2021 Nominees

Nominees for Game of the Year

Една дума

Design: Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Soter

Publisher: Paladium Games

Players: 3 - 7

Age: 8+

Length: 20 min.

Original name: Just One

Авалон

Design: Don Eskridge

Publisher: Fantasmagoria

Players: 5 - 10

Age: 13+

Length: 30 min.

Original name: The Resistance: Avalon

BANG! Игра със зарове

Design: Michael Palm & Lukas Zach

Publisher: Black Sea

Players: 3 - 8

Age: 8+

Length: 15 min.

Original name: BANG! The Dice Game

Хайдути

Design: Alexander Torofiev

Publisher: Bulgarian Hstory

Players: 2 - 6

Age: 8+

Length: 45 min.

Original name: Хайдути

Shortlist for Game of the Year:

  • Буквен мармалад (Letter Jam) - Ondra Skoupy (Fantasmagoria)

  • Алена Зора (Red Outpost) - Raman Hryhoryk (Paladium Games)

  • Клуб Детектив (Detective Club) - Olexandr Nevskiy (Fantasmagoria)

  • Един прекрасен свят (It's a Wonderful World) - Frederic Guerard (Fantasmagoria)

Nominees for International Game of the Year

Coatl

Design: Pascale Brassard & Etienne Dubois-Roy

Publisher: Synapses Games

Players: 1 - 4

Age: 10+

Lenght: 30 min.

Calico

Design: Kevin Russ

Publisher: AEG & Flatout Games

Players: 1 - 4

Age: 10+

Length: 30 min.

MicroMacro: Crime City

Design: Johannes Sich

Publisher: Edition Spielwiese & Pegasus Spiele

Players: 1 - 4

Age: 12+

Length: 30 min.

My City

Design: Reiner Knizia

Publisher: KOSMOS

Players: 2 - 4

Age: 10+

Length: 30 min.

Shortlist for International Game of the Year:

  • Tang Garden - Francesco Testini & Pierluca Zizzi (ThunderGryph Games)

  • 5-Minute Mystery - Connor Reed (Wiggles 3D):

  • Fallout Shelter: The Board Game - Andrew Fischer (Fantasy Flight Games):

  • Scape Goat - John Perry (Indie Boards & Cards):

  • Nidavellir - Serge Laget (GRRRE Games):

  • Trekking the World - Charlie Bink (Underdog Games):

  • Biss 20 - Lena & Gunther Burkhardt (Drei Magier Spiele):

Nominees for Expert Game of the Year

Dune: Imperium

Design: Paul Dennen

Publisher: Dire Wolf Entertainment

Players: 1 - 4

Age: 14+

Length: 90 min.

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Design: Min & Elwen

Publisher: Czech Games Edition

Players: 1 - 4

Age: 12+

Length: 90 min.

Paleo

Design: Peter Rustemeyer

Publisher: Hans im Gluck

Players: 1 - 4

Age: 10+

Lenght: 45 min.

Beyond the Sun

Design: Dennis K. Chan

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Players: 2 - 4

Age: 14+

Length: 90 min.

Shortlist for Expert Game of the Year:

  • Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion - Isaac Childres (Cephalofair Games)

  • Small Samurai Empires - Milan Tasevski (Archona Games)

  • Oceans - Nick Bentley, Dominic Crapuchettes, Ben Goldman & Brian O'Neill (North Star Games)

  • Fort - Grant Rodiek (Leder Games)

  • Cosmic Frog - Jim Felli (Devious Weasel Games)

  • Viscounts of the West Kingdom - Shem Phillips & S J Macdonald (Garphill Games)