The Pearple's Choice Awards 2021

Boardgames Shut Up and Sit Down
22

Good plan! I’ve added the Mature Pearple (best game from 2016) to the list. If you’ve already nominated, feel free to add something for this too!

4 Likes
23

2016 was a great year!

Great Western Trail
Terraforming Mars
Star Wars Rebellion before I’ve even looked at the list

A Feast for Odin
Star Wars Destiny (which I loved at the time)
Ice Cool!

1 Like
24

Flamme Rouge, Black Orchestra, Talon, Captain Sonar, 2016 edition Robo Rally…

1 Like
25

:joy: found it

1 Like
26

Is there a way to do and advanced search on BGG only of expansions??

1 Like
27

In your collection you can filter for expansions. Found it only there…

28

I don’t have any expansions from 2021… so cannot vote for any of them. I will have a look around other games by memory…

30
Nomination log calculations

Best Game:
Selecting Blood on the Clocktower (12/1), Equinox (12/1), Free Ride (12/1), Hadrian’s Wall (12/1), Kabuto Sumo (12/1), Luzon Rails (12/1), Summoner Wars 2nd edition (12/1), Unfathomable (12/1), Whale Riders (12/1)
Eliminated Blood on the Clocktower (12/1), Equinox (12/1), Free Ride (12/1), Hadrian’s Wall (12/1), Kabuto Sumo (12/1), Luzon Rails (12/1), Summoner Wars 2nd edition (12/1), Unfathomable (12/1), Whale Riders (12/1)
Selecting 7 Wonders: Architects (15/1), Ankh: Gods of Egypt (15/1), Descent (15/1), Destinies (15/1), Sleeping Gods (15/1)
Eliminated 7 Wonders: Architects (15/1), Ankh: Gods of Egypt (15/1), Descent (15/1), Destinies (15/1), Sleeping Gods (15/1)
Selecting Beyond the Sun (30/1), Hansa Teutonica Big Box (30/1), Mind MGMT (30/1), ORGANISM (30/1), Shamans (30/1)
Eliminated Beyond the Sun (30/1), Hansa Teutonica Big Box (30/1), Mind MGMT (30/1), ORGANISM (30/1), Shamans (30/1)
Selecting Kemet: Blood and Sand (50/2)
Eliminated Kemet: Blood and Sand (50/2)
Nominees:
Bristol 1350
Bullet♥
Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
Oath
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 2

Best Cooperative Game:
Selecting Burgle Bros 2 (15/1), Roll Camera (15/1), The Loop (15/1)
Eliminated Burgle Bros 2 (15/1), Roll Camera (15/1), The Loop (15/1)
Selecting Descent (20/1), Sleeping Gods (20/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Bullet♥
Descent
Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape
Mind MGMT
Sleeping Gods
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
Unfathomable

Best Heavy Game:
Selecting Imperium: Classics (15/1), Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (15/1)
Eliminated Imperium: Classics (15/1), Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (15/1)
Selecting 1840: Vienna Tramways (20/1), 18DO (20/1), 18Mag: Hungarian Railway (20/1), Hadrian’s Wall (20/1), Pax Viking (20/1)
Eliminated 1840: Vienna Tramways (20/1), 18DO (20/1), 18Mag: Hungarian Railway (20/1), Hadrian’s Wall (20/1), Pax Viking (20/1)
Selecting Blood on the Clocktower (30/1), Mercado de Lisboa (30/1), The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (30/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Blood on the Clocktower
Kemet: Blood and Sand
Mercado de Lisboa
Oath
Sleeping Gods
Steampunk Rally Fusion
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea

Best Light Game:
Selecting Cascadia (12/1), Equinox (12/1), Flourish (12/1), Galaxy Trucker (12/1), Kabuto Sumo (12/1), Radlands (12/1), Summoner Wars 2nd edition (12/1), The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (12/1), The Fuzzies (12/1), Yura Yura Penguin (12/1)
Eliminated Cascadia (12/1), Equinox (12/1), Flourish (12/1), Galaxy Trucker (12/1), Kabuto Sumo (12/1), Radlands (12/1), Summoner Wars 2nd edition (12/1), The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (12/1), The Fuzzies (12/1), Yura Yura Penguin (12/1)
Selecting Cubitos (15/1), Descent (15/1), Destinies (15/1), The Initiative (15/1)
Eliminated Cubitos (15/1), Descent (15/1), Destinies (15/1), The Initiative (15/1)
Selecting Art Robbery (30/1), Bristol 1350 (30/1), Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape (30/1), Mind MGMT (30/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Art Robbery
Bristol 1350
Bullet♥
Canvas
Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape
Mind MGMT
Railroad Ink Challenge
Unfathomable

