July 2, 2001 - Industry News 2000 Charles S. Roberts Award Winners

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Congratulations to the official winners of the 2000 Charles S. Roberts Awards, listed in boldface type below, as presented during the World Boardgaming Championships 2001.

Best Pre-World War II Boardgame
Austerlitz 1805 (GMT Games)
Battle Cry! (Hasbro)
Battle of Brandywine Creek (GMT Games)
Drive on Paris (The Gamers)
This Terrible Sound (The Gamers)

WINNER: Drive on Paris (The Gamers)

Best World War II Boardgame
A Frozen Hell (The Gamers)
Pacific Victory (Columbia)
Panzergrenadier (Avalanche Press)
Sicily (The Gamers)
Ukraine '43 (GMT)

WINNERS (tie): Sicily (The Gamers) and Ukraine '43 (GMT)

Best Wargame Graphics
Brandywine Creek (GMT Games)
La Bataille d'Orthez (Clash of Arms)
Panzer Grenadier (Avalanche Press)
This Terrible Sound (The Gamers)
Ukraine '43 (GMT Games)

WINNER: Brandywine Creek (GMT Games)

Best DTP-Produced Boardgame
Bittereinder (Microgame Design Group)
Cowpens (Markham Designs)
Hobkirk Hill (Markham Designs)
The Jewish War (KPG)
Solomon Sea (Simulations Workshop)
Victory in Vietnam (Microgame Design Group)

WINNER: Solomon Sea (Simulations Workshop)

Best Magazine-Published Boardgame
Forgotten Axis: the Finnish Campaign, S&T #199 (Decision Games)
Lemberg & Verdun: More Over the Top battles, S&T #198 (Decision Games)
Leuthen 1757, Vae Victis #32
Marengo 1800, Vae Victis #35
Xenophon: March of the 10,000, S&T #203 (Decision Games)

WINNER: Xenophon: March of the 10,000, S&T #203 (Decision Games)

Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Age of Empires series (Microsoft)
Horse and Musket (Shrapnel Games)

WINNER: Horse and Musket (Shrapnel Games)

Best 20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Combat Mission series (Big Time Software)
Normandy 44 (HPS)
Pacific War: The Matrix Project (Matrix Games)
Steel Panthers World At War series (Matrix Games)

WINNER: Steel Panthers World At War series (Matrix Games)

Best Game Review or Game Analysis
"AH's 1776," Paper Wars #35, Rod Coffey
"COA's Summer Storm," Paper Wars #33, Greg Ullrich
"Der Welkrieg Series," Paper Wars #34, Pat Collins and David Newport
"Drive on Paris" (ConsimWorld - Game Reviews Central), Pat Hirtle
"Thoughts on Strategy: Paths of Glory," Paper Wars #34, Brandon Einhorn

WINNER: "COA's Summer Storm," Paper Wars #33, Greg Ullrich

Best Historical or Scenario Article
"The Dragon Breaks its Sleep," Europa Magazine #75, Mark Royer and Ching Wah Chin
"Operation Menace," The Europa Magazine #76, Arthur Goodwin
"Xenophon and the Persian Civil War," S&T #203, James Yates
"French Foreign Legion," S&T 200, Timothy Kutta

WINNER: "French Foreign Legion," S&T 200, Timothy Kutta

James F. Dunnigan Award
Rick Barber - artist/designer
Richard Borg - designer, Battle Cry!
Dean Essig - designer
Dave Powell - designer/developer
Mark Simonitch - designer, Ukraine '43

WINNER: Mark Simonitch - designer, Ukraine '43

Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME

Winston Hamilton (posthumous)

Best Professional Wargame Magazine
C3i (GMT Games/RBM Studio)
Operations (The Gamers)
Paper Wars (Omega Games)
Strategy & Tactics (Decision Games)
Vae Victis

WINNER: Strategy & Tactics (Decision Games)

Best Amateur Wargame Magazine
The Boardgamer, Bruce Monnin
Panzerschreck, Minden Games
Simulacrum, John Kula

WINNER: The Boardgamer, Bruce Monnin

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