RANDOM MUSINGS
on the
fin-de-millénaire games scene . . .
10 Jan 2004
. . .
I
had so much fun studying the list of top games of 2002 that I thought I would also
take a similar look at 2001. Below are listed first the game rankings as they appeared
at the end of 2002, then the same games as they appeared at the end of 2003.
What changed in a year?
. . .
First the list of games which moved up. These are games where apparently the first
impressions for some reasons were wrong and later corrected. If you don't know these
games well, or at all, they might be good candidates to try playing.
Those which moved up:
+765 places: Lord of the Rings - the Fellowship (Ravensburger)
Those which fell down:
-41: Liberte
The rankings as of the end of 2002:
Next, the rankings as of the end of 2003.
It seems like this year was much deeper than 2002, although lacking a huge standout like
Puerto Rico.
Where would you put the cut-off between hits and non-hits? It seems like one could
easily go down as far as Risk 2210 which in 38th place is doing considerably
better than the 9 of 2002.
Adel Verpflichtet ·
Africa ·
American Megafauna ·
Das Amulett ·
Astromagie ·
Auf Falscher Fahrte ·
Capitol ·
Don ·
Dragon's Gold ·
Dvonn ·
Evo ·
Flowerpower ·
Frag ·
Funkenschlag ·
Girl Genius: The Works ·
Gnadenlos! ·
Goldrush-City ·
Gnumies ·
Grave Robbers from Outer Space ·
Heimlich & Co. ·
Hick Hack in Gackelwack ·
History of the World ·
Kanaloa ·
Knights ·
Kupferkessel Co. ·
Liberte ·
Die Magier von Pangea ·
Medina ·
Mömmen ·
Müll + Money ·
Muscat ·
Mystery Rummy #3: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ·
Die Neuen Entdecker ·
Pompeji ·
Royal Turf ·
Saloon ·
San Marco ·
Savannah Café ·
Shark ·
Top Secret Spies ·
Troja/Die Grosse Mauer ·
Traders of Genoa ·
Urland ·
U.S. Patent No. 1 ·
Valley of the Mammoths ·
Vom Kap Bis Kairo ·
Who Stole Ed's Pants? ·
Zaubercocktail ·
Zum Kuckuck!
+369: Unexploded Cow
+328: Kardinal & Konig: Der Vatikan
+321: Munchkin
+320: Ebay Auction Game
+307: Vortex
+294: Lord of the Rings: the Search
+293: Lord of the Rings CCG
+256: Zombies
+241: Isis & Osiris
+177: Hive
+173: Draco
+142; Dvonn
+126: Girl Genius: the Works
+112: Toscana
+105: Witch Trial
+93: Titicaca
+92: Die Neuen Entdecker
+89: Werewolf
+80: Troja/Die Grosse Mauer
+50: San Marco
-41: Capitol
-58: Ur 1830 BC
-116: Urland
-152: Zero (GMT)
-159: Villa Paletti
-163: Confederate Rails
. . .
I have usually excluded games with too few votes (generally less than ten).
Pos Score Avg Game Title Publisher SDev #Vot Inventor AKA Comments
25 6.951 7.55 Funkenschlag 2F-Spiele 2.14 31 Friedemann Friese
29 6.893 7.15 Die Handler von Genoa Alea 1.74 72 Rudiger Dorn Traders of Genoa;;Die Handler von Genu
50 6.592 7.79 Kardinal & Konig: Das Kartensp Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.97 14 Michael Schacht Kardinal & König Kartenspiel;;Kardinal
56 6.539 6.79 Medina Hans im Gluck 1.66 66 Stefan Dorra
64 6.489 7.39 Lord of the Rings: Friends & F Kosmos/Fantasy Flight 2.19 18 Reiner Knizia Friends & Foes;;Lord of the Rings Frie
73 6.445 6.52 Adel Verpflichtet F. X. Schmid 1.78 209 Klaus Teuber By Hook Or By Crook Available as of 2001 from Alea.
81 6.421 6.95 Starship Catan Mayfair 1.80 30 Klaus Teuber Sternenschiff Catan
90 6.393 6.75 Mull & Money Hans im Gluck 1.63 44 Jurgen Strohm Industrial Waste;;Mull + Money;;Müll &
94 6.375 6.91 Liberte Warfrog 1.80 29 Martin Wallace Liberté
111 6.307 6.50 Evo Eurogames 1.76 79 Philippe Keyaerts
117 6.297 6.65 Capitol Schmidt Spiel 1.57 43 Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum
138 6.250 6.75 Volldampf TM Spiele 1.21 30 Martin Wallace
143 6.244 6.33 History of the World Avalon Hill 2.09 172 Steve Kendall Empire New version release by (Hasbro) AH in 2001 with some changes.
