BoardGameGeek

**BoardGameGeek** (**BGG**) is a website. It has a database of board games. The website allows for users to review and rate board games.

## Golden Geek Award

Since 2006, the site annually awards the best new board games of the year with the Golden Geek Award. Winners are selected based on a vote by registered users.

### 2006–2009

|Category|2006|2007|2008|2009|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Game of the Year|Caylus|Shogun|Agricola|Dominion|
|Best Strategy Game|Caylus|Shogun|Agricola|Le Havre|
|Best Wargame|Twilight Struggle|Combat Commander: Europe|Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage|Combat Commander: Pacific|
|Best Children's Board Game|Nacht Der Magier|Zooloretto|Chateau Roquefort|Sorry! Sliders|
|Best 2-Player Board Game|Twilight Struggle|BattleLore oraz Commands & Colors: Ancients|Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage|Space Hulk (third edition)|
|Best Family Board Game|Ingenious|Zooloretto|Thebes|Pandemic|
|Best Party Board Game|Diamant|Wits and Wagers|Say Anything|Time's Up! Deluxe|
|Best Card Game|-|Caylus Magna Carta|Race for the Galaxy|Dominion|
|Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation|-|BattleLore|Jamaica|Space Hulk  (third edition)|
|Best Board Game Expansion|-|-|-|Pandemic: On The Brink|
|Best Print & Play Board Game|-|-|-|Dune Express|
|Best Innovative Board Game|-|-|-|Space Alert|

### 2010–2019

|Category|2010|2011|2012|2013|2014|2015|2016|2017|2018|2019|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Game of the Year|Hansa Teutonica|Dominant Species|Eclipse|Terra Mystica|Splendor|Pandemic Legacy: Season 1|Scythe|Gloomhaven|Root|Wingspan|
|Best Strategy Game|Hansa Teutonica|Dominant Species|Eclipse|Terra Mystica|Five Tribes|Pandemic Legacy: Season 1|Scythe|Gloomhaven|Brass: Birmingham|Wingspan|
|Best Wargame|Washington's War|A Few Acres of Snow|Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan|1775: Rebellion|Fire in the Lake|Churchill|Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar|878 Vikings: Invasions of England|Hannibal & Hamilcar|Undaunted: Normandy|
|Best Children's Board Game|Forbidden Island|Animal Upon Animal: Balancing Bridge|King of Tokyo|Forbidden Desert|Tales & Games: The Hare & the Tortoise|-|-|-|-|-|
|Best 2-Player Board Game|Washington's War|A Few Acres of Snow|Android: Netrunner|Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game|Star Realms|7 Wonders Duel|Star Wars: Rebellion|Codenames: Duet|KeyForge: Call of the Archons|Watergate|
|Best Family Board Game|Tobago|7 Wonders|King of Tokyo|Love Letter|Splendor|Codenames|Codenames: Pictures|Azul|The Quacks of Quedlinburg|Wingspan|
|Best Party Board Game|Telestrations|Dixit Odyssey|King of Tokyo|Love Letter|Cash n' Guns 2nd Ed.|Codenames|Codenames: Pictures|Warewords|The Mind|Wavelength|
|Best Card Game|Innovation|7 Cudów Świata|Android: Netrunner|Love Letter|Star Realms|7 Wonders Duel|Arkham Horror: The Card Game|Century: Spice Road|The Mind|Wingspan|
|Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation|-|Merchants & Marauders|Takenoko|Mice and Mystics|Abyss|Mysterium|Scythe|Photosynthesis|Root|Wingspan|
|Best Board Game Expansion|Dominion: Prosperity|Twilight Imperium: Shards of the Throne|Alien Frontiers: Factions|Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport|7 Wonders: Babel|Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 United Kingdom & Pennsylvania|7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon|Scythe: The Wind Gambit|Scythe: The Rise of Fenris|Wingspan: European Expansion|
|Best Print & Play Board Game|Zombie in My Pocket|The Thing|D-Day Dice: Free Trial Version|Tiny Epic Kingdoms & Coin Age|...and then we held hands...|Dune: The dice game|Star Trek: The Dice Game|My Little Scythe|Orchard: A 9 card solitaire game|TINYforming Mars|
|Best Innovative Board Game|Catacombs|A Few Acres of Snow|Risk: Legacy|Love Letter|Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game|Pandemic Legacy: Season 1|Captain Sonar|Gloomhaven|Root|Wingspan|
|Best Thematic Board Game|War of the Ring Collector's Edition|Mansions of Madness|Mage Knight Board Game|Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island|Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game|Pandemic Legacy: Season 1|Scythe|Gloomhaven|Root|Dune|
|Best Abstract Board Game|FITS|Paris Connection|Kingdom Builder|Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends|Patchwork|-|-|-|-|-|
|Best Cooperative Game|-|-|-|-|-|-|Mechs vs. Minions|Gloomhaven|The Mind|The Crew: The Quest For Planet Nine|
|Best Solo Game|-|-|-|-|Imperial Settlers|Tiny Epic Galaxies|Scythe|Gloomhaven|That's Pretty Clever|Wingspan|
- RPG and Video Game awards
RPG and Video game awards were introduced in 2014 and awarded through 2017. Only 1 category was awarded in 2018, and none in following years.
|Category|2014|2015|2016|2017|2018|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Best RPG Artwork/Presentation|Player's Handbook (D&D 5e)|Mouse Guard (2nd Edition)|Volo's Guide to Monsters|Xanathar's Guide to Everything|-|
|Best RPG Supplement Winner|Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set|The Dracula Dossier: Director's Handbook|Volo's Guide to Monsters|Xanathar's Guide to Everything|-|
|RPG of the Year|Dungeon Master's Guide (D&D 5e) Player's Handbook (D&D 5e) Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition)|Blades in the Dark|7th Sea|Tales from the Loop|-|
|Best Indie Video Game Winner|Star Realms|Rocket League|Stardew Valley|Cuphead|-|
|Best Mobile/Handheld Video Game|Star Realms|Fallout Shelter|Twilight Struggle|Through the Ages|-|
|Best Video Game Visuals/Artwork|The Banner Saga|The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt|Overwatch|The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|-|
|Most Innovative Video Game|Galaxy Trucker|-|Pokémon GO|The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|-|
|Video Game of the Year Winner|Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft|Multiple Winners|Multiple Winners|Multiple Winners|-|
|Best Board Game App Winner|-|-|Twilight Struggle|Through the Ages|Ganz Schön Clever|

