{"id":2130,"date":"2024-05-15T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:39:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:39:44","slug":"hegemony-lives-up-to-its-name-by-dominating-latest-golden-geek-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/15\/hegemony-lives-up-to-its-name-by-dominating-latest-golden-geek-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegemony lives up to its name by dominating latest Golden Geek Awards, Sky Team also flies high"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Economic class warfare simulator Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has dominated BoardGameGeek’s 18th Annual Golden Geek Awards by winning all three of its nominated categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game, created by veteran Among the Stars designer Vangelis Bagiartakis and board game design newcomer Varnavas Timotheou, triumphed in the Heavy Game of the Year, Innovative and Thematic categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-operative aeroplane landing game Sky Team from Luc Remond also impressed in the awards, taking the prize for 2-Player Game and Cooperative Game and finishing as a runner up in the Innovative and Thematic categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light Game of the Year went to Thunder Road Vendetta, Restoration Games’ revival of the 1986 classic, while nature-themed tableau builder Earth picked up the Medium Game of the Year prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition won the Artwork Presentation Award and was a runner-up for Best Medium Game, Ark Nova: Marine Worlds picked up Best Expansion and That’s Not A Hat finished in top spot for the Party Game category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undaunted: Battle of Britain collected the Wargame award, as well as finishing runner up in the 2-Player Game category, Legacy of Yu won best Solo Game and Waypoints was the winner of the Print Play award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo and co-op-focused One Stop Co-op Shop won Best Podcast, while Unmatched: Digital Edition truimphed in the Best Board Game App category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open world adventure card game Earthborne Rangers managed a trio of runner up awards, in the Cooperative Game, Solo Game and Innovative segments, while Dune Imperium: Uprising managed two runner up nods across Heavy Game of the Year and Thematic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual awards, which are voted on by BoardGameGeek users, have been running since 2006, when Caylus won the Game of the Year award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year’s awards<\/a> saw Heat: Pedal to the Metal and the deluxe version of Cat in the Box both come away with a pair of winners trophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full list of winner and runner up for this year’s awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2-Player Game<\/strong>
Winner – Sky Team<\/a>
Runner Up – Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game<\/a>
Runner Up – Undaunted: Battle of Britain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artwork Presentation<\/strong>
Winner – The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition<\/a>
Runner Up – Earth<\/a>
Runner Up – Voidfall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooperative Game<\/strong>
Winner – Sky Team<\/a>
Runner Up – Earthborne Rangers<\/a>
Runner Up – Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expansion<\/strong>
Winner – Ark Nova: Marine Worlds<\/a>
Runner Up – Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition<\/a>
Runner Up – Cascadia: Landmarks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovative<\/strong>
Winner – Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory<\/a>
Runner Up – Sky Team<\/a>
Runner Up – Earthborne Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light GOTY<\/strong>
Winner – Thunder Road: Vendetta<\/a>
Runner Up – Knarr<\/a>
Runner Up – Faraway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medium GOTY<\/strong>
Winner – Earth<\/a>
Runner Up – The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition<\/a>
Runner Up – The White Castle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavy GOTY<\/strong>
Winner – Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory<\/a>
Runner Up – Dune: Imperium \u2013 Uprising<\/a>
Runner Up – Darwin’s Journey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Party Game<\/strong>
Winner – That’s Not a Hat<\/a>
Runner Up – Dixit: Disney Edition<\/a>
Runner Up – Nekojima<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Print Play<\/strong>
Winner – Waypoints<\/a>
Runner Up – Fliptown<\/a>
Runner Up – Naturopolis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo Game<\/strong>
Winner – Legacy of Yu<\/a>
Runner Up – Earthborne Rangers<\/a>
Runner Up – Earth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thematic Game<\/strong>
Winner – Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory<\/a>
Runner Up – Sky Team<\/a>
Runner Up – Dune: Imperium \u2013 Uprising<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wargame<\/strong>
Winner – Undaunted: Battle of Britain<\/a>
Runner Up – Halls of Hegra<\/a>
Runner Up – The British Way: Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Podcast<\/strong>
Winner – One Stop Co-Op Shop<\/a>
Runner Up – Beyond Solitaire<\/a>
Runner Up – Talk Cardboard<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Board Game App<\/strong>
Winner – Unmatched: Digital Edition<\/a>
Runner Up – Twilight Struggle: Red Sea<\/a>
Runner Up – Fleet the Dice Game<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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