144 6.242 6.49 San Marco Ravensburger 2.01 60 Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum
147 6.224 6.66 Vom Kap bis Kairo Adlung 1.08 34 Gunter Burkhardt Vom Kap bis Cairo
152 6.206 6.49 Royal Turf Alea 1.49 52 Reiner Knizia
191 6.075 8.90 Les loups Garous de Thiercelie Self Published 1.52 5 Philippe des Pallières The Werewolves of Thiercelieux
216 6.015 7.17 Axis and Allies Pacific Avalon Hill 1.90 12 Lawrence H. Harris Axis & Allies Pacific
217 6.015 7.17 Troja/Die Grosse Mauer Kosmos 1.59 12 Klaus Teuber Die Siedler Historische Szenarien II;;
235 5.981 7.69 Hive Gen Four Two 0.96 8 John Yianni
250 5.935 6.19 Zum Kuckuck! FX Schmid 1.90 53 Stefan Dorra Zum Kuckuck;;Land Unter;;Land unter Rereleased in 2001 by Berliner Spielkarten as "Land Unter".
260 5.924 6.67 Dvonn Rio Grande Games 1.94 18 Kris Burm
263 5.917 6.31 Urland Doris & Frank 1.80 34 Doris Matthaus and Frank Nestel
268 5.912 6.15 Shark Ravensburger 1.67 55 Jean Vanaise Republished in 2001 by Ravensburger and Rio Grande Games.
269 5.909 6.02 Heimlich and Co. Ravensburger 1.60 118 Wolfgang Kramer Under Cover;;Heimlich & Co Republished in 2001 by Amigo Spiel
270 5.905 6.46 Die Neuen Entdecker Kosmos 1.38 24 Klaus Teuber
292 5.848 6.13 Drachengold Eurogames/Descartes 1.50 46 Bruno Faidutti Dragon's Gold;;L'Or des dragons
300 5.828 6.01 Barbarossa ASS 1.96 69 Klaus Teuber Barbarossa (ASS);;Barbarossa & die Rat Rereleased in 2001.
305 5.820 6.16 Das Amulett Goldsieber 1.33 38 Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum
324 5.779 6.83 Titicaca Cwali 1.59 12 Corne van Moorsel
345 5.725 8.20 Confederate Rails BSO 1.30 5 Richard Berg
361 5.698 6.21 La Vallee des Mammouths Ludodelire 1.84 24 Bruno Faidutti Valley of the Mammoths;;Das Tal der Ma Republished in 2001.
381 5.661 7.00 Ur 1830 BC Splotter Spellen 1.58 9 Joris Wiersinga and Jeroen Doumen
398 5.617 6.80 Kanaloa Bambus 1.14 10 Gunter Cornett
418 5.568 7.50 Zero! (GMT) GMT Games 1.38 6 Dan Verssen Zero (GMT)
430 5.547 5.91 Gargon Amigo Spiel 1.77 32 Rudiger Dorn
459 5.513 6.27 American Megafauna Sierra Madre Games 2.49 15 Phil Eklund New 2001 edition released.
473 5.483 6.60 Hexenrennen Queen Games 1.65 10 Wolfgang Panning Hexen Rennen
489 5.458 6.31 Hick Hack in Gackelwack Zoch Verlag 1.84 13 Stefan Dorra
499 5.447 5.84 Don Queen Games 1.28 28 Michael Schacht
502 5.442 5.76 Die Magier von Pangea Queen Games 1.83 34 Ralf Burkert Pangea
534 5.362 6.07 Risk 2210 AD Hasbro Avalon Hill 1.87 15 Craig van Ness and Rob Daviau
554 5.339 6.50 Muscat Die Sternspieler 1.50 9 Christiane Knepel
571 5.307 5.91 Kupferkessel Co. Goldsieber 1.73 17 Gunter Burkhardt
578 5.288 5.54 Africa Goldsieber 1.67 41 Reiner Knizia
579 5.287 5.75 Flowerpower Kosmos 1.57 22 Angelika Fassauer and Peter Haluszka Flower Power
610 5.250 5.88 Bali Kosmos 1.09 16 Uwe Rosenberg
644 5.188 6.57 Wilderness War GMT 2.82 7 Volko Ruhnke
656 5.170 5.65 Gnadenlos Kosmos 1.66 20 Klaus Teuber
670 5.156 8.33 Pampas Railroads Winsome Games 1.53 3 Martin Wallace
708 5.120 5.55 Villa Paletti Zoch Verlag 1.62 22 Bill Payne
743 5.068 6.58 Warhamster Rally Jolly Roger 1.86 6 Frank Branham
754 5.047 5.86 Pompeji Adlung 1.61 11 Frank Brandt Pompeii
755 5.038 5.36 Drakon Fantasy Flight Games 1.47 28 Tom Jolly
760 5.031 8.00 Kardinal & Konig: Der Vatikan Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.00 3 Michael Schacht Kardinal & Konig Der Vatikan;;K & K De
778 5.023 6.50 Mystery Rummy #3: Jekyll & Hyd US Games 0.84 6 Mike Fitzgerald Mystery Rummy 3 Jekyll & Hyde;;Mystery
789 5.017 5.90 Fracht Express Franjos Spieleverlag 1.60 10 James Kyle Rerelease of Hell Rail with some changes.
