----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 GAMES LIST =======---- Edition Number 339 February 5, 2008 r--------------------------------------------------------------------------, | This chart was compiled using ratings sent in by 750 people. If you want | | to participate, then send a message containing your ratings to me at | | aarondf@bu.edu. Each line of your message should contain a rating for | | one game with a score from 1 to 10. For example | | | | Imaginary Game Title 4 | | Some Other Title 10 | | | | indicates that you thought the first game was rather poor, while the | | second was excellent. When you can, please try to use the most | | standard name, easiest to find by grabbing it out of this list. | | | | See http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/Top100/ for lots more information. | L__________________________________________________________________________J List Sorted by Score Total # of Ratings: 84224 Average Rating: 5.790 Pos Score Ave. Game Title Company Status SDev #Vot Year =============================================================================== 1 8.483 8.59 Puerto Rico Alea Avail 1.56 245 2002 2 7.895 7.95 Euphrat & Tigris Hans im Gluck Avail 2.05 413 1997 3 7.769 7.86 Die Fursten von Florenz Alea Avail 1.57 241 2000 4 7.724 7.76 Die Siedler von Catan Kosmos Avail 1.83 590 1995 5 7.573 8.40 Caylus Ystari Games Avail 2.06 26 2005 6 7.515 7.57 El Grande Hans im Gluck Avail 1.97 417 1995 7 7.486 7.91 Power Grid 2F-Spiele Avail 1.76 50 2004 8 7.481 7.55 Modern Art Hans im Gluck Avail 1.62 293 1992 9 7.412 7.49 Ohne Furcht und Adel Hans im Gluck Avail 1.61 275 2000 10 7.377 7.79 Goa Hans im Gluck Avail 1.68 50 2004 11v 7.377 7.44 Carcassonne Hans im Gluck Avail 1.73 318 2000 12 7.364 7.45 Vinci Eurogames Avail 1.65 250 1999 13^ 7.344 7.50 Die Macher Hans im Gluck Avail 2.04 131 1986 14 7.325 7.65 Saint Petersburg Hans im Gluck Avail 1.74 62 2004 15 7.311 7.62 Age of Steam Warfrog Avail 1.91 65 2002 16 7.268 7.34 Durch die Wuste Kosmos Avail 1.62 295 1998 17 7.250 7.61 Der Herr der Ringe - Die Kosmos Avail 1.74 56 2002 18 7.248 7.33 Taj Mahal Alea Avail 1.58 234 2000 19 7.236 7.55 Funkenschlag, 1st Editio 2F-Spiele Avail 1.88 64 2001 20 7.182 7.26 Medici Amigo Avail 1.68 252 1995 21 7.162 7.39 Wallenstein Queen Avail 1.82 86 2002 22 7.146 7.23 Die Siedler von Catan Se Kosmos Avail 2.04 233 1997 23v 7.140 7.43 San Juan Alea Avail 1.52 68 2004 24 7.135 7.22 Union Pacific Amigo OOP 1.78 226 1999 25 7.133 7.40 Attika Hans im Gluck Avail 1.50 72 2003 26 7.107 7.17 Acquire 3M Avail 1.86 316 1962 27 7.099 7.22 Stadte und Ritter Kosmos Avail 2.04 164 1998 28 7.072 7.15 Torres FX Avail 1.64 256 1999 29v 7.071 7.14 Ra Alea OOP 1.80 266 1999 30 7.066 7.15 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill OOP 2.31 218 1991 31 7.031 7.13 Bridge Public Domain Public 2.46 196 1925 32 7.021 7.65 Roads and Boats Splotter Spell Avail 1.61 30 1999 33 6.987 7.04 Tikal Ravensburger Avail 1.70 355 1999 34v 6.983 7.13 Mu Doris & Frank Avail 1.98 124 1995 35 6.978 7.13 Die Handler von Genoa Alea Avail 1.66 121 2001 36 6.975 7.04 Lost Cities Kosmos Avail 