### 2020–present

2020 saw many awards replaced with new categories, such as "Board Game of the Year" replaced with "Game of the Year, Light", "Medium" and "Heavy".
|Category|2020|2021|2022|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Game of the Year, Light|MicroMacro: Crime City|Cascadia|Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition|
|Game of the Year, Medium|Lost Ruins of Arnak|The Crew: Mission Deep Sea|Heat: Pedal to the Metal|
|Game of the Year, Heavy|Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion|Ark Nova|Carnegie|
|Best Wargame|Imperial Struggle|Undaunted: Reinforcements|Undaunted: Stalingrad|
|Best 2-Player Board Game|Undaunted: North Africa|Radlands|Splendor Duel|
|Best Card Game|Dune: Imperium|-|-|
|Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation|On Mars|Sleeping Gods|Flamecraft|
|Best Board Game Expansion|Wingspan: Oceania Expansion|Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders|Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix|
|Best Print & Play Board Game|7 Wonders Duel: Solo|Gloomholdin'|Aquamarine|
|Most Innovative Board Game|MicroMacro: Crime City|Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile|Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition|
|Best Thematic Board Game|Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion|Sleeping Gods|Heat: Pedal to the Metal|
|Best Cooperative Game|Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion|The Crew: Mission Deep Sea|Return to Dark Tower|
|Best Solo Board Game|Under Falling Skies|Final Girl|Turing Machine|
|Best Zoomable Game|Forgotten Waters|-|-|
|Best Party Game|-|So Clover!|Ready Set Bet|
|Best Podcast|So Very Wrong About Games|Board Game Barrage|This Game Is Broken|
|Best Board Game App|Root (2020)|Gloomhaven|Everdell|

## Infobox (website)

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- **owner**: Scott Alden