The Dice Tower Gaming Awards

The purpose of the awards is to:

Encourage new developments and innovations in the board game industry.
Promote board and card games to a larger audience
Award the best games in different categories released each year.
Present a slate of games with wide appeal from a variety of genres.
Point out games that are simply fun!

Best Game of the Year Winner

Small World

Philippe Keyaerts
Publisher:

Days of Wonder

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Best Game of the Year Nominees

Dungeon Lords Vlaada (Vladimír) Chvátil Z-Man Games BGG Review Purchase	Chaos in the Old World Eric M. Lang Fantasy Flight Games BGG Review Purchase
Thunderstone Mike Elliott Alderac Entertainment Group BGG Review Purchase	Summoner Wars Colby Dauch Plaid Hat Games BGG Review Purchase

Best Family Game Winner

Small World

Philippe Keyaerts
Publisher:

Days of Wonder

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Best Family Game Nominees

The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac Guillaume Blossier, Frédéric Henry Alderac Entertainment Group BGG Review Purchase	Castle Panic Justin De Witt Fireside Games BGG Review Purchase
Tobago Bruce Allen Rio Grande Games BGG Review Purchase	Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age Matt Leacock Gryphon Games BGG Review Purchase

Best New Game Designer Winner

Summoner Wars

Colby Dauch
Publisher:

Plaid Hat Games

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Best New Game Designer Nominees

Tobago Bruce Allen Rio Grande Games BGG Review Purchase	Endeavor Carl de Visser, Jarratt Gray Z-Man Games BGG Review Purchase
Finca Wolfgang Sentker, Ralf zur Linde Rio Grande Games BGG Review Purchase	Castle Panic Justin De Witt Fireside Games BGG Review Purchase

Best Game Reprint Winner

Tales of the Arabian Nights

Anthony J. Gallela, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Maroney, Zev Shlasinger
Publisher:

Z-Man Games

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Best Game Reprint Nominees

Twilight Struggle Ananda Gupta, Jason Matthews (Self-published) BGG Review Purchase	Space Hulk (third edition) Richard Halliwell Games Workshop Ltd. BGG Purchase
Railways of the World Glenn Drover, Martin Wallace Eagle Games BGG Review Purchase	Dungeon Twister 2: Prison Christophe Boelinger Asmodee BGG Review Purchase

Best Production Value Winner

Space Hulk (third edition)

Richard Halliwell
Publisher:

Games Workshop Ltd.

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Best Production Values Nominees

The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac Guillaume Blossier, Frédéric Henry Alderac Entertainment Group BGG Review Purchase	Chaos in the Old World Eric M. Lang Fantasy Flight Games BGG Review Purchase
Middle-earth Quest Corey Konieczka, Christian T. Petersen, Tim Uren Fantasy Flight Games BGG Review Purchase	Tobago Bruce Allen Rio Grande Games BGG Review Purchase

Best Small Publisher Winner

Summoner Wars

Colby Dauch
Publisher:

Plaid Hat Games

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Best Small Publisher Nominees

Castle Panic Justin De Witt Fireside Games BGG Review Purchase	Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! Kursk 1943 Uwe Eickert, John Hill (I), Dana Lombardy Academy Games BGG Review Purchase
Arcane Legions Tyler Bielman, Jonathon Loucks, Ethan Pasternack, Jordan Weisman Wells Expeditions BGG Purchase	Homesteaders Alex Rockwell Tasty Minstrel Games BGG Review Purchase

Best Party Game Winner

Dice Town

Bruno Cathala, Ludovic Maublanc
Publisher:

Asmodee

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Best Party Game Nominees

Are You the Traitor? Andrew Looney Looney Labs BGG Review Purchase	Aargh!Tect Walter Obert Fantasy Flight Games BGG Purchase
Long Shot Chris Handy Z-Man Games BGG Review Purchase	Word on the Street Jack Degnan Out of the Box BGG Review Purchase

Best Game Expansion Winner

Pandemic: On the Brink

Matt Leacock, Thomas Lehmann
Publisher:

Z-Man Games

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Best Game Expansion Nominees

Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus Expansion Daniel Clark (I), Corey Konieczka, Tim Uren Fantasy Flight Games BGG Review Purchase	Dominion: Intrigue Donald X. Vaccarino Rio Grande Games BGG Review Purchase
Dominion: Seaside Donald X. Vaccarino Rio Grande Games BGG Review Purchase	Railways of England and Wales Martin Wallace Eagle Games BGG Review Purchase

Most Innovative Game Winner

Tobago

Bruce Allen
Publisher:

Rio Grande Games

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Most Innovative Game Nominees

The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac Guillaume Blossier, Frédéric Henry Alderac Entertainment Group BGG Review Purchase	Arcane Legions Tyler Bielman, Jonathon Loucks, Ethan Pasternack, Jordan Weisman Wells Expeditions BGG Purchase
Chaos in the Old World Eric M. Lang Fantasy Flight Games BGG Review Purchase	Summoner Wars Colby Dauch Plaid Hat Games BGG Review Purchase

Best Game Artwork Winner

Small World

Miguel Coimbra

Philippe Keyaerts
Publisher:

Days of Wonder

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Best Game Artwork Nominees

Chaos in the Old World Kevin Childress, Andrew Navaro, Brian Schomburg, Wil Springer, Tim Arney-O'Neil Eric M. Lang Fantasy Flight Games BGG Review Purchase	Space Hulk (third edition) John Blanche, Alex Boyd, David Gallagher,Neil Hodgson, Nuala Kinrade, Paul Dainton, Robin Carey, Adrian Smith Richard Halliwell Games Workshop Ltd. BGG Purchase
Tales of the Arabian Nights Dan Harding, Peter Gifford Anthony J. Gallela, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Maroney, Zev Shlasinger Z-Man Games BGG Review Purchase	Dungeon Lords David Cochard Vlaada (Vladimír) Chvátil Z-Man Games BGG Review Purchase

Best War Game Winner

Richard III: The Wars of the Roses

Tom Dalgliesh, Jerry Taylor
Publisher:

Columbia Games

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Best War Games Nominees

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! Kursk 1943 Uwe Eickert, John Hill (I), Dana Lombardy Academy Games BGG Review Purchase	D-Day at Omaha Beach John H. Butterfield Decision Games (I) BGG Review Purchase
Maria Richard Sivél Histogame BGG Purchase	Field Commander: Alexander Dan Verssen DVG BGG Review Purchase

The Voting Committee

Award design by Jonathan Dietrich

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The Dice Tower Gaming Awards

Best Game of the Year Winner

Small World

Best Game of the Year Nominees

Dungeon Lords

Chaos in the Old World

Thunderstone

Summoner Wars

Best Family Game Winner

Small World

Best Family Game Nominees

The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac

Castle Panic

Tobago

Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age

Best New Game Designer Winner

Summoner Wars

Best New Game Designer Nominees

Tobago

Endeavor

Finca

Castle Panic

Best Game Reprint Winner

Tales of the Arabian Nights

Best Game Reprint Nominees

Twilight Struggle

Space Hulk (third edition)

Railways of the World

Dungeon Twister 2: Prison

Best Production Value Winner

Space Hulk (third edition)

Best Production Values Nominees

The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac

Chaos in the Old World

Middle-earth Quest

Tobago

Best Small Publisher Winner

Summoner Wars

Best Small Publisher Nominees

Castle Panic

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! Kursk 1943

Arcane Legions

Homesteaders

Best Party Game Winner

Dice Town

Best Party Game Nominees

Are You the Traitor?

Aargh!Tect

Long Shot

Word on the Street

Best Game Expansion Winner

Pandemic: On the Brink

Best Game Expansion Nominees

Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus Expansion

Dominion: Intrigue

Dominion: Seaside

Railways of England and Wales

Most Innovative Game Winner

Tobago

Most Innovative Game Nominees

The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac

Arcane Legions

Chaos in the Old World

Summoner Wars

Best Game Artwork Winner

Small World

Best Game Artwork Nominees

Chaos in the Old World

Space Hulk (third edition)

Tales of the Arabian Nights

Dungeon Lords

Best War Game Winner

Richard III: The Wars of the Roses

Best War Games Nominees

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! Kursk 1943

D-Day at Omaha Beach

Maria

Field Commander: Alexander