----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 GAMES LIST =======---- Edition Number 250 November 24, 2003 r--------------------------------------------------------------------------, | This chart was compiled using ratings sent in by 649 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: 66372 Average Rating: 5.766 Pos Score Ave. Game Title Company Status SDev #Vot Year =============================================================================== 1 8.466 8.62 Puerto Rico Alea Avail 1.56 165 2002 2 7.897 7.96 Euphrat & Tigris Hans im Gluck Avail 2.06 358 1997 3 7.776 7.89 Die Fursten von Florenz Alea Avail 1.52 197 2000 4 7.767 7.81 Die Siedler von Catan Kosmos Avail 1.83 521 1995 5 7.489 7.57 Carcassonne Hans im Gluck Avail 1.63 248 2000 6 7.486 7.58 Ohne Furcht und Adel Hans im Gluck Avail 1.64 222 2000 7 7.459 7.52 El Grande Hans im Gluck Avail 2.02 363 1995 8 7.457 7.54 Modern Art Hans im Gluck OOP 1.65 258 1992 9 7.448 7.54 Vinci Eurogames Avail 1.65 220 1999 10 7.365 7.44 Durch die Wuste Kosmos Avail 1.59 264 1998 11 7.251 7.35 Taj Mahal Alea Avail 1.54 203 2000 12 7.214 7.30 Medici Amigo OOP 1.60 234 1995 13 7.189 7.29 Die Siedler von Catan Se Kosmos Avail 2.08 200 1997 14 7.177 7.37 Die Macher Hans im Gluck Avail 2.06 104 1986 15 7.167 7.27 Union Pacific Amigo Avail 1.74 197 1999 16 7.140 7.21 Acquire 3M Avail 1.85 272 1962 17 7.093 7.18 Ra Alea Avail 1.76 234 1999 18 7.086 7.23 Stadte und Ritter Kosmos Avail 2.13 137 1998 19 7.036 7.12 Torres FX Avail 1.66 222 1999 20 7.016 7.10 Samurai (HiG) Hans im Gluck Avail 1.52 224 1998 21 7.013 7.12 Bridge Public Domain Public 2.50 172 1925 22 7.009 7.07 Tikal Ravensburger Avail 1.68 316 1999 23 6.997 7.20 Die Handler von Genoa Alea Avail 1.73 91 2001 24 6.991 7.09 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill Avail 2.34 194 1991 25 6.984 7.05 Lost Cities Kosmos Avail 1.78 264 1999 26 6.967 7.26 Carcassonne - Hunters an Hans im Gluck Avail 1.38 63 2002 27 6.964 7.39 Funkenschlag 2F-Spiele Avail 2.10 44 2001 28 6.951 7.01 Bohnanza Amigo Avail 1.77 305 1997 29 6.927 7.04 Ursuppe Doris & Frank Avail 1.82 163 1997 30 6.925 7.04 Kardinal & Konig Goldsieber Avail 1.97 165 2000 31 6.924 7.03 Lowenherz Goldsieber Avail 1.75 177 1997 32 6.893 7.08 Mu Doris & Frank Avail 2.03 100 1995 33 6.889 7.11 El Grande: K & I Hans im Gluck Avail 2.49 83 1997 34 6.868 6.99 La Citta Kosmos Avail 1.74 145 2000 35 6.849 7.12 Call of Cthulhu Chaosium Avail 2.21 66 1981 36 6.843 7.08 Carcassonne Expansion Hans im Gluck Avail 1.68 76 2002 37 6.820 7.09 Tichu Fata Morgana S Avail 2.43 66 1991 38 6.819 6.92 Hare and Tortoise British Intell Avail 1.73 184 1973 39 6.811 7.45 Der Herr der Ringe - Die Kosmos Avail 1.58 28 2002 40 6.803 7.04 Kohle, Kies & Knete Schmidt Spiel Avail 1.94 75 1994 41 6.788 7.16 Wallenstein Queen Avail 1.85 48 2002 42^ 6.770 7.30 Amun-Re Hans im Gluck Avail 1.54 33 2003 43 6.764 6.94 Schotten-Totten ASS Avail 1.69 100 1999 44 6.760 7.68 Kardinal & Konig: Das Ka Spiele aus Tim Avail 1.80 19 2001 45 6.754 6.91 Morgenland Hans im Gluck Avail 1.63 114 2000 46 6.748 6.89 Showmanager Queen Games Avail 1.66 119 1997 47 6.743 7.27 Age of Steam Warfrog Avail 1.93 