BGA AWARDS 2025: VOTE NOW! (And discover new games)

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Get ready to celebrate the best of board gaming with the Board Game Arena Awards!
 
Following the success of the first Board Game Arena Awards in 2024, they're back! We invite you to vote for the games released in 2024 that brightened up your evenings.
 
Why these awards?
 
We all love to compete on the virtual board, but we also love to come together to discover hidden gems, share strategies, and celebrate our shared passion. The Awards are a chance to highlight the games that marked the year 2024, while giving you the opportunity to choose your favorites!
 
How does it work?
 
We have identified the games released on BGA in 2024 that have been most popular with players and divided them into several categories to cater to different tastes:
 

• Best Casual Game: For those quick, fun laughs and friendly competition.
• Best Regular Game: For games that offer strategic depth and satisfying complexity.
• Best Expert Game: For true puzzles, where only the sharpest minds will reign supreme.
• Best 2-player Game: For intense head-to-head battles.
• Best Animal Theme: For fans of the animal world.

 
How to vote?
 

• Visit the dedicated page: https://boardgamearena.com/awards.
• Check out the list of nominated games in each category.
• Select your favorite game in each category and click on it.

Note that you can change your vote at any time or click the "reset" button at the bottom of the page to start over.
 
We're trying new stuff and balancing of votes:
 
The main difference between this year and last year is that there are only 4 games in each category.
To vote in a category, you must have played all 4 nominated games at least once before the voting ends. So it's not too late to play them!
You can choose to vote in all categories or only in the ones that interest you.
 
It's your turn to play! Participate in the election of the best board games of 2024 and make your voice heard!
If you don't know some of the nominated titles, don't hesitate to discover them! The Board Game Arena Awards are the perfect opportunity to discover new games that could become your favorites.
 
VOTING ENDS ON FEBRUARY, 3rd 2025 AT 1 PM (UTC+1)
 
May the best games win!
 
P.S.: Follow us on social media with the hashtag #BGAawards to stay up to date on the latest news.

[Earl1846]

River of Gold is an Expert Game??

Guys ... you sure about that?

[katmk]

Love the new approach to voting - it does seem right that you can only really have an opinion on which games are better if you've actually played them.

I'd certainly be interested to know what decides the nominations.

[goldlicht]

Not sure if 10 days will be enough to fill out the gaps. This way it's only for the hardcore users and knowing a game in RL doesnt count. For example I played 7 of the games IRL but not online, this will lead to very few votes this year compared to last year. Who decided which 4 games would make it in every category?

[flolem]

I only played one game in the whole list... wonderful

in another note... 10 days ??? way too short. Not enough time to play turn based game on most of these games...

[yokaigeorge]

And Best Solo Game Award...?

[GTSchemer]

I've only played 3 out of 20, and 10 days is probably too short to finish more in turn based.

[13teFee]

Hey everyone, I think there should be also an award for the best implementation of a game here on BGA It can make a difference in playing a game, espacilly if it's a new game.

[Sarev]

4 out of 4 requirement to vote is stupid, not everyone has the time to learn all of the new games, or might not be interested in some of those.
If I have played 3 out of 4 games in a category, I think I have a good enough coverage to pick my favourite.
You will end up with a very low turnover in the voting, which will make it less accurate.

[matthcs]

who decided which 4 were nominated?