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Hall of Fame

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: 1982
Designer: Julian Courtland-Smith
Publisher: Parker Brothers
Category: Adventure, Animals, Bluffing, Nautical
Released: 1983
Designer: Leslie Scott
Publisher: (Unknown)
Category: Action / Dexterity, Party Game
Released: 1983
Designer: Manfred Burggraf, Dorothy Garrels, Wolf Hoermann, Fritz Ifland, Werner Scheerer, Werner Schlegel
Publisher: Ravensburger
Category: Deduction, Travel
Released: 1983
Designer: Robert Harris
Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd.
Category: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting
Released: 1984
Designer: Laura Robinson, Paul Toyne
Publisher: Canada Games
Category: Bluffing, Party Game, Word Game
Released: 1985
Designer: Don Greenwood
Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game Co
Category: Wargame, World War II
Released: 1986
Designer: Urs Hostettler
Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game Co
Category: Negotiation, Political
Released: 1986
Designer: Max J. Kobbert
Publisher: Ravensburger
Category: Children's Game, Maze, Puzzle
Released: 1989
Designer: Stephen Baker
Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd.
Category: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting
Released: 1989
Designer: Brian Hersch
Publisher: Editions ATLAS
Category: Party Game, Real-time, Word Game
Released: 1991
Designer: Urs Hostettler
Publisher: Fata Morgana Spiele
Category: Card Game
Released: 1992
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Category: Card Game, Economic
Released: 1993
Designer: Richard Garfield
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Category: Bluffing, Card Game, Collectible Components, Fantasy, Fighting
Released: 1994
Designer: Wolfgang Kramer
Publisher: AMIGO
Category: Card Game, Number
Released: 1994
Designer: Richard Garfield
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Category: Maze, Miniatures, Racing, Science Fiction
Released: 1995
Designer: Klaus Teuber
Publisher: KOSMOS
Category: Economic, Negotiation
Released: 1995
Designer: Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Category: Medieval, Renaissance
Released: 1996
Designer: Kris Burm
Publisher: Don & Co.
Category: Abstract Strategy
Released: 1996
Designer: Mark Simonitch
Publisher: Valley Games, Inc.
Category: Ancient, Political, Wargame
Released: 1996
Designer: James Ernest
Publisher: Cheapass Games
Category: Humor, Murder/Mystery
Released: 1996
Designer: Takumi Akabane, Tsunekaz Ishihara
Publisher: Copag Cards
Category: Card Game, Collectible Components, Fantasy, Fighting, Video Game Theme
Released: 1997
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher: AMIGO
Category: Card Game, Farming, Negotiation
Released: 1997
Designer: Stefan Dorra
Publisher: 2 Pionki
Category: Card Game, Economic
Released: 1997
Designer: Laurent Lavaur, Eric Randall
Publisher: Eurogames
Category: Racing, Sports
Released: 1997
Designer: Thomas Vuarchex, Pierrick Yakovenko
Publisher: Asmodee
Category: Action / Dexterity, Card Game, Party Game, Real-time
Released: 1997
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Category: Ancient, Civilization, Territory Building
Released: 1998
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: KOSMOS
Category: Abstract Strategy, Animals, Arabian
Released: 1999
Designer: Matthew Kirby, Mark Alan Osterhaus
Publisher: Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
Category: Card Game, Humor, Party Game
Released: 1999
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: KOSMOS
Category: Card Game, Exploration
Released: 1999
Designer: Ted Raicer
Publisher: GMT Games
Category: Wargame, World War I