Charles S. Roberts Award 1489560 219173895 2008-06-13T22:28:28Z 136.234.173.20 /* 1979 to 1981 - Best Initial Release Wargame */ {{cleanup|date=March 2008}} {{nr|date=March 2008}} The '''Charles S. Roberts Awards''' (or '''CSR Awards''') are given annually for excellence in the historical [[wargaming]] hobby. It is named after [[Charles S. Roberts]] the "Father of Wargaming" who founded [[Avalon Hill]]. The award is informally called a "Charlie" and officially called a "Charles S. Roberts Award". Prior to [[2000]], the awards were given at the [[Origins Game Fair]], and Charles Roberts Awards prior to [[1987]] are also considered to be [[Origins Awards]]. Since [[2000]], the awards have been given at the [[World Boardgaming Championships]] (formerly "AvalonCon"). The Awards also include a Hall of Fame. The [[Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame]] recognizes game designers and producers that have made a significant and long lasting contribution to the contemporary board wargaming hobby. The 2006 winners were announced during ConSimWorld Expo 2007, which was held in Tempe, Arizona June 5-10, 2007.[http://www.consimworld.com/expo/moreinfo.html] The winners as listed on the [http://www.consimworld.com/archives/000581.html ConsimWorld] site. ConSimWorld Expo 2008 is scheduled for May 27-June 1.[http://expo.consimworld.com/] ==Recent award winners== ===2003=== *Best Pre-World War II Boardgame&mdash;''Age of Napoleon'' (Phalanx Games) *Best World War II Boardgame&mdash;''Europe Engulfed'' (GMT Games LLC) *Best Modern Era Boardgame&mdash;''Lock 'n Load'' (Shrapnel Games) *Best Magazine-Published Boardgame&mdash;''Ignorant Armies'' (Strategy & Tactics/Decision) *Best DTP-Produced Boardgame&mdash;''[[Thunder on South Mountain]]'' (Blue Guidon) *Best Wargame Graphics&mdash;''Ardennes '44'' (GMT Games LLC) *Best Professional Wargame Magazine&mdash;''Against The Odds'' *Best Amateur Wargame Magazine&mdash;''Panzerschreck'' (Minden Games) *Best Game Review or Game Analysis&mdash;''Drive on Stalingrad'', Paper Wars #50 *Best Historical or Scenario Article&mdash;''"Napoleon at the Berezina"'', Against the Odds Vol.1 No.4 *[[Jim Dunnigan|James F. Dunnigan]] Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement - ''Rick Young and Jesse Evans, Europe Engulfed'' (GMT Games LLC) *Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME&mdash;''Kevin Zucker'' ===2004=== *Best Pre-World War II Boardgame&mdash;''Sword of Rome'' ([[GMT Games]]) *Best World War II Boardgame&mdash;''ASL Starter Kit #1'' ([[Multi-Man Publishing]]) *Best Modern Era Boardgame&mdash;''Downtown'' (GMT Games) *Best Magazine-Published Boardgame&mdash;''Fortress Berlin'' (Against the Odds) *Best DTP-Produced Boardgame&mdash;''Louisiana Tigers'' (BSO Games) *Best Wargame Graphics&mdash;''Downtown'' (GMT Games) *Best Professional Wargame Magazine&mdash;(tie) ''Against The Odds'' and ''[[Strategy & Tactics]]'' *Best Amateur Wargame Magazine&mdash;''Panzerschreck'' (Minden Games) *Best Game Review or Game Analysis&mdash;''no winner designated'' *Best Historical or Scenario Article&mdash;''S&T Sedan'', by Ty Bomba *Best Pre-20th Century PC Game&mdash;''Rome: Total War'' (Total War Games) *Best 20th Century+ PC Game&mdash;''Battles in Normandy'' (Strategic Studies Group) *[[Jim Dunnigan|James F. Dunnigan]] Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement&mdash;''Lee Brimmicombe Wood for Downtown'' (GMT Games) *Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME&mdash;''JD Webster'' ===2005=== *Best Pre-World War II Boardgame&mdash;'' Bonaparte at Marengo'' (Simmons Games) *Best World War II Boardgame&mdash;''Empire of the Sun'' (GMT Games LLC) *Best Modern Era Boardgame&mdash;''[[Twilight Struggle]]'' (GMT Games LLC) *Best Magazine-Published Boardgame&mdash;''Chennault's First Fight'' (Against The Odds #12) *Best DTP-Produced Boardgame&mdash;''Death in the Trenches'' (Schutze Games) *Best Wargame Graphics&mdash;(tie) ''Empire of the Sun'' (GMT Games LLC) and ''Fire in the Sky'' (MMP/The Gamers) *Best Professional Wargame Magazine&mdash;''Against The Odds'' *Best Amateur Wargame Magazine&mdash;''Panzerschreck'' (Minden Games) *Best Game Review or Game Analysis&mdash;''Empire of the Sun Strategy Concepts'' (C3i #17) *Best Historical or Scenario Article&mdash;not awarded *Best Pre-20th Century PC Game&mdash;''Crown of Glory'' (Matrix Games) *Best 20th Century+ PC Game&mdash;not awarded *[[Jim Dunnigan|James F. Dunnigan]] Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement&mdash;''Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews, [[Twilight Struggle]]'' (GMT Games LLC) *Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME&mdash;none ===2006=== *Best Pre-World War II Boardgame&mdash;''Here I Stand'' (GMT Games LLC) *Best World War II Boardgame&mdash;''A Victory Lost'' (Multi-Man