Best Soloable Game:
Selecting Agropolis (12/1), Flourish (12/1), Imperium: Classics (12/1), Red Rising (12/1), Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (12/1)
Eliminated Agropolis (12/1), Flourish (12/1), Imperium: Classics (12/1), Red Rising (12/1), Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (12/1)
Selecting Chronicles of Crime: 2400 (15/1), Descent (15/1), Destinies (15/1), Sleeping Gods (15/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Bullet♥
Chronicles of Crime: 2400
Descent
Destinies
Hadrian’s Wall
Railroad Ink Challenge
Sleeping Gods
Storm Above the Reich

Best Thematic Game:
Selecting Chronicles of Crime: 2400 (15/1), Descent (15/1), Destinies (15/1), Sleeping Gods (15/1)
Eliminated Chronicles of Crime: 2400 (15/1), Descent (15/1), Destinies (15/1), Sleeping Gods (15/1)
Selecting Burgle Bros 2 (20/1), Roll Camera (20/1), Summoner Wars 2nd edition (20/1), Unfathomable (20/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Burgle Bros 2
Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
Kemet: Blood and Sand
Oath
Roll Camera
Summoner Wars 2nd edition
Unfathomable

Best Game Artwork:
Selecting Dream Crush (12/1), Equinox (12/1), Excavation Earth (12/1), Free Ride (12/1), Furnace (12/1), Meadow (12/1), Whale Riders (12/1)
Eliminated Dream Crush (12/1), Equinox (12/1), Excavation Earth (12/1), Free Ride (12/1), Furnace (12/1), Meadow (12/1), Whale Riders (12/1)
Selecting Descent (15/1), Flourish (15/1), Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed (15/1), Gladius (15/1), Jekyll vs. Hyde (15/1), Mind MGMT (15/1), So You’ve Been Eaten (15/1), Stella: Dixit Universe (15/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Canvas
Descent
Flourish
Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
Gladius
Jekyll vs. Hyde
Mind MGMT
Oath
Radlands
Shamans
So You’ve Been Eaten
Stella: Dixit Universe

Best Expansion:
Selecting Glen More II: Chronicles – Highland Games (20/1), Millennium Blades: Collusion (20/1), Obsession: Useful Box (20/1)
Eliminated Glen More II: Chronicles – Highland Games (20/1), Millennium Blades: Collusion (20/1), Obsession: Useful Box (20/1)
Selecting Chronicles of Crime: 2400 (30/1), Kemet: Blood and Sand - Book of the Dead (30/1), Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns (30/1), Railroad Ink: Lush Green Edition (30/1), Ride the Rails: Australia & Canada (30/1), Root: Clockwork Expansion (German edition) (30/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Chronicles of Crime: 2400
Kemet: Blood and Sand - Book of the Dead
MicroMacro Full House
Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns
Railroad Ink Challenge: Epic Board
Railroad Ink: Lush Green Edition
Ride the Rails: Australia & Canada
Root: Clockwork Expansion (German edition)
Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 2

Erik Tengblad Award:
Selecting 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties (12/1), Brass: Birmingham (12/1), Bärenpark (12/1), Fields of Arle (12/1), For What Remains (12/1), Glen More II: Chronicles (12/1), Impulse (12/1), Lost Cities (12/1), New York Zoo (12/1), Shards of Infinity (12/1), Stephenson’s Rocket (12/1), Terra Nova (12/1), The Lost Ruins of Arnak (12/1), Tokyo Metro (12/1)
Eliminated 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties (12/1), Brass: Birmingham (12/1), Bärenpark (12/1), Fields of Arle (12/1), For What Remains (12/1), Glen More II: Chronicles (12/1), Impulse (12/1), Lost Cities (12/1), New York Zoo (12/1), Shards of Infinity (12/1), Stephenson’s Rocket (12/1), Terra Nova (12/1), The Lost Ruins of Arnak (12/1), Tokyo Metro (12/1)
Selecting Antiquity (15/1), Beyond the Sun (15/1), Calico (15/1), Dune Imperium (15/1)
Eliminated Antiquity (15/1), Beyond the Sun (15/1), Calico (15/1), Dune Imperium (15/1)
Selecting Architects of the West Kingdom (20/1), Firefly (20/1), Keyflower (20/1), The Crew (20/1)
Eliminated Architects of the West Kingdom (20/1), Firefly (20/1), Keyflower (20/1), The Crew (20/1)
Selecting Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter + The Dark Judges (30/1), Regicide (30/1), Sagrada (30/1), Xia: Legends of a Drift System (30/1)
Eliminated Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter + The Dark Judges (30/1), Regicide (30/1), Sagrada (30/1), Xia: Legends of a Drift System (30/1)
Selecting Great Western Trail (40/2), Terraforming Mars (40/2), Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar (40/2)
Eliminated Great Western Trail (40/2), Terraforming Mars (40/2), Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar (40/2)
Nominees:
878 Vikings
A War of Whispers
Spirit Island
Tigris and Euphrates
Troyes
Wir Sind Das Volk

