coatney
 | Moscow Defended! |
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 | Columbia Games
 | Athens & Sparta |
 | Wizard Kings (2nd ed.) |
|
 | Compass Games
 | Red Storm Over the Reich |
 | Silent War (reprint) |
|
 | Cool Stuff Unlimited
 | Doro Nawa (reprint) |
 | Jerusalem (reprint) |
 | Verdun (reprint) |
|
 | Command and Strategy magazine
(UGG)
 | #6: Operation Walküre |
|
 | Critical Hit
 | Action at Carentan (scenario in the Squads & Leaders series)
|
 | Advanced Tobruk (3rd ed.) |
 | Arnhem Master Set (2nd ed. of Arnhem-Defiant Stand and Oosterbeek
Perimeter) |
 | Arnheim Third Bridge (supplement compatible with Advanced Squad
Leader. 2nd ed.) |
 | Battle For The High Ground (scenario pack for the Advanced Tobruk
series) |
 | Busting the Bocage (supplement compatible with Advanced Squad
Leader, 3rd ed.) |
 | CSIR Nikitovka (in the Advanced Tobruk series). |
 | Facing the Blitz (maps/scenarios in the Advanced Tobruk series) |
 | Grossdeutschland at Stonne 1940 (compatible with Advanced Squad
Leader) |
 | Hot Stove Pack (in the Advanced Tobruk series) |
 | Parkers Crossroad (expansion for Darkest December in the Advanced
Tobruk series) |
 | Roman Glory (supplement compatible with Advanced Squad Leader) |
 | So Full of Fire (expansion in the Advanced Tobruk series) |
 | Sudden Full Contact (compatible with Advanced Squad leader) |
 | Stonne (in the Advanced Tobruk series) |
 | Toktong Pass 1950 (in the Advanced Tobruk series) |
 | Warfighting Guide #1 (in the Advanced Tobruk series) |
 | The Western Front 1944 (scenario pack for the Advanced Tobruk
series) |
 | Witches Cauldron (compatible with Advanced Squad leader) |
|
 | Days of Wonder
 | Memoir '44 Air Pack (Memoir '44 Expansion Set) |
|
 | Decision Games
 | Land Without End |
 | Luftwaffe (rev. ed.) |
 | Nine Navies War |
 | Storm of Steel
|
|
 | Devir
 | Espana 1936
|
|
 | Ediciones Rotura
 | 1936 Guerra Civil (English ed.)
|
|
 | Kelly Everit
 | Imperial Ambitions |
|
 | Fantasy Flight Games
 | Tide of Iron |
|
 | Feucht
 | First Strike |
|
 | Fiery Dragon
 | Algeria (reprint) |
 | Barnard's Star (reprint) |
 | Byzantium Reborn (rev ed.) |
 | Operation Whirlwind (reprint) |
|
 | Firefight Games
 | Blow by Blow: Pakistan Invades India, September 1965 |
 | Cossack Revenge: Denikin's Abyss, March 1920 |
 | Crazy Horse, Black Shield, White Cloud |
 | Kakhovka |
 | Heroic Frenzy |
 | The Koltov Corridor: Disaster at Brody (East Front), July 1944 |
 | Meatgrinder |
 | One Bullet, One German |
 | Operation Fischfang: Smashing the Allies at Anzio, Feb. 1944 |
 | Operation Westindien |
 | Remagen 1945 |
 | Storm Over Taierzhuang: Samurai Stalingrad 1938 |
 | Vencr O Morir: Kundt's Pocket at Campo Via, Dec. 1933 |
 | Wicked Narrows: Rome's Disaster at Kalkreis, Sept. 9, 2 AD
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 | @games online
 | Malaya |
 | Watchtower (in the Action Front! Series) |
|
 | GMT Games
 | 1914, Twilight in the East |
 | Asia Engulfed |
 | Combat Commander: Vol. II - Mediterranean |
 | Combat Commander Battle Pack #1: Paratroopers |
 | Conquest of Paradise |
 | Gergovia (module for Caesar: Conquest of Gaul) |
 | Glory III |
 | The Great War in Europe (rev. ed of The Great War in Europe and The
Great War in the Near East) |
 | Monmouth (in the American Revolutionary War series) |
 | Ran (in the Great Battles of History series) |
 | Roman Civil Wars (expansion pack for Commands and Colors: Ancients)
|
 | Rome vs. The Barbarians (expansion pack for Commands and Colors:
Ancients)
|
 | Samurai (in the Great Battles of History series, reprint) |
 | Squadron Pack 2: Bombers (in the Down in Flames series) |
 | Sword of Rome Expansion |
|
 | Grenier Games
 | Operation Weserübung |
|
 | Guild of Blades
 | The American Revolution |
 | Battle of Thermopylae (2nd ed.) |
 | Beyond Hadrian's Wall (rev. ed.) |
 | The War To End All Wars (3rd ed.)
