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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: 1999
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: alea
Category: Ancient, Mythology
Released: 1999
Designer: Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer
Publisher: Ravensburger
Category: Exploration, Territory Building
Released: 1986
Designer: (Uncredited)
Publisher: Ravensburger
Category: Educational
Released: 2000
Designer: Bernard Tavitian
Publisher: Educational Insights
Category: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building
Released: 2000
Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Category: City Building, Medieval, Territory Building
Released: 2000
Designer: Bruno Faidutti
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Category: Bluffing, Card Game, City Building, Deduction, Fantasy
Released: 2000
Designer: John Yianni
Publisher: Gen42 Games
Category: Abstract Strategy, Animals
Released: 2000
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Category: Adventure, Fantasy, Novel-based
Released: 2001
Designer: Steve Jackson (I)
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Category: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Humor
Released: 2001
Designer: Franz-Benno Delonge
Publisher: Winning Moves Germany
Category: Trains
Released: 2002
Designer: Martin Wallace
Publisher: Warfrog Games
Category: Economic, Trains, Transportation
Released: 2002
Designer: Emiliano Sciarra
Publisher: dV Giochi
Category: American West, Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Fighting
Released: 2002
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: 999 Games
Category: Adventure, Bluffing, Deduction, Fantasy, Movies / TV / Radio theme
Released: 2002
Designer: Andreas Seyfarth
Publisher: alea
Category: City Building, Economic, Farming
Released: 2003
Designer: Dirk Henn
Publisher: Queen Games
Category: Arabian, City Building, Medieval
Released: 2004
Designer: Bruce Glassco, Rob Daviau, Bill McQuillan, Mike Selinker, Teeuwynn Woodruff
Publisher: Avalon Hill Games, Inc.
Category: Adventure, Exploration, Horror, Miniatures
Released: 2004
Designer: Stephen Baker, Rob Daviau, Craig Van Ness
Publisher: Hasbro
Category: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction
Released: 2004
Designer: Richard Borg
Publisher: Days of Wonder
Category: Miniatures, Wargame, World War II
Released: 2004
Designer: Thorsten Gimmler
Publisher: AMIGO
Category: Card Game
Released: 2004
Designer: Friedemann Friese
Publisher: 2F-Spiele
Category: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing
Released: 2004
Designer: Alan R. Moon
Publisher: Days of Wonder
Category: Trains
Released: 2004
Designer: Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
Publisher: Ares Games
Category: Adventure, Fantasy, Miniatures, Novel-based, Territory Building
Released: 2005
Designer: Klaus Miltenberger
Publisher: HABA
Category: Action / Dexterity, Animals, Children's Game
Released: 2005
Designer: Richard Launius, Kevin Wilson
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Category: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Novel-based
Released: 2005
Designer: William Attia
Publisher: Ystari Games
Category: City Building, Economic, Medieval
Released: 2005
Designer: Christian T. Petersen
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Category: Civilization, Negotiation, Political, Science Fiction, Space Exploration
Released: 2005
Designer: Ananda Gupta, Jason Matthews
Publisher: GMT Games
Category: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame
Released: 2005
Designer: Dominic Crapuchettes
Publisher: North Star Games
Category: Bluffing, Party Game, Trivia
Released: 2006
Designer: Susan McKinley Ross
Publisher: MindWare
Category: Abstract Strategy
Released: 2006
Designer: Vlaada Chvátil
Publisher: Czech Board Games
Category: Civilization, Economic