2023 in games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2023. For video games, see 2023 in video gaming.

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Games released or invented in 2023

Game awards given in 2023

AwardCategoryWinnerRef.
Spiel des Jahres Spiel des JahresDorfromantik: The Board Game [1]
Kinderspiel des JahresMysterium Kids
Kennerspiel des JahresChallengers!
Deutscher Spielepreis Deutscher SpielepreisPlanet Unknown [2]
Deutscher KinderspielepreisMysterium Kids
As d'Or Akropolis [3]
Dicebreaker's Tabletop AwardsRising Star: PublisherHot Banana Games [4]
Rising Star: DesignerCassi Mothwin
Publisher of the YearRestoration Games
Designer of the YearDavid Thompson & Trevor Benjamin
Best ArtSefirot
Best Ongoing Card Game Disney Lorcana : The First Chapter
Best Roleplaying Game Women Are Werewolves
Best Board Game Sky Team
People's Choice Fabula Ultima

Deaths

DateNameAgeNotability
January 23 Serge Laget 63French board game designer
February 19 [5] Jonathan M. Thompson 51American role-playing game designer
March 27 Joli Quentin Kansil 80Game designer
April 1 [6] Klaus Teuber 70German board game designer
April 21 Ivan Moscovich 96Game designer
May 10 Russ Nicholson British fantasy illustrator
June 8 Ian McGinty 38American comic book writer and artist also known for artwork on Munchkin and other games
July Patrick Lucien Price Game designer and editor at TSR
August 28 [7] Teeuwynn Woodruff 56American writer and game designer
December 30 [8] Bryan Ansell 68British role-playing and wargame designer and former owner of Games Workshop

References

  1. "Award winners 2023". Spiel des Jahres. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  2. Weber, Michael (2023-10-04). "Gewinner Deutscher Spielepreis 2023 stehen fest". Reich der Spiele (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  3. "As d'Or - Prix ludique - Jeux de société". Philibert (in French). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  4. Jarvis, Matt (2023-12-02). "Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year's best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers". Dicebreaker. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  5. "Obituary for Jonathan Thompson at Aulds Funeral Home".
  6. Brown, Andy (2023-04-04). "'Catan' creator Klaus Teuber has died". NME. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  7. "Teeuwynn Woodruff, MTG, Vampire: The Masquerade, and D&D Writer, Passes Away". 4 September 2023.
  8. "Man behind one of Nottingham's most successful companies dies aged 68". 31 December 2023.