Publishing) *Best Modern Era Boardgame&mdash;''Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965-66'' (S&T #239) *Best DTP-Produced Boardgame&mdash;''Battle of the Little Bighorn'' (Khyber Pass Games) *Best Magazine-Published Boardgame&mdash;''Golden Horde: Kulikovo 1380'' (Against the Odds #18) *Best Wargame Graphics&mdash;''A Victory Lost'' (Multi-Man Publishing) *Best Professional Wargame Magazine&mdash;''Against The Odds'' *Best Amateur Wargame Magazine&mdash;''Line of Departure'' (Jim Werbaneth) *James F. Dunnigan Award, To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement&mdash;''Tetsuya Nakamura, A Victory Lost'' (Multi-Man Publishing) *Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME&mdash;none ==Previous award winners== ===1974 to 1975 - Best Professional Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1974||[[Rise and Decline of the Third Reich|Third Reich]]||John Prados||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1975||[[Kingmaker (board game)|Kingmaker]]||Andrew McNeil||PhilMar Ltd. |} ===1974 to 1975 - Best Amateur Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1974||Manassas||Tom Eller||Historical Simulations Ltd. |- align="center" |1975||La Bataille de la Moskowa||Lawrence Groves||Martial Enterprises |} ===1976 to 1977 - Best Tactical Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1976||[[Terrible Swift Sword (game)|Terrible Swift Sword]]||[[Richard Berg]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1977||[[Squad Leader]]||[[John Hill]]||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |} ===1976 to 1977 - Best Strategic Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1976||[[The Russian Campaign]]||John Edwards||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1977||[[Victory in the Pacific]]||Richard Hamblen||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |} ===1978 to 1986 - Best Pre-20th century Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1978||[[Source of the Nile (board game)|Source of the Nile]]||David Wesely & Ross Maker||Discovery Games |- align="center" |1979||Napoleon at Leipzig||Kevin Zucker||Operational Studies Group |- align="center" |1980||[[Empires of the Middle Ages]]||[[Jim Dunnigan]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1981||[[A House Divided (board game)|A House Divided]]||[[Frank Chadwick]]||[[Game Designers' Workshop]] |- align="center" |1982||[[Civilization (board game)|Civilization]]||Francis Tresham||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1983||The Civil War||Eric Lee Smith||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1984||South Mountain||[[Richard Berg]]||West End Games |- align="center" |1985||Pax Britannica||[[Greg Costikyan]]||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1986||Chickamauga||Jon Southard||West End Games |} ===1978 to 1986 - Best 20th century Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1978||To the Green Fields Beyond||David Isby||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1979||City Fight||Joe Balkoski||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1980||Cresendo of Doom ([[Squad Leader]] module)||[[Don Greenwood]]||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1981||Wings||Craig Taylor||[[Yaquinto Publications]] |- align="center" |1982||[[Storm Over Arnhem]]||Courtenay Allen||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1983||[[Ambush!]]||Eric Lee Smith||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1984||Vietnam 1965 - 1975||Nick Karp||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1985||[[World in Flames]]||Harry Rowland||Australian Design Group |- align="center" |1986||[[Fortress America]]||Mike Gray||[[Milton Bradley Company]] |} ===1987 to 2006 - Best Pre-World War Two Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1987||Shot & Shell||Roger Nord||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1988||Lee vs. Grant||Joe Balkoski||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1989||[[A House Divided (board game)|A House Divided]] (2nd ed.)||[[Frank Chadwick]]||[[Game Designers' Workshop]] |- align="center" |1990||Kadesh||Gary Dickens||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1991||Alexandros||Mike Markowitz||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1992||[[SPQR (board game)|SPQR]]||[[Richard Berg]] & Mark Herman||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1993||When Eagles Fight||Ted Racier||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1994||Battles of Waterloo||[[Richard Berg]]||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1995||Great War in Europe||Ted Racier||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1996||Fields of Glory||[[Richard Berg]]||Moments in History |- align="center" |1997||All Quiet on the Western Front||Ted Racier||Moments in History |- align="center" |1998||For