33 2002 48 6.711 6.92 Chinatown Alea Avail 1.76 84 1999 49 6.707 7.67 Roads and Boats Splotter Spell Avail 1.71 18 1999 50 6.704 6.89 Babel Kosmos Avail 1.59 92 2000 51 6.703 6.92 Hannibal: Rome vs Cartha Avalon Hill OOP 2.10 80 1996 52 6.689 7.08 Empires in Arms Australian Des Avail 2.29 44 1983 53 6.685 7.64 Die Siedler von Catan - Kosmos Avail 1.83 18 2000 54 6.685 6.77 Liar's Dice Milton Bradley Avail 2.07 215 1987 55 6.683 6.87 Battle Cry (Hasbro AH) Hasbro Avalon Avail 2.23 92 2000 56 6.670 6.74 Cosmic Encounter Eon Avail 2.29 247 1977 57 6.663 7.48 Hive Gen Four Two Avail 1.07 21 2001 58 6.656 7.55 Carcassonne - Builders a Hans im Gluck Avail 1.48 19 2003 59 6.642 6.73 Go Public Domain Public 2.66 187 60 6.637 7.29 Lord of the Rings: Frien Kosmos/Fantasy Avail 2.06 26 2001 61 6.628 7.01 Starship Catan Mayfair Avail 1.59 44 2001 62 6.623 6.74 Can't Stop Parker Brother Avail 1.79 139 1980 63 6.616 6.89 Battle Line GMT Games Avail 1.85 62 2000 64 6.615 6.75 Die Sternenfahrer von Ca Kosmos Avail 1.93 128 1999 65 6.599 6.80 Medina Hans im Gluck Avail 1.61 83 2001 66 6.573 6.89 Daytona 500 Milton Bradley OOP 1.50 53 1990 67 6.565 6.73 Die Kaufleute von Amster Jumbo Spiele Avail 1.48 99 2000 68 6.562 7.28 Time's Up R & R Games Avail 1.54 23 2000 69 6.562 6.75 Iron Horse db-Spiele Avail 1.75 88 1997 70 6.560 6.78 We the People Avalon Hill Avail 1.88 74 1994 71 6.553 6.80 Die Siedler von Nurnberg Kosmos Avail 1.68 66 1999 72 6.544 6.75 Basari FX Schmid OOP 1.60 80 1998 73 6.542 6.70 Take It Easy Spears Ltd Avail 1.65 107 1990 74 6.529 6.83 Schoko & Co. Schmidt OOP 1.58 55 1987 75 6.527 6.80 Mexica Ravensburger Avail 1.59 61 2002 76 6.522 6.83 Tales of the Arabian Nig West End Games Avail 2.14 53 1985 77^ 6.519 6.71 TransAmerica Winning Moves Avail 1.63 87 2002 78 6.510 6.73 Die Handler Queen Games Avail 1.47 73 1999 79 6.507 7.07 Anno Domini Fata Morgana Avail 2.28 29 1998 80 6.506 6.56 Robo Rally Wizards of the Avail 2.14 284 1994 81 6.502 6.62 1830 Avalon Hill Avail 2.27 139 1986 82 6.498 6.64 Rasende Roboter Hans im Gluck Avail 1.82 117 1999 83 6.488 6.65 Java Ravensburger Avail 1.85 98 2000 84 6.487 6.78 Mull & Money Hans im Gluck Avail 1.69 55 2001 85 6.486 6.59 Stephensons Rocket Pegasus Spiele Avail 1.84 161 1999 86 6.470 6.70 High Society Ravensburger OOP 1.48 69 1995 87 6.468 6.80 Middle Earth: the Wizard Iron Crown Ent OOP 1.49 49 1995 88 6.463 6.66 Reibach & Co. FX Schmid Avail 1.31 82 1996 89 6.460 6.58 Merchant of Venus Avalon Hill OOP 1.98 140 1988 90 6.458 6.59 Apples to Apples Out of the Box Avail 1.98 120 1999 91 6.455 6.54 Die Siedler Kartenspiel Kosmos Avail 2.06 199 1996 92 6.444 6.75 1870 Mayfair Avail 2.45 53 1995 93 6.440 6.72 Ave Caesar Ravensburger OOP 1.99 58 1989 94 6.436 6.64 San Marco Ravensburger Avail 1.91 77 2001 95 6.434 6.57 Empire Builder Mayfair Avail 1.71 120 1980 96^ 6.434 6.56 Carabande Goldsieber OOP 1.89 128 1996 97 6.428 6.83 Cheops/Alexanderschlacht Kosmos Avail 1.68 40 1998 98 6.425 6.48 Elfenland Amigo Avail 1.83 270 1998 99 6.424 6.61 Airlines Abacus OOP 1.82 84 1990 100 6.419 6.49 Adel Verpflichtet F. X. Schmid Avail 1.73 226 1990 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.