ted_States" title="United States">United States</a> magazine devoted to games and puzzles. The Games 100 first appeared in the November/December 1980 issue as an alphabetic list of the 100 games preferred by the editors of the magazine. In 1981, <i>Games</i> introduced The Games 100 Contest, which involved identifying pieces from games listed in the Games 100, with the grand prize being more than half of the games on that list. <i>Games</i> continues to publish this list as "The Buyers Guide to Games", brok