Best Game Review:
Selecting Cascadia (SUSD) (12/1), Descent (NPI) (12/1), Robin Hood (SUSD) (12/1), Science Fiction Games (NPI) (12/1), Sleeping Gods (NPI) (12/1), The Mere Anarchy of John Company (Space-Biff) (12/1), What Makes a Game Worth Recommending (SVWAG) (12/1)
Eliminated Cascadia (SUSD) (12/1), Descent (NPI) (12/1), Robin Hood (SUSD) (12/1), Science Fiction Games (NPI) (12/1), Sleeping Gods (NPI) (12/1), The Mere Anarchy of John Company (Space-Biff) (12/1), What Makes a Game Worth Recommending (SVWAG) (12/1)
Selecting Kanban EV (NPI) (20/1), Rococo (SUSD) (20/1)
Eliminated Kanban EV (NPI) (20/1), Rococo (SUSD) (20/1)
Nominees:
City of the Big Shoulders SUSD
Colonialism (NPI)
Detective: City of Angels (SUSD)
Hostage Negotiator: Career (SUSD)
Oath (SUSD)
Railroad Ink & Expansions (SUSD)

Minutewalt Award:
Selecting Codenames (20/1), Hardback (20/1)
Eliminated Codenames (20/1), Hardback (20/1)
Selecting Rallyman: GT (30/1), Say Anything (30/1), Star Trek: Ascendancy (30/1)
Eliminated Rallyman: GT (30/1), Say Anything (30/1), Star Trek: Ascendancy (30/1)
Selecting Codenames: Duet (60/1), Haiclue (60/1), Just One (60/1), Mysterium (60/1), Welcome To… (60/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Codenames: Duet
Haiclue
Just One
Mysterium
Oath
Twilight Struggle
Wavelength
Welcome To…

pillbox Award:
Selecting 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties (12/1), 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient Express (12/1), Root (12/1), War of the Ring: Second Edition (12/1)
Eliminated 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties (12/1), 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient Express (12/1), Root (12/1), War of the Ring: Second Edition (12/1)
Selecting Tyrants of the Underdark (20/1), Unfathomable (20/1)
Eliminated Tyrants of the Underdark (20/1), Unfathomable (20/1)
Selecting Dune (30/1), Empires of the Void II (30/1), Merchants & Marauders (30/1), Twilight Imperium 4th Edition Prophecy of Kings (30/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
Anachrony
Dune
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
Empires of the Void II
Kemet: Blood and Sand
Merchants & Marauders
Sidereal Confluence
The Great Zimbabwe
Twilight Imperium 4th Edition Prophecy of Kings

anti-pillbox Award:
Selecting Beyond the Sun (20/1), Chronicles of Crime: 2400 (20/1), Descent (20/1), Destinies (20/1), Regicide (20/1), Troyes (20/1)
Eliminated Beyond the Sun (20/1), Chronicles of Crime: 2400 (20/1), Descent (20/1), Destinies (20/1), Regicide (20/1), Troyes (20/1)
Selecting Firefly (30/1), Spirit Island (30/1)
Eliminated Firefly (30/1), Spirit Island (30/1)
Selecting A War of Whispers (60/1), Anachrony (60/1), Hansa Teutonica (60/1), La Città (60/1), Roads & Boats (60/1), Root (60/1), Star Trek: Ascendancy (60/1), The Great Zimbabwe (60/1), Viticulture (60/1), Xia: Legends of a Drift System (60/1)
This elimination would leave too few nominees.
Nominees:
A War of Whispers
Anachrony
Hansa Teutonica
La Città
Roads & Boats
Root
Star Trek: Ascendancy
Telestrations (Quebec Edition)
The Great Zimbabwe
Viticulture
Xia: Legends of a Drift System

