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2020 2nd voting now open for select categories
Based on your feedback, we now have a 2nd round of voting for select categories.
Individual Historical or Scenario Analysis (Provide Link to Article or Podcast or publication)
Wargame of the Year
James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award
Submit your ballot by September 30, 2021
Thank you for voting
Voting for the 2020 awards is now closed Thank you for voting.
New and Updated Categories
The 2020 Charles S. Roberts Awards for Excellence in Conflict Simulation voting is now open through July 31, 2021.
Have your voice heard by placing your votes.
There are new categories and some changes to existing categories.
NEW CATEGORIES
Best Ancients to Medieval Era (1453 and before) Board Wargame
Best Early Gunpowder (After 1453 to 1793) Board Wargame
Best American Civil War Board Wargame
Best World War 1 Era Board Wargame (1914-1933)
UPDATED CATEGORIES
Best Late Gunpowder to Pre-World War 1 (excluding American Civil War) (After 1815 to 1914)
Small Format Boardgame has its maximum map size increased to A4 or American Letter size
Best Wargame Review or Analysis now can include podcasts, webcasts, or websites.
Votes can be submitted online at https://charlieawards.wordpress.com/ballot or a PDF ballot at https://charlieawards.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/2020-charles-s-roberts-award-ballot.pdf can be downloaded and mailed in.
Voting for the 2020 Charles S. Roberts Awards is now open!
The Charles S. Roberts Awards is now accepting votes for the 2020 awards through July 31, 2021. Submit up to three nominations for each category.
Ballots can be submitted online here through 11:59pm Pacific on July 31, 2021.
2019 Charles S. Roberts Winners
October 25, 2020
We are pleased to announced the winners of the 2019 Charles S. Roberts Awards for Excellence in the Conflict Simulation Industry. Congratulations to the winners and nominees.
Milieu Awards
Best Ancients to Pre-Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
Al Nofi’s Imperium Romanum
Command & Colors: Medieval
Freeman’s Farm 1777
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242*
Peloponnesian War
Best Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
La Bataille de Bautzen 1813
Moravian Sun
Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II
Quatre Bras 1815: Last Eagles*
Waterloo Campaign 1815
Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame
Brave Little Belgium
Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War
Custoza: Fields of Doom
Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah*
Triumph of Chaos V2: The Russian Civil War 1918-1921
Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame
Brazen Chariots: Battles for Tobruk
Last Hundred Yards
Stalingrad ’42: Southern Russia, June-December, 1942
U-Boot: The Board Game*
Wings of the Motherland
Best Post-WW2, Cold War, & Hypothetical Era Board Wargame
Blue Water Navy: The War at Sea
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975
Less than 60 Miles
Red Storm: The Air War Over Central Germany, 1987
World at War 85: Storming the Gap*
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Wargame
Dune *
Escape from Hades
Red Alert: Space Fleet Warfare
Space Infantry: Resurgence
Time of Legends: Joan of Arc
Computer Gaming Awards
Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Blocks! Julius Caesar *
Blocks! Richard III
Fields of Glory: Empires
Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis
Best Modern Era Computer Wargame
Command: Modern Operations*
Unity of Command 2
WarPlan
World of Tanks
Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Computer Wargame
Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2
Fantasy General 2
Stellaris*
Best Computer Wargame Expansion or Update
Through the Ages – New Leaders and Wonders*
Best Computer Wargame Graphics
Steel Division 2
U-Boot: The Board Game
Unity of Command 2 *
World of Tanks
Format Awards
Best Amateur / Print & Play Board Wargame
Battles for the Pacific
B-25 Prince of the Skies
Federation Stellar Force*
S-boats: Scourge of the English Channel
Storm over Dublin
Best Solitaire/Cooperative Board Wargame
Fields of Fire 2
Jeff Davis: The Confederacy at War
Peloponnesian War
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Zeppelin Raider
Best Magazine Board Wargame
Campaigns of 1777 (Strategy & Tactics)*
Die Atombombe (Against the Odds)
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Operations)
Pitt’s War (Paper Wars)
Waterloo Campaign 1815 (C3I)
Best Postcard/Small format Board Wargame
A Hard Pounding Fight: The Battle for La Haye Sainte
Five for Fighting: The Battles of D-Day
Imua! The Unification of Hawaii, 1795 *
JU87 Stuka Jericho Trumpets
S.W.A.T.: Hostage Rescue
Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Board Wargame
Great War Commander: British Expeditionary Force
Next War: Supplement #2 – Insurgency
Red Factories
Time of Crisis: Age of Iron and Rust*
Wing Leader: Eagles 1943-45
Best Board Wargame Playing Components
Crossing the Line: Aachen 1944
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Wings of the Motherland
World at War 85: Storming the Gap
Best Board Wargame Map Graphics
Death Valley: Battles for the Shenadoah
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
Stalingrad ‘42
The Last Hundred Yards
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Best Board Wargame Rules
Peloponnesian War
Stalingrad ‘42
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Undaunted Normandy
Wings over the Motherland
Best Computer Assist Module
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Best Original Box Cover Art
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
Peloponnesian War
Stalingrad ‘42
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Wings of the Motherland
Publication Awards
Best Professional Wargame Magazine
Against the Odds
Battles
C3I*
Modern War
Strategy & Tactics
Best Amateur Magazine
Banzai!