794 5.016 5.82 Big Shot Ravensburger 1.66 11 Alex Randolph
859 4.925 6.60 Combit Winning Moves 0.89 5 Klaus Palesch and Horst-Rainer Rosner
920 4.865 5.88 Venezia Queen Games 2.10 8 Ronald Hofstatter
974 4.803 5.36 Limits Amigo 1.45 14 Uwe Rosenberg
1004 4.771 5.86 Auf falscher Fahrte Berliner Spielkarten 1.21 7 Jurgen Kraul Auf Falsche Fahrte;;Auf Falscher Fahrt
1014 4.766 5.45 Zaubercocktail Kosmos 1.86 11 Arnd Beenen
1029 4.750 6.00 Mutabohn Lookout Games 2.97 6 Uwe Rosenberg
1037 4.750 5.50 War! Age of Imperialism Eagle Games 1.78 10 Glenn Drover
1104 4.661 5.44 Draco & Co. Eurogames 1.24 9 Bruno Faidutti and Michael Schacht Draco & Co
1108 4.659 5.83 Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefahr Ravensburger 1.83 6 Reiner Knizia Lord of the Rings the Fellowship;;Der
1130 4.648 5.06 Nur Peanuts Goldsieber 1.78 17 Heinz Meister
1165 4.625 5.39 Eden Kosmos 1.32 9 Gal Zuckermann
1179 4.607 8.00 Reds GMT 1.41 2 Andy Lewis, Ted Raicer and Volko Ruhnke
1194 4.594 6.83 Vortex Fantasy Flight Games 0.76 3 Tom Jolly and Christian T. Petersen
1227 4.568 5.67 Ghost Chase Amigo 2.25 6 Kai Haferkamp
1255 4.531 6.67 Gespensterjagd auf Canterville Amigo 0.58 3 Kai Haferkamp
1283 4.523 5.58 Unexploded Cow Cheapass Games 2.06 6 James Ernest
1289 4.519 5.31 Lord of the Rings CCG Decipher 2.15 8
1310 4.483 5.10 Witch Trial Cheapass Games 2.23 10 James Ernest
1336 4.472 6.00 Gods Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.41 4 Michael Schacht
1345 4.464 7.50 Clash of Giants GMT 0.71 2 Ted Racier
1348 4.464 7.50 Iron Road Winsome 0.71 2 Franz-Benno Delonge
1432 4.393 4.75 Die Gnumies Amigo 1.91 16 David Parlett The Gnumies;;Gnumies
1485 4.359 4.86 Ebay Auction Game Hasbro 2.24 11 Ebay
1500 4.330 4.65 Meridian Piatnik 1.46 17 Leo Colovini
1501 4.330 4.60 Munchkin SJ Games 2.06 20 Steve Jackson
1511 4.325 5.40 Schuss und Tor Berliner Spielkarten 1.67 5 Rudi Hoffmann Schuss & Tor Later released by Franjos (1988) and Lookout (2001).
1535 4.321 7.00 Proteus (SJ) SJ Games 1.41 2 Francis K. Lalumiere
1564 4.293 4.58 Zombies Journeyman Press 2.53 18 Todd Breitenstein
1573 4.283 4.80 Isis & Osiris Goldsieber 1.03 10 Michael Schacht
1576 4.283 4.80 Who Stole Ed's Pants? Eight Foot Llama 1.14 10 Jim Doherty Who Stole Ed's Pants
1589 4.281 6.00 Goldrush-City Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste 2.00 3 Mark Sienholz
1595 4.281 6.00 Noch mehr Arger Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2.65 3
1621 4.250 5.50 Contra Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.00 4 Michael Schacht
1660 4.225 5.20 Ulysses Winning Moves 2.28 5 Andrea Angiolino and Pier Giorgio Paglia
1692 4.208 9.00 Tikal (Kellogs) Kellogs 0.00 1 Published by Kellogs on "Corn Flakes" in 2001. (2 player)
1697 4.205 5.00 Chip Chip Hurra Klee Spiele 1.26 6 Klaus Teuber Chip-Chip-Hurra;;Chip-Chip Hurra
1704 4.202 4.43 Knights Rio Grande Games 1.72 21 Michael Schacht Knatsch
1743 4.179 6.50 Top Secret Spies Rio Grande Games 2.12 2 Wolfgang Kramer
1751 4.173 4.75 Toscana Piatnik 1.58 8 Niek Neuwahl
1758 4.162 4.54 Girl Genius: The Works James Ernest Games 1.80 12 James Ernest Girl Genius The Works
1804 4.141 4.55 Savannah Cafe Eurogames 1.57 11 Philippe des Pallieres, Sylvie Rodriguez and Frederic Bloc Savannah Café
1820 4.139 5.25 Winhard Adlung 1.71 4 Reinhard Pichler and Erwin Pichler
1823 4.125 8.50 Knockabout Pair-of-Dice Games 0.00 1 Greg Lam KNOCKabout;;Knock About
1841 4.114 4.83 My Word! (OotB) Out of the Box Publishing 1.83 6 Reiner Knizia My Word;;My Word (Knizia)
1865 4.092 4.39 Frag Steve Jackson Games 1.92 14 Philip Reed and Russell Godwin Frag Deadlands
