----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 GAMES LIST =======---- Edition Number 001 November 13, 1998 r--------------------------------------------------------------------------, | This chart was compiled using votes sent in by 12 people. If you want | | to vote for a game, then send a message containing your votes to me at | | aarondf@bu.edu. Each line of your message should contain a vote 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 Diffuse Total # of Votes: 949 Average Vote: 5.900 Pos Diffuse Average Game Title Company Status #Vot Year =============================================================================== 1 0.089 8.938 Die Siedler von Catan Kosmos Avail 8 1995 2 0.070 9.333 Euphrat & Tigris Hans im Gluck Avail 6 1997 3 0.061 8.167 Ursuppe Doris & Frank Avail 6 1997 4 0.060 6.857 Civilization Avalon Hill Unknown 7 1986 5 0.059 7.833 Modern Art Hans im Gluck Avail 6 1994 6 0.052 8.400 Acquire 3M Unknown 5 1962 7 0.050 8.000 Cosmic Encounter (MFG) Mayfair OOP 5 1991 8 0.050 8.000 El Grande Hans im Gluck Avail 5 1995 9 0.046 7.300 Bohnanza Amigo Avail 5 1997 10 0.043 6.900 Titan: the Arena Avalon Hill Avail 5 1997 11 0.043 5.750 Robo Rally WOTC Avail 6 1994 12 0.042 8.500 Mu Doris & Frank Avail 4 1995 13 0.041 8.250 Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage Avalon Hill Unknown 4 1996 14 0.040 6.400 Elfenland Amigo Avail 5 1998 15 0.039 6.300 Liars Dice Milton Bradley Avail 5 1987 16 0.039 7.750 Republic of Rome Avalon Hill Unknown 4 17 0.039 7.750 Titan Avalon Hill Unknown 4 1982 18 0.038 6.100 Guillotine WOTC Avail 5 1998 19 0.037 7.500 Durch die Wuste Kosmos Avail 4 1997 20 0.037 6.000 Scrabble Mattel Avail 5 21 0.036 7.250 1856 Mayfair Avail 4 1995 22 0.036 7.250 Hare and Tortoise Gibson Games Avail 4 23 0.036 5.800 Chess Public Domain Avail 5 24 0.036 5.800 Die Siedler Kartenspiel Kosmos Avail 5 1996 25 0.036 4.833 Stratego Avail 6 1959 26 0.036 7.125 Carabande Goldsieber Avail 4 1996 27 0.036 7.125 Silverton Two Wolf Games Unknown 4 1991 28 0.035 7.000 1870 Mayfair Avail 4 1994 29 0.035 7.000 Iron Dragon Mayfair Avail 4 1996 30 0.035 5.600 Kremlin Avalon Hill Unknown 5 31 0.034 6.750 1830 Avalon Hill Unknown 4 32 0.034 6.750 Deluxe Illuminati SJ Games OOP 4 33 0.034 6.750 Eurorails Mayfair Availab 4 34 0.034 6.750 Igel Argern Doris & Frank Avail 4 1990 35 0.034 6.750 Kill Dr. Lucky Cheapass Avail 4 1996 36 0.034 6.750 Outpost TimJim Games OOP 4 1991 37 0.034 5.400 Fluxx Looney Labs Availab 5 1997 38 0.033 5.300 Diplomacy Avalon Hill Unknown 5 1976 39 0.032 8.667 Elfenroads White Wind OOP 3 1992 40 0.032 8.667 Wildlife Adventure Ravensburger OOP 3 41 0.032 6.500 History of the World Avalon Hill Unknown 4 1993 42 0.032 6.500 Pit Parker Bros Unknown 4 1903 43 0.031 8.333 Cosmic Encounter (Eon) Eon OOP 3 1977 44 0.031 6.250 Formula De Eurogames Avail 4 1997 45 0.031 6.250 Wizwar Jolly Games Avail 4 46 0.030 6.000 Clue Parker Bros Avail 4 1956 47 0.029 7.833 Bridge Public 3 48 0.029 5.875 Circus Maximus Avalon Hill Unknown 4 49 0.029 5.750 Linie 1 Goldsieber Avail 4 1995 50 0.027 7.333 Cant Stop Parker Bros Avail 3 1980 51 0.027 7.333 Empire Builder Mayfair Avail 3 1988 52 0.027 7.333 Wettstreit der Baumeister Kosmos Avail 3 1998 53 0.027 5.500 Mississippi Queen Goldsieber Avail 4 1997 54 0.026 7.000 Family Business Welt der Spiel Avail 3 1997 55 0.026 4.200 Monopoly Parker Bros Avail 