Pearple's Choice Awards 2022: Nominations

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The Pearple’s Choice (as begun by clg6000 on the old forums) is still here! Please send your nominations by private message to @RogerBW; you may nominate in as many categories as you like, up to five items per category. (We’re using the Hugo voting rules which I can explain in more detail if you like.)

Here are the categories and a quick guide to eligibility:

  • Best game of 2022 (should have a BGG publication year of 2022+) BGG
  • Best [type] game of 2022, where BGG pub year is 2022 and [type] is each of:
    • Cooperative (even if it has a competitive mode too) BGG
    • Heavy (probably BGG weight >3) BGG
    • Light (probably BGG weight ≤3) BGG
    • Soloable (including unofficially) BGG
    • Thematic (no formal definition, but what Roger means by this is something that immerses you in its world so that the mechanical decisions you’re making feel like the decisions that your entity in the game’s world would be making; examples include Firefly, ST:A, Flash Point, Spirit Island)
  • Best game artwork (BGG pub year is 2022)
  • Best expansion (BGG pub year is 2022; can be an expandalone but must be combinable with another game)
  • Erik Tengblad award for best game from an earlier year I only played for the first time in 2022 (BGG pub year is earlier than 2022)
  • Best game review (first published in 2022) (not necessarily by SU&SD)
  • Minutewalt award: Best socially distanced game (any game is eligible)
  • pillbox award: Game you’re anticipating but haven’t had a chance to get enough players over yet (any game is eligible)
  • Mature Pearple: best game from 2017.
  • Most Anticipated Game for 2023.

Note that while most of these categories are for games published this year, I’m aware that there are games which were technically published earlier but that didn’t actually reach people until now. So if you want to nominate something that isn’t formally “published in 2022”, just put in a note to say why it should be allowed anyway. Similarly, if your favourite light game has been given a BGG weight of 3.01…

Nominations will close on 2022-12-12T00:00:00Z; voting will run until 2023-01-16T00:00:00Z.

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I’ve sent the link to the SUSD Discord, SUSD subreddit, and posted on the SUSD BGG Guild.

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Thank you! @RossM are you still active on their Disqus comments?

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Yep! I can do that!

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As I am trying to figure out my nominations, I am having thoughts.

a) we really need to make a list of games that came out after nominations but still in 2021 or never had their publishing date adjusted on BGG.
b) we need to move the awards into the New Year.

All the heavy games from 2022 that are on my list I have not had a chance to play yet.

And Ark Nova is officially published in 2021 and it was really not widely available until after…
I am nominating it anyway.

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I agree wholeheartedly. I tried to push the whole thing out until April when we decided to revive the Pearples Choice; that way those of us who aren’t in the industry and don’t have regular weekly gaming to have a chance to receive the game (perhaps even as a Christmas present) and get it played.

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I meant to say we should do this next year though. My post doesn’t seem to make this clear.
This year we do as we planned.

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Remind me next year!

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Just a quick note - I have 13 nominations, and I’ll count them and post the ballot circa 2022-12-12T09:00:00Z. If you haven’t already nominated, this is your last chance.

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Nomination processing details

Best Game:
Selecting Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! (12/1), Cat in the Box (12/1), Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game (12/1), Guards of Atlantis 2 (12/1), Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (12/1), My Father’s Work (12/1), Overstocked (12/1), Pilgrim (12/1), Tales From the Loop: The Board Game (12/1), Titan (12/1)
Eliminated Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! (12/1), Cat in the Box (12/1), Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game (12/1), Guards of Atlantis 2 (12/1), Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (12/1), My Father’s Work (12/1), Overstocked (12/1), Pilgrim (12/1), Tales From the Loop: The Board Game (12/1), Titan (12/1)
Selecting Ark Nova (15/1), Blood on the Clocktower (15/1), Oathsworn (15/1), Wonderland’s War (15/1)
Eliminated Ark Nova (15/1), Blood on the Clocktower (15/1), Oathsworn (15/1), Wonderland’s War (15/1)
Selecting Hidden Leaders (30/1), Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition (30/1), Wormholes (30/1)
Eliminated Hidden Leaders (30/1), Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition (30/1), Wormholes (30/1)
Selecting Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest (35/2), Merchants of the Dark Road (35/2)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
John Company: Second Edition
Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest
Merchants of the Dark Road
Paint the Roses
Planet Unknown
Rankster
Twilight Inscription

