The Awards Story
The 1989 Charles S. Roberts Awards were presented at Origins '90 in Atlanta,
Georgia. Origins was held in conjunction with Atlanta's DragonCon that year,
so there were more attendees in costume and science-fiction authors present than
one usually sees at an Origins.
Best Pre-World War II Board Game
&A House Divided 2nd Edition (GDW)
The Far Seas (3W)
Gettysburg: Harvest of Death (3W)
Guns of Cedar Creek (SDI)
&Siege of Jerusalem
(Avalon Hill)
Best World War II Board Game
Blitzkrieg '41 (XTR)
Bloody 110th (The
Gamers)
Edelweiss (Clash of Arms)
&Hitler's Last Gamble (3W)
Turning Point:
Stalingrad (Avalon Hill)
Best Post-World War II Board Game
Donau Front (3W)
Fifth
Fleet (Victory)
Light Division (3W)
&Modern Naval Battles (3W)
Best Twentieth Century Computer Wargame
F-15 Strike Eagle II (MicroProse)
M1 Tank Platoon (MicroProse)
Red Lightning
(Strategic Simulation Limited)
&SimCity (Maxis)
Their Finest Hour (Lucasfilm)
Best Wargaming Graphics
Bloody 110th (The Gamers)
Edelweiss (Clash of Arms)
&Hitler's Last
Gamble (3W)
Modern Naval Battles (3W)
Siege of Jerusalem (Avalon Hill)
Best Professional Game Magazine
Command
Fire & Movement
The General
&Strategy & Tactics
The Wargamer
Best Amateur Game Magazine
&Canadian Wargamers
Journal Der Musketier (Germany)
ETO
&Volunteers
Best Game Review or Analysis Article
Hitler's Last Gamble, by H. Lowoud (The Wargamer 2.17)
Modern Naval Battles, by Rick Swan (Fire & Movement 62)
Edelweiss, by Warren
Kingsley (The Wargamer 2.12)
Imperium Romanum, by David Perlmutter (Fire & Movement 63)
&World War II Anthology, Part I, by Vance Von Borries (Fire
& Movement 60)
Best Historical
Article
The Eagle and the Bear, by King and Bigelow
(Command 1)
Golden Era, by Nofi, Isby, and Balkoski (Strategy & Tactics 128)
&Rush for Glory, by Richard Hitchman (Strategy
& Tactics 127)
James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design
Joseph Balkoski
Ty Bomba
Rodger B. MacGowan
&Modern Naval
Battles (3W)
Up Front (Avalon Hill)
Hall of Fame
Joseph Balkoski:
Designer of:
