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2020 Game Awards Summary
With the announcement yesterday of the Meeples Choice Awards results, the last of the 2020 primary and secondary Game of the Year awards have now been set. So this seems like a good time to summarize which titles have been … Continue reading
Fantasy Realms Wins 2020 a la carte Award
Every year, Fairplay magazine conducts the a la carte award, in which their readers choose their favorite card game of the year. This is a very good award, which consistently rewards excellent games. The results for 2020 were recently announced … Continue reading
Love Meaty Games? Check Out the Jogo do Ano Nominees!
The Spiel Portugal game group has just announced its five nominees for its Jogo do Ano (Game of the Year) award. As opposed to most of the major game awards, which have been trending toward lighter and more accessible games … Continue reading
International Gamers Awards 2021 Nominations Announced
The International Gamers Awards, which has been selecting their Games of the Year for over 20 years, has announced their nominations for their 2021 awards. For this year only, an expanded period of eligibility was used, due to the effects … Continue reading
Congratulations to Voodoo Prince, winner of the Trick-taking Guild’s 2017 “Golden Trickster” award!
A couple of months ago, I created the Trick-taking Guild on BoardGame Geek with the goals of (1) having a forum to discuss trick-taking games, (2) giving an annual award to the best trick taking games of that year, and … Continue reading
The Opinionated Gamers 
The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2020 Edition
For the past few years, our group of gamers has taken their best guess at trying to read the minds of the Spiel des Jahres jury members. The nominations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres will be … Continue reading →