Best Cooperative Game:
Selecting Bullet :star: (15/1), Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set, The (15/1)
Eliminated Bullet :star: (15/1), Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set, The (15/1)
Selecting Décorum (20/1)
Eliminated Décorum (20/1)
Nominees:
Horizons of Spirit Island
Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape
Oathsworn
Paint the Roses
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition
Tales From the Loop: The Board Game

Best Heavy Game:
Selecting Carnegie (12/1), Pilgrim (12/1), Successors 4th Edition (12/1), Titan (12/1)
Eliminated Carnegie (12/1), Pilgrim (12/1), Successors 4th Edition (12/1), Titan (12/1)
Selecting Frostpunk: The Board Game (20/1), Guards of Atlantis 2 (20/1), My Father’s Work (20/1), Tales From the Loop: The Board Game (20/1)
Eliminated Frostpunk: The Board Game (20/1), Guards of Atlantis 2 (20/1), My Father’s Work (20/1), Tales From the Loop: The Board Game (20/1)
Nominees:
Ark Nova
Horizons of Spirit Island
John Company: Second Edition
Merchants of the Dark Road
Oathsworn
Twilight Inscription

Best Light Game:
Selecting Bear Raid (12/1), Cat in the Box (12/1), Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game (12/1), Gang of Dice (12/1), Night of the Mummy (12/1), Overstocked (12/1), Star Trek: Missions (12/1)
Eliminated Bear Raid (12/1), Cat in the Box (12/1), Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game (12/1), Gang of Dice (12/1), Night of the Mummy (12/1), Overstocked (12/1), Star Trek: Missions (12/1)
Selecting Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (15/1), Mythic Mischief (15/1), Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side (15/1)
Eliminated Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (15/1), Mythic Mischief (15/1), Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side (15/1)
Selecting Wonderland’s War (20/1)
Eliminated Wonderland’s War (20/1)
Selecting Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition (30/1)
Eliminated Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition (30/1)
Nominees:
Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes!
Hidden Leaders
Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest
Paint the Roses
Planet Unknown
Wormholes

Best Soloable Game:
Selecting Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game (12/1), Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest (12/1), Merchants of the Dark Road (12/1), Planet Unknown (12/1)
Eliminated Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game (12/1), Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest (12/1), Merchants of the Dark Road (12/1), Planet Unknown (12/1)
Selecting Blood on the Clocktower (15/1), Guild of Merchant Explorers (15/1), Ready Set Bet (15/1), Rove (15/1), Successors 4th Edition (15/1), Turing Machine (15/1), Vengeance Roll & Fight (15/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Bargain Basement Bathysphere
Blood on the Clocktower
Guild of Merchant Explorers
John Company: Second Edition
Long Shot
Ready Set Bet
Rove
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition
Successors 4th Edition
Turing Machine
Twilight Inscription
Vengeance Roll & Fight

Best Thematic Game:
Selecting Guards of Atlantis 2 (12/1), Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (12/1), My Father’s Work (12/1), Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side (12/1), Tales From the Loop: The Board Game (12/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Guards of Atlantis 2
Horizons of Spirit Island
John Company
John Company: Second Edition
Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape
My Father’s Work
Oathsworn
Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side
Tales From the Loop: The Board Game
Wonderland’s War

Best Game Artwork:
Selecting Bullet :star: (12/1), Cat in the Box (12/1), Crescent Moon (12/1), Heat: Pedal to the Metal (12/1), Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (12/1), Merchants of the Dark Road (12/1), My Father’s Work (12/1), Mythic Mischief (12/1), Paint the Roses (12/1), Septima (12/1), Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side (12/1), Townfolk Tussle (12/1)
Eliminated Bullet :star: (12/1), Cat in the Box (12/1), Crescent Moon (12/1), Heat: Pedal to the Metal (12/1), Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (12/1), Merchants of the Dark Road (12/1), My Father’s Work (12/1), Mythic Mischief (12/1), Paint the Roses (12/1), Septima (12/1), Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side (12/1), Townfolk Tussle (12/1)
Selecting Flamecraft (15/1), Lacrimosa (15/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Flamecraft
Hidden Leaders
John Company: Second Edition
Lacrimosa
Tales From the Loop: The Board Game
Tribes of the Wind
Wonderland’s War

