The International Gamers Awards (IGA) have announced their nominated games for 2026. The IGA nominates games in three categories: Best Multiplayer Experience, Best Two-Player Experience, and Best Solo Experience. Here are the nominated games in each category, along with their designers and publishers:
Multiplayer
- LotR: Fate of the Fellowship (Matt Leacock) – Z-Man Games
- Luthier (Dave Beck, Abe Burson) – Paverson Games
- Nippon: Zaibatsu (Nuno Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade) – CrowD Games
- Railway Boom (Hisashi Hayashi) – Arclight Games
- Recall (Kristian Ostby, Helge Meissner, Anna Wermlund, Kjetil Svendsen) – Alion
- Sanctuary (Mathias Wigge) – Feuerland Spiele
- Take Time (Alexi Piovesan, Julien Prothiere) – Libellud
- The Druids of Edora (Stefan Feld) – alea
- World Order (Vangelis Bagiartakis, Varnavas Timotheou) – Hegemonic Project Games
2-Player
- Duel for Cardia (Faouzi Boughida, Mathieu Rivero) – Hans im Gluck
- Moytura (Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson) – Bitewing Games
- Star Wars: Battle of Hoth (Richard Borg, Adrien Martinot) – Days of Wonder
- Tag Team (Corentin Lebrat, Gricha German) – Scorpion Masque
- The White Castle Duel (Israel Cendrero, Sheila Santos) – Devir
- Vantage (Jamey Stegmaier) – Stonemaier Games
Solo
- Ace of Spades (Benjamin Amorin) – Devir
- Hercules and the 12 Labors (Tyler Brown) – Envy Born Games
- LotR: Fate of the Fellowship (Matt Leacock) – Z-Man Games
- Vantage (Jamey Stegmaier) – Stonemaier Games
In addition, the IGA recommends the following two games:
- (Multiplayer) LotR: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game (Bryan Bornmueller) – Office Dog
- (2-Player) Toy Battle (Paolo Mori) – Repos
The nominated games and a good deal of other information can be found at the IGA website (International Gamers Awards). The winning games will be announced in late September. Congratulations to all the nominees!