1.76 303 1999 37 6.968 7.04 Samurai (HiG) Hans im Gluck Avail 1.59 256 1998 38 6.958 7.06 Ursuppe Doris & Frank Avail 1.81 190 1997 39 6.945 7.05 La Citta Kosmos OOP 1.76 182 2000 40 6.940 7.71 Hammer of the Scots Columbia Games Avail 1.81 24 2002 41v 6.940 6.99 Bohnanza Amigo Avail 1.74 360 1997 42 6.922 7.01 Lowenherz Goldsieber Avail 1.76 211 1997 43 6.897 7.10 Tichu Fata Morgana S Avail 2.36 90 1991 44 6.890 7.37 Raja: Palastbau in Indie Phalanx Games Avail 1.65 38 2004 45 6.871 7.62 Louis XIV Alea Avail 1.28 24 2005 46v 6.871 6.96 Kardinal & Konig Goldsieber Avail 1.99 198 2000 47 6.868 7.07 Kohle, Kies & Knete Schmidt Spiel Avail 1.91 88 1994 48 6.862 7.11 Call of Cthulhu Chaosium Avail 2.18 73 1981 49v 6.853 7.06 Amun-Re Hans im Gluck Avail 1.64 85 2003 50 6.840 7.37 Princes of the Renaissan Warfrog Avail 1.86 34 2003 51 6.834 7.00 Carcassonne Expansion Hans im Gluck Avail 1.71 105 2002 52 6.831 7.34 Einfach Genial Kosmos Avail 1.66 35 2004 53 6.819 7.01 El Grande: K & I Hans im Gluck Avail 2.39 96 1997 54 6.817 6.90 Hare and Tortoise British Intell Avail 1.68 209 1973 55^ 6.792 6.99 Hannibal: Rome vs Cartha Avalon Hill OOP 2.15 90 1996 56 6.785 7.35 Die Siedler von Catan - Kosmos Avail 1.76 31 2000 57 6.764 6.89 Showmanager Queen Games Avail 1.58 142 1997 58 6.759 6.92 Carcassonne - Hunters an Hans im Gluck Avail 1.65 108 2002 59 6.755 7.18 Lord of the Rings: Frien Kosmos/Fantasy Avail 1.77 41 2001 60v 6.743 7.34 Ticket to Ride Europe Days of Wonder Avail 1.98 29 2005 61v 6.734 6.94 Alhambra Queen Games Avail 1.75 86 2003 62 6.724 6.88 Schotten-Totten ASS Avail 1.63 112 1999 63 6.722 7.03 Carcassonne - Builders a Hans im Gluck Avail 1.59 57 2003 64v 6.715 6.95 Ticket to Ride Days of Wonder Avail 1.68 73 2004 65 6.712 6.79 Go Public Domain Public 2.55 218 66 6.694 7.12 A Game of Thrones Fantasy Flight Avail 1.85 40 2002 67 6.694 6.99 Tales of the Arabian Nig West End Games Avail 2.11 58 1985 68 6.681 8.00 Ambition (Church) Mike Church Avail 2.83 13 2003 69 6.676 6.98 Blokus Sekkoia Avail 1.76 56 2000 70 6.672 8.23 War of the Ring (Nexus) Nexus/Fantasy Avail 1.44 11 2004 71 6.663 7.61 Carcassonne - Die Stadt Hans im Gluck Avail 1.33 18 2004 72 6.663 7.48 Troja/Die Grosse Mauer Kosmos Avail 1.47 21 2001 73v 6.660 6.81 Babel Kosmos Avail 1.53 115 2000 74 6.658 6.78 Morgenland Hans im Gluck Avail 1.79 136 2000 75 6.654 6.86 We the People Avalon Hill OOP 1.79 84 1994 76^ 6.648 6.96 Paths of Glory GMT Games Avail 3.07 54 1999 77 6.639 6.80 Chinatown Alea OOP 1.72 108 1999 78 6.634 6.95 Dvonn Rio Grande Gam Avail 1.73 53 2001 79 6.629 6.74 Die Sternenfahrer von Ca Kosmos Avail 1.97 148 1999 80 6.620 6.85 Battle Line GMT Games Avail 1.76 72 2000 81 6.617 6.89 Schoko & Co. Schmidt OOP 1.57 61 1987 82 6.616 6.77 Battle Cry (Hasbro AH) Hasbro Avalon Avail 2.17 109 2000 83 6.610 6.67 Cosmic Encounter Eon Avail 2.24 275 1977 84 6.602 7.36 Kardinal & Konig: Das Ka Spiele aus Tim Avail 2.01 22 2001 85 6.602 6.84 For Sale Ravensburger Avail 1.76 71 1997 86v 6.601 6.67 Liar's Dice Milton Bradley Avail 2.08 239 1987 87^ 6.595 7.29 Memoir '44 Days of Wonder Avail 1.46 24 2004 88 6.591 7.06 East Front Columbia