Thank you! This actually seems like a pretty good selection this year.

I heard John McCallion (the editor who reviews the games) say something about how the list is supposed to be of the best 100 games that are currently on the market regardless of how long they have been on the market. I think it used to be more true 10 years ago when we wouldn't see 100 new games in a year. I have a feeling that their goals are a little unclear now.

But even 20 years ago, they wouldn't have the same games on there year after year, unless I remember incorrectly. But you're right, it's pretty unclear now. It's more like "here's 100 games that we've heard of."

It turns out that I misremembered what I had been told (which is not surprising since I am horrible at memorized trivia).

Their policy is that they would rather have a good game from a previous year than have to fill the current list with more recent but mediocre productions.

Even so, John says "This year was unprecedented: We had NO games brought forward from the previous year. Those allegedly old games were either reprints of long out-of-print games, translations of imports, or a new edition we considered worthy of mention."

I appologize for porpogating something that was not true. I hope this helps clear it up.

You left out Aquadukt and Beowulf under Family Games and Poison under Family Card Games. Those together with the three puzzles brings the total to 100.