Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
The Charles S. Roberts Awards Hall of Fame, formally known as the Clausewitz Award Hall of Fame, is named after legendary military writer Carl von Clausewitz. The recipients of this award have made an important contribution and left their mark on the contemporary hobby of military strategy games and simulations.
The Clausewitz Award is presented with the annual Charles S. Roberts Awards.
On June 20, 2025 it was announced: "Additionally, by unanimous agreement of the CSR Board of Governors, Rodger B. MacGowan is hereby inducted into the Charles S. Roberts Wargaming Hall of Fame. Rodger's designs still set the standard for wargaming graphics. Rodger's contributions to the wargaming hobby and industry are both unquestioned and difficult to equal, and so numerous that they need not be renumerated here. Indeed, CSR leadership would have already inducted him save for his express wish to abide by Charles Roberts' wishes regarding the Awards. His passing in early 2025 affected the Board and all wargamers very deeply; the Awards would not exist today without his guidance and mentorship, and the Board and the CSR team intends to continue this aspect of Rodger's legacy."[1]
Inductees
- See footnote[2]
- 1974 - Charles S. Roberts
- 1974 - Don Turnbull
- 1975 - Jim Dunnigan
- 1976 - Tom Shaw
- 1977 - Redmond A. Simonsen
- 1978 - John Hill
- 1979 - David Isby
- 1980 - E Gary Gygax
- 1981 - Marc W. Miller
- 1982 - Steve Jackson
- 1983 - Dave Arneson
- 1984 - Frank Chadwick
- 1986 - Lou Zocchi
- 1987 - Richard Berg
- 1988 - Ty Bomba
- 1989 - Joseph Balkoski
- 1990 - Jack Greene
- 1991 - Mark Herman
- 1992 - Larry Hoffman
- 1993 - Dean Essig
- 1994 - Don Greenwood
- 1995 - Chris Perello
- 1996 - Ted Raicer
- 1997 - Dave Powell
- 1998 - Vance von Borries
- 2000 - Winston Hamilton
- 2001 - Joseph Miranda
- 2002 - Mark Simonitch
- 2003 - Kevin Zucker
- 2004 - JD Webster
- 2009 - John Butterfield
- 2010 - Richard Borg
- 2011 - Ed Wimble
- 2012 - Brian Youse
- 2013-2018 - No award
- 2019 - Paul Banner[3]
- 2020 - Walter Vejdovsky
- 2021 - Chad Jensen
- 2022 - Dana Lombardy, John Prados, Volko Ruhnke[4]
- 2023 - Tom Dalgliesh, Charles Kibler, Mark McLaughlin
- 2024 - Frédéric Bey, Samuel Craig Taylor, Danny Parker
Footnotes
- ^ "2024 Charles S Robert winners". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
- ^ Chairman and founder, Rodger B. MacGowan, and executive directors Alan Emrich, Danny Holte, John Kranz, and Allan J. Rothberg, are not eligible for the award.
- ^ "2019 Charles S. Roberts Winners". charlieawards.wordpress.com.
- ^ "The Charles S. Roberts Awards Hall of Fame". charlessrobertsawards.com.
External links
- Hall of Fame webpage. Charles S. Roberts Awards website