BoardGameGeek has just announced the winners of their Golden Geek awards for 2025.  There are three Game of the Year categories, for best Light, Medium, and Heavy games.  Here are the top three finishers in each category, together with their designers:

Heavy Game of the Year
WINNER – Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, Koltin Thompson)
2nd – Speakeasy (Vital Lacerda)
3rd – Luthier (Dave Beck, Abe Burson)

Medium Game of the Year
WINNER – LotR: Fate of the Fellowship (Matt Leacock)
2nd – Moon C0lony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino)
3rd – Vantage (Jamey Stegmaier)

Light Game of the Year
WINNER – Hot Streak (Jon Perry)
2nd – Magical Athlete (Richard Garfield, Takashi Ishida)
3rd – Toy Battle (Paolo Mori, Alessandro Zucchini)

BGG also announced the winners in the following categories:

2-Player Game – Toy Battle
Artwork & Presentation – The Old King’s Crown
Cooperative Game – LotR: Fate of the Fellowship
Expansion – SETI: Space Agencies
Innovative – Vantage
Party Game – Hot Streak
Print & Play – Dungeons of the Oak Dell
Solo Game – Vantage
Thematic Game – LotR: Fate of the Fellowship
Wargame – Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
Best Podcast – Board Game Hot Takes
Best Board Game App – Ark Nova

Congratulations to all the winning games and designers!