1875 4.062 4.64 Der Grosse Gallier Clementoni 1.80 7 Wolfgang Kramer and Udo Nawratil
1906 4.042 8.00 Nexus Cheapass Games 0.00 1 James Ernest
1955 4.036 6.00 Pitstop eg-Spiele 1.41 2 Spartaco Albertarelli and Angelo Zucca
2010 4.028 5.00 Maginor Fantasy Flight Games 1.35 4 Reiner Knizia
2029 4.025 4.80 Yeti Slalom Amigo 2.77 5 Ralf Menzel
2049 4.016 4.36 Im Zeichen des Kreuzes Queen Games 2.06 11 Ronald Hofstatter
2050 4.016 4.36 Lord of the Rings: the Search Rio Grande Games 1.96 11 Peter Neugebauer Der Herr der Ringe Die Suche;;Lord of
2063 3.972 4.88 A Dog's Life Eurogames 1.03 4 Christophe Boelinger
2064 3.972 4.88 Auweier Sphinx Spieleverlag 2.66 4 Henning Poehl
2072 3.958 7.50 Cranium Cadoo Cranium 0.00 1 Cadoo
2084 3.946 4.33 Odysseus (Jumbo) Jumbo Spiele 1.41 9 Dominique Erhard
2094 3.938 4.43 US Patent No. 1 Cheapass Games 2.15 7 James Ernest
2107 3.932 4.50 The Dark Side Clementoni 0.84 6 Reiner Knizia Dark Side
2146 3.906 5.00 Big Deal Amigo 1.73 3 Tzvika Harpaz, Roy Wagner, Yoel Rotem and Gal Zuckermann
2170 3.906 5.00 The American Civil War (Eagle Eagle Games 3.00 3 Glenn Drover
2175 3.896 4.36 Chez Dork Steve Jackson Games 1.55 7 Steve Jackson
2218 3.875 7.00 Beest Splotter 0.00 1 Jeroen Doumen, Herman Harverkort, Joris Wiersinga
2271 3.875 7.00 Moods Hasbro 0.00 1
2326 3.838 4.08 Vabanque Winning Moves 1.66 12 Leo Colovini and Bruno Faidutti
2425 3.771 4.14 Luxor Ravensburger 1.35 7 Gunter Baars
2436 3.750 5.00 Colony Spieltrieb 2.83 2 Nicole Stiehl and Till Meyer
2491 3.725 4.20 So ein Hundeleben Eurogames 0.84 5 Christophe Boelinger
2552 3.708 6.00 Galileo W&L 0.00 1 Peter Lewe
2583 3.708 6.00 Mause Rallye (Haba) Haba 0.00 1 Gunter Baars
2599 3.708 6.00 Plem Plem Schmidt Spiel 0.00 1 Wolfgang Kramer
2610 3.708 6.00 Robo Battle Pigs Self published 0.00 1 Randy Cox
2649 3.708 6.00 X-Bugs Fantasy Productions 0.00 1 Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello
2695 3.656 4.33 Cosmic Coasters Looney Labs 4.16 3 Andrew Looney
2727 3.625 4.00 Cortez Piatnik 1.22 5 Hermann Huber
2737 3.607 4.50 Anno Domini - Flops Fata Morgana 3.54 2 Urs Hostettler
2815 3.583 4.00 Saloon Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste 2.16 4 Mark Sienholz and Ralf Sandfuchs
2824 3.568 3.83 Tenjo WhySpire Co 2.32 6
2840 3.542 5.00 Au Backe! Zoch 0.00 1 Frank Nestel Au Backe
2844 3.542 5.00 Blackrock Castle Schmidt 0.00 1 Gunter Baars
2849 3.542 5.00 Breakthrough Self published 0.00 1 Dan Troyka
2875 3.542 5.00 Freight Yard Winsome Games 0.00 1 Max Michael
2915 3.542 5.00 Pagoda Pair-of-Dice Games 0.00 1 Luke Weisman
2977 3.542 5.00 Willy Waschbar Goldsieber 0.00 1 Heinz Meister
2984 3.531 4.00 Astromagie M+A Spiele 1.00 3 Armin Müller and Martin Arnold
3018 3.472 3.75 Der Konig der Diebe Eurogames 0.96 4 Bruno Faidutti and Michael Schacht King of the Thieves
3035 3.464 4.00 Der Stern von Bethlehem HABA-Habermaass 1.41 2 Markus Nikisch
3054 3.464 4.00 Schussfahrt Amigo 1.41 2 Ralf Menzel
3109 3.406 3.67 Mommen Die Wuselmuse 2.52 3 Volker Schwgerl
3191 3.375 4.00 MacGregor Ravensburger 0.00 1 Dominique Ehrhard
3263 3.375 3.50 Grave Robbers from Outer Space Z-Man Games 2.00 5 Stephen Tassie and spareChange productions
3308 3.321 3.50 Kniffel Duell Schmidt 3.54 2 Maureen Hiron
3338 3.292 3.50 The Triangle Game Pair-of-Dice Games 0.00 1 Luke Weisman
3377 3.208 3.00 Cram Mojo Board Games 0.00 1 Steve Edmiston and Steve Hart
3381 3.208 3.00 Der Kleine Hobbit Klee 0.00 1 Michael Stern and Keith Meyers
3430 3.208 3.00 Rebel Rails Winsome Games 0.00 1 John Bohrer
3496 3.156 3.00 Danger Queen Games 1.73 3 Thorsten Lopmann and Andreas Wetter
3500 3.156 3.00 Rock, Paper, Scissors Pair-of-Dice Games 3.46 3 Greg Lam
3514 3.125 3.00 Alibi (Adlung) Adlung 2.35 5 Markus Nikisch
3597 3.042 2.00 Tribes Steve Jackson Games 0.00 1 Steve Jackson and David Brin
3610 3.036 2.50 Der Schattendieb Amigo 0.71 2 Jurgen Grunau
3611 3.036 2.50 Ebay The Card Game 0.71 2
3664 2.893 2.00 Monopoly - Die Borse Hasbro 0.00 2 Reiner Knizia
3725 2.656 1.67 Ein Arsch kommt selten allein Heidelberger 1.15 3 Harald Bilz
Pos Score Avg Game Title Publisher SDev #Vot Inventor AKA Comments
22 7.005 7.41 Funkenschlag 2F-Spiele 2.07 46 Friedemann Friese
27 6.966 7.17 Die Handler von Genoa Alea 1.75 92 Rudiger Dorn Traders of Genoa;;Die Handler von Genu
43 6.760 7.68 Kardinal & Konig: Das Kartensp Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.80 19 Michael Schacht Kardinal & König Kartenspiel;;Kardinal
58 6.663 7.48 Hive Gen Four Two 1.07 21 John Yianni
60 6.648 7.28 Lord of the Rings: Friends & F Kosmos/Fantasy Flight 2.02 27 Reiner Knizia Friends & Foes;;Lord of the Rings Frie
64 6.599 6.80 Medina Hans im Gluck 1.61 83 Stefan Dorra
65 6.583 6.95 Starship Catan Mayfair 1.62 46 Klaus Teuber Sternenschiff Catan
85 6.487 6.78 Mull & Money Hans im Gluck 1.69 55 Jurgen Strohm Industrial Waste;;Mull + Money;;Müll &
94 6.443 6.65 San Marco Ravensburger 1.90 78 Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum
103 6.411 8.17 Les loups Garous de Thiercelie Self Published 2.29 9 Philippe des Pallières The Werewolves of Thiercelieux;;Die We Published as "Die Werwolfe von Dusterwald" by Asmodee in 2002.
104 6.411 6.57 Evo Eurogames 1.79 99 Philippe Keyaerts
107 6.398 6.47 Adel Verpflichtet F. X. Schmid 1.75 228 Klaus Teuber By Hook Or By Crook Available as of 2001 from Alea.
118 6.365 6.82 Dvonn Rio Grande Games 1.82 34 Kris Burm
135 6.315 6.73 Liberte Warfrog 1.85 37 Martin Wallace Liberté
136 6.313 6.39 History of the World Avalon Hill 2.05 189 Steve Kendall Empire New version release by (Hasbro) AH in 2001 with some changes.
137 6.312 7.33 Troja/Die Grosse Mauer Kosmos 1.50 15 Klaus Teuber Die Siedler Historische Szenarien II;;
157 6.263 6.47 Royal Turf Alea 1.48 72 Reiner Knizia
158 6.262 6.53 Capitol Schmidt Spiel 1.76 57 Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum
178 6.210 6.59 Die Neuen Entdecker Kosmos 1.43 39 Klaus Teuber
216 6.091 6.49 Volldampf TM Spiele 1.45 36 Martin Wallace
231 6.060 6.94 Titicaca Cwali 1.69 16 Corne van Moorsel
233 6.057 6.88 Axis and Allies Pacific Avalon Hill 1.82 17 Lawrence H. Harris Axis & Allies Pacific
236 6.049 6.39 Vom Kap bis Kairo Adlung 1.26 41 Gunter Burkhardt Vom Kap bis Cairo
249 6.021 6.27 Drachengold Eurogames/Descartes 1.54 55 Bruno Faidutti Dragon's Gold;;L'Or des dragons;;Drago
267 5.967 6.18 Shark Ravensburger 1.61 64 Jean Vanaise Republished in 2001 by Ravensburger and Rio Grande Games.
272 5.958 6.18 Zum Kuckuck! FX Schmid 1.95 61 Stefan Dorra Zum Kuckuck;;Land Unter;;Land unter Rereleased in 2001 by Berliner Spielkarten as "Land Unter".
277 5.949 6.12 Barbarossa ASS 1.86 79 Klaus Teuber Barbarossa (ASS);;Barbarossa & die Rat Rereleased in 2001.
288 5.915 6.01 Heimlich and Co. Ravensburger 1.56 134 Wolfgang Kramer Under Cover;;Heimlich & Co;;Top Secret Republished in 2001 by Amigo Spiel
317 5.868 6.96 Mystery Rummy #3: Jekyll & Hyd US Games 1.36 12 Mike Fitzgerald Mystery Rummy 3 Jekyll & Hyde;;Mystery
343 5.798 6.40 Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefahr Ravensburger 1.59 21 Reiner Knizia King's Gate;;Lord of the Rings the Fel Also published by 'Fantasy Flight Games' as King's Gate.
355 5.779 6.20 La Vallee des Mammouths Ludodelire 1.71 30 Bruno Faidutti Valley of the Mammoths;;Das Tal der Ma Republished in 2001.
