----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 GAMES LIST =======---- Edition Number 340 October 16, 2008 r--------------------------------------------------------------------------, | This chart was compiled using ratings sent in by 752 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: 85212 Average Rating: 5.793 Pos Score Ave. Game Title Company Status SDev #Vot Year =============================================================================== 1 8.481 8.59 Puerto Rico Alea Avail 1.56 247 2002 2 7.891 7.95 Euphrat & Tigris Hans im Gluck Avail 2.05 415 1997 3 7.773 7.87 Die Fursten von Florenz Alea Avail 1.57 243 2000 4 7.718 7.76 Die Siedler von Catan Kosmos Avail 1.83 591 1995 5 7.568 8.34 Caylus Ystari Games Avail 2.00 28 2005 6 7.511 7.56 El Grande Hans im Gluck Avail 1.97 419 1995 7^ 7.482 7.55 Modern Art Hans im Gluck Avail 1.62 295 1992 8v 7.461 7.87 Power Grid 2F-Spiele Avail 1.80 52 2004 9 7.418 7.49 Ohne Furcht und Adel Hans im Gluck Avail 1.61 277 2000 10^ 7.382 7.45 Carcassonne Hans im Gluck Avail 1.73 320 2000 11v 7.373 7.77 Goa Hans im Gluck Avail 1.65 52 2004 12 7.359 7.44 Vinci Eurogames Avail 1.65 252 1999 13 7.350 7.50 Die Macher Hans im Gluck Avail 2.02 133 1986 14^ 7.313 7.62 Age of Steam Warfrog Avail 1.89 66 2002 15v 7.308 7.62 Saint Petersburg Hans im Gluck Avail 1.73 64 2004 16^ 7.278 7.63 Der Herr der Ringe - Die Kosmos Avail 1.73 57 2002 17v 7.261 7.33 Durch die Wuste Kosmos Avail 1.62 297 1998 18 7.250 7.33 Taj Mahal Alea Avail 1.57 236 2000 19 7.243 7.55 Funkenschlag, 1st Editio 2F-Spiele Avail 1.86 66 2001 20 7.181 7.26 Medici Amigo Avail 1.67 254 1995 21 7.175 7.40 Wallenstein Queen Avail 1.81 88 2002 22^ 7.157 7.44 San Juan Alea Avail 1.50 70 2004 23^ 7.149 7.41 Attika Hans im Gluck Avail 1.48 74 2003 24 7.135 7.22 Union Pacific Amigo OOP 1.77 227 1999 25v 7.126 7.21 Die Siedler von Catan Se Kosmos Avail 2.05 235 1997 26 7.106 7.17 Acquire 3M Avail 1.85 318 1962 27 7.099 7.22 Stadte und Ritter Kosmos Avail 2.04 165 1998 28^ 7.080 7.15 Ra Alea OOP 1.80 268 1999 29^ 7.070 7.16 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill OOP 2.30 219 1991 30v 7.066 7.14 Torres FX Avail 1.63 258 1999 31^ 7.049 7.66 Roads and Boats Splotter Spell Avail 1.59 31 1999 32 7.031 7.13 Bridge Public Domain Public 2.46 196 1925 33^ 6.994 7.15 Die Handler von Genoa Alea Avail 1.66 122 2001 34 6.988 7.04 Tikal Ravensburger Avail 1.69 357 1999 35^ 6.976 7.05 Samurai (HiG) Hans im Gluck Avail 1.59 258 1998 36v 6.975 7.12 Mu Doris & Frank Avail 1.97 125 1995 37 6.975 7.04 Lost Cities Kosmos Avail 1.75 305 1999 38^ 6.954 7.05 La Citta Kosmos OOP 1.75 184 2000 39v 6.953 7.05 Ursuppe Doris & Frank Avail 1.81 191 1997 40^ 6.941 6.99 Bohnanza Amigo Avail 1.73 362 1997 41 6.940 7.71 Hammer of the Scots Columbia Games Avail 1.81 24 2002 42 6.925 7.01 Lowenherz Goldsieber Avail 1.75 213 1997 43 6.893 7.09 Tichu Fata Morgana S Avail 2.34 91 1991 44 6.892 7.36 Raja: Palastbau in Indie Phalanx Games Avail 1.63 39 2004 45^ 6.875 7.36 Einfach Genial Kosmos Avail 1.62 37 2004 46^ 6.872 7.38 Princes of the Renaissan Warfrog Avail 1.85 36 2003 47v 6.867 6.96 Kardinal & Konig Goldsieber Avail 1.99 200 2000 48v 6.863 7.56 Louis XIV Alea Avail 1.27 26 2005 49 6.862 