Games Avail 2.02 36 1991 89 6.591 6.80 Die Siedler von Nurnberg Kosmos Avail 1.64 80 1999 90 6.588 7.11 Santiago Amigo Avail 1.51 32 2003 91 6.588 6.74 Die Kaufleute von Amster Jumbo Spiele Avail 1.49 111 2000 92 6.585 6.91 Empires in Arms Australian Des Avail 2.33 51 1983 93 6.583 7.34 Oltremare Mind the Move Avail 1.51 22 2004 94 6.582 6.90 Liberte Warfrog Avail 1.82 53 2001 95 6.581 6.86 Daytona 500 Milton Bradley OOP 1.50 60 1990 96 6.576 7.50 Das Zepter von Zavandor Lookout Games Avail 1.15 18 2004 97v 6.575 6.63 Robo Rally Wizards of the Avail 2.06 326 1994 98 6.573 6.68 Carabande Goldsieber OOP 1.88 149 1996 99v 6.566 6.94 Hive Gen Four Two Avail 1.45 44 2001 100 6.565 6.73 High Society Ravensburger Avail 1.46 99 1995 NOTES ON LIST Ranking Codes ^ Game moved up in terms of position and score since the last edition. v Game moved down in terms of position and score since the last edition. Ratings average: Please try to send ratings on Both the games you like and the ones you don't. Your own average of ratings should be as close to 5.5 as possible. At my discretion, I will throw away sets of ratings (from new contributors) where there are less than 10 ratings or the ratings are significantly above/below 5.5. This is not a strict requirement but should serve you as a guideline. Status Codes: OOP: Out of print - may be very difficult to find. Avail: In print - should be easily available in the company's area. Unknown: Status unknown to me or unclear for some reason. Ordering: This list is sorted by Score. The score is simply the standard average EXCEPT that all games are considered to also have 5 ratings of 3.25 to start out with. This is done to avoid a game with 1 10 rating rising to the top of the list. The particular numerical values (5 and 3.25) are somewhat arbitrary but these seem to work well and will likely NOT be changed. See http://www.clark.net/pub/iz/Books/Top100/top100.html for the list of SF/Fantasy books this list's format is based on. This list is periodically posted to the rec.games.board Usenet newsgroup. This list is also available on the WWW at: http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/Top100/list.txt and links to the latest list, a more comprehensive list, and the FAQ are at http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/Top100/ Errors/Suggestions: Please email any such to me (Aaron at aarondf@bu.edu). Notes on Database features: 1) Basically identical games released under different names will be considered the same game. I will generally follow decisions made in Counter (the Sumos) or other sources on such issues. 2) Expansions will be listed independently if and only if they significantly change the game. Small or minor expansions (ex: "Groo" expansion) will not be listed seperately. This will come down to a judgment call on my part I guess. Future Plans: I intend to eventually make it possible to search the database and do more detailed queries on any field via the WWW. However, the database is now of a size that doing interactive queries is not that practical with the way I am doing them so this may be quite some time coming unfortunately.