Awarded periodically by the Committee, for an innovative wargame or set of rules.
| Year | Winner | Rules |
| 2024 | Adrian Nayler | Blood Red Roses |
| 2012 | Dan Mersey | Dux Bellorum |
| 2010 | John Basset | Spartacus, published at COW and in Nugget |
| 2009 | James Roach and the Ilkley Lads | ‘Fleet of Battle’, as seen at Fiasco 2009 |
| 2006 | Brendon Moyle | Shattered Lances |
| 2003 | Phil Sabin | Strategos |
| 2002 | Graham Evans | Politics by Other Means |
| 1998 | Tony Hughes | Little Wars: Anglo-Saxon Skirmish Rules |
| 1996 | Gareth Simon | Mediaeval Battle System |
| 1994 | Phil Sabin | Phalanx |