379 5.735 6.01 Urland Doris & Frank 1.86 45 Doris Matthaus and Frank Nestel
407 5.671 5.90 Das Amulett Goldsieber 1.52 52 Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum
432 5.625 8.00 Kardinal & Konig: Der Vatikan Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.00 5 Michael Schacht Kardinal & Konig Der Vatikan;;K & K De
435 5.625 6.54 Kanaloa Bambus 1.13 13 Gunter Cornett
439 5.617 6.80 Ur 1830 BC Splotter Spellen 1.62 10 Joris Wiersinga and Jeroen Doumen
450 5.587 6.14 Hick Hack in Gackelwack Zoch Verlag 1.71 21 Stefan Dorra Pick Picnic;;Pick Picknic
458 5.575 6.04 Risk 2210 AD Hasbro Avalon Hill 1.75 25 Craig van Ness and Rob Daviau
475 5.543 5.86 Gargon Amigo Spiel 1.80 36 Rudiger Dorn
495 5.513 6.27 American Megafauna Sierra Madre Games 2.49 15 Phil Eklund New 2001 edition released.
508 5.477 7.33 Confederate Rails BSO 2.42 6 Richard Berg
510 5.477 7.33 Zero! (GMT) GMT Games 1.21 6 Dan Verssen Zero (GMT)
551 5.413 5.93 Kupferkessel Co. Goldsieber 1.82 21 Gunter Burkhardt
567 5.396 5.69 Don Queen Games 1.36 36 Michael Schacht
571 5.393 5.64 Die Magier von Pangea Queen Games 1.71 44 Ralf Burkert Pangea
574 5.391 6.36 Hexenrennen Queen Games 1.75 11 Wolfgang Panning Hexen Rennen
581 5.379 5.79 Flowerpower Kosmos 1.47 26 Angelika Fassauer and Peter Haluszka Flower Power
588 5.369 6.03 Pompeji Adlung 1.60 16 Frank Brandt Pompeii
592 5.361 8.00 Pampas Railroads Winsome Games 1.41 4 Martin Wallace
606 5.338 6.21 Muscat Die Sternspieler 1.47 12 Christiane Knepel
618 5.327 6.62 Wilderness War GMT 2.62 8 Volko Ruhnke
634 5.308 5.51 Africa Goldsieber 1.80 51 Reiner Knizia
716 5.188 5.61 Gnadenlos Kosmos 1.67 23 Klaus Teuber
753 5.141 6.00 Fracht Express Franjos Spieleverlag 1.55 11 James Kyle Rerelease of Hell Rail with some changes.
758 5.141 5.67 Bali Kosmos 1.24 18 Uwe Rosenberg
820 5.069 5.77 Big Shot Ravensburger 1.69 13 Alex Randolph
822 5.068 6.58 Warhamster Rally Jolly Roger 1.86 6 Frank Branham
827 5.045 5.31 Drakon Fantasy Flight Games 1.53 34 Tom Jolly
842 5.023 6.50 Combit Winning Moves 0.84 6 Klaus Palesch and Horst-Rainer Rosner
855 5.015 5.75 Venezia Queen Games 1.71 12 Ronald Hofstatter
867 5.007 5.29 Villa Paletti Zoch Verlag 1.67 31 Bill Payne
887 4.972 7.12 Vortex Fantasy Flight Games 0.85 4 Tom Jolly and Christian T. Petersen
914 4.946 5.89 Unexploded Cow Cheapass Games 1.75 9 James Ernest
931 4.926 5.62 Draco & Co. Eurogames 1.37 12 Bruno Faidutti and Michael Schacht Draco & Co
955 4.906 7.67 Reds GMT 1.15 3 Andy Lewis, Ted Raicer and Volko Ruhnke
996 4.859 5.59 Lord of the Rings CCG Decipher 1.88 11
1018 4.844 5.26 Nur Peanuts Goldsieber 1.79 19 Heinz Meister
1029 4.838 5.50 War! Age of Imperialism Eagle Games 1.73 12 Glenn Drover
1042 4.821 5.31 Limits Amigo 1.74 16 Uwe Rosenberg
1062 4.804 5.67 Ulysses Winning Moves 2.29 9 Andrea Angiolino and Pier Giorgio Paglia
1074 4.788 5.75 Auf falscher Fahrte Berliner Spielkarten 1.98 8 Jurgen Kraul Auf Falsche Fahrte;;Auf Falscher Fahrt
1093 4.781 7.33 Tikal (Kellogs) Kellogs 1.53 3 Published by Kellogs on "Corn Flakes" in 2001. (2 player)
1165 4.716 5.15 Ebay Auction Game Hasbro 2.02 17 Ebay;;ebay Electronic Talking Auction
1180 4.696 4.92 Munchkin SJ Games 2.16 32 Steve Jackson
1190 4.691 5.29 Eden Kosmos 1.42 12 Gal Zuckermann
1196 4.688 5.17 Who Stole Ed's Pants? Eight Foot Llama 1.25 15 Jim Doherty Who Stole Ed's Pants
1205 4.681 5.23 Witch Trial Cheapass Games 2.05 13 James Ernest
1230 4.656 7.00 Clash of Giants GMT 1.00 3 Ted Raicer
1278 4.625 5.15 Zaubercocktail Kosmos 2.12 13 Arnd Beenen
1308 4.595 4.88 Zombies Journeyman Press 2.54 24 Todd Breitenstein
1332 4.576 4.94 Isis & Osiris Goldsieber 1.63 18 Michael Schacht
1339 4.568 5.67 Ghost Chase Amigo 2.25 6 Kai Haferkamp
1376 4.536 7.75 Knockabout Pair-of-Dice Games 1.06 2 Greg Lam KNOCKabout;;Knock About
1383 4.531 6.67 Gespensterjagd auf Canterville Amigo 0.58 3 Kai Haferkamp
1412 4.521 5.43 Mutabohn Lookout Games 2.70 7 Uwe Rosenberg
1475 4.469 4.79 Vabanque Winning Moves 1.87 19 Leo Colovini and Bruno Faidutti
1481 4.464 7.50 Iron Road Winsome 0.71 2 Franz-Benno Delonge
1487 4.464 7.50 Piecepack Mesomorph Games 0.71 2 James Kyle Actually a game system of which particular games are built.
