CSR Nominees and Award Winners (in bold) for 2009
(voting is closed for this year)Please note that categories with low numbers of votes may have been dropped at the CSR Committee's discretion.
The top five vote-getters are shown (in alphabetical order) except for the James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award and the Clausewitz Hall Of Fame Award, where only the winner is shown.
Best Ancient to Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
1805: Sea of Glory (by Phil C. Fry), GMT Games
•A Most Dangerous Time: Japan in Chaos, 1570-1584 (by Adam Starkweather, Tetsuya Nakamura), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
Field Commander: Alexander (by Dan Verssen), Dan Verssen Games
Hellenes: Campaigns of the Peloponnesian War (by Craig Besinque), GMT Games
Richard III: War of the Roses (by Tom Dalgliesh, Jerry Taylor), Columbia Games
Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame
•Battle Above the Clouds (by Ed Beach, Mike Belles), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
Deathride: Mars-la-Tour 1870 (by Charles H. Vasey), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
Kaiser's Pirates (by James M. Day), GMT Games
Soviet Dawn (by Darin Leviloff), Victory Point Games
The Halls of Montezuma (by Michael Welker & David Fox), GMT Games
Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame
A Victory Denied (by Adam Starkweather), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
•D-Day at Omaha Beach (by John Butterfield), Decision Games
Liberty Roads (by Yves le Quellec, Nicolas Rident), Hexasim
The Battle for Normandy (by Danny Holte), GMT Games
The Caucasus Campaign (by Mark Simonitch), GMT Games
Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame
Chosin: X Corps Escapes the Trap (by Joe Miranda), Strategy and Tactics magazine (Decision Games)
•Elusive Victory (by Terry Simo), GMT Games
Ici, c'est la France! (by Kim Kanger), Legion Wargames
Where There Is Discord (by Daniel Hodges), Fifth Column
World at War: Blood and Bridges (by Jim Snyder, Mark H. Walker), Lock 'n Load Publishing
Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Campaign Austerlitz (by John Tiller), HPS Simulations
Crown of Glory - Emperor's Edition, Matrix Games
•Field of Glory, Slitherine
Musket and Pike: The Renaissance (by John Tiller), HPS Simulations
Napoleon Total War
Best 20th Century Era - Modern Computer Wargame
Achtung Panzer - Kharkov 1943
Close Combat: The Longest Day, Matrix Games
Commander - Europe at War Gold, Slitherine
•War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition, Matrix Games
WW2: Time of Wrath, Matrix Games
Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Board Wargame
Age of Conan Fantasy Flight Games
Battlestar Gallactica
Nemo's War (by Chris Taylor), Victory Point Games
Space Hulk
•Struggle for the Galactic Empire (by Joe Miranda), Decision Games
Best Magazine Game
Counter-Attack! Arras (by Michael Rinella), Battles magazine
•Deathride: Mars-la-Tour 1870 (by Charles H. Vasey), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
Jena 20 (C3i edition) (by Alan Emrich), RBM Publications
Storm Over Taierzhuang (by Terence Co), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
The Pocket at Falaise (by Ted Raicer), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
Best Desktop Published (DTP) / Print-and-Play Game
Austerlitz 20 (by Kim Meints), Victory Point Games
Bulge 20 (by Joe Miranda), Victory Point Games
Empires in America (by Joe Miranda), Victory Point Games
Soviet Dawn (by Darin Leviloff), Victory Point Games
•Zulus on the Ramparts! (by Joe Miranda), Victory Point Games
Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Game
Combat commander battlepack
Flying Colors – The Coromandel Campaign, 1758-1759 (GMT)
LNL: Noville -Bastognes Outpost
•Panzerblitz Hill of Death mini-module Carentan
Zulus on the Ramparts! Expansion Kit
Best Board Game Graphics
A Most Dangerous Time: Japan in Chaos, 1570-1584
•Battle Above the Clouds
Liberty Roads
The Battle for Normandy
The Caucasus Campaign
Best Professional Game Magazine
Against the Odds, Against the Odds magazine (ATO)
•Battles magazine (by Olivier Revenu), Battles magazine
C3i Magazine (by Rodger B. MacGowan), RBM Publications
Operations, Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)
Strategy & Tactics (by Joe Miranda), Decision Games
Best Amateur Game Magazine
Dispatches from the Bunker (by Vic Provost), Vic Provost
Le Franc Tireur (by Xavier Vitry and Associates)
Line of Departure (by Jim Werbaneth), Jim Werbaneth
No Turkeys, Valgames
•Panzer Digest (by Gary Graber), Minden Games
Best Historical/Scenario Article
For a Few Acres of Snow (ATO#26) by Eric Grenier
•For the People – 10th Anniversary Variant Rules (C3i #23) by Mark Herman
French Armored Forces - 1940 (Command & Strategy) by Philippe Naud
The Rise of the Mauryan Empire – Chandragupta History (C3i #23) by Stephen R. Welch
Their Greatest Day: From Disaster to Victory at Omaha Beach (World at War #5) by John H. Butterfield
Best Game Review or Analysis Article
1943: Tournament Scenario Analysis by Mark Herman c3i #22
A Most Dangerous Time (Battles magazine 2)
CC Stalingrad – Scenario #35: All the Salient Details by Rob Bottos & Kai Jensen, C3i Magazine
•Liberty Roads (Battles Magazine 2)
To the Strongest – Strategy and Tactics in Successors (C3i #22) – by John B. Firer
James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award
•John Butterfield
Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME
•John Butterfield