5 1935 56 0.025 6.667 Rette Sich Wer Kann Schmidt Spiel Avail 3 1968 57 0.024 6.500 Santa Fe White Wind OOP 3 1992 58 0.024 6.333 Airlines Abacus Unknown 3 1990 59 0.024 6.333 Go Avail 3 60 0.024 6.333 Mahjongg Unknown 3 61 0.024 6.333 Manhattan Hans im Gluck Avail 3 1994 62 0.024 6.333 Star Fleet Battles Task Force Gam Avail 3 1983 63 0.024 6.333 Tante Tarantel Doris & Frank Avail 3 1991 64 0.024 4.750 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill Unknown 4 65 0.022 9.000 Die Macher Hans im Gluck Avail 2 1986 66 0.022 6.000 Phantoms of the Ice White Wind OOP 3 1994 67 0.022 6.000 Shark Ravensburger Unknown 3 1991 68 0.022 6.000 The Really Nasty Horse Rac Upstarts Unknown 3 69 0.022 6.000 We the People Avalon Hill Unknown 3 1994 70 0.022 5.833 6 Nimmt! Amigo Avail 3 1994 71 0.022 5.833 Auf Heller und Pfennig Hans im Gluck Avail 3 1994 72 0.021 8.500 Merchant of Venus Avalon Hill Unknown 2 1988 73 0.021 8.500 Up Front Avalon Hill Unknown 2 74 0.021 5.667 Adel Verpflichtet F. X. Schmid Avail 3 1990 75 0.021 5.667 Blood Royale Games Workshop Unknown 3 1987 76 0.021 5.667 British Rails Mayfair Avail 3 77 0.021 5.667 Hacker SJ Games Avail 3 1992 78 0.021 5.667 Lord of the Fries Cheapass Avail 3 1998 79 0.020 8.000 Advanced Squad Leader Avalon Hill Unknown 2 80 0.020 8.000 Die Siedler von Catan Seef Kosmos Avail 2 1997 81 0.020 8.000 Stadte und Ritter Kosmos Avail 2 1998 82 0.020 5.333 1835 Hans im Gluck Avail 3 1990 83 0.020 5.333 Axis and Allies Milton Bradley Avail 3 84 0.020 5.333 Corporate Shuffle WOTC Avail 3 1997 85 0.020 5.333 Detroit/Cleveland Grand Pr Mayfair Unknown 3 1996 86 0.020 5.333 Medici Amigo Avail 3 1995 87 0.020 5.333 Plague & Pestilence Hillarys Toy B Unknown 3 1993 88 0.019 5.167 Sternenhimmel Goldsieber Avail 3 1995 89 0.019 7.500 Air Baron Avalon Hill Unknown 2 1996 90 0.019 7.500 Dune Avalon Hill OOP 2 1979 91 0.019 7.500 Express Mayfair Unknown 2 92 0.019 7.500 Nippon Rails Mayfair Unknown 2 93 0.019 7.500 Show Manager Queen Games Avail 2 1997 94 0.019 5.000 Hearts Public Domain Avail 3 95 0.019 5.000 Katzenjammer Blues Goldsieber Avail 3 1998 96 0.019 5.000 Serenissima Eurogames Avail 3 1996 97 0.019 5.000 The Awful Green Things fro SJ Games Avail 3 98 0.019 5.000 The Great Dalmuti WOTC Avail 3 1995 99 0.019 5.000 Yahtzee Milton Bradley Avail 3 100 0.019 3.750 Risk Parker Bros Unknown 4 1963 NOTES ON LIST 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 'diffused average'. Basically, what this means is that games which have been on the list longer and which have more votes get higher scores. Over time, the 'diffused average' moves towards the simple average but this is quite slow. I was thinking of starting the list sorted by simple average but immediately discarded the idea after comparing the results. The 'diffused average's will start out Very low so ignore the numbers and only consider the ranking - the average is of course also listed so consult that as well. 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 and details on the 'diffused average' system. 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 (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 shortly make it possible to search the database and do more detailed queries on any field via the WWW. This will have to wait on my time and your interest and the database growing (from your votes) so that this would be worthwhile.