The International Gamers Awards committee is extremely proud to announce the finalists for the 2016 IGA in the General Strategy category.  Games released from July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 are eligible for consideration.

This complete list of this year’s nominees includes:

GENERAL STRATEGY GAMES – Multi Player category

Blood Rage

Designers:  Eric M. Lang

Publishers:  Guillotine Games / Cool Mini or Not

Codenames

Designer:  Vlaada Chvatil

Publishers:  Czech Games Edition

Food Chain Magnate

Designers:  Jeroen Doumen

Publishers:  Splotter Spellen

Grand Austria Hotel

Designer:  Virginio Gigli & Simone Luciani

Publisher:  Lookout Games

Isle of Skye

Designers:  Andreas Pelikan & Alexander Pfister

Publishers:  Lookout Games

Mombasa

Designer:  Alexander Pfister

Publisher:  Eggertspiele

Nippon

Designers:  Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro & Paulo Soledade

Publishers:  What’s Your Game?

Pandemic Legacy

Designers:  Rob Daviau & Matt Leacock

Publishers: Z-Man Games

Quadropolis

Designers: Francois Gandon

Publishers: Days of Wonder

T.I.M.E Stories

Designer:  Peggy Chassenet & Manuel Rozoy

Publisher:  Space Cowboys

GENERAL STRATEGY GAMES – 2 Player category

7 Wonders Duel

Designer:  Antoine Bauza & Bruno Cathala

Publisher:  Repos Productions

Patchwork

Designer:  Uwe Rosenberg

Publishers:  Lookout Games

Raptor

Designer:  Bruno Cathala & Bruno Faidutti

Publishers: Matagot

Star Wars: Rebellion

Designers:  Corey Konieczka

Publisher:  Fantasy Flight Games

Trambahn

Designers:  Helmut Ohley

Publisher:  Lookout Games

For a detailed look at the nominated games, as well as the committee members and their qualifications, please visit the International Gamers Awards website at:

http://www.internationalgamersawards.net

The International Gamers Awards were created to recognize outstanding games and designers, as well as the companies that publish them. The awards are truly international in scope, with committee members representing countries throughout the world. The goal is to give greater exposure for these wonderful games to more and more people and help spread the word of the “wonderful world of gaming” on a global scale.

For more information, contact:
Greg J. Schloesser
greg@gschloesser.net

[Editor’s Note – While this award is independent in nature, the Opinionated Gamers are big supporters of it.  In fact, 6 of the current IGA jury members are contributors to this blog: Greg Schloesser, Dale Yu, Larry Levy, W. Eric Martin, Andrea Ligabue and Alan How.]