7.11 Call of Cthulhu Chaosium Avail 2.18 73 1981 50 6.856 7.06 Amun-Re Hans im Gluck Avail 1.62 87 2003 51v 6.838 7.04 Kohle, Kies & Knete Schmidt Spiel Avail 1.93 89 1994 52 6.834 7.00 Carcassonne Expansion Hans im Gluck Avail 1.71 105 2002 53 6.821 7.01 El Grande: K & I Hans im Gluck Avail 2.38 97 1997 54 6.813 6.90 Hare and Tortoise British Intell Avail 1.68 210 1973 55^ 6.809 8.29 War of the Ring (Nexus) Nexus/Fantasy Avail 1.39 12 2004 56 6.794 6.99 Hannibal: Rome vs Cartha Avalon Hill OOP 2.14 91 1996 57 6.785 7.35 Die Siedler von Catan - Kosmos Avail 1.76 31 2000 58 6.767 6.89 Showmanager Queen Games Avail 1.57 144 1997 59 6.755 7.18 Lord of the Rings: Frien Kosmos/Fantasy Avail 1.77 41 2001 60v 6.737 6.90 Carcassonne - Hunters an Hans im Gluck Avail 1.65 110 2002 61^ 6.731 6.88 Schotten-Totten ASS Avail 1.63 113 1999 62^ 6.728 6.96 Ticket to Ride Days of Wonder Avail 1.68 75 2004 63^ 6.719 7.63 Carcassonne - Die Stadt Hans im Gluck Avail 1.30 19 2004 64 6.712 6.79 Go Public Domain Public 2.55 218 65v 6.707 6.90 Alhambra Queen Games Avail 1.75 88 2003 66v 6.699 6.99 Carcassonne - Builders a Hans im Gluck Avail 1.61 59 2003 67 6.694 6.99 Tales of the Arabian Nig West End Games Avail 2.11 58 1985 68v 6.693 7.27 Ticket to Ride Europe Days of Wonder Avail 1.99 30 2005 69 6.681 8.00 Ambition (Church) Mike Church Avail 2.83 13 2003 70 6.663 7.48 Troja/Die Grosse Mauer Kosmos Avail 1.47 21 2001 71^ 6.658 6.86 We the People Avalon Hill OOP 1.78 85 1994 72 6.653 6.78 Morgenland Hans im Gluck Avail 1.79 137 2000 73 6.648 6.96 Paths of Glory GMT Games Avail 3.07 54 1999 74v 6.647 6.79 Babel Kosmos Avail 1.53 116 2000 75v 6.644 7.05 A Game of Thrones Fantasy Flight Avail 1.92 42 2002 76^ 6.642 7.32 Memoir '44 Days of Wonder Avail 1.44 25 2004 77^ 6.642 6.87 Battle Line GMT Games Avail 1.76 74 2000 78v 6.633 6.79 Chinatown Alea OOP 1.71 110 1999 79^ 6.625 6.86 For Sale Ravensburger Avail 1.74 73 1997 80v 6.623 6.91 Blokus Sekkoia Avail 1.76 58 2000 81 6.617 6.89 Schoko & Co. Schmidt OOP 1.57 61 1987 82 6.614 6.77 Battle Cry (Hasbro AH) Hasbro Avalon Avail 2.15 111 2000 83 6.614 6.68 Cosmic Encounter Eon Avail 2.23 277 1977 84^ 6.608 6.76 Die Kaufleute von Amster Jumbo Spiele Avail 1.48 113 2000 85v 6.606 6.92 Dvonn Rio Grande Gam Avail 1.73 54 2001 86 6.602 7.36 Kardinal & Konig: Das Ka Spiele aus Tim Avail 2.01 22 2001 87v 6.602 6.71 Die Sternenfahrer von Ca Kosmos Avail 1.97 150 1999 88^ 6.599 7.11 Santiago Amigo Avail 1.48 33 2003 89v 6.599 6.67 Liar's Dice Milton Bradley Avail 2.08 241 1987 90^ 6.598 7.33 Oltremare Mind the Move Avail 1.48 23 2004 91 6.591 7.06 East Front Columbia Games Avail 2.02 36 1991 92 6.591 6.80 Die Siedler von Nurnberg Kosmos Avail 1.64 80 1999 93^ 6.587 6.86 Daytona 500 Milton Bradley OOP 1.49 61 1990 94 6.585 6.91 Empires in Arms Australian Des Avail 2.33 51 1983 95^ 6.576 6.63 Robo Rally Wizards of the Avail 2.06 327 1994 96 6.569 6.68 Carabande Goldsieber OOP 1.87 150 1996 97^ 6.568 6.95 Anno Domini Fata Morgana Avail 2.15 43 1998 98 6.564 6.80 Starship Catan Mayfair Avail 1.82 69 2001 99^ 6.562 6.82 1856 Mayfair Avail 2.40 64 1995 100 6.560 6.78 Mull & Money Hans im Gluck Avail 1.49 74 2001 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.