History of the World (HWD) Event History & Laurels Updated September 17,2024   World Boardgaming Championships Year Winner Players 1993 Ben Grimes 53 1994 Gordon Bliss 102 1995 Tim Johnson 105 1996 Keith Levy 102 1997 Bruce Monnin 108 1998 Greg Crowe 72 1999 Jonas Borra 68 1999 Mike Fisher* 43 2000 Robert Destro 70 2000 Kevin Wojtaszczyk* 23 2001 Harald Henning 56 2001 Robert Destro* 22 2002 Rolinda Collinson 52 2003 Mike Backstrom 49 2004 Haim Hochboim 55 2005 Mark Pitcavage 42 2006 Craig Yope 44 2007 Gregory Kulp 39 2008 Jeff King 32 2009 Henry Dove 45 2010 Jeff King 50 2011 Kevin Youells 46 2012 Joe Collinson 47 2013 Harald Henning 46 2014 Nathan Barhorst 42 2015 Mark J. Smith 45 2016 Mark J. Smith 48 2017 Akim Munro 44 2018 Ty Hansen 54 2019 Kevin Breza 57 2022 Shane McBee 32 2023 Ty Hansen 48 2024 Ty Hansen 45 * = History of the World with Bidding   BPA Laurels Rank Name Last Total 1 Henning, Harald 2018 239 2 Smith, Mark J 2023 227 3 Hansen, Ty 2024 210 4 Collinson, Joseph 2024 168 5 Youells, Kevin 2024 162 6 destro, Robert 2001 126 7 King, Jeff 2010 124 8 Collinson, Rolinda 2005 90 9 Backstrom, Mike 2003 86 10 Borra, Jonas 2002 84 11 Dove, Henry 2011 80 11 Barhorst, Nathan 2014 80 13 Kulp, Gregory 2011 74 14 Tang, Jamie 2016 72 15 Yope, Craig 2023 68 16 Hochboim, Haim 2004 60 16 Hancock, Christina 2014 60 18 Duchesne, Dominic 2012 54 19 Anderson, Jon 2018 51 20 Pitcavage, Mark 2005 50 20 Munro, Akim 2017 50 20 McBee, Shane 2022 50 23 Kaplan, Allen 2001 48 24 Dandy, Graeme 2015 42 24 Philibert-Larivee, Raphael 2019 42 26 Fournier, Roberto 2023 41 27 Wojtaszczyk, Kevin 2000 40 27 Breza, Kevin 2019 40 29 Hansen, Virginia 2018 38 30 Aarhus, Bob 1999 36 30 Cadden, Tony 2000 36 30 Busch, Peter 2004 36 30 Morris, Dan 2024 36 34 Visocnik, Jennifer 2014 34 34 Scarangella, Stephen 2017 34 36 Crowe, Greg 2012 32 37 Fisher, Mike 1999 30 37 Gorman, Patrick 2009 30 37 Hagmaier, Jonathan 2022 30 40 Burch, Joseph 1999 24 40 Kyrkos, Malinda 2001 24 40 Hewitt, David 2018 24 43 Coleman, Terry 2004 23 44 Boynton, Bill 2005 20 44 Mullins, Michael 2007 20 44 Swift, Patti 2019 20 47 Hancock, Chris 1999 18 47 Bean, Paul 2000 18 47 McNay, Ewan 2001 18 47 Elliott, John 2010 18 47 Horn, Mike 2014 18 47 Drozd, Ted 2016 18 47 O'Connor, Ed 2023 18 54 Henning, Nicholas 2000 16 54 Kleist, Eric 2008 16 56 Beswick, Bill 2009 15 56 Waters, Lee 2012 15 56 Miller, Jeff 2022 15 59 Wagner, Duane 2006 14 60 Pacheco, Mike 1999 12 60 Byrd, Chris 2000 12 60 Kutzy, Andrew 2002 12 60 Power, Rachel 2004 12 60 Halberstadt, Jordan 2006 12 60 Long, JamesD. 2007 12 60 Halberstadt, Jef 2008 12 60 Smith, Scott A. 2010 12 60 Harley, Christina 2016 12 60 O'Connor, Matthew 2024 12 70 Davis, Evan 2005 10 70 Beach, Matthew 2009 10 70 Pei, Nicholas 2012 10 73 McCandless, Mark 1999 9 73 Tow, Tim 2001 9 75 Mayer, Stephen 2000 8 75 Trimmer, Chris 2006 8 75 Beyma, Richard 2008 8 78 Destro, Mike 1999 6 78 Rinko, John 1999 6 78 McCarthy, Paul 2000 6 78 Lawson, Ivan 2001 6 78 Mason, Matthew 2001 6 78 Fox, Richard 2002 6 78 Altizer, Keith 2004 6 78 Adamec, Carl 2014 6 78 Anderson, Erika 2024 6 87 Bergeron, Raymond M 2001 5 87 Bowling, Scott 2005 5 89 Harley, Rachel 2007 4 89 Warszawski, Aran 2008 4 89 Clement, Ron 2018 4 92 Levine, Jason 1999 3 92 Mullet, Jeff 2001 3