1974
Don Turnbull
1975
James F Dunnigan
1977
Redmond Simonsen
Dungeons & Dragons (TSR, Inc.)
1977
Empire (Empire Games)
1978
John Hill
1979
David Isby
1980
E Gary Gygax
1981
Marc Miller
1982
Steve Jackson
1982
Charles Roberts
1983
Dave Arneson
1984
Frank Chadwick
1986
Lou Zocchi
1987
Greg Stafford
1988
Rick Loomis
1989
Jim Ward
1990
Richard Berg
Sandy Petersen
1991
Don Greenwood
Tom Meier
1993
Ace of Aces (Nova Games)
Diplomacy (Games Research, Inc, The Avalon Hill Company)
Don Featherstone
Michael A. Stackpole
1994
Risk! (Parker Brothers)
Dragon Magazine (TSR, Inc.)
Nigel Findley
Julie Guthrie
Jordan Weisman
1995
Axis & Allies (Nova Games, Milton Bradley)
Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium, Inc.)
Liz Danforth
1996
Darwin Bromley
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (TSR, Inc.)
Cosmic Encounter (Eon Products, Inc.)
Traveller (Game Designers Workshop)
1997
Nuclear War (Flying Buffalo)
BattleTech Mechs & Vehicles (Ral Partha)
Berg's Review of Games (Richard Berg)
Illuminati Play-by-Mail (Adventure Systems, Flying Buffalo, Inc.)
Middle-earth Play-by-Mail (Game Systems, Inc.)
The Courier (Courier Publications)
1998
Richard Garfield
Magic: The Gathering (Wizards of the Coast)
1999
Champions (Hero Systems)
GURPS (Steve Jackson Games)
Greg Costikyan
Larry Elmore
2001
Margaret Weis
Tracy Hickman
Settlers of Catan (Klaus Teuber)
2003
Ed Greenwood
Larry Bond
Loren Wiseman
Bob Charrette
Reiner Knizia
Klaus Teuber
Squad Leader (Avalon Hill)
Warhammer 40K (Games Workshop)
2004
Duke Seifried
Tom Shaw
2005
Aaron Allston
Jolly R. Blackburn
Rodger MacGowan
Dennis Mize (posthumous)
Michael Pondsmith
Star Fleet Battles (Amarillo Design Bureau)
