As announced last week at WBC, here are the winners of the Charlies for games released in 2012.

Best Ancient to Napoleonic Era Board Wargame: The Battle of Fontenoy (by Paul Dangel), Clash of Arms Games

Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame: Bloody April (by Terry Simo), GMT Games

Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame: Red Winter (by Mark Mokszycki), GMT Games

Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame: Andean Abyss (by Volko Ruhnke), GMT Games

Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame: Levee en Masse (by John Welch), Victory Point Games

Best 20th Century Era – Modern Computer Wargame: Battle of the Bulge, Shenandoah Studios

Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Board Wargame: Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game (by Jeffrey Kniffen), Fantasy Flight Games

Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Computer Wargame: X-Com: Enemy Unknown, Firaxis 2K Games

Best Magazine Game: Beyond Waterloo (by John Prados), Against the Odds magazine (ATO)

Best Desktop Published (DTP) / Print-and-Play / Postcard Game: City of Confusion: The Battle for Hue, Tet 1968 (by Paul Rohrbaugh), High Flying Dice Games

Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Game: Festung Budapest (by Bill Cirillo), Multi Man Publications, Inc. (MMP)

Best Board Game Graphics: The Battle of Fontenoy (by Charles Kibler), Clash of Arms Games

Best Computer Game Graphics: Battle of the Bulge, Shenandoah Studios

Best Professional Game Magazine: C3i, RBM Publications

Best Amateur Game Magazine: 1914 Dispatches, Oregon Consim Gamers

Best Historical/Scenario Article: 1914 – A postwar Solution for Austria-Hungary’s Mobilization (Michael Resch C3i nr 26)

Best Game Review or Analysis Article: For the People – Defending the Union (by Dave Dockter and Mark Herman), C3i Magazine

James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award: Dean Essig

Clausewitz Award HALL OF FAME: Brian Youse

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