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2004 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 2004 GAMES 100
Game of the Year
Game of the Year: 1.  New England (Uberplay Entertainment / Goldsieber) Buy Now
Abstract Strategy
Best: 2.  Clans (Rio Grande / Venice Connection) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 3.  TAMSK (Rio Grande / Schmidt Spiele) Buy Now
4.  Octiles (Out of the Box Publishing / Pin International) Buy Now
5.  Cityscape (Out of the Box Publishing / Pin International) Buy Now
6.  Fire and Ice (Out of the Box Publishing / Pin International) Buy Now
7.  Atlanteon (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
8.  Steam Tunnel (Cheapass Games) Buy Now
9.  Dvonn (Rio Grande / Don and Co) Buy Now
10.  Pueblo (Rio Grande / Ravensburger Germany) Buy Now
11.  Blokus (Educational Insights) Buy Now
Advanced Strategy
Best: 12.  WildLife (Uberplay Entertainment / Clementoni) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 13.  Mammoth Hunters (Rio Grande / Alea) Buy Now
14.  Amun-Re (Rio Grande / Hans im Gluck) Buy Now
15.  Fresh Fish (Plenary Games / 2F Spiele) Buy Now
16.  Age of Steam (Warfrog / Winsome Games) Buy Now
17.  Domaine (Mayfair Games / Kosmos) Buy Now
18.  Krone & Schwert (Queen) Buy Now
19.  Puerto Rico (Rio Grande / Alea) Buy Now
Family Games
Best: 20.  I'm The Boss! (Face 2 Face Games) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 21.  Freeloader (Cheapass Games) Buy Now
22.  Light Speed (Cheapass Games) Buy Now
23.  Mystery of the Abbey (Days of Wonder) Buy Now
24.  Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers (Rio Grande / Hans im Gluck) Buy Now
25.  Pick Picknic (Rio Grande / Zoch) Buy Now
26.  Fish Eat Fish (Out of the Box Publishing) Buy Now
27.  Wheedle (Out of the Box Publishing) Buy Now
28.  Gold Digger (Out of the Box Publishing) Buy Now
29.  X-Bugs: Set 1: Flyborgs vs. USArthropods (yellow / blue) (Steve Jackson Games) Buy Now
29.  X-Bugs: Set 2: Flyborgs vs. USArthropods (purple / white) (Steve Jackson Games) Buy Now
29.  X-Bugs: Set 3: Chitinians vs. Sovietoptera (red / green) (Steve Jackson Games) Buy Now
29.  X-Bugs: Set 4: Chitinians vs. Sovietoptera (black / light green) (Steve Jackson Games) Buy Now
30.  Chez Grunt (Steve Jackson Games) Buy Now
31.  Magdar (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
32.  Cave Troll (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
33.  King's Gate (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
34.  Quicksand (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
35.  War & Sheep! (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now
36.  Tony & Tino (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now
37.  Drake & Drake (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now
38.  Phoenix (Eurogames Descartes USA) Buy Now
39.  Nodwick: The Card Game (Jolly Roger Games) Buy Now
40.  Ice Lake (Live Oak Games) Buy Now
41.  Hocus Focus (Gamewright) Buy Now
42.  Sambesi (Adlung Spiele) Buy Now
Family Card Games
Best: 43.  Queen's Necklace (Days of Wonder) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 44.  King's Breakfast (Rio Grande / Abacus) Buy Now
45.  Flea Circus (R&R Games) Buy Now
46.  The Bucket King (Rio Grande / Kosmos) Buy Now
47.  The Mother Lode of Sticky Gulch (Dogtown Games) Buy Now
48.  Bid-It! (Enginuity) Buy Now
49.  Loco (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
50.  Mystery Rummy Case No. 4: Al Capone and the Chicago Underworld (US Games Systems) Buy Now
51.  Castle Lords (Clash of Arms / Tilsit) Buy Now
52.  Lord of the Fries (Cheapass Games / James Ernest Games) Buy Now
53.  Coloretto (Abacus) Buy Now
54.  Korsar (Nurnberger Spielkarten / Heidelberger Spieleverlag) Buy Now