|
|
 | Hasbro
 | Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal |
|
 | Hexasim
 | Marne 1918-Friedensturm (English ed.) |
|
 | Eric Hotz & Phil Hall
 | Blue Max/Canvas Eagles |
|
 | Interformic
 | Unbreakable |
|
 | Dave Kershaw
 | ACW Solitaire |
|
 | Khyber Pass
Games
 | Prairie Aflame, The Northwest Rebellion, 1885 |
 | Rosebud: Prelude to Little Bighorn |
|
 | L2 Design Group
 | War at Sea (3rd ed.) |
 | Waterloo: Fate of France |
|
 | Little Page of Games
 | Hohenfriedeberg |
|
 | Lock 'n Load Publishing
 | Battle Pack Alpha (scenario pack for the Lock 'n Load series) |
 | Corps Command: Totensonntag |
 | Island War Deluxe |
 | Not One Step Back |
 | Omaha Beach (reprint from Armchair General) |
 | Swift and Bold (expansion to Band of Heroes) |
 | Valley of Tears (reprint from Armchair General) |
 | World at War: Eisenbach Gap |
|
 | LPD Games
 | Across the Wide Missouri |
 | Battle of Gettysburg |
 | Battle of Honey Springs |
 | Grant's Early Battles |
|
 | Minden Games
 | Battleship Captain: Tactical Naval Combat, 1890-1945 |
 | Pacific Salvo! |
|
 | MMP
 | Case Blue (in the Operational Combat series) |
 | Few Returned (in the Advanced Squad Leader series) |
 | Red Star Rising, The War In Russia, 1941-1944 |
 | Starter Kit #3 - Tanks (in the Advanced Squad Leader series) |
 | Talavera/Vimeiro (in the Napoleonic Brigade series) |
|
 | New England Simulations
 | Overlord: D-Day and the Beachhead Battles (expansion for The Killing
Ground) |
|
 | OSG
 | 1813: The Year That Doomed The Empire |
 | The Habit of Victory |
|
 | Outpost
31
 | The thing |
|
 |
Panzer Digest (Minden Games)
 | #1: Falaise Pocket/Advanced Salvo! 1939-194/Penal
Battalion/Longstreet's Disaster |
 | #2: Swordfish at Taranto/Field of Honour/The Evacuation of
Konigsberg |
|
 | Pegasus
 | The War Game: World War Two |
|
 | Perfect Captain
 | Spanish Fury: Voyage |
Pratzen Editions
 | Le Grand Empire |
|
 | Red Sash Games
 | Türkenkrieg: The Russo-Austro Turkish War, Balkan Theatre 1737-39 |
|
 | Riachuelo Games
 | Monte Castelo and Gothic Line |
 | Riachuelo's Naval Battle |
 | Unternehmung 25 |
|
 | Schutze Games
 | Aleutian Campaign |
 | Sands of Iwo Jima |
|
 | Sierra Madre Games
 | How We Became Human |
|
 | Luiz Silva
 | Congo |
|
 | Simmons Games
 | Napoleon's Triumph |
|
 |
Strategos
 | #2: Iwo Jima |
|
 | Strategy and Tactics magazine
(Decision Games)
 | #241: Twilight of the Ottomans: World War I in the Middle East |
 | #242: They Died With Their Boots On 2: Pershing and Mad Anthony |
 | #243: Sea Lords: The Vietnam War in the Mekong Delta |
 | #244: Drive on Moscow |
 | #245: The Triple Alliance War |
 | #246: Manila '45: Stalingrad of the Pacific |
 | #247: Holy Roman Empire: Wars of the Reformation, 1524-38 |
|
 | StrikeNet Games
 | The Kaiser's Pirates |
|
 | TCS (Roberto Chiavini)
 | Edgehill (reprint) |
 | First Newbury |
 | Dunbar |
 | Gliders from the Sky: the Fall of Eben Emael |
 | I Obey (reprint) |
 | Innocence lost (reprint) |
 | Montebello (reprint) |
 | Prussia Rising |
|
 | Dave Townsend
 | Wings of the Baron |
|
 | Richard Trevino
 | Charge at the Alamo |
|
 | Vae Victis magazine
 | #73: Magenta 1859/Reichshoffen 1870/St. Nazaire 1942 |
 | #74: Ultimus Romanorum |
 | #75: Orel 1919/Incredible Armada |
 | #76: Les deux Bretagne (1341-1364) |
 | #77: Eylau 1807 |
 | #78: La Bataille de Hongrie 1944-5/Otterburn
|
|
 | Valley Games
 | Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage |
|
 | Dan Verssen Games
 | Down With The Empire |
 | Marine Air (expansion set for Hornet Leader II) |
 | World War I Bombers (a Down In Flames expansion) |
|
 | Warfrog
 | 1630 Something (rev. ed.) |
|
 | Worthington Games
 | Cowboys: The Way of the Gun |
 | Prussia's Defiant Stand |
|
 | Z-Man Games
 | Duel in the Dark |
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