This year’s nominees are:
General Strategy Games – Multi-Player
• Age of Industry, by Martin Wallace (Treefrog Games)
• Dungeon Lords, by Vlaada Chvátil (Czech Games Edition)
• Egizia, by Acchittocca (Hans im Glück)
• Endeavor, by Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray (Z-Man Games)
• Fresco, by Marcel Süsselbeck, Marco Ruskowski & Wolfgang Panning (Queen Games)
• Glen More, by Matthias Cramer (alea)
• Hansa Teutonica, by Andreas Steding (Argentum Verlag)
• Last Train to Wensleydale, by Martin Wallace (Treefrog Games)
• Macao, by Stefan Feld (alea)
• Power Grid: Factory Manager, by Friedemann Friese (2F-Spiele)
• Rise of Empires, by Martin Wallace (Phalanx Games/Mayfair Games)
• Shipyard, by Vladimir Suchy (Czech Games Edition)
• Vasco da Gama, by Paolo Mori (What’s Your Game?)
• World Without End, by Michael Rieneck & Stefan Stadler (Kosmos)
General Strategy Games – Two-Player
• Burger Joint, by Joe Huber (Rio Grande Games)
• Campaign Manager 2008, by Christian Leonhard & Jason Matthews (Z-Man Games)
• Claustrophobia, by Croc (Asmodee)
• Jaipur, by Sébastien Pauchon (GameWorks)
• Stronghold, by Ignacy Trzewiczek (Portal Publishing)
Bravo to all the nominees since there are a ton of great games in the lists! Although I’ll be honest and say I am scratching my head at the inclusion of Burger Joint in this list since, in my opinion, it’s a rather week game.
