Well, the last few significant gaming awards of 2024 have trickled in, so let’s summarize the results in a few posts.

First, Spiel Portugal, a leading Portuguese gaming club, announced the results of their Jogo do Ano award today.  The award focuses on heavier games and the winner this year is Nucleum, by designers Simone Luciani and David Turczi, and published by Board&Dice.  Earlier, Nucleum won the IGA’s Best Multiplayer Game award and was one of four winners of the Meeples Choice Award.  It’s the second JdA victory for Luciani (he won previously for Barrage) and he sixth time he’s been nominated in the award’s 18 year history, more than any other designer.  It’s the first JdA nomination and win for Turczi.

Nucleum beat out four other excellent games which were nominated:  Evacuation, Hegemony, Horseless Carriage, and Scholars of the South Tigris.  Congratulations to Luciani, Turczi, and Board&Dice!