Ogni anno dal 1980, GAMES Magazine ha pubblicato una Buyer's Guide to Games nel numero di fine anno. Tranne per una o due volte nei primi anni '80, l'articolo ha enumerato e recensito 100 giochi ogni anno e per questo è stato soprannominato The GAMES 100.
Inizialmente l'articolo serviva da riferimento per molti giochi disponibili sul mercato, vecchi e nuovi, elencando grandi classici come Monopoly, Cluedo, e Scarabeo (e occasionalmente giocattoli come il Frisbee). Negli anni successivi, si è andato via via focalizzando nel riconoscimento dei migliori e più notevoli boardgame e cardgame.
Nel 1991, GAMES ha cominciato a segnalare i preferiti di ogni categoria designandoli come Best e a selezionare un unico gioco dall'intera lista onorato con il premio di Game of the Year.
Nei primi anni '90, sempre più giochi elettronici vennero inclusi nella lista, arrivando nel 1994 alla designazione di Myst come Game of the Year. A partire dall'anno seguente, i videogiochi vennero separati nell'apposita sezione Electronic Games 100.
La GAMES 100 degli ultimi anni ha incluso man mano sempre più giochi europei d'importazione e, negli scorsi anni, questi titoli hanno dominato la lista e si sono aggiudicati molti premi.
Qui sotto riporto i vincitori dei premi 2006. A questo indirizzo trovate la lista completa di tutte le nomination.
Australia
Australia –- the fifth and smallest continent at the beginning of the 1920s. The economic crisis is yet to come –- Australia is booming. Industrial modernization and development are pursued with vigor to help the economy "down under" progress....
Sacred Hill / High Kings of Tara part of the Project Kells series
Inspired by the Book of Kells and its mesmerizing patterns woven amongst the vellum pages, Project Kells evolved. Standing atop the Hill of Tara and contemplating the conjoined ringforts of Forradh and Teach Chormac, the games of Sacred Hill and High...
Louis XIV English language edition
Slip on the role of clever court attendant and try your luck in the court of Louis XIV. Influence his next decrees. Relax in his radiance on his countless cushions. Bribe ministers and buy generals. Spin intrigue and spread your net in the empire of...
Der Untergang von Pompeji
Pompeji, the city at the foot of the Vesuvius, is at the high point of its development. When the inhabitants of Pompeii begin their daily work in the morning of August 24, 79 A.D., they don't suspect the forthcoming disaster. When Vesuvius erupts...
Die Weinhändler
A '98 Zinfandel for a 20 year old Bordeaux?! Sounds like a great exchange -- so you only pause briefly before you jump at the opportunity! The more noble -- and above all the more ripe -- vintages you store in your wine cellar, the better.
Primordial Soup English language edition of Ursuppe
You control a tribe of amoebas living in Earth's past trying to survive in the Primordial Soup. At first, your amoebas drift along, eating the nutrients that are available, but soon you'll have to figure out how to get to the rapidly depleting supply...
Ursuppe
Each player controls a tribe of primeval Amoebas, at a time in the earth's history when there are no higher forms of life. At the start of the game, the Amoebas can feed, multiply and move in an uncoordinated fashion. By buying Gene cards, players...
Jambo English language edition
Jambo! is the friendly greeting Swahili traders offered their customers in Central Africa before colonization. The players are traders in this day, competing to be the first to earn 60 gold by selling tea, hide, fruits, salt, silk, and trinkets...
Snorta!
Get ready for laughter as your friends and family suddenly start sounding like they were born in a barn! In Snorta each player chooses the sound of a typical farm animal and the fun begins. As players quickly flip over cards, tongue-tied players...
Tipover
You'll flip over Tipover, the three-dimensional mind challlenging game that takes brainteasers to a colorful new level. The object of Tipover is to get your Tipper playing piece from Start to Finish by tipping crates to create paths. To start, set...
Friedrich
It is the summer of 1756. On the eve of the Seven Years War, half of Europe has formed an alliance. Frederick the Great is in deep sorrow: Is the annihilation of Prussia planned? Is it Prussia's defeat or is it Prussia's glory?
Best Abstract Strategy Game Runner Up
Best Advanced Strategy Game Runner Up
Keythedral Second Edition
A keythedral is to be built in the middle of Keydom. Each player directs their workers to obtain the necessary building materials. The most successful player will be rawarded with seats of honor in the keythedral, prestige and victory.
Best Advanced Strategy Game Runner Up
Keythedral numbered limited edition of 600
A keythedral is to be built in the middle of keydom. Your workers are hereby requested to assist in the gathering of materials for the five building phases. Accommodation supplied. Assistance available at a price. All contributors suitably...
Tanz der Hornochsen!
In this colorful boardgame, you try to place your number cards on the correct rows on the game board. However, if one of your cards lands on the wrong space, then you lose points.
Best Family Card Game Runner Up
The Nacho Incident
Make your fortune by smuggling Mexican food into Canada! Mounties are on the prowl, looking for anyone in possession of salsa, jalapenos or black olives. Where some see great risk, you see great reward! Outwit your opponents and the border patrols to win!
Best Family Strategy Game Runner Up
Iglu Iglu
On the hunt for fish and polar foxes the Inuit crosses vast expanses of ice. Not only is there danger from polar bears, the ice is also malicious. Even a firm surface will melt quickly. And soon the ice floes float like small islands on the game...
Fjords
Together, the players first build the map of the fjords, adding their houses in strategic locations as they build. When the map is complete, the players claim territory, trying to block their opponent from as much as possible, while securing these...
Make 'n' Break
You've got 10 wooden building blocks, a timer ticking per the number you rolled & a card showing you what to build in that time. Can you get it right... in the nick of time? When time's up, total the points on your completed building cards & collect...
Turbo Taxi English language edition of Flickwerk
In Turbo Taxi, players try to be as quick as possible in making a town layout which meets the stipulated requirements. They have to add road tiles to a starting tile so that both their taxis can reach their destinations.
Best Historical Simulation Runner Up
Wellington
It is spring 1812. The armies of Napoleonic France are masters of continental Europe. However, there is a festering sore in Spain where despite seemingly overwhelming odds valiant Spanish soldiers and guerrillas with their British allies persevere in...
