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The Dice Tower Awards 2007

Presenting the nominees of the first annual Dice Tower Awards for games released in 2007 in categories including artwork, small publisher, new designer, and the game of the year!

Game of the Year

2018 UPDATE: The second edition of the game is improved for CVD (color blindness) and includes 5 revised cards from the original version and 6 New Worlds promo homeworlds. The promo homeworlds and first edition compatible Revised Cards are both available for purchase through the BGG store.

In the card game Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations by playing game cards in front of them that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Some worlds allow players to produce goods, which can be consumed later to gain either card draws or victory points when the appropriate technologies are available to them. These are mainly provided by the developments and worlds that are not able to produce, but the fancier production worlds also give these bonuses.

At the beginning of each round, players each select, secretly and simultaneously, one of the seven roles which correspond to the phases in which the round progresses. By selecting a role, players activate that phase for this round, giving each player the opportunity to perform that phase's action. For example, if one player chooses the settle role, each player has the opportunity to settle one of the planets from their hand. The player who has chosen the role, however, gets a bonus that applies only to them. But bonuses may also be acquired through developments, so you must be aware when another player also takes advantage of your choice of role.

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Year Published: 2007
Designers: Thomas Lehmann
Publishers: Rio Grande Games
Year Published: 2007
Designers: Glenn Drover
Publishers: Tropical Games
Year Published: 2007
Designers: Friedemann de Pedro
Publishers: Pilot Games
Year Published: 2007
Designers: Christian Leonhard
Publishers: GMT Games
Year Published: 2007
Designers: Michael Schacht
Publishers: ABACUSSPIELE

Best Family Game

In Zooloretto, each player uses small, large, wild, and exotic animals and their young to try to attract as many visitors as possible to their zoo – but be careful! The zoo must be carefully planned as before you know it, you might have too many animals and no more room for them. That brings minus points! Luckily, your zoo can expand. A zoo of a family game in which less is sometimes more...

Can be combined with


Aquaretto
Zooloretto Mini


Year Published: 2007
Designers: Michael Schacht
Publishers: ABACUSSPIELE
Year Published: 2007
Designers: Andrea Chiarvesio
Publishers: Stratelibri
Year Published: 2007
Designers: Peter Prinz
Publishers: Queen Games