55.  Zahltag (Ravensburger Germany) Buy Now
56.  Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Bambus Spieleverlag) Buy Now
57.  Bayon (Adlung Spiele) Buy Now
Two-Player Card Games
Best: 58.  Balloon Cup (Rio Grande / Kosmos) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 59.  Odin's Ravens (Rio Grande / Kosmos) Buy Now
60.  Canal Grande (Adlung Spiele) Buy Now
61.  Richelieu (Ravensburger Germany) Buy Now
62.  Bakerstreet (Ravensburger Germany) Buy Now
Family Strategy
Best: 63.  ZooSim (Cwali) Buy Now
Best: 63.  O Zoo le Mio (Rio Grande / Zoch / Gigamic) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 64.  Nautilus (Mayfair Games / Kosmos) Buy Now
65.  The Settlers of the Stone Age (Mayfair Games) Buy Now
66.  Moderne Zeiten (Jumbo International) Buy Now
67.  The Penguin Ultimatum (Eight Foot Llama) Buy Now
68.  Lord of the Rings (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
68.  Lord of the Rings: Friends & Foes (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
68.  Lord of the Rings: Sauron (Fantasy Flight Games) Buy Now
69.  Alhambra (Queen) Buy Now
70.  Fische Fluppen Frikadellen (2F Spiele) Buy Now
70.  Fische Fluppen Frikadellen (2F Spiele) Buy Now
70.  Fische Fluppen Frikadellen (2F Spiele) Buy Now
70.  Fische Fluppen Frikadellen (2F Spiele) Buy Now
71.  Ad Acta (Bewitched) Buy Now
72.  Basari (Out of the Box Publishing) Buy Now
73.  Message to the Czar (Rio Grande / Winning Moves Germany) Buy Now
74.  Paris Paris (Rio Grande / Abacus) Buy Now
75.  Bean Trader (Rio Grande / Amigo) Buy Now
76.  Dante's Inferno (Twilight Creations) Buy Now
77.  Edel, Stein & Reich (Alea) Buy Now
Historical Simulation
Best: 78.  Hammer of the Scots (Columbia Games) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 79.  Medieval (GMT Games) Buy Now
80.  The Napoleonic Wars (GMT Games) Buy Now
81.  Corsairs & Hellcats (GMT Games) Buy Now
82.  Lock 'n Load (Shrapnel Games)
83.  Millennium Wars: Six Pack (One Small Step) Buy Now
83.  Millennium Wars: Iraq (One Small Step)
83.  Millennium Wars: Kashmir (One Small Step)
83.  Millennium Wars: America (One Small Step)
83.  Millennium Wars: Ukraine (One Small Step)
83.  Millennium Wars: Korea (One Small Step)
83.  Millennium Wars: Air War (One Small Step)
Party/Trivia
Best: 84.  Dibs (Tolany LLC) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 85.  VisualEyes (Buffalo Games) Buy Now
86.  Smarty Party! (R&R Games) Buy Now
87.  Telepaths (Outset Media) Buy Now
88.  Stampede! (Gamewright) Buy Now
89.  Nanofictionary (Looney Labs) Buy Now
90.  Skribble (TDC Games) Buy Now
91.  Buzzword (Patch Products) Buy Now
92.  Stop It! (Schmidt Spiele) Buy Now
93.  Don't Quote Me (Wiggles 3D) Buy Now
Puzzles
Best: 94.  River Crossing (Binary Arts) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 95.  Boats (Kadon Enterprises)
96.  X Puzzle: Act I: The Great Outdoors (Buffalo Games) Buy Now
96.  X Puzzle: Act II: Ye Olde Worlde (Buffalo Games) Buy Now
97.  Mythic Mazes: Escape from Merlin's Dungeon (Masterpiece Puzzle Company) Buy Now
97.  Mythic Mazes: Escape from the Haunted House (Masterpiece Puzzle Company) Buy Now
97.  Mythic Mazes: Escape from Alcatraz (Masterpiece Puzzle Company) Buy Now
Word Games
Best: 98.  Crossword Pyramids (CardChess International) Buy Now
Runner-Up: 99.  Play on Words (Winning Moves) Buy Now
100.  Word Sense (ThinkFun / Binary Arts) Buy Now

Games 100 Award Winners From Earlier Years

Dvonn (2003)
Dvonn (2003)
Evo (2002)
Evo (2002)
Aladdin's Dragons (2001)
Aladdin's Dragons (2001)
Torres (2000)
Torres (2000)
Fossil (1999)
Fossil (1999)
Quoridor (1998)
Quoridor (1998)

Games 100 winners from previous years:


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