Wargame of the Year 2006

Hi,

Yup, it's that time of the year again and this time there's even a
Grand Prize for you to win : Arjuna has graciously offered an
autographed boxed copy of Battles from the Bulge (when done) to one
lucky participant. No need to tell you this is a unique item, and to
make it absolutely clear : voting for Conquest of the Aegean will *not*
increase your chances of winning it (*).

The Rules :

1) 1 (wo)man, 1 post - all votes in the open, no emails.
2) The game must have been published in 2006
3) Post your 1st, 2nd and 3rd place choices - 1st place gets 5 points,
2nd gets 3 points, 3rd gets 1 point.
4) Votes must be in before January 15th, 2006
5) In case of a tie, the award is shared.
6) Developers are strongly encouraged to vote as well - there's no
shame in believing your baby is the best looking.

This is what's at stake for the developers - created by Daniel :
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4124492&a=32319414&f=

My vote :

1st place : Conquest of the Aegean
2nd place : Birth of America
3rd place : Cry Havoc

No contest in my mind as to which games should be in the first two
slots, just the order to put them in was a difficult decision. BoA is
undoubtedly the surprise nova star of the year, but COTA is Sirius,
outshining all other regular stars. In the end it was subject matter
that clinched it for COTA. Third place was hard too. Lot's of
contenders but Cry Havoc brought back a flood of good memories and wins
it on emotional grounds.

To refresh your memory on what games got published this year :

Birth of America
Panzer Campaigns 15 - Stalingrad 1942
Defend the Alamo 2 / The Alamo!
Cry Havoc : Test of Faith
Hearts of Iron 2 : Doomsday
Strategic Command 2
Take Command : 2nd Manassas
1483
Battle of the Atlantic
1848
WinSPWW2 Enhanced
Cath'Thir
TOAW III
Conquest of the Aegean
Harpoon 3 - Advanced Naval Warfare
Panzer Command : Operation Winter Storm
For Liberty! (formerly : For Independence)
Distant Guns : The Russo-Japanese War at Sea
Victoria - Revolutions
Blitzkrieg : War in Europe 1939-1945 (Pocket PC and Palm)
Air Campaigns of WWII - Defending the Reich
Napoleonic Wars Online
Down in Flames - Eastern Front
Civil War Battles - Campaign Vicksburg
Panzer Campaigns - Minsk '44
Napoleonic Battles - Jena-Auerstaedt
World at War : A World Divided
Air Assault Task Force
Forge of Freedom : The American Civil War 1861-1865
Future Force Company Commander (F2C2)

If you think I missed one (or several) feel free to add them - this is
not a list of nominees.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

(*) This is how the winner of the autographed boxed copy of Panther
Games' Battles from the Bulge will be decided :

1) Every entry/voter is given a random number by me
2) When the election is over I zip this list, password protect it and
send it to Mr. Beretta and everyone else asking for it - without the
password.
3) I'll ask Mr. Giftzwerg to pick and post a number between 1 and ...
4) I release the password so Mr. Beretta and everyone else can check
who won the game.

Rob Pollard schreef:

> If I can vote for stuff I don't own, I'd also go:
> 3. Birth of America

Sure, no problem.

> My Anti-Vote goes to
> Harpoon ANW edition - Don't ask!

It was suggested (by private email) to also have a "Raspberry Award"
for worst wargame of 2006 but I like to keep it possitive - don't let
that stop someone from holding such a poll though

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx