The lists below will use the following format: Name of Category The"winning games" Any games that missed the cut by one vote The rest of the nominees Games will be listed in alphabetical order, irregardless of the number of votes they received. If more than five games are listed as "winners" in a category, it means there was a tie for the last place position. If less than five games are listed as "winners" in a category, it means that a number of the participants did not find a fifth game on the list they wanted to vote for. The links are entries on BoardgameGeek.com unless otherwise noted. Games denoted with [gcs] have their own page on Game Central Station. And now, without any further ado... Designer's Best These categories are for the best games of a particular designer. Stefan Dorra - Land unter/Zum Kuckuck
- Hick Hack in Gackelwack
- Intrige
- Olympia 2000 (v. Chr.)
- Tonga Bonga
- Volle Hütte
- Yucata
Wolfgang Kramer (heavier games) - Auf Achse
- Big Boss
- Die Händler
- El Caballero
- Goldland
- Java
- Mexica
- Tycoon
Wolfgang Kramer (lighter games) - Daytona 500 & family (Top Race, Detroit/Cleveland GP, Formel Eins, Niki Lauda) [gcs]
- Midnight Party/Ghost Party
- Take 6/6 nimmt!
- Top Secret Spies/Undercover/Heimlich & Co. [gcs]
- Viva Pamplona
- Auf Achse
- Columbus
- Der Schatz des Pharaos
- Evergreen
- Haste Worte
- Pepper
- Plem Plem
- Wildlife Adventure/Terra X/Expedition
Reiner Knizia (heavier games) - Lord of the Rings
- Lost Cities
- Stephensons Rocket
- Traumfabrik
Reiner Knizia (lighter games) - Africa
- En Garde
- High Society
- Quandary/Flinke Plinke
- Royal Turf/Turf Horse Racing
[Note: probably my biggest mistake of the entire Apples Project was the ping-ponging about of Lost Cities between the lighter & heavier Knizia games categories. It should have appeared on this list, and would have handily won a place there. My mistake.]
- Drahtseilakt
- Formula Motor Racing
- Honeybears
- It's Mine!
- Ivanhoe
- Katzenjammer Blues
- Money
- Vampire
- Zirkus Flohcati/Star Wars - Das Kartenspiel
Alan Moon - Das Amulett
- Freight Train [gcs]
- Get the Goods/Reibach&Co. [gcs]
- Where's Bob's Hat?/Wer hat mehr?
- Wongar
Alex Randolph - Code 777
- Hol's der Geier/Raj
- Ricochet Robot
- Twixt
[Note: Clear information on Robert Abott's website credits Alex Randolph with the design of Code 777... so it was included here.]
- In Teufels Küche
- Big Shot
- Die Osterinsel
- Enchanted Forest/Sagaland
- Geister/Ghosts/Die guten und die bösen Geister
- Halunken und Spelunken
- Inkognito
- Square Off
- Würmeln/Blazing Camels
Sid Sackson - Acquire
- Can't Stop
- Kohle, Kies & Knete/I'm The Boss
- Metropolis
- Samarkand
- Bazaar
- Buried Treasure/Das Superblatt
- Business
- Domination/Focus
- Sleuth
- Venture/Bosse,Die
Klaus Teuber - Adel verpflichtet/By Hook or by Crook
- Barbarossa/Barbarossa und die Rätselmeister
- Drunter & Drüber
- Entdecker/Entdecker (new)
- Löwenherz [gcs]
- The Settlers of Catan (includes expansions) [gcs]
- Der Fliegende Holländer
- Gnadenlos
- Settlers of Catan Card Game (includes expansions)
- Starfarers of Catan
- Starship Catan
Designer's Best These categories are for the best games in a particular theme. City Building Games - Big City [gcs]
- Carcassonne
- Chinatown
- La Citta
- Metropolis
- Puerto Rico
- Capitol
- Citadels/Ohne Furcht & Adel
- Drunter & Drueber
- Manhattan [gcs]
- Medina
- Mexica
"D&D in A Board/Card Game" Games [Note: This was a better category in theory than in reality... I probably should have stuck with "fantasy games", but I was being creative. Ah, well.] - Drakon
- Dungeonquest
- Heroquest/Advanced Heroquest
- Lord of the Rings (Knizia)
- Wiz War
- Dragon's Gold
- Dark Tower
- Dungeon!
