The longest-running award celebrating Dutch language board games has unveiled the nine nominees fighting it out in this year's competition.
Galactic gardening-themed set collection game Gloomies has won this year's Austrian game of the year award, two years after catching the attention of Ravensburger during Italian unpublished game design contest Premio Archimede.
The variety of France's board game publishing industry has been underscored by the newly-announced nominees of this year's As d’Or, the country's highest-profile board game prize.
A trio of gateway hobby board games have emerged as Game of the Year contenders in the Toy Association's latest Toy of the Year awards - a prize traditionally dominated by mass-market games.
Alternative history industrialisation eurogame Nucleum has triumphed in this year's Jogo Do Ano, the Portuguese game of the year award.
Innovative hex and counter wargame Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich has been named Game of the Year at the latest Charles S Roberts Awards, seen by many as the Oscars of wargaming.
Woodcraft, the woodworking eurogame designed by Vladimír Suchý and Ross Arnold, has scooped the Gouden Ludo Flemish expert game of the year prize.
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.
Golden Geek heavy game of the year winner Carnegie is looking to add to its titles after being nominated alongside four other games for Spiel Portugal's game of the year awards.
