The results of the 2023 International Gamers Awards (IGAs) have just been announced and the winners, together with their designers and publishers, are:
- Best Multiplayer Experience – Revive (Kristian Ostby, Eilif Svensson, Helge Meissner, Anna Wermlund), Aporta Games
- Best 2-player Experience – Oranienburger Kanal (Uwe Rosenberg), Spielworxx
- Best Solo Experience – Earth (Maxime Tardif), Inside Up Games
Revive had a fairly comfortable victory in the Multiplayer category. Finishing second and third in that field were two games co-designed by Simone Luciani. Darwin’s Journey (Luciani, Nestore Mangone) took the #2 spot, while Tiletum (Luciani, Daniele Tascini) finished third. The other nominated Multiplayer games were Heat, Planet Unknown, Marrakesh, Challenger!, Lacrimosa, and Earth.
Oranienburger Kanal narrowly beat out the competition in the 2-player category and gave Rosenberg his fifth IGA award, the most for any designer. Just missing out were Splendor Duel (Bruno Cathala, Marc Andre), which finished second, and Undaunted: Battle of Britain (Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson), which took third. Lacuna and Wingspan Asia were also nominated.
Finally, in the Solo category, Earth won a tie-breaker with Shem Phillips’ Legacy of Yu to claim the top spot. Other nominated games in the category were Resist! and Eleven.
Congratulations to all the winning designers and publishers!
