Best:

And the winner are exaequo...


Commercial boards/Othello: Tsukuda 30-Years Commemorative
(Limited edition with a solid wood board with heavy and solid discs)


Handmade boards: Fiches
(by the Othello Club in Milan, made with wood, canvas and fiches)

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Runner up:


Commercial boards/Othello: Tsukuda wooden luxury

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Podium:

Commercial boards/Othello: Gabriel Tournament Deluxe
Commercial boards/Othello: Tsukuda (Black Base)
Commercial boards/Othello: Tsukuda (White Base)
Commercial boards/Reversi: Wooden Reversi 2
Commercial boards/Reversi: La Ferme Des Abeilles

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Prize to the career:

Ancient boards: Mollet 1882
Ancient boards: Waterman 1882
(The two original rival boards, the original Annex and its possible clone, the very first Reversi)

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Best electronic board:

Electronic boards: Sensory Challenger
(According to testimonials, strong (not the strongest), handy and beautiful)

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Special prizes:

For the highest number of Othello variations:
Variations: FLIP-IT (PC program)
(a 20Kb free DOS program that allows to play an incredible number of Othello variations)

For the board where eating opponents discs is most joyful:
Handmade boards: Marzipan cake
(Fantastic cake that I wish I could have tasted!)

The nicest jem:
Commercial boards/wooden Reversi: Animal Othello
(6x6 with discs made of solid carved wood with animal images, found in a Japanese megastore)

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Worst prizes:

For the least readable board ever:
Computer generated: Country Rivers
(Happy End graphic set)

For the least usable discs ever:
Fake boards: Abalone
(Happy End graphic set)

Special honor: "it's ok, you made a try."
Electronic boards: AiboReversi
(Port of reversi for the robot-dog Aibo, with many problems)

Legenda for my very personal votes:

Usability (concerning disc flipping and how the position overall look is clean):