The last of the significant 2021 Game of the Year awards were announced recently, so let’s review the results:

• Spiel Portugal conducts the Jogo do Ano every year and the winner for 2021 is Imperial Struggle, designed by Jason Matthews and Ananda Gupta.
• The Japan Boardgame Prize went to Lost Ruins of Arnak.
• Tric Trac magazine announced that the winner of its 2021 award was Dune: Imperium.

With those outcomes in the books, we can put the 2021 gaming award season to bed. Here are the overall results, organized by the winning games:

• Lost Ruins of Arnak (Michaela Stachova, Michal Stach)
  • DSP
  • IGA (best multiplayer)
  • Golden Geeks (best middleweight game)
  • Meeples Choice Awards
  • Japan Boardgame Prize

• MicroMacro: Crime City (Johannes Sich)
  • SdJ
  • Golden Geeks (best lightweight game)
  • As d’Or (2020 General Award)

• Dune: Imperium (Paul Dennen)
  • Meeples Choice Awards
  • As d’Or (Expert)
  • Tric Trac

• The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9 (Thomas Sing)
  • Dice Tower
  • American Tabletop Awards (ATA) (Casual Games)
  • (plus five other 2020 awards)

• Paleo (Peter Rustemeyer)
  • SdJ Kennerspiel

• Dragomino (Bruno Cathala, Marie Fort, Wilfried Fort)
  • SdJ Kinderspiel

• My City (Reiner Knizia)
  • IGA (best 2-player)

• Under Falling Skies (Tomas Uhlir)
  • IGA (best solo)

• Fantasy Realms (Bruce Glassco)
  • a la carte (best card game)

• Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (Isaac Childres)
  • Golden Geeks (best heavyweight game)

• Beyond the Sun (Dennis Chan)
  • Meeples Choice Awards

• Abandon All Artichokes (Emma Larkins)
  • ATA (Early Gamers)

• Calico (Kevin Russ)
  • ATA (Strategy Games)

• Dominations (Eric Dubos, Olivier Melison)
  • ATA (Complex Games)

• 7 Wonders: Architects (Antoine Bauza)
  • As d’Or (General)

• Living Forest (Aske Christiansen)
  • As d’Or (Initiate)

• Imperial Struggle (Jason Matthews, Ananda Gupta)
  • Jogo do Ano