Mature Pearple:
Selecting Captain Sonar (12/1), Evolution Climate (12/1), ICECOOL (12/1), Mech vs Minions (12/1), Millennium Blades (12/1), Quartermaster General 1914 (12/1), Santorini (12/1), Tempel des Schreckens (12/1), Yokohama (12/1)
Eliminated Captain Sonar (12/1), Evolution Climate (12/1), ICECOOL (12/1), Mech vs Minions (12/1), Millennium Blades (12/1), Quartermaster General 1914 (12/1), Santorini (12/1), Tempel des Schreckens (12/1), Yokohama (12/1)
Selecting Star Trek: Ascendancy (15/1), V-Commandos (15/1)
Eliminated Star Trek: Ascendancy (15/1), V-Commandos (15/1)
Selecting Citadels (20/1), Clank! (20/1), Great Western Trail (20/1)
Eliminated Citadels (20/1), Clank! (20/1), Great Western Trail (20/1)
Selecting Scythe (35/2)
Eliminated Scythe (35/2)
Selecting Aeon’s End (50/2), Arkham Horror Living Card Game (50/2), The Networks (50/2)
Eliminated Aeon’s End (50/2), Arkham Horror Living Card Game (50/2), The Networks (50/2)
Nominees:
A Feast for Odin
Flamme Rouge
Inis
Junk Art
Star Wars Rebellion
Terraforming Mars

2 Likes
31

2016 was such a great year. I forgot to nominate Great Western Trail but there are still some absolute bangers

2 Likes
32

I failed to notice that that was the official “nominations are over and here’s what you can vote for” post. It’s all quite wall-of-text when expanded, so maybe this edit/reformatting (sans notes on how the lists were obtained) makes it easier for voters?

Voting options

Best Game:

  • Bristol 1350
  • Bullet♥
  • Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
  • Oath
  • The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
  • Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 2

Best Cooperative Game:

  • Bullet♥
  • Descent
  • Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape
  • Mind MGMT
  • Sleeping Gods
  • The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
  • Unfathomable

Best Heavy Game:

  • Blood on the Clocktower
  • Kemet: Blood and Sand
  • Mercado de Lisboa
  • Oath
  • Sleeping Gods
  • Steampunk Rally Fusion
  • The Crew: Mission Deep Sea

Best Light Game:

  • Art Robbery
  • Bristol 1350
  • Bullet♥
  • Canvas
  • Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
  • Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape
  • Mind MGMT
  • Railroad Ink Challenge
  • Unfathomable

Best Soloable Game:

  • Bullet♥
  • Chronicles of Crime: 2400
  • Descent
  • Destinies
  • Hadrian’s Wall
  • Railroad Ink Challenge
  • Sleeping Gods
  • Storm Above the Reich

Best Thematic Game:

  • Burgle Bros 2
  • Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
  • Kemet: Blood and Sand
  • Oath
  • Roll Camera
  • Summoner Wars 2nd edition
  • Unfathomable

Best Game Artwork:

  • Canvas
  • Descent
  • Flourish
  • Galaxy Trucker 2nd Ed
  • Gladius
  • Jekyll vs. Hyde
  • Mind MGMT
  • Oath
  • Radlands
  • Shamans
  • So You’ve Been Eaten
  • Stella: Dixit Universe

Best Expansion:

  • Chronicles of Crime: 2400
  • Kemet: Blood and Sand - Book of the Dead
  • MicroMacro Full House
  • Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns
  • Railroad Ink Challenge: Epic Board
  • Railroad Ink: Lush Green Edition
  • Ride the Rails: Australia & Canada
  • Root: Clockwork Expansion (German edition)
  • Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 2

Erik Tengblad award for best game from an earlier year I only played for the first time in 2021:

  • 878 Vikings
  • A War of Whispers
  • Spirit Island
  • Tigris and Euphrates
  • Troyes
  • Wir Sind Das Volk

Best Game Review:

  • City of the Big Shoulders SUSD
  • Colonialism (NPI)
  • Detective: City of Angels (SUSD)
  • Hostage Negotiator: Career (SUSD)
  • Oath (SUSD)
  • Railroad Ink & Expansions (SUSD)

Minutewalt award: Best socially distanced game:

  • Codenames: Duet
  • Haiclue
  • Just One
  • Mysterium
  • Oath
  • Twilight Struggle
  • Wavelength
  • Welcome To…

pillbox award: Game you’re anticipating but haven’t had a chance to get enough players over yet:

  • Anachrony
  • Dune
  • Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
  • Empires of the Void II
  • Kemet: Blood and Sand
  • Merchants & Marauders
  • Sidereal Confluence
  • The Great Zimbabwe
  • Twilight Imperium 4th Edition Prophecy of Kings

Roger’s anti-pillbox award: Game you have finally had a chance to get the table, and it was worth the wait:

  • A War of Whispers
  • Anachrony
  • Hansa Teutonica
  • La Città
  • Roads & Boats
  • Root
  • Star Trek: Ascendancy
  • Telestrations (Quebec Edition)
  • The Great Zimbabwe
  • Viticulture
  • Xia: Legends of a Drift System

Mature Pearple: best game from 2016:

  • A Feast for Odin
  • Flamme Rouge
  • Inis
  • Junk Art
  • Star Wars Rebellion
  • Terraforming Mars