This information arrived at MagWeb.com. -- RL THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE! Congratulations to the official winners of the 2002 Charles S. Roberts Awards, listed in boldface type below, as presented during the the World Boardgaming Championships 2003. Best Pre-World War II Boardgame Guilford Courthouse/Eutaw Springs (GMT Games) Hammer of the Scots (Columbia Games) Napoleonic Wars (GMT Games) Prussia's Glory (GMT Games) Reds! (GMT Games) This Accursed Civil War (GMT Games) WINNER: Napoleonic Wars (GMT Games) Best World War II Boardgame Advanced Tobruk (Critical Hit) Barbarossa to Berlin (GMT Games) Streets of Stalingrad (L2 Design Group) The Killing Ground (New England Simulations) Von Manstein's Backhand Blow (GMT Games) WINNER: Barbarossa to Berlin (GMT Games) Best Modern Era Boardgame Back to Iraq 3 (Strategy & Tactics #208) Cuban Missile Crisis (Microgame Design Group) First Indochina War (Strategy & Tactics #209) Khe Sanh 1968 (Against The Odds #2) WINNERS (two-way tie): First Indochina War (Strategy & Tactics #209) and Khe Sanh 1968 (Against The Odds #2) Best Wargame Graphics 1777: Year of the Hangman (Clash of Arms) Brandywine/Germantown (Clash of Arms) Hammer of the Scots (Columbia Games) Streets of Stalingrad (L2 Design Group) The Killing Ground (New England Simulations) This Accursed Civil War (GMT Games) WINNER: Streets of Stalingrad (L2 Design Group) Best DTP-Produced Boardgame A Mere Matter of Marching (Microgame Design Group) Charlies Year (Red Sash Games) Greek Tragedy (BSO Games) Innocence Lost (TCS/Roberto Chiavini) Togoland 1914 (Khyber Pass Games) WINNERS (two-way tie): A Mere Matter of Marching (Microgame Design Group) and Togoland 1914 (Khyber Pass Games) Best Magazine-Published Boardgame Back to Iraq 3 (Strategy & Tactics #208) Belisarius (Strategy & Tactics #210) First Indochina War (Strategy & Tactics #209) Hegemon (Against The Odds #1) Rough and Ready (Strategy & Tactics #212) WINNER: First Indochina War (Strategy & Tactics #209) Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame WINNER: Medieval: Total War (Total War) Best 20th Century Era Computer Wargame WINNER: Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin (Battlefront.com) Best Game Review or Game Analysis "Battles for Philadelphia", Paper Wars, #45, Richard Lechowich "Enjoying a Slice of Sicilian", Paper Wars, #48, Adam Starkweather "Hobby Japan's Pacific Fleet", Paper Wars, #46, Adam Starkweather "Kasserine", Paper Wars, #46, Alan Murphy "Setup and Strategy in Hube's Pocket", Operations #41-42, Tony Zbaraschuk WINNER: "Enjoying a Slice of Sicilian", Paper Wars, #48, Adam Starkweather Best Historical or Scenario Article "La loi du plus fort: Castiglione", C3i, #14, Alexander Ashton & Frederic Bey "OCS Sicily as a History Lesson", Operations 43, Roger Hyman "Overshadowed by a Phrase: Pyrrhus", C3i, #14, David W. Tschanz "The British Wars in Afghanistan", S&T, #208, Andrew Preziosi "Vietnam Climax: The Siege of Khe Sanh", ATO, Vol. 1 #2, John Prados WINNER: "Overshadowed by a Phrase: Pyrrhus", C3i, #14, David W. Tschanz James F. Dunnigan Award Ben Hull, This Accursed Civil War Joe Youst, Graphic Artist Mark Hinkle, The Killing Ground Mark Simonitch, Graphic Artist Steets of Stalingrad, Dana Lombardy & Art Lupinacci RECIPIENT: Ben Hull, This Accursed Civil War Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME RECIPIENT: Mark Simonitch Best Professional Wargame Magazine Against The Odds C3i (GMT Games/RBM Studio) Paper Wars (Omega Games) Strategy & Tactics (Decision Games) Vae Victis WINNER: Strategy & Tactics (Decision Games) Best Amateur Wargame Magazine Die Manoeverkritik (Der Musketier), Germany The Boardgamer, Bruce Monnin Panzerschreck, Minden Games Simulacrum, John Kula WINNER: The Boardgamer, Bruce Monnin Back to 3rd Quarter 2003 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by Coalition Web, Inc. 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