HWD Event History

History of the World (HWD) Event History & Laurels
Updated August 11, 2023

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
	* = 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	2023	150
4	Collinson, Joseph	2022	144
4	Youells, Kevin	2023	144
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
33	Visocnik, Jennifer	2014	34
33	Scarangella, Stephen	2017	34
35	Crowe, Greg	2012	32
36	Fisher, Mike	1999	30
36	Gorman, Patrick	2009	30
36	Hagmaier, Jonathan	2022	30
39	Burch, Joseph	1999	24
39	Kyrkos, Malinda	2001	24
39	Hewitt, David	2018	24
42	Coleman, Terry	2004	23
43	Boynton, Bill	2005	20
43	Mullins, Michael	2007	20
43	Swift, Patti	2019	20
46	Hancock, Chris	1999	18
46	Bean, Paul	2000	18
46	McNay, Ewan	2001	18
46	Elliott, John	2010	18
46	Horn, Mike	2014	18
46	Drozd, Ted	2016	18
46	O'Connor, Ed	2023	18
53	Henning, Nicholas	2000	16
53	Kleist, Eric	2008	16
55	Beswick, Bill	2009	15
55	Waters, Lee	2012	15
55	Miller, Jeff	2022	15
58	Wagner, Duane	2006	14
59	Pacheco, Mike	1999	12
59	Byrd, Chris	2000	12
59	Kutzy, Andrew	2002	12
59	Power, Rachel	2004	12
59	Halberstadt, Jordan	2006	12
59	Long, JamesD.	2007	12
59	Halberstadt, Jef	2008	12
59	Smith, Scott A.	2010	12
59	Harley, Christina	2016	12
68	Davis, Evan	2005	10
68	Beach, Matthew	2009	10
68	Pei, Nicholas	2012	10
71	McCandless, Mark	1999	9
71	Tow, Tim	2001	9
73	Mayer, Stephen	2000	8
73	Trimmer, Chris	2006	8
73	Beyma, Richard	2008	8
76	Destro, Mike	1999	6
76	Rinko, John	1999	6
76	McCarthy, Paul	2000	6
76	Lawson, Ivan	2001	6
76	Mason, Matthew	2001	6
76	Fox, Richard	2002	6
76	Altizer, Keith	2004	6
76	Adamec, Carl	2014	6
84	Bergeron, Raymond M	2001	5
84	Bowling, Scott	2005	5
86	Harley, Rachel	2007	4
86	Warszawski, Aran	2008	4
86	Clement, Ron	2018	4
89	Levine, Jason	1999	3
89	Mullet, Jeff	2001	3