Games Magazine Awards

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for the GAMES 100

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Each year since 1980, GAMES Magazine has published a Buyer's Guide to Games in their year-end holiday issue. Except for once or twice in the early 1980s, the article has listed and reviewed one hundred games each year, and was thus dubbed The GAMES 100.

Early in the feature's history, the article served as a reference to many games available on the market, new and old, listing such long-time classic titles as Monopoly, Clue, and Scrabble--and even the occasional toy like Frisbee. In later years, the feature has focused more and more on recognizing the best and most unique new board and card games.

In 1991, GAMES also began recognizing the favorites in each category with a special Best designation, and has selected one game from the whole list to receive the highest honor of Game of the Year.

Through the early 1990s, more and more electronic games were included in the list, with the computer game Myst even winning Game of the Year in 1994. Beginning the following year, computer and cartridge games were split off and given their own separate Electronic Games 100 section.

Game of the Year	Fossil  English language edition    When you see people walking about with eyes fixed downward, it usually signifies some form of collector. When a prime location becomes known, it often creates an atmosphere of gold fever, with everyone trying to search the finest ground. In Fossil,... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
Best Family Strategy Game	El Grande  English language edition    It is time of awakening. The position of the king is secure, but the high aristocrats, the Grandes, look to expand their influence. Thus, intrigue fills the country! Their primary weapons are the attendants to the king: the Caballeros. Each Grande... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
Best Family Card Game	Bohnanza  original German edition    Each player trades with beans which he has grown in his fields and then sells them as profitably as possible. The more beans of the same variety the player has in his field, the greater the profit accrued by selling. Unfortunately a player is often... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
Best Family Strategy Game	El Grande  original German edition    It is time of awakening. The position of the king is secure, but the high aristocrats, the Grandes, look to expand their influence. Thus, intrigue fills the country! Their primary weapons are the attendants to the king: the Caballeros. Each Grande... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
Best Abstract Strategy Game	GIPF  multi-lingual edition        List: $32.95 $26.50 (20% savings!) GIPF is a strategic game for two players based on a classic concept: in turns, players introduce one piece into play until achieving four-in-a-row. Players then remove their row and capture any of their opponent's pieces which extend that row. This...
Best Word Game	Alpha Blitz     Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
Best Family Game	Montgolfière  German edition    In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers had the idea of filling a balloon with hot air. On the 19th of September, a sheep, a chicken and a duck were the first to try this crazy invention. Montgolfire is a game that lets you relive this fantastic... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
Best Family Game	Montgolfière  2nd English language edition    In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers had the idea of filling a balloon with hot air. On the 19th of September, a sheep, a chicken and a duck were the first to try this crazy invention. Montgolfire is a game that lets you relive this fantastic... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
Best Family Card Game	Bohnanza  English language edition with expansion set        List: $19.95 $15.99 (20% savings!) Most folk have never planned on being a bean farmer, but Bohnanza takes this crazy theme and makes it work in this enjoyable card game. Players must trade with one another to plant fields of lucrative beans, as they manipulate the cards ...
Best Family Game	Montgolfière  1st English language edition    In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers had the idea of filling a balloon with hot air. On the 19th of September, a sheep, a chicken and a duck were the first to try this crazy invention. Montgolfire is a game that lets you relive this fantastic... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.