2003 Nominees

Please note that there is a new "eligibility period" for games in the General Strategy category.

In order for a game to be eligible for the General Strategy category, a game must have been released on or after July 1st of the previous year and no later than June 30th of the current year. This has been done so that finalists and recipients can be announced closer to the more common release dates by game publishers.

However, so as not to overlook the games that were released during the period of January 1st - June 30th of 2002, the committee awarded a special IGA for that time period. The games listed below were the finalists and the winner for that time period.

GENERAL STRATEGY - MULTI-PLAYER

DSCHUNKE - MICHAEL SCHACHT - QUEEN GAMES

GOLDLAND - WOLFGANG KRAMER - GOLD SIEBER

MAGELLAN (PIZZARO & CO.) - TOM LEHMANN - HANS IM GLÜCK / RIO GRANDE GAMES / 999 GAMES

MEXICA - WOLFGANG KRAMER & MICHAEL KIESLING - RAVENSBURGER / RIO GRANDE GAMES

NAUTILUS - BRIGITTE & WOLFGANG DITT - KOSMOS / MAYFAIR GAMES / 999 GAMES

PUEBLO - WOLFGANG KRAMER & MICHAEL KIESLING - RAVENSBURGER / RIO GRANDE GAMES

PUERTO RICO - ANDREAS SEYFARTH - ALEA / RIO GRANDE GAMES

TRANSAMERICA - FRANZ-BENNO DELONGE - WINNING MOVES / RIO GRANDE GAMES / IDENTITY GAMES

WALLENSTEIN - DIRK HENN - QUEEN GAMES

WILDLIFE - WOLFGANG KRAMER - CLEMENTONI

GENERAL STRATEGY - MULTI-PLAYER CATEGORY

New Eligibility Period

ABENTEUER MENSCHEIT (SETTLERS OF THE STONE AGE) - KLAUS TEUBER - KOSMOS / MAYFAIR GAMES

AD ACTA - ANDREA MEYER - BEWITCHED GAMES

AGE OF STEAM - MARTIN WALLACE - WARFROG / WINSOME GAMES

ALHAMBRA - DIRK HENN - QUEEN GAMES

AMUN-RE - REINER KNIZIA - HANS IM GLÜCK / RIO GRANDE GAMES

COLORETTO - MICHAEL SCHACHT - ABACUS SPIELE

DOMAINE - KLAUS TEUBER - KOSMOS / MAYFAIR GAMES

EDEL, STEIN & REICH - REINHARD STEIPE - ALEA

EISZEIT (MAMMOTH HUNTERS) - ALAN MOON & AARON WEISSBLUM - ALEA / RIO GRANDE GAMES

MAGNA GRECIA - LEO COLOVINI & MICHAEL SCHACHT - CLEMENTONI

MARE NOSTRUM - SERGE LAGET - EURO GAMES

NEW ENGLAND - ALAN MOON & AARON WEISSBLUM - GOLD SIEBER / UBER PLAY

PARIS PARIS - MICHAEL SCHACHT - ABACUS SPIELE / RIO GRANDE GAMES

GENERAL STRATEGY - 2-PLAYER CATEGORY

AVALON - LEO COLOVINI - KOSMOS / RIO GRANDE GAMES

BALLOON CUP - STEPHEN GLENN - KOSMOS / RIO GRANDE GAMES

HIVE - JOHN YIANNI - GEN FOUR TWO GAMES

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE CONFRONTATION - REINER KNIZIA - KOSMOS / FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES / 999 GAMES

ODIN'S RAVENS - THORSTEN GIMMLER - KOSMOS / RIO GRANDE GAMES

STREET SOCCER - CORNE VAN MOORSEL - CWALI