Welcome to our twelfth annual Board Sport Quest Board Sport Awards. Annually we take a while to honor one of the best and most inventive new tabletop video games from the earlier years. For these questioning, why we wait till the next yr to announce our winners, it’s to provide us an opportunity to take a look at the video games that come out later within the yr (like Essen and PAX Unplugged releases).
This yr now we have a complete of 11 award classes that cowl a broad spectrum of gaming. Our editorial staff has spent a ton of time taking part in video games and has chosen a gaggle of titles from final yr that we think about actually excellent. It’s from amongst these nominations that we are going to select a winner. Nevertheless, since we wouldn’t be doing this with out you, our superior readers, you additionally get a vote!
Under is a ballot for every of the 11 classes for which you’ll vote. Our readers right here will collectively get one vote, and together with every member of our editorial employees, the winner will probably be chosen. The voting will probably be open till April eleventh, 2025, and the winners will probably be introduced shortly after.
Congratulations to all of this yr’s nominees!
Greatest Cooperative Sport

Slay the Spire: The Board Sport
Designers: Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, Casey Yano
Rivalry Video games
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Greatest Tactical/Fight Sport

Heroscape: Grasp Set – Age of Annihilation
Designers: Matt Hyra, Dan Blanchett, Sarah Rowan
Renegade Video games
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6: Siege – The Board Sport
Designers: Carlos G.Q.
Mythic Video games, Steamforged Video games
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Star Trek: Into The Unknown – Federation vs. Dominion Core Set
Designer: Max Brooke, Michael Gernes
Wizkids Video games
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Greatest Sport Growth

Unmatched: Slings and Arrows
Designers: Cohen, Daviau, Guberman, Hager, Jacobson, Neff
Restoration Video games
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Arkham Horror: The Card Sport – The Feast of Hemlock Vale
Designer: Michael Boggs, Josiah Harrist, Nicholas Kory
Fantasy Flight Video games
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Crossbows & Catapults: Weapons Cache
Designers: Rob Daviau, Noah Cohen, Brian Neff, Justin Jacobson
Restoration Video games
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Most Revolutionary Sport

Boxtop Pinball: Haunted Home
Designers: Zachary Connelly, Alex Cutler
Pandasaurus Video games
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Greatest Informal Sport

Within the Footsteps of Darwin
Designers: Grégory Grard, Matthieu Verdier
Sorry We Are French
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Greatest Technique/Euro Sport

SETI: Seek for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Designer: TomĂ¡Å¡ Holek
Czech Video games Version
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The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Center-earth
Designer: Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
Repos Manufacturing
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Greatest Card Sport
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Greatest Sport from a Small Writer
Greatest Household/Youngsters Sport
Greatest Reprint/Reimplementation

Heroscape: Grasp Set – Age of Annihilation
Designers: Matt Hyra, Dan Blanchett, Sarah Rowan
Renegade Video games
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Crossbows & Catapults: Fortress Struggle
Designer: Rob Daviau, Noah Cohen, Brian Neff, Justin Jacobson
Restoration Video games
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Firefly: The Sport – tenth Anniversary Collector’s Version
Designer: Aaron Dill, Joe Kepler, George Krubski, Sean Sweigart
Gale Power 9
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Sport of the 12 months

Leviathan Wilds
Designers: Rob Daviau, Noah Cohen, Brian Neff, and Justin Jacobson
Restoration Video games
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Slay the Spire: The Board Sport
Designers: Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, Casey Yano
Rivalry Video games
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The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Center-earth
Designer: Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
Repos Manufacturing
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SETI: Seek for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Designers: TomĂ¡Å¡ Holek
Czech Video games Version
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Observe: Whichever recreation wins Sport of the 12 months will robotically be faraway from any of the above classes besides Greatest Manufacturing Values. Our reasoning is that if a recreation wins Sport of the 12 months, likelihood is it ought to win any of the opposite classes by default. That simply appeared a bit redundant. If a recreation wins Sport of the 12 months, you recognize it’s actually good.