- Magic Realm
- Melee/Wizard
- Tales of the Arabian Nights
- Talisman
Economic Games (with stocks) - 18xx
- Acquire
- Santa Fe [gcs] / Santa Fe Rails
- Stephensons Rocket
- Stimmt So!
- Union Pacific [gcs]
[Note: While some of the participants did not agree, it is still my contention that Attila is a stock market in barbarian drag. Enough of the folks involved agreed with me to end up including it on this list.]
- Airlines
- Attila
- Big Boss
- Palmyra
- Shark
- Venture
Economic Games (without stocks) - Chinatown
- For Sale
- Funkenschlag
- Medici
- Medieval Merchant
- Puerto Rico
- Auf Achse
- Cartel
- Die Händler
- Empire Builder (et al)
- Fast Food Franchise
- Industrial Waste
- Marracash
- McMulti
- Merchants of Amsterdam
- Tycoon
- Volldampf
Exploration Games - Drakon
- El Caballero
- Goldland
- Nautilus
- Starfarers of Catan
- Starship Catan
Nautical Games - Atlantic Star
- Entdecker/Entdecker (new)
- Meuterer
- Mississippi Queen [gcs]
- The Settlers of Catan - Seafarers [gcs]
- Survive!/Atlantis
- Tonga Bonga
- Cape Horn
- Clippers
- Die fliegende Hollander
- Kapitän Wackelpudding
- Nautilus
- Rette sich wer Kann
- Serenissima
Political Games - Die Macher
- Diplomacy
- Drunter & Druber
- El Grande
- Liberte
- Dune
- Europa 1945-2030
- Illuminati
- Junta
- Koalition
- Kremlin
- Mr. President
- San Marco
Race Games (animals: real & imaginary) - Ave Caesar
- Billabong
- Hare & Tortoise
- Royal Turf
- TurfMaster
- Igel Ärgern
- Circus Maximus
- Crazy Race (Michael Schlacht)
- Elchfest
- Mush
- The Really Nasty Horseracing Game
- Warhamster Rally
- Win Place & Show
- Wurmeln/Blazing Camels
[Note: at the time of the voting, the new edition of Crazy Race themed as a train game had not yet been released.]
Race Games (cars & motorcycles) - Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix [gcs]
- Formel Fun
- Formula Motor Racing
- Speed Circuit
- Stock Car Championship Racing Card Game
- Top Race
Race Games (other) - Dampfross/Railway Rivals
- Cape Horn
- Flying Carpet/Fliegende Teppich
- Gallop Royal
- Montgolfiere
- Tonga Bonga
- Viva Pamplona
- Von Kap bis Kairo
- Zapp Zerapp
Rail Games - MetroIron Horse
- Santa Fe/Santa Fe Rails
- Stephensons Rocket
- Union Pacific [gcs]
- Volldampf
- 18xx
- Dampfross/Railway Rivals
- Empire Builder/Iron Dragon/Eurorails/etc
- Freight Train [gcs]
- Linie 1/Streetcar [gcs]
- Transamerica/Iron Road
Science Fiction Games - Cosmic Encounter
- Dune
- Robo Rally
- Starfarers of Catan
- Starship Catan
- Merchant of Venus
- Star Wars - The Queen's Gambit
- 2038
- Andromeda
- Awful Green Things from Outer Space
- Borderlands
- OGRE / G.E.V
- Outpost
- Space Hulk
- Star Wars - Epic Duels
- Star Wars Episode 1 - Clash of the Lightsabers
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