Ep. 201: Award Season

 

What we have been playing!

• (Roy) Marvel Legendary
• (Rob) A Song of Ice and Fire
• (Matt) Nothing

Topic: Spiel and Dice Tower Nominations

 

We discuss the different awards and give our thoughts!

 

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/89902/spiel-des-jahres-nominations-2019-just-one-lama-an

 

• Spiel des Jahres Nominees

 

• Just One
• LAMA
• Werewords

 

• Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominees

 

• Carpe Diem
• Detective: A Modern Crime Boardgame
• Wingspan

 

• Kinderspiel des Jahres Nominees

 

• Fabulantica
• Go Gecko Go!
• Tal der Wikinger

https://www.dicetower.com/dice-tower-awards/2018

 

• Game of the Year Nominees

 

• Root
• Teotihuacan: City of Gods
• Chronicles of Crime
• Underwater Cities
• Brass: Birmingham
• Western Legends
• Architects of the West Kingdom
• Rising Sun
• Everdell
• The Mind

 

• Best Artwork Nominees

 

• Everdell
• Root
• The Grimm Forest
• Cerebria: The Inside World
• Rising Sun

 

• Best Board Game Production Nominees

 

• Fireball Island
• Everdell
• Rising Sun
• The Grimm Forest
• Brass: Birmingham

 

• Best Co-Op Game Nominees

 

• Chronicles of Crime
• The Mind
• Detective: A Modern Crime Boardgame
• Stuffed Fables
• Just One

 

• Best Expansion Nominees

 

• Scythe: The Rise of Fenris
• Terraforming Mars: Prelude
• Roll Player: Monsters & Minions
• Great Western Trail: Rails to the North
• Root: Riverfolk

 

• Best Family Game Nominees

 

• Fireball Island
• Gizmos
• Reef
• Space Base
• My Little Scythe

 

• Best Game from a New Designer Nominees

 

• The Quacks of Quedlinburg
• Chronicles of Crime
• Nyctophobia
• Smartphone Inc.
• The Grimm Forest

 

• Best Game from a Small Publisher Nominees

 

• Root
• Chronicles of Crime
• Vindication
• Obsession
• Underwater Cities

 

• Best Party Game Nominees

 

• Just One
• Decrypto
• The Mind
• Drop It
• Trapwords

 

• Best Reprint Nominees

 

• Fireball Island
• Brass
• Endeavor: Age of Sail
• High Society
• The Estates

 

• Best Strategy Game Nominees

 

• Root
• Teotihuacan: City of Gods
• Coimbra
• Underwater Cities
• Brass: Birmingham

 

• Best Theming Nominees

 

• Western Legends
• Root
• Detective: A Modern Crime Boardgame
• Stuffed Fables
• Chronicles of Crime

 

• Best Two-Player Game Nominees

 

• KeyForge
• War Chest
• Duelosaur Island
• Haven
• Mythic Battles: Pantheon

 

• Most Innovative Game Nominees

 

• Chronicles of Crime
• Nyctophobia
• KeyForge
• The Mind
• Detective: A Modern Crime Boardgame

• How do you feel about different awards and how does it form your opinion have a game?
• Are there specific awards you give special creedence to?
• What game from last year do you think should have been nominated or deserves awards?
• • Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea
  • A Song of Ice and Fire
  • Thanos Rising
  • Hail Hydra

 

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