Year |
Game of the Year |
Abstract strategy |
Advanced strategy |
Family |
Family card |
Family strategy |
Party |
Puzzle |
Word |
Historical simulation |
Other |
1991[1] |
Trumpet | Master Labyrinth | - | Stack | Arcade: Wing Commander | Real-Life Strategy: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective | Tabloid Teasers/Guesstures | 3 In Three | 'Swoggle | War/Adventure: HeroQuest | Trivia: Play It By Ear |
1992[2] |
Pipeline | Terrace | - | Showdown Yahtzee | Arcade: Super Tetris | Real-Life Strategy: D-Day | Humm…ble | Heaven & Earth | Wordsters | Adventure: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes | Trivia: Times To Remember |
1993[2][citation needed] |
Inklings | Char | - | Perpetual Notion | Arcade: Ecco the Dolphin | Real-Life: Civilization | Oodles | The Incredible Machine | Pick Two! | Adventure: Return to Zork | Trivia: Celebrity Challenge |
1994[2] |
Myst | The Game of Y | Wargames: V for Victory | Peg Poker | Arcade: Lode Runner: The Legend Returns | Real-Life Strategy: X-Com: UFO Defense | The Doonesbury Game | Breakthru! | Boggle Master | Adventure: The Elder Scrolls: Arena | Trivia: Quote Unquote |
1995[2] |
Sharp Shooters | Strategy: Quixo | Conflict: Colonial Diplomacy | Touché | Phantoms of the Ice | Sports: Dynasty League Baseball | Catch Phrase | Lights Out | Pre.fix | Adventure & Role Playing: Dragon Dice: Battle Box | Trivia: Chronicles CCG: On the Edge CCG: Standard Starter Deck |
1997[3] |
25 Words or Less | Transpose | Strategy & Conflict: Field Command | Mole in the Hole | 6 nimmt! | Priceless | Last Chance | Deluxe Lights Out | Bethump'd With Words | Adventure & Role-Playing: Dragonlance: Fifth Age | Trivia: Origins |
1998[4] |
Quoridor | Balanx | Strategy & Conflict: Princess Ryan's Star Marines | Take It Easy | Get the Goods | Quandary | Wise and Otherwise | Lost in a Jigsaw | A to Z | - | Trivia: Director's Cut CCG: Magic: The Gathering - Portal |
1999[5] |
Fossil | GIPF | Conflict: Atlantic Storm | Montgolfiere | Bohnanza | El Grande | Say When!! | Stormy Seas | Alpha Blitz | - | Trivia: Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? CCG: C 23 |
2000[6] |
Torres | Octi | Memory: Mamma Mia | Moonshot | Buried Treasure | Tikal | Apples to Apples | Ricochet Robot | Double Quick! | - | Trivia: Bioviva CCG: Pokémon Dexterity: Spintrek |
2001[7] |
Aladdin's Dragons | ZÈRTZ | The Princes of Florence | Café International | Hellrail | Web of Power | Democrazy | Lunar Lockout | - | Paths of Glory | Two-Player Card: Caesar & Cleopatra Dexterity: Carabande |
2002[8] |
Evo | Morisi | Java | Africa | Babel | Lord of the Rings | Hilarium | Flip-It! | My Word! | Drive on Paris | Manual Dexterity: Space Game |
2003[9] |
DVONN | Pueblo | Puerto Rico | Emerald | Vom Kap Bis Kairo (From Cape to Cairo) | Mexica | Moods | Nemesis Factor | - | Wilderness War | Manual Dexterity: Villa Paletti |
2004[10] |
New England | Clans | Wildlife | I'm the Boss! | Queen's Necklace | Zoosim | Party/Trivia: Dibs | River Crossing | Crossword Pyramids | Hammer of the Scots | Two-Player Card: Balloon Cup |
2005[11] |
BuyWord | YINSH | Tahuantinsuyu: The Rise of the Inca Empire | Vanished Planet | Victory & Honor | Alexandros | Party/Trivia: Cranium Hoopla | - | - | Memoir '44 | - |
2006[12] |
Australia | Project Kells | Louis XIV | Der Untergang von Pompeji (Escape from Pompeii) | Die Weinhändler (The Wine Merchants) | Primordial Soup (a.k.a. Ursuppe) | Party/Trivia: Snorta! | Tipover | - | Friedrich | Two-Player: Jambo |
2007[13] |
Vegas Showdown | PÜNCT | Reef Encounter | Tricky Town | Trump, Tricks, Game! | Hacienda | Wits and Wagers | Gordian's Knot | Parlay | Silent War | - |
2008 |
Pillars of the Earth | Easter Island | Khronos | If Wishes Were Fishes | Bull in a China Shop | Shear Panic | Gift Trap | Sacred Myths and Legends Series | Unspeakable Words | Ran | - |
2009 |
Tzaar | Ponte del Diavolo | Key Harvest | Pandemic | Palast Geflüster (Palace Whisperings) | Stone Age | Go Nuts! | Doris | Jumbulaya | Pacific Typhoon | - |
2010 |
Small World | Blox | Le Havre | Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age | Amerigo | Dominion/Dominion Intrigue (Expansion) | Dixit | La Ora Stelo | - | Fields of Fire | - |
2011 |
Jump Gate | Arimaa | Egizia | Burger Joint | Jaipur | Valdora | Telestrations | Anti-Virus | - | Battles of Napoleon: The Eagle and the Lion | - |
2012 |
Tikal II: The Lost Temple | Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War | Die Burgen von Burgund (The Castles of Burgundy) | Lemming Mafia | Hey Waiter! | Glen More | Funfair | IQ Twist | Pathwords | Command and Colors: Napoleonics | - |
2013 |
Trajan | Matter | Village | Takenoko | Decktet/Decktet Book | Zong Shi | Pluckin' Pairs | Cool Circuits | Kerflip! | - | - |
2014 |
Garden Dice/The Card Expansion | Kulami | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | Via Appia | Morels | Triassic Terror | Homestretch: Race to the Finish | Laser Maze | - | - | - |