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
