2008 BGG Wargamers' Award
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The vote is closed and we have the results !!!
The votes have been counted and double checked by Desaix and by Billyboy.
1st place winner of the 2008 BGG Wargamers' Awards is ...
Unhappy King Charles!
by Charles Vasey
Congratulations to Charles and to the publisher GMT Games .
2nd place winner is ...
Combat Commander: Pacific
by Chad Jensen
3rd place winner is ...
The Devil's Cauldron: The Battles for Arnhem and Nijmegen
by Adam Starkweather
Congratulation to all the game designers and to all the publishers for all the great 2008 releases !
Also thanks to all of you voting for this award, we have received close to 600 votes for this first edition of the BGG Wargamers' Awards !!
Thanks you as well to all the selection committee members: Desaix, Scoutmom, Grognard, Kiraly, Alphawolf, mrbeankc, Harae, Billyboy and GeneSteeler.
Special thanks to Grognads for starting the idea of having our own award delivered by the BGG wargamers and for starting the award process.
And finally thank you to Aldie for creating BGG and that have made it all possible...
Next rendezvous is for the 2009 BGG Wargamers' Awards, probably in Spring 2010, we'll see...
Desaix
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Jon Williamson
Spain
Stay
Antonio!
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Well done guys...very well done! Thanks for doing this, taking the time, etc. Grassroots democracy. Looking forward to the 2009 Awards.
Bonus...my #1 pick won. Congrats to Charles and GMT. It is a fine game and I am very happy to have it in my collection.
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Bob Mosdal
United States
Hanover
New Hampshire
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This is an outrage! How is it the most innovative war game of the year didn't win this one? Why I must have voted for "Small World" a dozen times myself. I demand a recount.
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Wendell
Spain
Arlington
Virginia
All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...
Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.
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Bob Mosdal wrote: This is an outrage! How is it the most innovative war game of the year didn't win this one? Why I must have voted for "Small World" a dozen times myself. I demand a recount.
Small World? SMALL WORLD?
I thought it was Smalls World. I didn't see how a game about underwear could be considered a wargame.
Oh and a good winner, all - Unhappy King Charles is a very good game!
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Brad Miller
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Excellent choice!
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4.0 Rules
United States
Rutland
Vermont
Drop the dice and step away from the table!
Move along, nothing to see here!
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Bob Mosdal wrote: This is an outrage! How is it the most innovative war game of the year didn't win this one? Why I must have voted for "Small World" a dozen times myself. I demand a recount.
Somehow Grognads disappeared with all the Small World votes!
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nolan Guthrie
United States
Nampa
Idaho
It is a wargame!
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Great choice I really like this game. I wish I could play it more.
Nolan
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Bob
United States
Nebraska
In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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Congrats to the winners! I had 2 of the 3 right...
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Merric Blackman
Australia
Waubra
Victoria
Your mouse hovered over the badge? Congratulations! It has been immersed in acid and perished. Do you want to try again?
The monster you seek can be found somewhere in a tower in Terra Australis Ignota.
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Well done!
Now to actually play my copy of Unhappy King Charles...
Cheers!
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Charles Vasey
Scotland
Mortlake, London
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Do I win a holiday in Hawaii or a set of steak knives?
At 600 votes you must be the biggest or one of the biggest awards in the Hobby. well done.
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4.0 Rules
United States
Rutland
Vermont
Drop the dice and step away from the table!
Move along, nothing to see here!
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It was supposed to be the Steak knives but I might throw in a copy of "Small World"!
Congrats Charles!!
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Colin Hunter
New Zealand
Auckland
Stop the admins removing history from the Wargaming forum.
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Yep congrats to charles. It will be interesting to see how the results of this compare to the Golden Geek awards. It is also interesting that WoG did much worse here than the CSRs. I wonder if the lack of CoH doing well might have something to do with it. Regardless well done to all the winners.
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Fredrik Borg
Sweden
Lund
Skåne
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That was unexpected. Interesting!
Fredrik.
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David Hughes
Australia
Neutral Bay
NSW
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How many people voted?
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Andy Daglish
United Kingdom
Cheadle
Cheshire
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Scotty Dave wrote: How many people voted?
Only those who put in UKC
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4.0 Rules
United States
Rutland
Vermont
Drop the dice and step away from the table!
Move along, nothing to see here!
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There were over 200 voters. Although everyone was allowed to vote for 3 games many only voted for one or two.
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David Pearsall
United States
Pikeville
North Carolina
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Are there any ballots uncounted due to 'hanging chads'?
How many votes from Chicago?
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Wolfgang Kunz
Germany
Wilnsdorf
Wir sind die Woelfe
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Amazing. I expected CCacific under the first five games, also had Devil's Cauldron as a hot runner for the first few places but Unhappy King Charles totally surprised me.
Is there a list of all the games that were in the run? Just wondering if I was the only one for Barbarossa: Kiev to Rostov.
Thanks, was a pleasant experience.
Now - where is my paycheck since I did not receive any bribes for being in the committee (just joking)... 
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Borat Sagdiyev
Spain
Madrid
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Alphawolf wrote:
Is there a list of all the games that were in the run?
I would also be interested in that list.
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Ok, so here is the actual top 10 results of the 2008 BGG Wargamers' Awards :
1. Unhappy King Charles!
2. Combat Commanderacific
3. The Devil's Cauldron
4. Conflict of Heroes - Russia 1941-1942
5. Warriors of God
6. FAB: The Bulge
7. Fields of Fire
8. Manoeuvre
9. Pursuit of Glory
10. Hold The Line
Results counted and double checked by myself and Billyboy.
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J.L. Robert
United States
Sherman Oaks
California
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Congrats, Chuck!
Not my favorite game, but I can appreciate the game from my limited plays of it.
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Where's the 2009 awards? We should have one!
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Bagration (prev. Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz)
Netherlands
Apeldoorn
Gelderland
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Congrats Charles!
Many thanks to Grognads and Desaix for initiating the Award!!
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Dodya wrote: Where's the 2009 awards? We should have one!
Good point, I will start working on that and posting things this week...
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Posted Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:12 pm