the People||Mark Herman||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1999||[[Paths of Glory (board game)|Paths of Glory]]||Ted Racier||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2000||Drive on Paris||Al Wambold||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |2001||Wilderness War||Volko Runkhe||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2002||Napoleonic Wars||Mark McLaughlin||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2003||Age of Napoleon||Reynaud Verlaque||Phalanx Games |- align="center" |2004||Sword of Rome||Wray Ferrell||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2005||[[Bonaparte at Marengo]]||Bowen Simmons||Simmons Games |- align="center" |2006||Here I Stand ||Ed Beach||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |} ===1987 to 2006 - Best World War Two Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1987||Raid on St. Nazaire||Rob Markham||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1988||Tokyo Express||Jon Southard||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1989||Hitler's Last Gamble||Danny Parker||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1990||Operation Shoestring||Gene Billingsley||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1991||East Front||Craig Besinque||[[Columbia Games]] |- align="center" |1992||Stalingrad Pocket||Masahiro Yamazaki||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1993||Afrika||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1994||Enemy at the Gates||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1995||Tunisia||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1996||Wave of Terror||John Desch||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1997||DAK||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1998||Invasion: Sicily||Vance von Borries||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1999||Burma||Dave Friedrichs||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |2000 (tie)||Sicily||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |2000 (tie)||Ukraine '43||Mark Simonitch||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2001||Barbarossa - Army Group North||Vance von Borries||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2002||Barbarossa to Berlin||Ted Racier||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2003||[[Europe Engulfed]]||Rick Young & Jesse Evans||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2004||[[Advanced Squad Leader|Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1]]||Ken Dunn||[[Multi-Man Publishing]] |- align="center" |2005||Empire of the Sun ||Mark Herman||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2006||A Victory Lost||Tetsuya Nakamura||[[Multi-Man Publishing]] |} ===1987 to 2006 - Best Post-World War Two (or Modern) Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1987 (tie)||Central America||James McQuaid||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1987 (tie)||7th Fleet||Joe Balkoski||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1988||Tac Air||Gary Morgan||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1989||Modern Naval Battles||Dan Verssen||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1990||Silver Bayonet||Gene Billingsley||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1991 (tie)||Inchon||Jim Werbaneth||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1991 (tie)||Hornet Leader||Dan Verssen||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1992||Tet '68||Joe Miranda||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1993||Crisis: Korea 1995||Gene Billingsley||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1994||''no award''||-||- |- align="center" |1995||Yom Kippur||Al Sandrick||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1996||''no award''||-||- |- align="center" |1997||Semper Fi||Lee Forester||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1998 - 2000||''no award''||-||- |- align="center" |2001||When Dragons Fight||Ty Bomba||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |2002 (tie)||Khe Sahn 1968||John Prados||Against the Odds Magazine |- align="center" |2002 (tie)||First Indochina War||Joe Miranda||[[Decision Games]] |- align="center" |2003||Lock 'n Load||Mark Walker||Shrapnel Games |- align="center" |2004||Downtown||Lee Brimmicombe-Wood||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2005||[[Twilight Struggle]]||Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2006||Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965-66 ||Joe Miranda||[[Decision Games]] |} ===1999 to 2006 - Best DTP Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1999 (tie)||Bloody Beach: Omaha||Bill Ramsey||Bill Ramsey |- align="center" |1999 (tie)||Chantilly||Hampton Newsome||Ivy Street Games |- align="center" |2000||Solomon Sea||Markus Stumptner||Simulations