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2003 Games 100 Award Winners

Games 100 Each year since 1980, GAMES Magazine has published a Buyer's Guide to Games in their year-end holiday issue. The article lists and reviews one hundred games each year, and is therefore known as the "Games 100". The list features the very best games published in the last year. The following is a complete listing of the Games 100 (courtesy of Games Magazine and Funagain Games).

GAMES Magazine's 2003 GAMES 100
Game of the Year
Game of the Year: 1.  Dvonn (Don and Co / Rio Grande) Buy Now
Abstract Strategy
Best: 2.  Pueblo (Ravensburger USA / Rio Grande) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 3.  Warp6 (Pair-of-Dice Games) Buy Now
4.  Knockabout (Pair-of-Dice Games) Buy Now
5.  Halleluja (Piatnik) Buy Now
6.  Blokus (Sekkoia) Buy Now
7.  Hive (Gen Four Two Games) Buy Now
8.  San Gimignano (Piatnik) Buy Now
9.  Agora (Cheapass Games) Buy Now
Advanced Strategy
Best: 10.  Puerto Rico (Alea / Rio Grande) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 11.  Wallenstein (Queen) Buy Now
12.  Liberté (Warfrog) Buy Now
13.  Java (Ravensburger Germany / Rio Grande) Buy Now
14.  Die Magier von Pangea (Queen) Buy Now
15.  Im Zeichen des Kreuzes (Queen) Buy Now
16.  Entdecker (Kosmos / Mayfair Games) Buy Now
17.  Funkenschlag (2F Spiele) Buy Now
Family Games
Best: 18.  Emerald (Abacus) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 19.  The Touch (Anthony Innovations) Buy Now
20.  Magic Hill (Ravensburger USA) Buy Now
21.  Dragon Land (Ravensburger Germany / Rio Grande) Buy Now
22.  TransAmerica (Winning Moves Germany / Winsome Games / Rio Grande) Buy Now
23.  Carcassonne: The Expansion (Hans im Gluck / Rio Grande) Buy Now
24.  Top Secret Spies (Amigo / Rio Grande) Buy Now
25.  Clash of the Gladiators (Hans im Gluck / Rio Grande) Buy Now
26.  Africa (Goldsieber / Rio Grande) Buy Now
27.  Kingdoms (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
28.  Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
29.  Kupferkessel Co. (Goldsieber) Buy Now
30.  Royal Turf (Alea) Buy Now
31.  Hexen Rennen (Queen) Buy Now
32.  Hick Hack in Gackelwack (Zoch) Buy Now
33.  Lumberjack (Schmidt Spiele) Buy Now
34.  The Settlers of Canaan (Mayfair Games / Cactus Game Design) Buy Now
35.  Solomon's Temple (Talicor) Buy Now
36.  Brewmaster: The Craft Beer Game (Cold Creek Publishing Company) Buy Now
37.  Gouda! Gouda! (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now
38.  The Legend of Landlock (Gamewright) Buy Now
39.  SuitUP (CoCoCo) Buy Now
Family Card Games
Best: 40.  Vom Kap bis Kairo (Adlung Spiele) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 41.  The Settlers of Catan Card Game expansions (Mayfair Games) Buy Now
42.  Too Many Cooks (R&R Games) Buy Now
43.  Tin Soldiers (R&R Games) Buy Now
44.  Citadels (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
45.  Die Pyramiden des Jaguar (Kosmos) Buy Now
46.  Alles im Eimer (Kosmos) Buy Now
47.  Ebbe & Flut (Adlung Spiele) Buy Now
48.  Pompeji (Adlung Spiele) Buy Now
49.  Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten: Das Kartenspiel (Ravensburger Germany) Buy Now
50.  Alibi (Adlung Spiele) Buy Now
51.  Combit (Winning Moves Germany) Buy Now
52.  You're Bluffing! (Ravensburger USA) Buy Now
53.  Xactika (Set Enterprises) Buy Now
54.  Babel (Kosmos / Rio Grande) Buy Now
55.  Wyatt Earp (Alea / Rio Grande) Buy Now
56.  The Gnumies (Amigo / Rio Grande) Buy Now
57.  Where's Bob's Hat? (Abacus / Rio Grande) Buy Now
58.  Golden Deuce (Playroom Entertainment) Buy Now
59.  Cube Farm (Cheapass Games) Buy Now
60.  Nexus (Cheapass Games) Buy Now
61.  Theophrastus (Mayfair Games) Buy Now
62.  Who Stole Ed's Pants? (Eight Foot Llama) Buy Now
Family Strategy
Best: 63.  Mexica (Ravensburger Germany / Rio Grande) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 64.  Urland (Doris and Frank) Buy Now
65.  San Marco (Ravensburger USA) Buy Now
66.  Santa Fe Rails (GMT Games) Buy Now
67.  The Starfarers of Catan 5-6 player expansion (Kosmos / Mayfair Games) Buy Now
68.  Monkeys on the Moon (Eight Foot Llama) Buy Now
69.  Evo (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now
70.  Armada 3 (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now
71.  Lord of the Rings: Friends & Foes expansion (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
72.  Dschunke (Queen) Buy Now
73.  Atlantic Star (Queen) Buy Now
74.  Tyros (Kosmos) Buy Now
75.  Die sieben Weisen (Alea) Buy Now
76.  Goldland (Goldsieber) Buy Now
77.  Pampas Railroads (Winsome Games) Buy Now
78.  Warhamster Rally (Jolly Roger Games) Buy Now
79.  Pizarro & Co. (Hans im Gluck / Rio Grande) Buy Now
80.  The Traders of Genoa (Alea / Rio Grande) Buy Now
Historical Simulation Games
Best: 81.  Wilderness War (GMT Games) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 82.  Zero! (GMT Games) Buy Now
83.  War! Age of Imperialism (Eagle Games) Buy Now
84.  Red Badge of Courage (GMT Games) Buy Now
85.  Thirty Years War (GMT Games) Buy Now
Manual Dexterity
Best: 86.  Villa Paletti (Zoch) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 87.  Fubi (Fubi-Spielvertieb) Buy Now
88.  Cairo (Schmidt Spiele) Buy Now
89.  Superplexus (Hasbro) Buy Now
Puzzles
Best: 90.  Nemesis Factor (Hasbro) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 91.  Coast to Coast Puzzle (Binary Arts) Buy Now
92.  Roadside Rescue (Binary Arts) Buy Now
93.  Cube Brick (Avax Corporation / Kadon Enterprises) Buy Now
93.  Color Up (Avax Corporation / Kadon Enterprises) Buy Now
94.  Mad Triad (Playroom Entertainment) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Football (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Forest Animals (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Frogs (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Golf (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Pufferbellies (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Retro Rods (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Tropical Fish (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Turtles (B Dazzle) Buy Now
95.  Scramble Squares: Vintage Tractors (B Dazzle) Buy Now
Party Games
Best: 96.  Moods (Hasbro) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 97.  Phoney Baloney (Thing-O) Buy Now
98.  Switch (Out of the Box Publishing) Buy Now
99.  The Birthday Game (Late for the Sky) Buy Now
100.  Draco & Co. (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now

Games 100 Award Winners From Earlier Years

Evo (2002)
Evo (2002)
Aladdin's Dragons (2001)
Aladdin's Dragons (2001)
Torres (2000)
Torres (2000)
Fossil (1999)
Fossil (1999)
Quoridor (1998)
Quoridor (1998)


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