Counter Hall of Fame

Election of a game to the Counter Hall of Fame is by voting of Counter readers around September/October each year. A game must have been published over 5 years ago to be eligible for inclusion

 Current games 

Founder
Members
  1998
  • Airlines / Union Pacific
  • Crude / McMulti
  • 1999
  • Die Macher
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • 1829 / 1830
  • Acquire
  • Bluff / "Liar's Dice"
  • Civilisation
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Diplomacy
  • Hare & Tortoise
  • History of the World 
  • Modern Art
  • Railway Rivals
  • 2000
  • Die Siedler von Catan
  • El Grande
  • Medici
  • 2001
    2002
  • Bohnanza
  • Tigris & Euphrates
  • Win, Place & Show
  • 2003
  • Through the Desert
  • Magic: The Gathering
  • Associates 2004
  • Elfenroads / Elfenland
  • Ra
  • Monopoly
  • Poker
  • 2005
  • Carcassonne
  • The Princes of Florence 
  • 2006
  • Can't Stop
  • Funkenschlag
  • Lost Cities
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    TitlePublisherDesigner#Publ
    Date
    Geek
    Info
    Date
    Entered
    1829
    1830
    Avalon Hill Hartland Trefoil
    Avalon Hill
    Francis Tresham 3-9
    3-6
    1974
    1986
    BG Geek BG GeekFounder
    Acquire Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Sid Sackson 3-6 1962 BG GeekFounder
    Airlines /
    Union Pacific
    AbacusSpiele Rio Grande Abacus
    Rio Grande
    Alan R Moon 2-6 1990
    1999
    BG Geek BG Geek1998
    Bluff /
    "Liar's Dice"
    FX Schmid FX Schmid
    (Ravensburger)
    Richard Borg
    Traditional
    2-6 1993 BG GeekFounder
    Bohnanza AmigoRio GrandeAmigo Spiele
    Rio Grande
    Uwe Rosenberg 3-6 1997 BG Geek2002
    Can't Stop Hasbro Franjos Parker (Hasbro)
    Franjos
    Sid Sackson 2-4 1979 BG Geek 2006
    Carcassonne Hans im Gluck Hans im Glück Klaus-Jürgen
    Wrede
    2-5 2000 BG Geek 2005
    Civilisation Gibson Games Hartland Trefoil
    Avalon Hill
    Gibson Games
    Francis Tresham 3-8 1981 BG GeekFounder
    Cosmic EncounterMayfair West End Games Eon
    Mayfair Games
    West End Games
    Games Workshop
    Avalon Hill
    Bill Eberle,
    Jack Kittredge
    & Peter Olotka
    3-6   BG GeekFounder
    Games Workshop Avalon Hill
    Crude /
    McMulti
    Hexagames Hexagames James J
    St Laurent
    2-4 1988 BG Geek 1998
    The Princes of Florence/
    Die Fürsten von Florenz
    Alea Rio Grande Rio Grande
    Alea
    Wolfgang Kramer
    & Richard Ulrich
    2-5 2000 BG Geek 2005
    Die Macher Hans im Gluck Hans im Glück
    Moskito
    Karl-Heinz
    Schmiel
    3-5 1986
    1997
    BG Geek 1999
    Die Siedler
    von Catan
    Siedler Kosmos Klaus Teuber 3-4
    (3-6)
    1995 BG Geek 2000
    Diplomacy Avalon Hill Gibson Games Ariel
    Avalon Hill
    Gibson Games
    Research Games
    Allan B Calhmer 2-7 1959 BG Geek Founder
    Dungeons &
    Dragons
    Wizards TSR
    Wizards of
    the Coast
    E Gary Gygax       1999
    Durch die Würste /
    Through the Desert
    Kosmos Fantasy Flight Games Kosmos
    Fantasy Flight
    Reiner Knizia 2-5 2000 BG Geek 2003
    Elfenroads /
    Elfenland
    Amigo White Wind
    Amigo Spiele
    Alan R Moon 2-6 1992 BG Geek 2004
    El Grande Hans im Gluck Rio Grande Hans im Glück
    Rio Grande
    Richard Ulrich &
    Wolfgang Kramer
    2-5 1995 BG Geek 2000
    Funkenschlag 2F Spiele Rio Grande 2F Spiele
    Rio Grande
    Friedemann Friese 2-6 2001 BG Geek BG Geek 2006
    Euphrat & Tigris /
    Tigris & Euphrates
    Hans im Gluck Mayfair Hans im Glück
    Mayfair
    Reiner Knizia 2-4 1997 BG Geek 2002
    Hare & Tortoise Gibson Games Ravensburger Gibson Games
    Ravensburger
    Abacus
    Rio Grande
    David Parlett 2-6
    or
    2-4
    Before
    1979
    BG Geek Founder
    AbacusSpiele Rio Grande
    History of the
    World
    Gibson Games Ragnar Brothers
    Gibson Games
    Avalon Hill
    Gary Dicken &
    Steve Kendall
    3-6 1991 BG Geek Founder
    Magic:
    The Gathering
    Wizards of the Coast Wizards of
    the Coast
    Richard Garfield 2 1993 BG Geek 2003
    Medici Amigo Rio Grande Amigo Spiel
    Rio Grande
    Reiner Knizia 3-6 1995 BG Geek2000
    Modern Art Hans im Gluck Mayfair Hans im Glück
    Mayfair
    Reiner Knizia 2-5 1996 BG GeekFounder
    Ra Rio Grande Alea Rio Grande
    Alea
    999 Games
    Reiner Knizia 3-5 1999 BG Geek - Ra2004
    Railway Rivals /
    Dampfross
    Games Workshop Schmidt Rostherne Games
    Games Workshop
    Schmidt Spiele
    David Watts 2-6 1983 BG GeekFounder
    Win, Place & Show Avalon Hill 3M
    Avalon Hill
    John B Reilly &
    Thomas M Divall
    3-6 1966 BG Geek2002
    Lost Cities Siedler Rio Grande Kosmos
    Rio Grande
    Reiner Knizia 2 1999 BG Geek 2006