Game of the year
Australia (Winner)


Abstract Strategy
Project Kells (winner)
Teleporters (runner-up)

Advanced Stratey
Louis XIV (winner)
Keythedral (runner-up)

Family
Der Untergang von Pompeji (Amigo) (winner)
Tanz der Hornochsen (runner-up)

Family Card Games
Die Weinhandler (winner)
The Nacho Incident (runner-up)

Family Strategy
Primordial Soup (winner)
Iglu Iglu (runner-up)

Two-Player Games
Jambo (winner)
Fjords (runner-up)

Historical Simulation
Friedrich (winner)
Wellington (runner-up)

Party Games
Snorta! (winner)
Make 'n'Break (runner-up)

They have a history of picking (in my opinion) pretty poor games.

Didn't they choose BuzzWord last year? Yuck!

Actually, these awards seem pretty good this year. I don't like Louis XIV, but I'm clearly in the minority about it.

It's especially nice to see Ursuppe finally recognized.

Tom

Yeah, these aren't too bad for award recipients... closer to the mark than most.

Except for Australia, the choices don't seem too bad. Die Weinhandler, Der Untergang von Pompeji, and Tanz der Hornochsen seem like fairly obscure titles to pick -- particularly since no english edition exists for these games.

Buyword is a fine game.

I mean it's not a good candidate for Game of the Year in 2004, a year with lots of truly amazing games released. But it's a fine game.

Sadly, I haven't played most of these, but I'm pleased to see Fjords and Jambo in the 2-player category. My wife and I enjoy both of those a lot.

I actually find it rather amusing that they consider Louis XIV "Advanced Strategy". Nothing against the game at all because I think it's a great game (I've been trying to get a copy of it for ages but that's another story). However if they think that's advanced strategy I wonder what they think games like Triumph of Chaos and Under the Lily Banners are?

Was Tower of Babel elligible?

Best new game I have played since 2002.

The BC Police.

LOL I must have read their minds.. I just ordered Fjords and Pompeji last week - absolutely brilliant game.

I ordered China instead of Australia though, I didn't like the look of that Windmill thing. ;-)

How 'bout when they picked Fossil as Game of the Year?! I nearly snagged one of eBay on that endorsement.

A surprising list for Games Magazine. I wonder if anything about their selection process changed?

Yeah, I was staring at that line like a dog at a soap bubble. Ruh?

Still, if it means we get more people playing these games, I'm all for it.

A long time ago (pre computer games) I remember games magazine reviews as decent for the types of games they reviewed. All the games from kadon that I bought based on their reviews have turned out to be go