The voting for the 2025 Meeples Choice Awards is complete and, due to ties, there are more winning games than usual.  Instead of the usual three winning games, this time there are five.  The winners are: LORD OF THE RINGS: … Continue reading →

The Spiel des Jahres (SdJ) jury announced the nominated games for the SdJ, Kennerspiel (“connoisseur” games), and Kinderspiel (children’s games) awards earlier today and I think it’s safe to say that nobody had these titles on their Bingo cards. For … Continue reading →

One of my favorite annual game awards is Spiel Portugal’s Jogo do Ano (which is Portuguese for “Game of the Year”).  What I like about it is that the nominated games are all heavier ones and titles like that often … Continue reading →

BoardGameGeek has just announced the winners of their Golden Geek awards for 2025.  There are three Game of the Year categories, for best Light, Medium, and Heavy games.  Here are the top three finishers in each category, together with their … Continue reading →

Well, the 2026 game awards season has finally begun. The American Tabletop Awards have been around since 2019 and they feature an interesting division of games into four categories. The winner in the Complex category is Molly House, designed by … Continue reading →

Well, I guess it’s that time of year again.  I’ve been writing Designer of the Year (DotY) articles for over 20 years, but for those of you who are new to the series (or who suffer from temporary amnesia), let … Continue reading →