Los premios Charles S. Roberts Awards a juegos bélicos del año pasado.
Charles Swann Roberts (1930-2010) es considerado el creador de los modernos juegos de simulación bélica (wargames) con su juego Tactics en 1952. En 1954 comenzó a vender su juego desde el pueblo de Avalon (Maryland, USA), llamando a su compañía The Avalon Game Company -la que años después llegaría a ser la gran marca de juegos Avalon Hill (Hoy parte de Hasbro). Continuó diseñando juegos y en 1958 editó el primer juego basado en una batalla histórica real: Gettysburg. Su carera como creador y editor continuaría durante años.
El autor de juegos falleció en 2010.
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Desde 1974, los premios más importantes dentro del mundo de los juegos de guerra (wargames) en los Estados Unidos levan su nombre: The Charles S. Roberts Awards (The Charlies), creados por el dueño de la tienda de juegos canadiense John Mansfield. Pero su última edición fue en 2013 (otorgando los premios CSR 2012).
Los premios regresaron en 2019 bajo marca registrada de Rodger B. MacGowan (otro histórico autor de juegos fundamental en la historia de Avalon Hill, GMT, etc.) y dirección de Tim Tow. Fruto de la nueva dirección, han cambiado sus redes sociales, la forma de entregar los premios, y hay nueva web: charlessrobertsawards.com.
La organización de los premios ha hecho públicas nuevas bases y nueva forma de organizar los galardones, con plazos establecidos para las nominaciones, unas votaciones públicas, etc., y la fecha límite del 15 de agosto de 2023 para anunciar los premios CSR 2022 (Un plazo que en años venideros se adelantará al 1 de julio).
Toda la info aquí: charlessrobertsawards.com/award-charter
Veamos los resultados finales de los 2022 Charles S. Roberts Awards for Excellence in the Conflict Simulation Game Industry:
Best Ancients Wargame
414 BC: Siege of Syracuse, Worthington Publishing, designer Dan Fournie
Barbarians at the Gates, Compass Games, designer Kris Van Beurden
Caesar! Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! PSC Games, designer Paolo Mori
WINNER: Great Battles of Julius Caesar Deluxe Edition, GMT Games, designers Richard H. Berg and Mark Herman
The Punic Wars, Bonsai Games, designer Yasushi Nakaguro
Best Medieval Wargame
1212: Navas de Tolosa, Draco Ideas, designer Pablo Sanz
WINNER: Almoravid, GMT Games, designer Volko Ruhnke
Battles of Medieval Britain, self-published by designer Mike Lambo
Breizh 1341, Shakos, designer Laurent Gary
Saladin, Draco Ideas/Shakos, designer Denis Sauvage
Best Gunpowder Wargame
1565: Siege of Malta, Worthington Publishing, designer Maurice Suckling
Fire Stone: Siege of Vienna 1683, Capstone Games, designer Robert DeLeskie
Nagashino 1575 Shizugatake 1583, Serious Historical Games, designer Phillipe Hardy
WINNER: No Peace Without Honor, Compass Games, designer David Meyler
Wars of Religion, France 1562-1598, Fellowship of Simulations, designer Jerome Lefrancq
Best Early Modern Wargame
Bloody Retribution: The Battle of Inkerman, Compass Games, designer Ty Bomba
John Company Second Edition, Wehrlegig Games, designer Cole Wehrle
WINNER: Plains Indian Wars, GMT Games, designer John Poniske
The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857, Hit 'Em With a Shoe, designers Roberta Taylor and Matt Shoemaker
Votes for Women, Fort Circle Games, designer Tory Brown
Best Napoleonic Wargame
1815 Scum of the Earth, Hall or Nothing Productions, designer Tristan Hall
A Crowning Glory: Austerlitz 1805, Against the Odds, designer Ty Bomba
WINNER: Bonaparte in the Quadrilateral, OSG, designer Kevin Zucker
Napoléon 1815, Shakos, designer Denis Sauvage
Siege of Mantua, Hollandspiele, designer Amabel Holland
Best American Civil War Wargame
WINNER: A Most Fearful Sacrifice, Flying Pig Games, designer Hermann Luttmann
Border States, Shakos, designer Stéphane Brachet
Brothers at War: 1862, Compass Games, designer Christopher Moeller
Give Us Victories, Dissimula Edizioni, designer Sergio Schiavi
Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, GMT Games, designer Richard Whitaker
Best Early 20th Century Wargame
