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Expert-level eurogame award Diamant d’Or unveils Civolution, SETI among 2025 finalists

The Diamant d'Or, a prize launched almost a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards, has unveiled its eight finalists for 2025.

Mike Didymus - True
18 December 2024

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Liz Davidson’s Beyond Solitaire podcast wins debut Bobby Nunes Memorial Award, celebrating exceptional media coverage of historical gaming cultural issues

A new award recognising historical gaming’s most exceptional culture writers, podcasters and video essay makers has unveiled interview podcast series Beyond Solitaire as its inaugural winner.

Mike Didymus - True
17 December 2024

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GAMA hunts for tabletop gaming’s best brick-and-mortar stores in latest Power Retail Awards

Board game trade organisation GAMA is looking to celebrate outstanding tabletop gaming retailers again through its fifth annual Power Retail Awards.

Mike Didymus - True
16 December 2024

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The White Castle, Forest Shuffle seal wins in this year’s Gouden Ludo awards

Forest Shuffle has added to its triumph in the German language Deutscher Spiele Preis last month by winning the Gouden Ludo Flemish family game of the year award.

Mike Didymus - True
27 November 2024

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Finalists revealed in debut Bobby Nunes Memorial Award, celebrating exceptional media coverage of historical gaming cultural issues

A new award recognising historical gaming’s most exceptional culture writers, podcasters and video essay makers has unveiled its four debut finalists. The Bobby Nunes Memorial Award was launched this year in memory of the eponymous Robert “Bobby Factor” Nunes –…

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The Porters, a game about Black railway workers fighting to unionise, has triumphed in this year’s Zenobia Award

The Porters, a board game exploring the struggle of early 20th Century Black Canadian railway workers to overcome racism and organise unions, has become the second winner of the Zenobia Award - a contest aimed at lifting up game designers from marginalised groups.

Mike Didymus - True
18 November 2024

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Life in Reterra becomes first board game to win Forest Stewardship Council sustainability award

Life in Reterra, Hasbro's opening gambit for a push into the light-gateway hobby game segment, has become the first board game to win a sustainability leadership award from the Forest Stewardship Council.

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Summit Award reveals 2024 contenders which have best helped draw in players, broaden scope of historical board gaming

The finalists of this year's Summit Award, which aims to recognise historical board games that have attracted new players or introduced new subjects or perspectives to the hobby, have been revealed.

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Nucleum wins Portugal’s game of the year award

Alternative history industrialisation eurogame Nucleum has triumphed in this year's Jogo Do Ano, the Portuguese game of the year award.

Mike Didymus - True
15 October 2024

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Board Game Revolution’s huge Facebook community names Hegemony as its latest Game of the Year

Economic class warfare simulator Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has triumphed in this year's Meeple's Choice awards, which are voted on by members of Board Game Revolution's hefty Facebook groups.

Mike Didymus - True
24 July 2024