Workshop Incorporated |- align="center" |2001||Longbow||[[Richard Berg]]||BSO Games |- align="center" |2002 (tie)||A Mere Matter of Marching||Bruce MacFarlane||Microgame Design Group |- align="center" |2002 (tie)||Togoland 1914||Dennis Bishop||Khyber Pass Games |- align="center" |2003||[[Thunder on South Mountain]]||Scot Holmgren||Blue Guidon Games |- align="center" |2004||Louisiana Tigers||[[Richard Berg]]||BSO Games |- align="center" |2005||Death in the Trenches||Ben Madison||Schutze Games |- align="center" |2006||Battle of the Little Bighorn ||Micheal Taylor||Khyber Pass Games |} ===1999 to 2006 - Best Magazine Game=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Designer!!Company |- align="center" |1999||Borodino & Friedland||Kevin Zucker||[[Decision Games]] ([[Strategy & Tactics]]) |- align="center" |2000||Xenophon||Joe Miranda||[[Decision Games]] ([[Strategy & Tactics]]) |- align="center" |2001||War of 1812||Tom Dalgliesh||[[Decision Games]] ([[Strategy & Tactics]]) |- align="center" |2002||First Indochina War||Joe Miranda||[[Decision Games]] ([[Strategy & Tactics]]) |- align="center" |2003||Ignorant Armies||Phil Sharp||[[Decision Games]] ([[Strategy & Tactics]]) |- align="center" |2004||Fortress Berlin||John Prados||Against the Odds Magazine |- align="center" |2005||Chennault's First Fight ||Paul Rohrbaugh||Against the Odds Magazine |- align="center" |2006||Kulikovo 1380: the Golden Horde ||[[Richard Berg]]||Against the Odds Magazine |} ===1974 to 2006 - Best Professional Wargaming Magazine=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Magazine!!Publisher |- align="center" |1974||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1975||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1976||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1977||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1978||[[Fire & Movement]]||Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |- align="center" |1979||[[Fire & Movement]]||Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |- align="center" |1980||[[Fire & Movement]]||Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |- align="center" |1981||[[Fire & Movement]]||Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing |- align="center" |1982||[[Fire & Movement]]||Friedrich Helfferich & Steve Jackson Games |- align="center" |1983||[[Fire & Movement]]||Friedrich Helfferich & Steve Jackson Games |- align="center" |1984||[[The Wargamer (magazine)|The Wargamer]]||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1985||[[The Wargamer (magazine)|The Wargamer]]||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1986||[[The Wargamer (magazine)|The Wargamer]]||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1987||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1988||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1989||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1990||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1991||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1992||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1993||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1994||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1995||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1996||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1997||Command||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1998||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Decision Games]] |- align="center" |1999||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Decision Games]] |- align="center" |2000||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Decision Games]] |- align="center" |2001||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Decision Games]] |- align="center" |2002||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Decision Games]] |- align="center" |2003||Against the Odds||Against the Odds Magazine |- align="center" |2004 (tie)||Against the Odds||Against the Odds Magazine |- align="center" |2004 (tie)||[[Strategy & Tactics]]||[[Decision Games]] |- align="center" |2005||Against the Odds||Against the Odds Magazine |- align="center" |2006||Against the Odds||Against the Odds Magazine |} ===1974 to 2006 - Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Magazine!!Publisher |- align="center" |1974||Albion||Don Turnbull |- align="center" |1975||Jagdpanther||Jagdpanther Publications |- align="center" |1976||Battlefield/Jagdpanther ||Jagdpanther Publications |- align="center" |1977||[[The Space Gamer]]||[[Steve Jackson Games]] |- align="center" |1978||Perfidious Albion ||Charles Vasey |- align="center" |1979||Perfidious Albion ||Charles Vasey |- align="center" |1980||HMS Review||Herb Barenta |- align="center" |1981||Journal of World War Two Wargaming||Nick Schuessler |- align="center" |1982||Journal of 20th Century Wargaming||Nick