1514 4.433 4.71 Die Gnumies Amigo 1.76 21 David Parlett The Gnumies;;Gnumies
1536 4.406 6.33 Anno Domini - Flops Fata Morgana 4.04 3 Urs Hostettler
1566 4.404 5.12 Gods (Timbuktu) Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.64 8 Michael Schacht Gods;;Gods (SaT)
1579 4.386 5.33 Schuss und Tor Berliner Spielkarten 1.51 6 Rudi Hoffmann Schuss & Tor Later released by Franjos (1988) and Lookout (2001).
1582 4.380 4.69 Meridian Piatnik 1.69 18 Leo Colovini
1609 4.375 4.81 Odysseus (Jumbo) Jumbo Spiele 1.70 13 Dominique Erhard
1632 4.355 4.75 Girl Genius: The Works James Ernest Games 1.91 14 James Ernest Girl Genius The Works
1634 4.354 5.14 Chip Chip Hurra Klee Spiele 1.21 7 Klaus Teuber Chip-Chip-Hurra;;Chip-Chip Hurra
1639 4.350 4.90 Toscana Piatnik 1.45 10 Niek Neuwahl
1664 4.321 7.00 18EU Web Published 1.41 2 David G. D. Hecht
1688 4.321 7.00 Proteus (SJ) SJ Games 1.41 2 Francis K. Lalumiere
1702 4.317 4.85 My Word! (OotB) Out of the Box 1.56 10 Reiner Knizia My Word;;My Word (Knizia)
1737 4.281 6.00 Goldrush-City Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste 2.00 3 Mark Sienholz Goldrush City
1743 4.281 6.00 Noch mehr Arger Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2.65 3
1756 4.276 4.64 Lord of the Rings: the Search Rio Grande Games 1.86 14 Peter Neugebauer Der Herr der Ringe Die Suche;;Lord of
1779 4.250 5.50 Contra Spiele aus Timbuktu 1.00 4 Michael Schacht
1856 4.205 5.00 Big Deal Amigo 1.55 6 Tzvika Harpaz, Roy Wagner, Yoel Rotem and Gal Zuckermann
1864 4.196 4.72 Chez Dork Steve Jackson Games 1.60 9 Steve Jackson
1874 4.188 4.39 Knights Rio Grande Games 1.64 23 Michael Schacht Knatsch
1925 4.161 4.67 Luxor Ravensburger 1.66 9 Gunter Baars
1970 4.148 4.41 Frag Steve Jackson Games 1.88 17 Philip Reed and Russell Godwin Frag Deadlands
2001 4.125 5.00 Power Barons Milton Bradley 1.58 5
2005 4.125 4.46 Im Zeichen des Kreuzes Queen Games 2.07 13 Ronald Hofstatter
2057 4.078 4.45 Savannah Cafe Eurogames 1.21 11 Philippe des Pallieres, Sylvie Rodriguez and Frederic Bloc Savannah Café
2091 4.042 8.00 Fubi FUBI-Spielvertrieb 0.00 1 Ivo Orlovic
2117 4.042 8.00 Moods Hasbro 0.00 1
2121 4.042 8.00 Nexus Cheapass Games 0.00 1 James Ernest
2164 4.036 6.00 Freight Yard Winsome Games 1.41 2 Max Michael
2173 4.036 6.00 Pitstop eg-Spiele 1.41 2 Spartaco Albertarelli and Angelo Zucca
2275 4.019 4.50 So ein Hundeleben Eurogames 1.77 8 Christophe Boelinger
2288 3.981 4.44 A Dog's Life Eurogames 1.80 8 Christophe Boelinger
2292 3.972 4.88 Auweier Sphinx Spieleverlag 2.66 4 Henning Poehl
2299 3.958 7.50 CardChess CardChess Int. 0.00 1 Jeff Widderich
2300 3.958 7.50 Cranium Cadoo Cranium 0.00 1 Cadoo
2316 3.938 4.43 US Patent No. 1 Cheapass Games 2.15 7 James Ernest
2328 3.932 4.50 The Dark Side Clementoni 0.84 6 Reiner Knizia Dark Side
2330 3.932 4.50 Yeti Slalom Amigo 2.59 6 Ralf Menzel
2359 3.917 4.75 Maginor Fantasy Flight Games 0.87 4 Reiner Knizia
2371 3.906 5.00 Au Backe! Zoch 0.00 3 Frank Nestel Au Backe
2375 3.906 5.00 Cityscape Pin International 3.00 3 Sjaak Griftoen
2389 3.906 5.00 Pathways of the Deep Hasbro 1.00 3 Atlantis: Pathways of the Deep
2451 3.875 7.00 Beest Splotter 0.00 1 Jeroen Doumen, Herman Harverkort, Joris Wiersinga
2613 3.821 5.25 Worst-Case Scenario University Games 2.47 2
2642 3.792 6.50 Coodju Anomaly Games 0.00 1
2701 3.781 4.67 The American Civil War (Eagle Eagle Games 2.52 3 Glenn Drover
2729 3.750 5.00 Hochst Verdachtig! Haba-Habermaass 1.41 2 Manfred Ludwig Höchst Verdächtig!
