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
