The International Gamers Awards is proud to announce the finalists for the 2004 award for the General Strategy category. To be eligible for the award, a game must have been released during the period of July 1st of the prior year to June 30th of the current year. This complete list of this year's nominees includes: MULTI-PLAYER CATEGORY: Attika Designer: Marcel-Andre Casasola Merkle Hans-im-Glück / Rio Grande Games Einfach Genial Designer: Reiner Knizia Kosmos Finstere Flure Designer: Friedemann Friese 2F Funkenschlag / Power Grid Designer: Friedemann Friese 2F / Rio Grande Games Goa Designer: Rüdiger Dorn Hans-im-Glück / Rio Grande Games Hansa Designer: Michael Schacht Abacus Spiele / UberPlay Games Industria Designer: Michael Schacht Queen Games Maharaja Designers: Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling Phalanx Games / Rio Grande Games Princes of the Renaissance Designer: Martin Wallace Warfrog St. Petersburg Designer: Michael Tummelhofer Hans-im-Glück / Rio Grande Games San Juan Designer: Andreas Seyfarth Alea / Rio Grande Games Santiago Designers: Roman Pelek & Claudia Hely Amigo Tahuantinsuyu Designer: Alan Ernstein Hangman Games Ticket to Ride Designer: Alan Moon Days of Wonder 2-PLAYER CATEGORY Blue Moon Designer: Reiner Knizia Kosmos / Fantasy Flight Games Carcassonne: The Castle Designers: Reiner Knizia & Klaus-Jurgen Wrede Hans-im-Glück / Rio Grande Games Memoir '44 Designer: Richard Borg Days of Wonder Tom TubeDesigners: Roland & Tobias Goslar Kronberger Spiele Yinsh Designer: Kris Burm Don & Co. / Rio Grande Games For a detailed look at the nominated games, as well as the committee members and their qualifications, please visit the International Gamers Awards website at: http://www.inter-nationalgamersawards.net The International Gamers Awards were created to recognize outstanding games and designers, as well as the companies that publish them. The awards are truly international in scope, with committee members representing countries throughout the world. The goal is to give greater exposure for these wonderful games to more and more people and help spread the word of the "wonderful world of gaming" on a global scale. Back to Table of Contents -- Game! # 9 To Game! List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by George Phillies. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com