2772 3.750 5.00 X-Bugs Fantasy Productions 1.41 2 Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello
2823 3.708 6.00 Battlecards: World Conflict, W DG Associates 0.00 1 Jonathan Bjork Battlecards;;Battle Cards
2863 3.708 6.00 Fantasy (Asmodee) Asmodee Editions 0.00 1 Sylvie Barc
2904 3.708 6.00 Mause Rallye (Haba) Haba 0.00 1 Gunter Baars
2932 3.708 6.00 Robo Battle Pigs Self published 0.00 1 Randy Cox
2990 3.694 4.25 Cosmic Coasters Looney Labs 3.40 4 Andrew Looney
3016 3.659 4.00 Der Konig der Diebe Eurogames 1.26 6 Bruno Faidutti and Michael Schacht King of the Thieves;;Der König der Die
3068 3.625 5.50 In Pursuit 0.00 1
3079 3.625 3.83 Der Grosse Gallier Clementoni 2.06 9 Wolfgang Kramer and Udo Nawratil
3166 3.583 4.00 Saloon Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste 2.16 4 Mark Sienholz and Ralf Sandfuchs
3196 3.542 5.00 Blackrock Castle Schmidt 0.00 1 Gunter Baars
3202 3.542 5.00 Breakthrough Self published 0.00 1 Dan Troyka
3279 3.542 5.00 Pagoda Pair-of-Dice Games 0.00 1 Luke Weisman
3289 3.542 5.00 PornStar 0.00 1
3351 3.542 5.00 Willy Waschbar Goldsieber 0.00 1 Heinz Meister
3362 3.531 4.00 Astromagie M+A Spiele 1.00 3 Armin Müller and Martin Arnold
3369 3.531 4.00 Colony Spieltrieb 2.65 3 Nicole Stiehl and Till Meyer
3404 3.472 3.75 Mommen Die Wuselmuse 2.06 4 Volker Schwgerl
3420 3.464 4.00 Der Stern von Bethlehem HABA-Habermaass 1.41 2 Markus Nikisch
3490 3.406 3.67 Galileo W&L 2.08 3 Peter Lewe
3500 3.406 3.67 Plem Plem Schmidt Spiel 2.08 3 Wolfgang Kramer
3511 3.386 3.50 Alibi (Adlung) Adlung 2.43 6 Markus Nikisch
3512 3.386 3.50 Cortez Piatnik 1.64 6 Hermann Huber
3598 3.375 4.00 MacGregor Ravensburger 0.00 1 Dominique Ehrhard
3673 3.375 3.50 Grave Robbers from Outer Space Z-Man Games 2.00 5 Stephen Tassie and spareChange productions
3677 3.365 3.44 Tenjo WhySpire Co 2.16 8
3721 3.321 3.50 Russelbande Drei Magier Spiele 0.71 2 Alex Randolph Rüsselbande
3751 3.292 3.50 Hisss Gamewright 0.00 1 Brigitte Pokornik
3756 3.292 3.50 The Triangle Game Pair-of-Dice Games 0.00 1 Luke Weisman
3770 3.281 3.33 Kniffel Duell Schmidt 2.52 3 Maureen Hiron
3771 3.281 3.33 Monopoly - Die Borse Hasbro 2.31 3 Reiner Knizia
3821 3.208 3.00 Cram Mojo Board Games 0.00 1 Steve Edmiston and Steve Hart
3887 3.208 3.00 Rebel Rails Winsome Games 0.00 1 John Bohrer
3900 3.208 3.00 Tabu Body Talk Hasbro 0.00 1 Brian Hersch
3921 3.208 3.00 Wit's End (2001 edition) Game Development Group 0.00 1 Karla Petrie
3959 3.156 3.00 Danger Queen Games 1.73 3 Thorsten Lopmann and Andreas Wetter
3980 3.125 3.00 Schussfahrt Amigo 1.22 5 Ralf Menzel
4053 3.042 2.00 Phoney Baloney Thing-O 0.00 1
4083 3.042 2.00 Tribes Steve Jackson Games 0.00 1 Steve Jackson and David Brin
4098 3.036 2.50 Der Kleine Hobbit Klee 0.71 2 Michael Stern and Keith Meyers
4099 3.036 2.50 Der Schattendieb Amigo 0.71 2 Jurgen Grunau
4101 3.036 2.50 Ebay The Card Game 0.71 2
4228 2.656 1.67 Ein Arsch kommt selten allein Heidelberger 1.15 3 Harald Bilz
4233 2.614 2.08 Rock, Paper, Scissors (Pair-of Pair-of-Dice Games 1.74 6 Greg Lam
by Rick Heli