Congratulations to the 2008 Charles S. Roberts Award Winners, which were presented at the 2009 World Boardgaming Championships.

Best Pre-WWII era Board Game
Espana 1936 (Devir)
Manoeuvre (GMT Games LLC)
Pursuit of Glory (GMT Games LLC)
Unhappy King Charles (GMT Games LLC)
Warriors of God (Multi Man Publications, Inc.) - WINNER

Best World War II Board Game
Combat Commander Pacific (GMT Games LLC)
Conflict of Heroes (Academy Games) - WINNER
Storm Over Stalingrad (Multi Man Publications, Inc. )
The Devil's Cauldron (Multi Man Publications, Inc.)
Valor of the Guards (Multi Man Publications, Inc.)

Best Post-WWII era Board Game
Birds of Prey (Ad Astra Games)
World at War: Death of the 1st Panzer (Lock n Load Publishing, LLC)
Fields of Fire (GMT Games LLC)
Day of Heroes (Lock n Load Publishing, LLC)
Red Dragon Rising: The Coming War with China (Decision Games) - WINNER

Best Graphic Design
Conflict of Heroes (Academy Games) - WINNER
Monmouth (GMT Games LLC)
The Devil's Cauldron, MMP (Multi Man Publications, Inc.)
Unhappy King Charles (GMT Games LLC)
Warriors of God (Multi Man Publications, Inc.)

Best Desktop Published Game
Caesar XL (Victory Point Games)
First Strike (Schutze Games)
Israeli Independence (Victory Point Games)
June '44 (DDH Games) - WINNER
No Retreat! (Victory Point Games)

Best Magazine Game
Cobra: The Normandy Campaign (Strategy & Tactics, Decision Games)
Guerra a Muerte (Against the Odds, LPS)
Day of the Chariot: Kadesh (Against the Odds, LPS)
Iwo Jima: Rage Against the Marines (Operations, MMP) - WINNER
Red Dragon Rising: The Coming War with China (Strategy & Tactics, Decision Games)

Best Professional Game Magazine
Against the Odds (LPS)
C3i Magazine (RBM Publication) - WINNER
Operations (Multi Man Publications, Inc.)
Strategy & Tactics (Decision Games)
World at War (Decision Games)

Best Amateur Game Magazine
Armchair General (The Weider History Group)
Dispatches from the Bunker (Vic Provost)
Line of Departure (Jim Werbaneth) - WINNER
No Turkeys (Valgames)
Panzer Digest (Minden Games)

James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award
Uwe Eickhart - WINNER
Nicolas Eskubi
Chad Jensen
Nick Richardson
Adam Starkweather

Best Historical/Scenario Article
Combat Commander: Variant Rules by Chad Jensen (C3i Magazine) - CO-WINNER
Flying Colors: Trafalgar Campaign by Mark Barker (C3i Magazine) - CO-WINNER
Making Waves by Brian Youse (Operations Magazine)
4) Throttling Up The Drums: The Luftwaffe & Operation Paukenschlag by J.D. Webster (Against the Odds, LPS)
Twilight Struggle: The Chinese Civil War by Jason Matthews (C3i Magazine)

Best Game Review or Analysis Article
Empire of the Sun: Opening Strategy by Mark Herman (C3i Magazine) - CO-WINNER
Top 20 Games - A Look Back by Steve Carey (C3i Magazine) - CO-WINNER
Card Driven Games, A False Choice by Mark Herman (Against the Odds, LPS)
Keeping the Colonies Loyal by Andrew Mulholland (Against the Odds, LPS)

Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Not awarded this year

Best 20th Century Era Computer Wargame
Not awarded this year

Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME
Not awarded this year