Matrix Game of the Year

[Rainbow7]

If 'best' equates with 'most played', then:

1. Titans of Steel
2. Korsun Pocket
3. War in the Pacific

[ravinhood]

SPARTAN/GATES of Troy (2) votes.

2) Tin Soldiers: Caesar

3) hasn't been released yet.

[jvgfanatic]

I'd love to try Tin Soldiers but alas, my holiday budget is so far gone that I heard astronomers saw it somewhere around Jupiter.

[ravinhood]

Tin Soldiers is just the ultimate "different" experience in wargaming. It's like playing with minatures. And when/if they ever really build a huge campaign game out of this engine it will be one of the best to play. Oh and also a "random map generator/random army generator.

[Wayllander]

1.GGW@W

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: Bill Durrant

Running Total

War in the Pacific (June 2004) 17
War Plan Orange (Nov 2005) 11
Crown of Glory (June 2005) 11
GGWAW (March 2005) 9
COTA (soon[&o]) Beta vote 3
BiN (Sept 2004) 3
Star Chamber (Dec 2005) 2
Flashpoint Germany (Jan 2005) 2
HTTR, SPWAW Generals, Lock n Load, Gates of troy all on 1.

More votes anyone?

Are you counting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes as each being worth one vote? Or using some weighting scheme?

[Hertston]

ORIGINAL: Bill Durrant

More votes anyone?

As my previous comments weren't counted as "votes", here's the formal one for 2005, then.

1. Crown of Glory
2. Tin Soldiers: Caesar
3. FPG (which I forgot last time).

I'm pretty depressed by the showing so far for TS, actually. I guess the poll shows mostly just which sold best; TS:C is a MUCH (if totally different) better game than GGWaW (in my very humble opinion, obviously).

[watchtower]

TS is on "the list" for me but Starchamber is taking up all my time.

What a game!!!
Fantastic...............

[Bill Durrant]

Are you counting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes as each being worth one vote? Or using some weighting scheme?

1st 3 points, 2nd 2 pts, 3rd 1 pt

[Ellis]

Matrix Games I own:
HTTR, Spartan, Gates of Troy, Korsun Pocket, Tin Soldiers: Caesar

Most Played:
1. Tin Soldiers: Caesar
2. Gates of Troy (incl Spartan)
3. Korsun Pocket

[Tankerace]

2nd place, I'll take it! [:D]

ORIGINAL: Bill Durrant

Running Total

War in the Pacific (June 2004) 17
War Plan Orange (Nov 2005) 11
Crown of Glory (June 2005) 11
GGWAW (March 2005) 9
COTA (soon[&o]) Beta vote 3
BiN (Sept 2004) 3
Star Chamber (Dec 2005) 2
Flashpoint Germany (Jan 2005) 2
HTTR, SPWAW Generals, Lock n Load, Gates of troy all on 1.

More votes anyone?

[Tanaka]

WITP
Crown of Glory
War Plan Orange
GGWAW

[donkuchi19]

Matrix Games I own: WITP, Puresim Baseball, COG, GG WAW, Reach for the Stars, Campaigns on the Danube, and Gates of Troy and Spartan together.

My votes are:

#1 Puresim Baseball
#2 Gates of Troy and Spartan
#3 WITP

["Joss" Osborne]

Hmmmmm......... one Grand Dame of wargaming seems to have been missed..

#1. Steel Panthers World at War Generals Edition
#2. HTTR
#3. Battles In Normandy
#4. Battles in Italy


I rank BiN over BII as I think it was a larger leap from Korsun Pocket than BII was over BiN.

[Bill Durrant]

Latest Standings

WITP - 22
COG - 18
GGWAW -13
WPO - 12
GoT - 11
TS - 7
Starchamber - 5
SPWAW - 4
BIN -4
FPG -3
ToS - 3
KP - 3
HTTR - 3
COTA - 3
Puresim Baseball - 3
LnL - 1

Only a couple of days more to vote!

[KG Erwin]

If it's not too late, I offer a "Game of the Year" vote to Shaun Sullivan's "Pure Sim Baseball". This was a risk taken by both Shaun & Dave Heath, since Matrix is primarily known as a wargaming company, BUT the risk is paying off. Pure Sim is steadily climbing up the ranks in Baseball Text-Based Sims, and as far as THIS fan is concerned, deserves the top spot in that category.

[Bill Durrant]

Okay voting lines closed

WITP - 22
COG - 18
GGWAW -13
WPO - 12
GoT - 11
TS - 7
Puresim Baseball - 6
Starchamber - 5
SPWAW - 4
BIN -4
FPG -3
ToS - 3
KP - 3
HTTR - 3
COTA - 3
LnL - 1

Interesting point is that a lot of the top choices are newly released games (within the last year) so I guess this proves Matrix is on the right track. One notable exception is BII but I would imagine the most active players hang out in the Run5 Forum.

I suppose the award should really go to Crown of Glory as it is new and ran WitP close. Never played COG - maybe I should try it.

Looking forward to some new titles being released in 2006.

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you all

[ravinhood]

Lol LnL 1 vote hahahah. sorry couldn't resist.