Best Expansion:
Selecting CDG Solo System (12/1), Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Angmar Awakened Campaign Expansion, The (12/1), Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Angmar Awakened Hero Expansion, The (12/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
CDG Solo System
Dune Imperium: Rise of Ix
Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Angmar Awakened Campaign Expansion, The
Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Angmar Awakened Hero Expansion, The
On Mars: Alien Invasion
Root: The Marauder Expansion
Star Wars Outer Rim: Unfinished Business

Erik Tengblad Award:
Selecting Brass: Birmingham (12/1), Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! (12/1), Clinic: Deluxe Edition (12/1), Cyclades (12/1), Empyreal: Spells & Steam (12/1), Filipino Fruit Market (12/1), Glory to Rome (12/1), Hansa Teutonica Big Box (12/1), Jump Drive (12/1), Kanban EV (12/1), Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth (12/1), Maskmen (12/1), Merchant’s Cove (12/1), Petrichor (12/1), Turn the Tide (12/1)
Eliminated Brass: Birmingham (12/1), Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! (12/1), Clinic: Deluxe Edition (12/1), Cyclades (12/1), Empyreal: Spells & Steam (12/1), Filipino Fruit Market (12/1), Glory to Rome (12/1), Hansa Teutonica Big Box (12/1), Jump Drive (12/1), Kanban EV (12/1), Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth (12/1), Maskmen (12/1), Merchant’s Cove (12/1), Petrichor (12/1), Turn the Tide (12/1)
Selecting Cosmic Encounter (15/1), Gingkgopolis (15/1), Great Western Trail (15/1), Mage Knight (15/1), Pictomania (15/1), Ra (15/1), The Shipwreck Arcana (15/1), Tichu (15/1)
Eliminated Cosmic Encounter (15/1), Gingkgopolis (15/1), Great Western Trail (15/1), Mage Knight (15/1), Pictomania (15/1), Ra (15/1), The Shipwreck Arcana (15/1), Tichu (15/1)
Selecting Disney Villainous (24/2), Everdell (24/2), Honey Buzz (24/2), Rococo (Deluxe) (24/2), The Game (24/2)
Eliminated Disney Villainous (24/2), Everdell (24/2), Honey Buzz (24/2), Rococo (Deluxe) (24/2), The Game (24/2)
Nominees:
Cartographers
Irish Gauge
Onitama
Roads & Boats
Sleeping Gods
Xia: Legends of a Drift System

Best Game Review:
Selecting Dwellings of Eldervale (SVWAG) (15/1), First Impression of Star Wars Outer Rim with Unfinished Business Expansion | Solo Board Game Review (Totally Tabled) (15/1), Reviewing ALL FOUR of Stefan Feld’s City Series! (SU&SD) (15/1), Reviewing EVERY Root Expansion! (SU&SD) (15/1), The Hunters Review - GMT Games - Historical Board Game - Gregory Smith - U-Boat WW2 Game [technically released on 28 Dec, 2021] (Zilla Blitz) (15/1), The Myth of Vagrantsong (NPI) (15/1), We call them Cylons (Space-Biff) (15/1)
Eliminated Dwellings of Eldervale (SVWAG) (15/1), First Impression of Star Wars Outer Rim with Unfinished Business Expansion | Solo Board Game Review (Totally Tabled) (15/1), Reviewing ALL FOUR of Stefan Feld’s City Series! (SU&SD) (15/1), Reviewing EVERY Root Expansion! (SU&SD) (15/1), The Hunters Review - GMT Games - Historical Board Game - Gregory Smith - U-Boat WW2 Game [technically released on 28 Dec, 2021] (Zilla Blitz) (15/1), The Myth of Vagrantsong (NPI) (15/1), We call them Cylons (Space-Biff) (15/1)
Nominees:
Blood on the Clocktower and the History of Mafia and Werewolf (NPI)
Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! (SVWAG)
Calling All Dungeon Masters - Spire RPG Review (SU&SD)
How to Get Into Tabletop RPGs (SU&SD)
Return to Dark Tower (NPI)
Undaunted: Stalingrad (NPI)

