GAMES 100
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GAMES Magazine is a United States-based magazine devoted to games and puzzles, and is published by GAMES Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group. Every year in December, GAMES magazine lists their top 100 favorite games by category. The categories and winners for 2004 were as follows:
| Category | 2004 | 2005 |
| Game of the Year | BuyWord | Australia |
| Abstract Strategy | Yinsh | Sacred Hill |
| Advanced Strategy | Tahuantinsuyu | Louis XIV |
| Family | Vanished Planet | Der Untergang von Pompeji |
| Family Card | Victory & Honor | Die Weinhändler |
| Family Strategy | Alexandros | Primordial Soup |
| Party/Trivia | Cranium Hoopla | Snorta! |
| Historical Simulation | Memoir '44 | Friedrich |
[edit] Hall of Fame
Games Magazine's December buyer's guide also includes a hall of fame for "games that have met or exceeded the highest standards of quality and play value and have been continuously in production for at least 10 years; i.e., classics."[1] This roll includes:
- Acquire
- Axis & Allies
- Blockhead!
- Bridgette
- Civilization
- Clue
- Diplomacy
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Magic: The Gathering
- Mille Bornes
- Monopoly
- Othello
- Pente
- Risk
- Scrabble
- The Settlers of Catan
- Sorry!
- Stratego
- Taboo
- Tribond
- Trivial Pursuit
- Twister
- TwixT
- Yahtzee
