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Here is the breakdown of games in Green Ronin's excellent Hobby Games: The 100 Best by year. First by decade, then by year. Note that this uses the publication date in Hobby Games: The 100 Best, and notably is for the specific edition written about by the author, which is sometimes later than initial publication.
| 1950-1959 | 2 | |
| 1960-1969 | 4 | |
| 1970-1979 | 16 | |
| 1980-1989 | 26 | |
| 1990-1999 | 28 | |
| 2000-2009 | 24 | |
| 1958 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 1 | |
| 1960 | 0 | |
| 1961 | 0 | |
| 1962 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 1 | |
| 1964 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 2 | |
| 1967 | 0 | |
| 1968 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 1 | |
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 5 | |
| 1978 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 4 | |
| 1983 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 4 | |
| 1985 | 5 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 2 | |
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 5 | |
| 1992 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |