Board Game Arena

The votes have been counted, the tension built, and now... IT IS TIME TO REVEAL THE WINNERS of the first-ever Board Game Arena Awards!

These awards, chosen by none other than YOU, the awesome BGA community, celebrate the hottest games that graced our virtual board in 2023. So, who stole the show?

Best Casual Game: Ticket To Ride Europe (Days of Wonder) – https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga ... rideeurope


Best Regular Game: Heat: Pedal to the Metal (Days of Wonder) –https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=heat


Best Expert Game: Ark Nova (Feuerland) –https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=arknova


Best 2-Player Game: Sky Team (Scorpion Masqué) –https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=skyteam


Best Forest Game: Earth (Inside Up Games) -https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=earth


Find all games and votes details by clicking the official award link:
https://boardgamearena.com/awards

BGA Team's Special Selection!

We couldn't resist picking ONE additional game the BGA team absolutely loves:

Gizmos (CMON) – https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=gizmos




A Big Thank You!

None of this would be possible without the amazing developers, publishers, moderators, tutorial creators, tournament organizers, and translators who all contribute to enrich the BGA experience. You rock!

And a special shoutout to some incredible contributors:

Nekonyancer for your top-notch tutorials.

ufm for porting and localizing many games.

mrdoctor for keeping the competitive spirit alive with tournaments.

thoun for developing the most games released in 2023.

That's all for now, folks! Thanks to all the participants, until next year!

Awww, didn't vote for any of these. But the digital versions aren't bad

The Community-Special-Award should go to the BGA-Team. Y'all make this thing so enjoyable!

Great winners!!!

How does one get the special achievement? Do you need to play the awarded games?

Great idea - thank you! Can't get enough of Forest Shuffle and would be interested to know how it did. Is there somewhere we can see how many votes each received or what place they came please?

MOOMACLEM wrote: ↑22 January 2024, 15:06 Great idea - thank you! Can't get enough of Forest Shuffle and would be interested to know how it did. Is there somewhere we can see how many votes each received or what place they came please?

In the middle of the news, there's the link to see all details : https://boardgamearena.com/awards

thoun wrote: ↑22 January 2024, 15:07

MOOMACLEM wrote: ↑22 January 2024, 15:06 Great idea - thank you! Can't get enough of Forest Shuffle and would be interested to know how it did. Is there somewhere we can see how many votes each received or what place they came please?

In the middle of the news, there's the link to see all details : https://boardgamearena.com/awards

Fascinating! Clearly more people need to try Challengers!

Forest Shuffle was ROBBED! I demand a recount!!!!

This was really fun, but I wish we hadn't ben required to vote in every category in order to vote at all. There were a couple categories that I don't play (like Expert games) but it didn't let me skip so I had to either not participate in voting at all or vote for a random game you've never played. Next time please consider allowing people to only vote in the categories they're familiar with by being able to skip a question, or have a selection "none of these" or "I haven't played any of these games" as a workaround.