Minutewalt Award:
Selecting A Fake Artist Goes To New York (15/1), Codenames (15/1), Dixit (15/1), Hardback (15/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
A Fake Artist Goes To New York
Codenames
Dixit
Hardback
Pax Pamir: Second Edition
Race for the Galaxy
Say Anything
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
Wavelength

pillbox Award:
Selecting 1822: The Railways of Great Britain (12/1), 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient Express (12/1), Beyond the Sun (12/1), Bitoku (12/1), Cryo (12/1), Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (12/1), Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North (12/1), War of the Ring: Second Edition (12/1)
Eliminated 1822: The Railways of Great Britain (12/1), 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient Express (12/1), Beyond the Sun (12/1), Bitoku (12/1), Cryo (12/1), Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (12/1), Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North (12/1), War of the Ring: Second Edition (12/1)
Selecting 18DO (15/1), Dune (15/1), Food Chain Magnate (15/1), Merchants of the Dark Road (15/1), Nemesis: Lockdown (15/1), Northgard: Uncharted lands (15/1), Super Fantasy Brawl (15/1)
Eliminated 18DO (15/1), Dune (15/1), Food Chain Magnate (15/1), Merchants of the Dark Road (15/1), Nemesis: Lockdown (15/1), Northgard: Uncharted lands (15/1), Super Fantasy Brawl (15/1)
Selecting Arkwright (20/1), Guards of Atlantis 2 (20/1), Ortus Regni (20/1)
Eliminated Arkwright (20/1), Guards of Atlantis 2 (20/1), Ortus Regni (20/1)
Nominees:
Forgotten Waters
Journeys in Middle-Earth “Spreading War” campaign
Pax Pamir: Second Edition
Sidereal Confluence: Remastered Edition
Spirit Island
The King’s Dilemma

Mature Pearple:
Selecting 878 Vikings (12/1), Altiplano (12/1), Battle Line: Medieval (12/1), Coldwater Crown (12/1), Ethnos (12/1), Little Town (12/1), My Little Scythe (12/1), Noria (12/1), Notre Dame: 10th Anniversary (12/1), Pirate 21 (12/1), Sidereal Confluence (12/1), The Lost Expedition (12/1), Too Many Bones (12/1), Whitehall Mystery (12/1)
Eliminated 878 Vikings (12/1), Altiplano (12/1), Battle Line: Medieval (12/1), Coldwater Crown (12/1), Ethnos (12/1), Little Town (12/1), My Little Scythe (12/1), Noria (12/1), Notre Dame: 10th Anniversary (12/1), Pirate 21 (12/1), Sidereal Confluence (12/1), The Lost Expedition (12/1), Too Many Bones (12/1), Whitehall Mystery (12/1)
Selecting Azul (35/2), Quest for El Dorado (35/2)
Eliminated Azul (35/2), Quest for El Dorado (35/2)
Selecting The Fox in the Forest (50/2), Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (50/2)
Eliminated The Fox in the Forest (50/2), Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (50/2)
Selecting Bunny Kingdom (60/2), Bärenpark (60/2), Senators (60/2)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Aeon’s End: War Eternal
Bunny Kingdom
Bärenpark
Codenames: Duet
Gloomhaven
Sagrada
Senators
Spirit Island

Most Anticipated Game:
Selecting Aegean Sea (12/1), Bloodstones (12/1), Earthborne Rangers (12/1), Mythic Battles: Ragnarok (12/1), Organisms (12/1), Primal: The Awakening (12/1), Rise and Fall (12/1), Votes for Women (12/1)
Eliminated Aegean Sea (12/1), Bloodstones (12/1), Earthborne Rangers (12/1), Mythic Battles: Ragnarok (12/1), Organisms (12/1), Primal: The Awakening (12/1), Rise and Fall (12/1), Votes for Women (12/1)
Selecting 21Moon (15/1), Arcs (15/1), Assault on Doomrock Ultimate Edition (15/1), Cat in the Box (15/1), Cthulhu: Death May Die Season 3 (15/1), Daybreak (15/1), For Science (15/1), Mind MGMT (15/1), Voidfall (15/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
21Moon
Arcs
Assault on Doomrock Ultimate Edition
Cat in the Box
Cthulhu: Death May Die Season 3
Daybreak
For Science
Frosthaven
Horseless Carriage
Mind MGMT
ORGANISM
Rallyman: DIRT
Rebuilding Seattle
Voidfall