WINNER: 1914: Nach Paris, VUCA Simulations, designer Bertrand Munier
Death of an Army, Ypres 1914, Revolution Games, designer Kerry Anderson
Imperial Tide: The Great War, Compass Games, designer Gregory M. Smith
Kaiserkrieg!, White Dog Games, designer Ben Madison
Best World War II Wargame
Arracourt, Multi-Man Publishing, designer Carl Fung
Barbarossa: Army Group Center Second Edition, GMT Games, designer Vance von Borries
Enemy Action: Kharkov, Compass Games, designer John Butterfield
WINNER: Pacific War Second Edition, GMT Games, designer Mark Herman
Undaunted: Stalingrad, Osprey Games, designers David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin
Best Modern Wargame
2 Minutes to Midnight, Plague Island Games, designer Stuart Tonge
WINNER: Flashpoint: South China Sea, GMT Games, designer Harold Buchanan
Resist!, Salt Pepper Games, designers David Thompson, Roger Tankersley, and Trevor Benjamin
Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, GMT Games, designer Jason Matthews
Zurmat, Catastrophe Games, designer Tim Densham
Best Hypothetical Wargame
Case Geld: The Axis Invasion of North America, 1945-46, Compass Games, designer Ty Bomba
CO-OPS, Nuts! Publishing, designers Adrien Biciacci, Guillaume Prévost, and Quentin Rouyre
Die Festung Hamburg, Thin Red Line Games, designer Fabrizio Vianello
Spruance Leader, Dan Verssen Games, designer Dean Brown
WINNER: The Third World War Designer Signature Edition, Compass Games, designer Frank Chadwick
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Wargame
Ginormopod 2050 A.D.: Attack of the Giant Bug Monsters, Hollandspiele, designers Ryan Heilman and Dave Shaw
Nemo's War: The Ultimate Edition, Victory Point Games, designers Christopher Taylor and Alan Emrich
WINNER: The Long Road, Flying Pig Games, designer Mark H. Walker
Wonderland's War, Druid City Games/Skybound Games, designers Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, and Ian Moss
Xenos Rampant, Osprey Games, designers Daniel Mersey and Richard Cowen
Best Solitaire or Cooperative Wargame
American Tank Ace, Compass Games, designer Gregory M. Smith
Enemy Action: Kharkov, Compass Games, designer John Butterfield
Lanzerath Ridge, Dan Verssen Games, designer David Thompson
Resist!, Salt Pepper Games, designers David Thompson, Roger Tankersley, and Trevor Benjamin
WINNER: Skies Above Britain, GMT Games, designers Jerry White and Gina Willis
Best Expansion for an Existing Wargame
Battles For the Shenandoah, for Death Valley, GMT Games, designer Greg Laubach
WINNER: Fall of Saigon, for Fire in the Lake, GMT Games, designers Mark Herman and Volko Ruhnke
II Grass II Crown, for The Grass Crown, Hollandspiele, designer Amabel Holland
Red Storm: Baltic Approaches, for Red Storm, GMT Games, designer Douglas Bush
The Bulge Campaign, for Fields of Fire, GMT Games, designer Ben Hull
Best Wargaming Magazine
Against the Odds
WINNER: Strategy Tactics
Vae Victis
War Diary
World at War
The Redmond A. Simonsen Memorial Award for Outstanding Wargame Presentation
WINNER: A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg, Flying Pig Games
Almoravid: Reconquista and Riposte in Spain, 1085-1086, GMT Games
Donnerschlag: Escape from Stalingrad, VUCA Simulations
Fire Stone: Siege of Vienna 1683, Capstone Games
The James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design
Hermann Luttmann
WINNER: Volko Ruhnke
The Charles S. Roberts Memorial Award for Best New Designer
Dean Brown (Spruance Leader)
Patrick Gebhardt (Donnerschlag)
WINNER: Richard Whitaker (Into the Woods)
CSR Awards (Clausewitz) Hall of Fame Inductees
Dana Lombardy
John Prados
Volko Ruhnke
Wargame of the Year
WINNER: A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg, Flying Pig Games, designer Hermann Luttmann
Almoravid: Reconquista and Riposte in Spain 1085-1086, GMT Games, designer Volko Ruhnke
Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, GMT Games, designer Richard Whitaker
Napoléon 1815, Shakos, designer Denis Sauvage
Undaunted: Stalingrad, Osprey Games, designers David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin
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