Dispatches from the Bunker
Line of Departure
War Diary *
Best Historical or Scenario Article
1777 Year of Decision Trevor Bender
Evolution of Historical Small Unit Tactic Board Wargames Robert Caroll*
OCS 101 Vitebsk Introductory Scenario Chip Saltsman*
Best Game Review or Analysis
Armchair General
Harsh Rules- Breaking Down Boardgames
The Player’s Aid *
Wojennik TV
Overall Awards
Best Board Wargame of the Year
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
Stalingrad ‘42
U-Boot: The Board Game *
Undaunted Normandy
Wings of the Motherland
James F Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design
Volko Ruhnke
Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME
Paul Banner
Nominations and Winners
The Charles S. Roberts Awards are chosen annually by votes submitted. Anyone is eliglbe to vote once for up to 3 per category.
For each category, the top vote recipient is the winner while the next 4 highest vote recipients are named Nominees.
Nominees posted
Congratulations to the 2019 Charles S. Roberts Awards Nominees!
https://charlieawards.wordpress.com/2019-charles-s-roberts-nominees-and-awards/
2019 Best Ancients to Pre-Napoleonic Era Board Wargame Nominees
Congratulations to the Charles S. Roberts Awards nominees for the Best Ancients to Pre-Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
- Al Nofi’s Imperium Romanum
- Command & Colors: Medieval
- Freeman’s Farm 1777
- Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
- Peloponnesian War
These are the top 5 voted games for this category in alphabetical order
Charles S. Roberts Award Voting now open through May 31, 2020
Los Angeles, California May 1, 2020
We are pleased to announced voting is now open for the 2019 Charles S. Roberts Awards for Excellence in the Conflict Simulation Game Industry. These awards have been annually given to board, computer games and individuals for excellence in the design, development, and production of war or conflict simulations of historical, hypothetical, science fiction, or fantasy conflicts.
Eligible games and publications are those released in the calendar year 2019 and for the Clausewitz Hall of Fame award, any individual who has made significant contributions to the wargame industry who has not been previously awarded.
This year’s categories are:
Milieu Awards
Best Ancients to Pre-Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
Best Napoleonic Era Board Wargame
Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame
Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame
Best Post-WW2, Cold War, & Hypothetical Era Board Wargame
Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Board Wargame
Format Awards
Best Solitaire/Cooperative Board Wargame
Best Magazine Board Wargame
Best Amateur / Print-and-Play Board Wargame
Best Postcard/Small format Board Wargame
Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Board Wargame
Best Board Wargame Playing Components
Best Board Wargame Map Graphics
Best Board Wargame Rules
Best Original Box Cover Art
Computer Gaming Awards
Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Best Modern Era Computer Wargame
Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Computer Wargame
Best Computer Wargame Expansion or Update
Best Computer Wargame Graphics
Best Board Wargame Computer Assist Module
Publication Awards
Best Professional Wargame Magazine
Best Amateur Game Magazine
Best Historical or Scenario Article
Best Game Review or Analysis
Overall Awards
Best Board Wargame of the Year
James F Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design
Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME
Voting is open until May 31, 2020 at https://charlieawards.wordpress.com.
Ballots can be submitted online or by downloading a form for postal mail. All ballots must be received by May 31, 2020. Guidelines for voting can be viewed at: https://charlieawards.wordpress.com/charter/.
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