| 5 Plays | ||
| aMAZEing Labyrinth, The | 8 plays | rated 7.00 |
| Memoir '44 | 7 plays | rated 7.50 |
| Orchard | 6 plays | rated 6.50 |
| 10 Days in Africa | 5 plays | rated 7.50 |
| Diamant | 5 plays | rated 8.00 |
| Ingenious | 5 plays | rated 8.50 |
| Memoir '44 - Pacific Theater | 5 plays | rated 8.00 |
| 10 Plays | ||
| Alan R. Moon | 15 plays 6 games | 10 Days in Africa (5 plays) Diamant (5 plays) Ticket to Ride (2 plays) Ticket to Ride: Europe (1 plays) Ticket to Ride: Märklin Edition (1 plays) Union Pacific (1 plays) |
| Richard Borg | 15 plays 3 games | Commands & Colors: Ancients (3 plays) Memoir '44 (7 plays) Memoir '44 - Pacific Theater (5 plays) |
| Reiner Knizia | 14 plays 8 games | Ingenious (5 plays) Loot (1 plays) Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (1 plays) Lost Cities (1 plays) Mago Magino (1 plays) Schotten Totten (1 plays) Through the Desert (2 plays) Winner's Circle (2 plays) |
| Games | Plays in 2005 |
| Category 5 | 3 plays |
| Liar's Dice | 3 plays |
| Balloon Cup | 2 plays |
| Blokus | 2 plays |
| Gloom | 2 plays |
| Louis XIV | 2 plays |
| Scepter of Zavandor, The | 2 plays |
| Scotland Yard | 2 plays |