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Best Ancient to Napoleonic Era Board Wargame

Age of Muskets: Vienna or Death (by Francisco Ronco), Bellica Third Generation
Almeida et Bussaco 1810 (by Frédéric Bey), Canons en Carton
Battle of Kawanakajima (by Wei-Cheng Cheng), Formosa Force Games
Battles for a Continent (by Dennis Bishop, Michael W Kennedy), White Dog Games
Battles of Napoleon: The Eagle and the Lion (by Ugo di Meglio, Sergio Guerri), Fantasy Flight Games
Caesar in Gaul (by Craig A Johnson), Camelot Games
Chalons: The Fate of Europe (by Eric Harvey, Larry Pinsky), Decision Games
Chariots of Fire (by Richard Berg), GMT Games
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics (by Richard Borg), GMT Games
Frederick's War: War of the Austrian Succession, 1741-48 (by Ty Bomba, Joesph Miranda), Strategy & Tactics magazine (Decision Games)
Germantown (Battles of the American Revolution series) (by Mark Miklos and Bill Madison), GMT Games
Gospitch & Ocana (by Frédéric Bey), Canons en Carton
Grossbeeren 20 (by Lance McMillan), Victory Point Games
Histoira Romana (by Flavio Ezio), Flavio Ezio
In Hoc Signo Vinces: The Campaign for Rome, 312 AD (by Paul Rohrbaugh), Paul Rohrbaugh
Julian (by Joseph Miranda), Strategy & Tactics magazine (Decision Games)
Julius Caesar (by Grant Dalgliesh, Justin Thompson), Columbia Games
King Philip's War (by John Poniske), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
La bataille de Leipzig (by Didier Rouy), Pratzen Editions
Le Lion et L'epee (by Frederic Bey), Vae Victis Collection Jeux d'Histoire
Leipzig: Napoleon Encircled (by Chris Perello), Decision Games
Les Batailles de St Albans (by Roger Deal), Vae Victis magazine
Levee en Masse (by John Welch), Victory Point Games
Marengo: Morning Defeat, Afternoon Victory (by Eric Harvey), Decision Games
Napoleon's War Volume I: The 100 Days (by Grant Wylie, Mike Wylie), Worthington Games
Nothing Gained But Glory (by Brian Asklev and Knut Grünitz), GMT Games
Pax Romana (by Stephane Theillaumas), Vae Victis magazine
Pensacola (by Mark S. Miklos & Don Hanle), GMT Games
Remember Limerick! The War of the Two Kings: Ireland, 1689-1691 (by Michael Junkin, Ian Weir), Red Sash Games
Sa Battalla (by Piergennaro Federico), Acies Edizioni
Salamanca: Marmont vs Wellington (by Markus Stumptner), Chris Harding Simulations
Serpents of the Seas (by Mike Nagel), GMT Games
Sphacterie -425 (by Frederic Bey), Vae Victis magazine
Strike on Sarhu 1619 (by Chu Kwok Wah), Formosa Force Games
Tarleton's Quarter! (issue #28) (by Mike Joslyn), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
The Age of Dante: Montaperti and Campaldino (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
The Coming Storm (by Kevin Zucker), Operational Studies Group (OSG)
Three Hoorays for the King (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
Turning Point (by Richard Berg), Worthington Games
War of the Roses: Lancaster vs. York (by Peter Hawes), Z-Man Games
Wargame Japanese History #4: Uchiiri Tyuushingura (by Makoto Nakajima), Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd.
Wargame Japanese History #5: Kawanakajima gunki (by Yasutaka Ikeda), Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd.
Wargame Japanese History #6: Hakodate Sensou (by Sawshun Yamaguchi), Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd.
Wargame Japanese History #7: Nagashino Shitaragahara , Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd.
Washington's War (by Mark Herman), GMT Games
Wittstock (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games

Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame

Agordat (by Marco Compari), No Turkeys!
Antietam (by Danny Holte), DDH Games
August 1914: Battles for East Prussia (Infantry Attacks series) (by Mike Bennighof), Avalanche Press
Battle Cry: 150th Civil War Anniversary Edition (by Richard Borg), Hasbro
Blockade Runner (by Patrick Stevens, Alex Stevens), Numbskull Games
Cedar Creek 1864 (by Laurent Martin), Vae Victis magazine
Chickamauga: River of Death (by Chris Perello), Decision Games
Frayser's Farm: Wasted Opportunity (by Chris Perello), Decision Games
Gettysburg (by Martin Wallace), Treefrog
Grand Fleet (by Stephen Newberg), L2 Design Group
In the Trenches: Through Mud and Blood (by John Gorkowski), Grenier Games
Italy Awakes (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
Mountains Aflame (by Andrea Brusati), No Turkeys!
Murray River (by Chris Harding), Chris Harding Simulations
Ottoman Sunset (by Darin Leviloff), Victory Point Games
Outlaws: Adventures in the Old West (by David Murray), David Murray
Pacific Crossroads (Great War at Sea series) (by Mike Bennighof), Avalanche Press
Pastrengo (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
Popular Front (by Patrick Stevens, Alex Stevens), Numbskull Games
Red Poppies: WWI Tactics (by John Gorkowski), Worthington Games
Remember the Alamo! San Jacinto April 20-21, 1836 (by Michael W Kennedy), White Dog Games
Shiloh: April 1862 (by Tom Dalgliesh, Grant Dalgliesh), Columbia Games
Shiloh: Bloody April, 1862 (by Paul Koenig), Strategy & Tactics magazine (Decision Games)
Shiloh: Grant Surprised (by Chris Perello), Decision Games
Souls of the Brave: The Epic of the Alamo (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
Stones River: Turning Point in Tennessee (by Chris Perello), Decision Games
Sword of Fire (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
Tanks in the Middle East 1917 (by Perry Moore), Firefight Games
The Kaiser's War: World War I, 1918-19 (by Ty Bomba, Joe Youst, Joseph Miranda), Strategy & Tactics magazine (Decision Games)
The Lost Cause (by Hans von Stockhausen), Victory Point Games
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (by Javier Romero), GMT Games
The Tide at Sunrise: The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 (by Yukihiro Kuroda, Adam Starkweather), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
Trenchzone (by Glen Kehoe), Glen Kehoe
Under the North Star: The Finnish Civil War 1918 (by Dennis Bishop), White Dog Games
Verdun: A Generation Lost (by Roger Nord), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
We Shall Fight on the Marne (by Michael W Kennedy), White Dog Games
White October - The Last Assault on Red Petrograd (issue #5) (by David Beaudlet), Battles magazine

Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame

1940: What if Germany Went East? (by Ty Bomba), World at War magazine (Decision Games)
Aachen: First to Fall (by Eric Harvey, David Ritchie), Decision Games
Across the Pacific (by Michael Myers), Pacific Rim Publishing
Afrika Korps: Decision in the Desert, 1941-42 (by Ty Bomba, Joesph Miranda), World at War magazine (Decision Games)
Anzio Cassino - Battle Command Series (by Michael Rinella), Worthington Games
Arnhem: The Farthest Bridge (by Eric Harvey, J A Nelson), Decision Games
Axis & Allies Europe 1940 (by Larry Harris Jr.), Hasbro
Barbarossa: Crimea (by Vance von Borries), GMT Games
Bastogne: A Desperate Defense (by Eric Harvey, Larry Pinsky), Decision Games
Bataan! (by Vance von Borries), Compass Games
Battle for Korsun (by Jim Zoldak), Chris Harding Simulations
Beda Fomm (re-issue) (by Frank Chadwick), Consim Press
Black Cross / Blue Sky (by John F Stanoch), Blue Sky Enterprises
Blitzkrieg (by John Bannerman), Diffraction
Buffalo Wings (issue #29) (by John D. Webster), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
Campaign Commander Vol 2: Coral Sea (by Francisco Ronco), Bellica Third Generation
Cauldron: Battle for Gazala (by Howard Barasch, Eric Harvey), Decision Games
Christmas in Hell: The Battle of Ortona (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
Command Magazine Japan #94: Flying Tigers (by Yasushi Nakguro), Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd.
Coral Sea (Second World War at Sea series) (by Mike Bennighof), Avalanche Press
Coral Sea Solitaire (by Ty Bomba, Joesph Miranda), World at War magazine (Decision Games)
Crusader: Battle for Tobruk (by Eric Harvey, David Isby), Decision Games
Death Ride Kursk: Gross Deutschland (by Chris Fasulo), Grognard Simulations
Desert War: Egypt, 1040 (by Richard Berg), Worthington Games
Down In Flames: Guns Blazing (by Dan Verssen), Dan Verssen Games
Duel of the Giants (by Friedemann de Pedro), Z-Man Games
Fall of the Philippines: McArthur's Defeat, 1941 (by Gary Graber), Minden Games
From Overlord to Berlin (by Luc Olivier, Nicolas Stratigos), Vae Victis Collection Jeux d'Histoire
Frontline General: Spearpoint 1943 (by Byron Collins), Collins Epic Wargames
Frontline: D-Day (by Dan Verssen), Dan Verssen Games
Fury in the East (by Ginichiro Suzuki), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
Gathering Storm (by Murray McCloskey), Murry McCloskey
Growling Tigers under Siege: Defense of Changde 1943 (by Wei-Cheng Cheng), Formosa Force Games
Guards Tank: The Battle of Prochorovka, July 1943 (by Joseph Miranda), World at War magazine (Decision Games)
Invasion Pearl Harbor (by Ty Bomba), World at War magazine (Decision Games)
Kasserine: Baptism of Fire (by Eric Harvey, J A Nelson), Decision Games
Nations at War: White Star Rising (by Mark H Walker), Lock 'n Load Publishing
Normandy '44 (by Mark Simonitch), GMT Games
Objective: Kiev (by Frank Chadwick), Victory Point Games
One Night in Taranto (by Roberto Chiavini), TCS Games
Operation Fortitude (by Roberto Morraglia), Vae Victis magazine
Operation Jubilee (by John H Butterfield), Strategy & Tactics magazine (Decision Games)
Pacific Islands Campaign - Guam (by Chris Fasulo), Grognard Simulations
Pacific Islands Campaign - Iwo Jima (by Chris Fasulo), Grognard Simulations
Pacific Islands Campaign - Saipan/Tinian (by Chris Fasulo), Grognard Simulations
Panzer Ace Wittmann (by Wei-Cheng Cheng), Formosa Force Games
Panzer General: Allied Assault (by Chuck Kroegel, George Chastian), Petroglyph Games
Panzer General: Russian Assault (by Chuck Kroegel), Petroglyph Games
Paying the Peiper (by Paul Rohrbaugh), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
Race for Berlin: The Final Struggle (issue #4) (by Francois-Xavier Euzet), Battles magazine
Saipan & Tinian (by Randy Lein), Legion Wargames
Saipan: Conquest of the Marianas (by Eric Harvey), Decision Games
Soft Underbelly: Italy, 1943 (by Ty Bomba), World at War magazine (Decision Games)
Stalin's War (by Ted Raicer), GMT Games
Starvation Island (by Sho Kawakita, Adam Starkweather), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
Steel Wolves (by Brien Miller, Stephen Jackson), Compass Games
Storm Over Kunlun Pass, 1939 (by Terence Co), Battles magazine
Storming the Reich (by Ted Raicer), Compass Games
Tank on Tank (by Peter Bogdasarian), Lock 'n Load Publishing
Target: Leningrad (by Frank Chadwick), Victory Point Games
The Barbarossa Campaign (by Gary Graber, Alan Emrich, Carl Paradis), Victory Point Games
The Fires of Midway (by Steven Cunliffe), Clash of Arms Games
The Second World War (by John Powers), Pangenre
Unconditional Surrender! Case Blue (by Sal Vasta), Salvatore Vasta
We Must Tell the Emperor (by Steve Carey), Victory Point Games
Winter Storm - 57th Pz Korps Attempt to relieve Stalingrad (by Jim Zoldak), Chris Harding Simulations

Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame

'Nam '68 (by Gary Graber), Minden Games
A Week in Hell: The Battle of Hue (issue #3) (by Laurent Guenette), Battles magazine
Assaut sur Suez (by Amaury de Vandiere), Vae Victis magazine
Cold War Battles 2: Kabul '79 & Pentaomic Wurzburg (by Ty Bomba, Joesph Miranda), Strategy & Tactics magazine (Decision Games)
Corps Command: Dawn's Early Light (by Peter Bogdasarian), Lock 'n Load Publishing
DMZ: The Next Korean War (by Eric Harvey, David Isby), Decision Games
Golan: The Syrian Offensive (by Irad Hardy, Eric Harvey), Decision Games
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975 (by John Poniske), Worthington Games
Hornet Leader: Carrier Air Operations (by Dan Verssen), Dan Verssen Games
Junta: Viva el Presidente (by Christopher Reiser, Sebastian Reisl), Z-Man Games
Labyrinth: The War on Terror (by Volko Ruhnke), GMT Games
Naktong Bulge: Breaking the Perimeter (by Eric Harvey), Decision Games
Persian Incursion (by Larry Bond, Chris Carlson, Jeff Dougherty), Clash of Arms Games
Phantom Leader (by Dan Verssen), Dan Verssen Games
Russo-Georgian War of 2008 (by Bruce Costello), Schutze Games
Showdown: The Coming Indo-Pakistani War (by Eric Harvey), Decision Games
Toe-to-Toe Nu'klr Combat with the Rooskies (by Chris Taylor), Victory Point Games
World at War: The Untold Stories (by Mark H Walker), Lock 'n Load Publishing
Yalu (2nd edition) (by John Hill), Compass Games

Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame

Ancient Wars: Greek Wars (HPS)
Campaign Jena-Auerstedt
Civilization V
Field of Glory (Slitherine)
Greek Wars (HPS)
Hegemony: Philip of Macedon
Napoleon Total War (Creative Assembly)

Best 20th Century Era - Modern Computer Wargame

Balance of Power
Battelfield Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
cisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris
Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge (Panther Games/Matrix)
First World War Campaigns: France '14 (HPS)
Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 (2by3 Games/ Matrix)
Red Orchestra
Revolution Under Siege (Sep REDS/Matrix)
Squad Battles: Modern War (HPS)

Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Board Wargame

All Things Zombie (by Ed Teixeira, Mark H Walker), Lock 'n Load Publishing
Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer (by Justin Gary), Gary Games
Asteroyds (by Guillaume Blossier, Frederic Henry), Rio Grande Games
Astra Titanus (by Chris Taylor), Victory Point Games
Defenders of the Realm (by Richard Launius), Eagle Games
Dungeon & Dragons - Castle Ravenloft Board Game (by Rob Heinsoo, Peter Lee, Mike Mearls, Bill Slavicsek), Hasbro
DungeonQuest (reprint) (by Jakob Bonds, Dan Glimne. John Goodenough), Fantasy Flight Games
Earth Reborn
Final Frontier (by Tom Decker), Victory Point Games
Forlorn: Hope (by Chris Taylor), Victory Point Games
High Frontier (by Phil Eklund), Sierra Madre Games
Horus Heresy (reprint) (by John Goodenough, Jeff Tidball), Fantasy Flight Games
House of Spirits (by Mark Thomas), Lock 'n Load Publishing
Invasion from Outer Space: the Martian Game (by Jason Hill), Flying Frog Productions
Loot and Scoot (by Chris Taylor), Victory Point Games
Mad Zeppelin (by Oliver Pauwels), Alderac Entertainment Group
moongha Invaders: Mad Scientists and Atomic Monsters Attack the Earth! (by Martin Wallace), Club TreEmme
Myth: Pantheons (by Brent Keith), Alderac Entertainment Group
Onirim (by Shadi Torbey), Z-Man Games
PARSEC (by Sean Young), Victory Point Games
Pocket Battles: Orcs vs Elves (by Paolo Mori, Francesco Sirocchi), Z-Man Games
Resident Evil Deck-Building Game (by Tylar Allinder), Bandai
Road Kill Rally (by Daniel A George), Z-Man Games
Runewars (by Corey Konieczka), Fantasy Flight Games
Space Hulk: Death Angel (by Corey Konieczka), Fantasy Flight Games
Space Infantry (by Gottardo Zancani), Lock 'n Load Publishing
Star Borders: Humanity (by Lance McMillan), Victory Point Games
The Thing (by Mark Chaplin), Mark Chaplin
War of the Ring Collector's Edition (by Roberto di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello), Fantasy Flight Games
Zombie State: Diplomacy of the Dead (by John Werner), Zombie State Games

Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Computer Wargame

Armada 2526
Distant Worlds
Fall Out New Vegas
Mass Effect 2

Best Magazine Game

A Week in Hell (Battles Magazine)
Across the Paciific
All Things Zombie (Lock 'n Load Publishing)
Battles for a Continent (by Dennis Bishop, Michael W Kennedy), White Dog Games
Buffalo Wings (ATO)
Conflict of Heroes: Price of Honour (Academy Games)
Corps Command: Dawn's Early Light
Fury in the East (Multi-Man Publising)
Grand Fleet by L2
Julius Caesar (Columbia Games and Karim Chakroun)
King Philip's War (Multi-Man Publishing)
L'Assedio! Firenze 1312 (No Turkeys)
La Bataille de la Moskowa (COA)
Labyrinth: The war on Terror
Le Lion et l'Epée (Vae Victis Collection Jeux d'Histoire)
Normandy '44 (GMT)
Pensacola (GMT Games)
Persian Incursion
Saipan & Tinian (Legion Wargames)
Shiloh (Columbia Games)
Steel Wolves (Compass)
The Coming Storm (OSG)

Best Computer Game Graphics

Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris
Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 (2by3 Games/ Matrix)
Making History II: The War of the World
MapMod -alternate graphics packages (new this past year, France '14, Kharkov' '43)
Napoleon Total War (Creative Assembly)
Revolution Under Siege

Best Professional Game Magazine

Against the Odds , Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
Battles Magazine , Battles magazine
C3i magazine , RBM Publications
Line of Fire, Lock 'n Load Publishing
Operations SI#3
Strategy & Tactics
Vae Victis
Wargames Illustrated
World at War , Decision Games

Best Amateur Game Magazine

Alea
Games Gazette
Le Franc-Tireur
Line of Departure
No Turkeys
Old Soldiers Magazine
Simulacrum

Best Historical/Scenario Article

"Strangled by Air: How Air Interdiction is used and gamed" by Sam Sheikh, Against the Odds 29
50 Years War - a scenario for Warriors of God (Operations SI#3)
7 Weeks War, David March, ATO#26
arleton's Quarter! by Mike Joslyn, Against the Odds magazine (ATO) issue #28
Brewster Buffalo in WW-2, J.D. Webster, ATO#29
Glenshiel 1719 by Ian Craig Weir (Old Soldiers Vol. 6 No. 3)
How Not To Do It: Dieppe 1942 (S&T 265)
Joel Toppen, History of the Peloponnesian War (C3i #24)
Wagram, Frédéric Bey, ATO#28
War by Proxy - a short scenario for Warriors of God (Operations SI#3)

Best Game Review or Analysis Article

David Hughes, Sleeping with the Enemy: Pro German Bias in WW2 Wargaming (Battles Magazine)
Getting more Beda out of your Fomm: opening strategies for Afrika II, Alan Murphy (Operations SI#3)
John Foley, Asia Engulfed (C3i #24)
Mark Herman, Washington's war, Art of asymetrical Strategy (C3i#24)
Michael Ziegler, "Getting games past a forbidding spouse" (BGG)
Richard G. Simon, Nothing Gained But Glory (Battles Magazine #4)

James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award

Across the Pacific
Anzio/Cassino (Worthington Games)
Campaign Commander Series (Bellica 3rd Generation)
EFS: Crimea
Frontline General: Spearpoint 1943 (Collins Epic Wargames)
Fury in the East
Germantown (GMT Games)
Hearts & Minds (Worthington Games)
Julius Caesar, Columbia Games
La Bataille de Leipzig (Pratzen Editions)
Labyrinth: The War on terror
Napoleon's War: The 100 Days (Worthington Games)
Napoleonic20 Series
Normandy ' 44
Onirim (by Shadi Torbey), Z-Man Games
Serpents of the Seas
Sphacterie -425 (by Frederic Bey), Vae Victis magazine
States of Siege solitaire games
Steel Wolves (Miller/Jackson, Compass)
Tank on Tank (LnL)
The Fires of Midway

Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME
Past winners in this category are ineligible (see list) as are members of the CSR Awards Committee

Brian Train
Brien Miller
Charles Vasey
Craig Besinque
Dennis A. Spors
Dennis Bishop
Didier Rouy
Ed Wimble
Francisco Ronco
Frédéric Bey
Joe Youst
John Poniske
John Tiller
Ken Dunn
Kevin Moody
Larry Bond
Mark H Walker
Mark Miklos
Markus Stumptner
Michael Myers
Michael Rinella
Mike Nagel
Nicolas Eskubi
Peter Bogdasarian
Randy Lein
Richard Borg
Tom Dalgliesh
Volko Ruhnke