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
(15/1), Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set, The (15/1)
Eliminated Bullet
(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
(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
(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