The Dice Tower is proud to announce the Dice Tower Hall of Fame for board and card games.
Each year in August, when the Dice Tower awards are presented, the Dice Tower staff will vote on games to be added to the Hall of Fame.
Games in the Hall of Fame
- Must be at least ten years old
- Must have a credited designer and publisher (not public domain)
- Must be important to the hobby of board games in terms of quality of design and/or impact on gaming
We realize that there are hundreds of other amazing games that did not make this list, and more deserving games will be added each year as we analyze them and their impact on the hobby. Congratulations to all these games, and we look forward to the Dice Tower Hall of fame growing as more excellent games are brought in upcoming years.
To that end, we would like to introduce you to our initial slate of 110 games, along with their designer and year of release.
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Released: 1903
Designer: Edgar Cayce, Harry Gavitt, George S. Parker
Publisher: (Self-Published)
Category: Card Game, Economic, Negotiation, Party Game, Real-time
Released: 1929
Designer: Paul T. Haskell, Jr., William Henry Storey
Publisher: Basic Fun, Inc.
Category: Children's Game
Released: 1931
Designer: Clifford Von Wickler
Publisher: (Unknown)
Category: Children's Game, Deduction, Nautical, Wargame
Released: 1933
Designer: (Uncredited), Charles Darrow, Elizabeth J. Magie (Phillips)
Publisher: (Unknown)
Category: Economic, Negotiation
Released: 1946
Designer: Jacques Johan Mogendorff
Publisher: Carlit
Category: Abstract Strategy, Bluffing, Deduction, Memory, Napoleonic
Released: 1949
Designer: Anthony E. Pratt
Publisher: Hasbro
Category: Bluffing, Deduction, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Murder/Mystery
Released: 1956
Designer: Edwin S. Lowe
Publisher: (Public Domain)
Category: Children's Game, Comic Book / Strip, Dice, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Music
Released: 1959
Designer: Allan B. Calhamer
Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game Co
Category: Bluffing, Negotiation, Political, Post-Napoleonic, Wargame
Released: 1959
Designer: Albert Lamorisse, Michael I. Levin
Publisher: (Unknown)
Category: Territory Building, Wargame
Released: 1960
Designer: Reuben Klamer, Bill Markham
Publisher: Alga
Category: Children's Game, Economic, Electronic
Released: 1963
Designer: Gordon A. Barlow, Marvin Glass, Harvey "Hank" Kramer, Burt Meyer
Publisher: Arxon
Category: Action / Dexterity, Animals, Children's Game
Released: 1965
Designer: Marvin Glass, John Spinello
Publisher: Alga
Category: Action / Dexterity, Children's Game, Medical
Released: 1971
Designer: Merle Robbins
Publisher: (Unknown)
Category: Number, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Movies / TV / Radio theme
Released: 1972
Designer: Bill Cooke, Alan Turoff
Publisher: Alga
Category: Dice, Real-time, Word Game
Released: 1977
Designer: Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Bill Norton, Peter Olotka
Publisher: Eon
Category: Bluffing, Negotiation, Science Fiction
Released: 1977
Designer: Steve Jackson (I)
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Category: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame
Released: 1977
Designer: Ephraim Hertzano
Publisher: (Unknown)
Category: Abstract Strategy, Card Game, Number
Released: 1979
Designer: Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Peter Olotka
Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game Co
Category: Bluffing, Fighting, Negotiation, Novel-based, Political
Released: 1979
Designer: Theo Coster, Ora Coster, Theora Design
Publisher: Brädspel.se
Category: Children's Game, Deduction, Movies / TV / Radio theme
Released: 1980
Designer: Francis Tresham
Publisher: Hartland Trefoil Ltd.
Category: Ancient, Civilization, Economic, Negotiation
Released: 1981
Designer: Larry Harris, Jr.
Publisher: Jedko Games
Category: Economic, Wargame, World War II
Released: 1981
Designer: Scott Abbot, Chris Haney
Publisher: Diset S. A.
Category: Party Game, Trivia
Released: 1982
Designer: Darwin Bromley, Bill Fawcett
Publisher: Mayfair Games
Category: Economic, Trains, Transportation
Released: 1982
Designer: Raymond Edwards, Suzanne Goldberg, Gary Grady
Publisher: Sleuth Publications
Category: Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Novel-based, Post-Napoleonic, Spies/Secret Agents