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Congratulations to the 2019 IGA Nominees!
The nominations for the 2019 International Gamers Awards were just announced. Congratulations to these games, designers, and publishers! The IGA is awarded annually by a jury of prominent gamers from around the world, with a stated goal “to recognize outstanding games and … Continue reading
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Tagged Architects of the West Kingdom, Blackout: Hong Kong, Brass: Birmingham, Coimbra, Gettysburg, Gugong, Hadara, International Gamers Awards, Just One, Kero, Keyforge: Call of the Archons, Lincoln, Napoleon Saga, Newton, Res Arcana, Root, Teotihuacan, Underwater Cities, Wingspan
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Congratulations to the 2018 IGA Nominees!
The nominations for the 2018 International Gamers Awards were just announced. Congratulations to these games, designers, and publishers! The IGA is awarded annually by a jury of prominent gamers from around the world, with a stated goal “to recognize outstanding games and … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 Days, Agra, Altiplano, Azul, Claim, Clans of Caledonia, Codenames Duet, Colonial Twilight, Decrypto, Fog of Love, Gaia Project, Gentes, Heaven & Ale, International Gamers Awards, Nusfjord, Pulsar 2849, Rajas of the Ganges, Santa Maria, Shadows in Kyoto, The Fox in the Forest, TransAtlantic
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Congratulations to the 2017 IGA Nominees!
The nominations for the 2017 International Gamers Awards were recently announced. Congratulations to these games, designers, and publishers! The IGA is awarded annually by a jury of prominent gamers from around the world, with a stated goal “to recognize … Continue reading
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Tagged A Feast for Odin, Arkham Horr: The Card Game, Caverna Cave vs Cave, Century: Spice Road, First Class, Gloomhaven, Great Western Trail, Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft, IGAs, International Gamers Awards, Key to the City: London, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Magic Maze, My Goodness They Nominated a Lot of Games This Year, Santorini, Scythe, Star Wars: Destiny, Terraforming Mars, The Colonists, Ulm, Yokohama
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Abluxxen Wins Austria’s Spiel der Spiele Award
Unhappy with the results of the SdJ award? Maybe you’ll feel better about an announcement made a little south of Germany. The Spiel der Spiele, which is Austria’s national game of the year prize, was awarded a couple of weeks … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2014
June 6th, 2014 will mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, better known to many as D-Day. It remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, mounting up huge numbers of casualties on both sides. In honor of those who … Continue reading
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Congratulations to the 2020 Spiel des Jahres nominees!
The Spiel des Jahres jury announced their nominees and recommendations this morning. Congratulations to the nominees! We’ve listed them below, but we’ve only put in the names of the German publishers (or what we assume is the German publisher). Links … Continue reading →