Charles S. Roberts Award
The Charles S. Roberts Award (for insider short "Charlie" or "CSR") was a game award given from 1975 to 2002 in the USA for conflict simulation games ( Wargames : war games), magazines belonging to the genre and articles about this type of game. The award is named after Charles S. Roberts ( Father of Wargaming , founder of Avalon Hill ), who founded the genre of modern conflict simulation with his game Tactics, which was invented in 1952 and published in 1954 .
The Charles S. Roberts Award was given to war games, game magazines and articles on conflict simulations from one year in the summer of the following year. The first awards went to 1974 Games in 1975. Initially, the Charles S. Roberts Award was part of the Origins Awards . However, since 1988 (for the 1987 Games), the Charles S. Roberts Awards have been presented independently of the Origins Awards. Until 1999, the winners were presented at the Origins International Game Expo , founded in 1975 . From 2000 the prizes were awarded at the World Boardgaming Championships . The winners were usually announced at the beginning of June at the ConSimWorld Expo , which takes place in alternating US states. The prizes were awarded for the last time in 2012, the organizers declared that they wanted to withdraw for private and professional reasons, and successors who wanted to take over the organization could not be found.
Clausewitz Hall of Fame
In the Clausewitz Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame named after Carl von Clausewitz ) a person who has excelled in the field of conflict simulation was added every year.
Categories
Over time, the categories of the various prizes changed. While the 1974 Charles S. Roberts Awards awarded two board games and two game magazines in 1974, the 2007 Charles S. Roberts Awards honored six board games, two computer games, two magazines and two magazine articles.
Conflict simulations
- 1974 to 1975: Best Professional Game
- 1974 to 1975, 1978: Best Amateur Game
- 1976 to 1977: Best Tactical Game
- 1976 to 1977: Best Strategic Game
- 1978 to 1986: Best Pre-Twentieth Century Game
- 1978 to 1986: Best Twentieth Century Game
- since 1987: Best Pre-World War Two Game
- since 1987: Best World War Two Game
- since 1987: Best Post-World War Two Game / Best Modern Era Game
- 1979 to 1981: Best Initial Release Wargame
- since 1999: Best DTP-Produced Boardgame
- since 1999: Best Magazine-Published Boardgame
- since 1989: James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design
graphic
- 1976, 1978: Best Graphics and Physical Systems
- since 1984: Best Wargame Graphics
Other board games
- 1977 to 1986: Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Board game
Computer games
- 1980 to 1981: Best Computer Game
- 1982 to 1985: Best Adventure Game for the Home Computer
- 1986: Best Military / Strategy Computer Game
- since 1987: Best Pre-Twentieth Century Computer Wargame
- since 1987: Best Twentieth Century Computer Wargame
Magazines
- since 1974: Best Professional Boardgaming / Game / Wargame Magazine
- since 1974: Best Amateur Game / Wargame Magazine
Magazine articles
- since 1987: Best Game Review or Analysis Article
- since 1987: Best Historical or Scenario Article
James F. Dunnigan Award
A special prize for outstanding performance is given, the award named after James F. Dunnigan . It goes to game designers, producers (developers), game designers or even a game itself.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alan Emrich's CSR-Pages 2007: The Awards Story ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ BoardGameGeek: Database entry: Charles S. Roberts awards
- ↑ BoardGameGeek Database: Modern Era Boardgame (Charles S. Roberts Awards)
- ↑ BoardGameGeek: F. Dunnigan Award (Charles S. Roberts Awards)
