2023 was a banger year for board games, with more options for our game of the year than we’ve had in more than half a decade. Without further ado here are the nominees and award winners for this year’s awards:
The nominees are:
Best Digital Implementation:
Dune Imperium, Unmatched
Best Family Game:
Dorfromantik: The Board Game, Star Wars: The Deck Building Game, Race to the Raft, Imperial Miners, In the Footsteps of Darwin, Sea Salt and Paper
Best Strategy Game:
Atiwa, Marrakesh, Darwin’s Journey, Age of Innovation, Nucleum, Hegemony, Barcelona, Distilled, Horseless Carriage, Moon
Best Overlooked Gem:
Rebuilding Seattle, Mindbug: First Contact, Votes for Women, Waffle Time, Revive, Mind Space
Best Kickstarter:
Teotihuacan: City of Gods Deluxe Master Set, Moon, Through the Desert, Obsession Characters Expansion
Best 2.0 Release:
Age of Innovation, Point City, Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game, Everdell Farshore, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Ra
Best Solo Game:
Oranienburger Kanal, Mr. President, For Northwood, Cyberion, Ancient Realm
Best Expansion:
Ark Nova: Marine Worlds, Cascadia Landmarks, Beyond the Sun: Leaders of the New Dawn, Darwin’s Journey: Fireland Expansion, Iki Akebono
Game of the Year (Presented as a Top 10 List):
Listen to the full Awards Ceremony on Episode 458 of the podcast here or view the winners below:
Best Digital Implementation: Dune Imperium (Direwolf Digital)
Best Family Game: Imperial Miners (Portal Games)
Best Strategy Game: Nucleum (Board & Dice)
Best Overlooked Gem: Rebuilding Seattle (WizKids Games)
Best Kickstarter: Obsession: Characters Expansion (Kayenta Games)
Best 2.0 Release: Age of Innovation (Capstone Games, Feuerland Spiele)
Best Solo Game: Cyberion (inPatience)
Best Expansion: Darwin’s Journey: Fireland Expansion (Thundergryph Games)
Game of the Year: Presented as a Top Ten List
10. Oranienburger Kanal
09. Sea Salt and Paper
08. Age of Innovation
07. Horseless Carriage
06. Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
05. Barcelona
04. Voidfall
03. Rebuilding Seattle
02. Nucleum
01. Hegemony
