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Game awards

AwardCountrySponsorDescription
Charles S. Roberts Awards United States World Boardgaming Championships Excellence in the historical wargaming hobby [1]
Deutscher Spiele Preis GermanyDie Pöppel-Revue"Gamers' games" with particularly good or innovative gameplay [2]
Dragon Awards United States Dragon Con Excellence in various categories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, movies, television, and games [3] [4]
Essen Feather Germany Deutscher Spiele Preis Games with well-written rules [5] [6]
Games 100 United States Games World of Puzzles Several categories for which "best" games are determined [7]
International Gamers Award International Gamers AwardsStrategy board games and historical simulation games [8]
Ion Award United StatesSaltCON board game conventionExcellence in game design [9] [10] [11]
Origins Awards United States Origins Game Fair Outstanding work in the game industry [12]
Schweizer Spielepreis SwitzerlandSchweizer SpielmesseFamily games, Children's games and Strategy games. [13]
Spiel des Jahres GermanyTop-quality games in the German market [14]
Zenobia Award United StatesHistorical games by designers from underrepresented groups, with a financial reward and mentorship by industry leaders for the winner. [15] [16] [17]

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References

  1. ↑ Scott Parrino (15 April 2010). "Industry News: Voting for the Charles S Roberts Award Now Open". The Wargamer . Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014. ..the very prestigious Charles S Roberts Awards has started.
  2. ↑ Deutscher Spiele Preis home page
  3. ↑ Liptak, Andrew (September 4, 2016). "The inaugural Dragon Awards highlight the populist side of science fiction and fantasy". The Verge . Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ Beth Elderkin (13 August 2016). "DragonCon Releases (Mostly) Puppy-Free Nominations For First Dragon Awards". Gizmodo. Retrieved 12 March 2019. DragonCon, Atlanta's annual science fiction and fantasy competition, released the nominee list (see below) for the first-ever Dragon Awards
  5. ↑ BoardGameGeek Article on the Essen Feather
  6. ↑ Official winners list (in German)
  7. ↑ Hochberg, Burt, ed. (December 1991). "The Games 100". Games . Vol. 15, no. 106. GAMES Publications. pp. 49–58. ISSN   0199-9788.
  8. ↑ International Gamers Awards home page.
  9. ↑ Mark Green (2013-02-16). "Game designers, players gather for convention" . Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  10. ↑ Rob Cramer (31 March 2016). "SaltCON: A Small Convention Done Right" . Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  11. ↑ Ryan Decaria. "Meeple Nation at SaltCON 2016" . Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  12. ↑ "Academy - Hall of Fame". www.originsawards.net.
  13. ↑ http://www.gamemesse.ch/gamemesse/messeshop/de-ch/dept_11.html%5B%5D
  14. ↑ Dale Yu (20 June 2011). "Interview with Tom Werneck, Spiel des Jahres jury member – Part 1 of 3". The Opinionated Gamers. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  15. ↑ Carter, Chase (2020-11-23). "A new historical tabletop award wants to spotlight and mentor underrepresented voices". Dicebreaker . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  16. ↑ Carter, Chase (2023-10-02). "Zenobia Award returns to highlight more underrepresented creators in historical tabletop design". Dicebreaker . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  17. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2021-08-17). "8 historical board games, from diverse designers, that show great promise". Polygon . Retrieved 2024-02-15.
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