Edo-period Japan worker placement game The White Castle has surged to the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek after a much-hyped appearance at this year's Essen Spiel board game fair.
Challengers, a deck-management board game designed to replicate the feel of a digital auto-battler, has continued its powerful run of award wins by being named Italian Game of the Year.
Successful crowdfunding deliveries dominated the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek in September with the arrival of The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition and Voidfall to people's doors.
Planet Unknown, the tile-laying planetary development and colonisation game from Ryan Lambert and Adam Rehberg, has triumphed in this year's Deutscher Spiele Preis - Germany’s biggest board gaming award.
Civilization rebuilding eurogame Revive and Uwe Rosenberg's Oranienburger Kanal have triumphed in this year's International Gamers Awards, a global board game award series which has been running since 1999.
Monster-hunting adventure game The Witcher: The Old World had the most new owners on BoardGameGeek in June, knocking Earth from the top spot it has held for the previous two months.
Fun Facts, Next Station London and Dorfromantik: The Board Game will go head to head in this year's Spiel des Jahres prize, widely considered the biggest award in board gaming.
Voting is open for the Deutsche Spiele Preis, Germany's biggest board gaming award, with winners set to be announced at the Essen Game Fair in October.
Voting has kicked off for BoardGameGeek's 17th Annual Golden Geek Awards, with Blood on the Clocktower leading the nominations as a contender in five categories.