Schuessler |- align="center" |1983||Journal of 20th Century Wargaming||Nick Schuessler |- align="center" |1984||Alarums & Excursions ||Lee Gold |- align="center" |1985||The V.I.P of Gaming ||Alan Emrich |- align="center" |1986||The Midwest Wargamers' Association Newsletter ||Hal Thinglum |- align="center" |1987||Volunteers - Civil War Gaming Newsletter||Bill Koff |- align="center" |1988||Volunteers - Civil War Gaming Newsletter||Bill Koff |- align="center" |1989||Canadian Wargaming Journal||Canadian Wargaming Group |- align="center" |1990||Canadian Wargaming Journal||Canadian Wargaming Group |- align="center" |1991||Canadian Wargaming Journal||Canadian Wargaming Group |- align="center" |1992||Canadian Wargaming Journal||Canadian Wargaming Group |- align="center" |1993||[[Paper Wars]]||Hexessential Publications |- align="center" |1994||[[Paper Wars]]||Hexessential Publications |- align="center" |1995||Berg's Review of Games (BROG)||[[Richard Berg]] |- align="center" |1996||Berg's Review of Games (BROG)||[[Richard Berg]] |- align="center" |1997||Berg's Review of Games (BROG)||[[Richard Berg]] |- align="center" |1998||Berg's Review of Games (BROG)||[[Richard Berg]] |- align="center" |1999||The Boardgamer||Bruce Monnin |- align="center" |2000||The Boardgamer||Bruce Monnin |- align="center" |2001||The Boardgamer||Bruce Monnin |- align="center" |2002||The Boardgamer||Bruce Monnin |- align="center" |2003||Panzerschreck||Minden Games |- align="center" |2004||Panzerschreck||Minden Games |- align="center" |2005||Panzerschreck||Minden Games |- align="center" |2006||Line of Departure||Jim Werbaneth |} ===1976 to 2006 - Best Wargame Graphics=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Game!!Artist!!Publisher |- align="center" |1976||Avalanche - The Salerno Landings||Rich Banner||[[Game Designers' Workshop]] |- align="center" |1977||''no award''||-||- |- align="center" |1978||Cross of Iron ([[Squad Leader]] module)||Scott Moores||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1979 to 1983||''no award''||-||- |- align="center" |1984||Vietnam 1965 - 1975||Ted Koller||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1985||Pax Britannica||Ted Koller (Jim Talbot - map)||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1986||Korean War||Ted Koller||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1987||Raid on St. Nazaire||Charles Kibler||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1988 (tie)||Lee vs. Grant||Ted Koller||[[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]] |- align="center" |1988 (tie)||The Campaigns of Robert E. Lee||Rick Barber (map)||[[Clash of Arms|Clash of Arms Games]] |- align="center" |1989||Hitler's Last Gamble||Dean Essig||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1990||Kadesh||Larry Hoffman (counters) & (Mark Simonitch - map)||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1991||Hornet Leader||Rodger MacGowan||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1992||SPQR||Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1993||Lion of the North||Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1994||Battles of Waterloo||Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1995||Yom Kippur||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1996||GD '41||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1997||DAK||Dean Essig||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1998||Saratoga 1777||Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |1999||River of Death||Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2000||Brandywine Creek||Rodger MacGowan (Joe Youst - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2001||Wilderness War||Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2002||Streets of Stalingrad (3rd ed.)||Joe Youst (map)||[[L2 Design Group]] |- align="center" |2003||Ardennes '44||Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2004||Downtown||Rodger MacGowan (Lee Brimmicombe-Wood - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2005 (tie)||Empire of the Sun||Rodger MacGowan (Mark Simonitch - map)||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2005 (tie)||Fire in the Sky||Nicolas Eskubi||[[Multi-Man Publishing]] |- align="center" |2006||A Victory Lost||Nicolas Eskubi||[[Multi-Man Publishing]] |} ===1978 to 1981 - Best Initial Release Wargame=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Recipient!!Game!!Company |- align="center" |1978||[[Source of the Nile (board game)|Source of the Nile]]||David Wesely & Ross Maker||Discovery Games |- align="center" |1979||Ironclads||John Fuseler||Yaquinto Publications |- align="center" |1980||Streets of Stalingrad||Dana Lombardy||Pheonix Games |- align="center" |1981||Ironbottom Sound||Jack Greene||Quarterdeck Games |} ===1977 to 1986 - Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Recipient!!Game!!Company |- align="center" |1977||War of the Rings||[[Richard Berg]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1978||Mayday||[[Marc Miller]]||[[Game Designers' Workshop]] |- align="center" |1979||[[The Creature That Ate Sheboygan]]||[[Greg Costikyan]]||[[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1980||Azhanti High Lightning||[[Frank Chadwick]]||[[Game Designers' Workshop]] |- align="center" |1981 : Sci-Fi||[[Car Wars]]||Chad Irby & [[Steve Jackson]]||[[Steve Jackson Games]] |- align="center" |1981 : Fantasy||Barbarian Prince||Arnold Hendrick||Dwarfstar Games |- align="center" |1982 : Sci-Fi||[[Illuminati]]||[[Steve Jackson]]||[[Steve Jackson Games]] |- align="center" |1982 : Fantasy||Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective||Gary Grady, Raymond Edwards & Suzanne Goldberg||Sleuth Publications |- align="center" |1983 : Sci-Fi||Nuclear Escalation||Douglas Malewicki||Flying Buffalo |- align="center" |1983 : Fantasy||[[Lost Worlds]]||Alfred Leonardi ||Nova Game Designs |- align="center" |1984 : Sci-Fi||Web & Starship ||[[Greg Costikyan]]||West End Games |- align="center" |1984 : Fantasy||Lonely Mountain ||Coleman Charlton||Iron Crown Enterprises |- align="center" |1985||Wabbit Wampage ||Mark Acres||Pacesetter Games |- align="center" |1986||Kings & Things||[[Tom Wham]]||West End Games |} ===1989 to 2006 - James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design=== '''''To a Game Designer, Developer, Graphic Artist or Game for outstanding achievement in that year''''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Year!!Recipient!!Game!!Company |- align="center" |1989||Dan Verssen & Rodger MacGowan||''Modern Naval Battles''**||World Wide Wargames |- align="center" |1990||[[Don Greenwood]]||Republic of Rome||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1991 (tie)||Mark Simonitch||The Legend Begins||Rhino Games |- align="center" |1991 (tie)||Craig Besinque||''East Front''**||Columbia Games |- align="center" |1992||Ben Knight||Victory at Midway||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1993||Dean Essig||Afrika||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1994||Dean Essig||Enemy at the Gates||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1995||Ted Racier||Great War in Europe||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1996||Ty Bomba||Command magazine||XTR Corporation |- align="center" |1997||Dean Essig||DAK||[[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]] |- align="center" |1998||Mark Herman||For the People||[[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]] |- align="center" |1999||Ted Racier||[[Paths of Glory (board game)|Paths of Glory]]||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2000||Mark Simonitch||Ukraine '43||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2001||Volko Runkhe||Wilderness War||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2002||Ben Hull||This Accursed Civil War||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2003||Rick Young & Jesse Evans ||[[Europe Engulfed]]||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2004||Lee Brimmicombe-Wood||Downtown||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2005||Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews||[[Twilight Struggle]]||[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]] |- align="center" |2006||Tetsuya Nakamura||A Victory Lost||[[Multi-Man Publishing]] |} * - In 1989 and 1991 the '''''game''''' won the award. ==Leading CSR award winners for wargames (1974 to 2006)== These totals include awards for games, magazine games, game graphics and (for designers) the ''James F. Dunnigan'' award. Not included are awards for magazines, computer media and articles. ===by game company=== 30 -[[GMT Games|GMT Games LLC]]<br /> 13 - [[The Gamers|The Gamers Incorporated]]<br /> 12 - [[Avalon Hill|The Avalon Hill Game Company]]<br /> 12 - [[Avalon Hill|Victory Games]]<br /> 9 - XTR Corporation<br /> 7 - [[Decision Games]]<br /> 6 - [[Simulations Publications, Inc.|Simulation Publications Incorporated]]<br /> 5 - [[Game Designers' Workshop]]<br /> 4 - [[Multi-Man Publishing]]<br /> 4 - Against the Odds Magazine<br /> 4 - World Wide Wargames<br /> 4 - West End Games ===by game designer or graphic artist=== 12 - Rodger MacGowan<br /> 11 - Dean Essig<br /> 9 - [[Richard Berg]]<br /> 7 - Ted Racier<br /> 5 - Joe Miranda<br /> 4 - Mark Herman<br /> 4 - Ted Koller<br /> 3 - [[Frank Chadwick]]<br /> 3 - John Prados<br /> 3 - Joe Balkoski<br /> 3 - [[Greg Costikyan]]<br /> 3 - Dan Verssen<br /> 3 - Mark Simonitch<br /> 3 - Gene Billingsley ==See also== * [[Origins Awards]] == External links == *[http://www.alanemrich.com/CSR_pages/CSR_Awards_Home.htm Charles S. Roberts Awards Home Page] [[Category:Game awards]] [[Category:Charles S. Roberts Award winners| ]] [[sv:Charles S. Roberts Award]]