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Dice Tower Award Nominations - Best of 2023!
June 19, 2024
The Dice Tower is proud to announce the nominees for the 17th Annual Dice Tower Awards, featuring the best games of 2023!
A jury of more than sixty Dice Tower staff, prominent bloggers and reviewers went through all the games released in English in 2023, and chose the five best in each category – with ten games nominated for best game of the year.
The winners of each category will be announced live at 7 PM EST, August 1 at Gen Con 2024.
Congratulations to all the publishers, designers, and artists who were nominated, and we hope that gamers will have a list of truly excellent games to seek out and play!
See the video announcing the nominees at http://www.dicetowerawards.com
**Best Welcoming Game**
* **Dice Manor** - designed by Garret Herdter, published by Arcane Wonders
* **Fiction** - designed by Peter C Hayward, published by Allplay
* **Knarr** - designed by Thomas Dupont, published by Bombyx
* **Robot Quest Arena** - designed by Robert Dougherty, CJ Moynihan, and Paul Waiteç, published by Wise Wizard Games
* **Wandering Towers** - designed by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, published by Capstone Games
**Best Artwork**
* **Dixit: Disney Edition** - illustrated by Maeva da Silva and Natalie Dombois published by Libellud
* **Kinfire Chronicles** - illustrated by Kate Redesiuk, Katarzyna Bekus, SandraChlewinska, and Weronika Kozyra, published by Incredible Dream Studios
* **Lorcana** - illustrated by Cory Godbey, Luis Huerta, Cam Kendell, and JakeParker, published by Ravensburger
* **Septima** - illustrated by Barbara Bernat and Villo Farkas, published byMindclash Games
* **Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies** - illustrated by Ryan Laukat, published by RedRaven Games
**Most Innovative Game**
* **Books of Time** - designed by Filip Glowacz, published by Board&Dice
* **Earthborne Rangers** - designed by Andrew Fisher, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt,Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, published by Earthborne Games
* **Kutna Hora** - designed by Ondrej Bystron, Petr Caslava, and Pavel Jarosch, published by Czech Games Edition
* **Noobs in Space** - designed by Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck, published by KOSMOS
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond, published by Scorpion Masque
**Best Reprint**
* **Castles of Burgundy** - designed by Stefan Feld, published by Awaken Realms
* **La Granja** - designed by Michael Keller, Andreas Odendahl, Tony Boydell, Stefan Feld, Kevin Hendranata, Blazej Kubacki, Adam Kwapinski, and Andrei Novac, published by Board&Dice
* **Ra** - designed by Reiner Knizia, published by 25th Century Games
* **Santa’s Workshop** - designed by Keith Ferguson, published by Elf Creek Games
* **Zoo Vadis** - designed by Reiner Knizia, published by Bitewing Games
**Best Strategy Game**
* **Darwin’s Journey** - designed by Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, published by ThunderGryph
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Earth** - designed by Maxime Tardif, published by Inside Up Games
* **Forest Shuffle** - designed by Kosch, published by Lookout Games
* **The White Castle** - designed by Isra C and Shea S, published by Devir
**Best Board Game Production**
* **Castles of Burgundy** - designed by Stefan Feld, published by Awaken Realms
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paterson Games
* **Ra** - designed by Reiner Knizia, published by 25th Century Games
* **Thunder Road: Vendetta** - designed by Dave Chalker, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, published by Restoration Games
* **World Wonders** - designed by Ze Mendes, published by Arcane Wonders
**Best Game from a Small Publisher**
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Earthborne Rangers** - designed by Andrew Fisher, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, published by Earthborne Games
* **For Northwood** - designed by Wilhelm Su, published by Side Room Games
* **Lunar Rush** - designed by Steven Brown, published by Dead Alive Games
* **Raising Robots** - designed by Brett Solo and Seth Van Orden, published by Nauvoo Games
**Best Cooperative Game**
* **Kinfire Chronicles** - designed by Kevin Wilson, Darrell Hardy, Adela Kapuscinska, and Brandon Perdue, published by Incredible Dream Studio
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Masque
* **Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies** - designed by Ryan Laukat, published by Red Raven Games
* **Tales from the Red Dragon Inn** - designed by Geoff Bottone, Jennifer Kitzman, Jeff Morrow, and Sam Waller, published by Fantasy Flight Games
* **Unmatched: Tales to Amaze** - designed by Jason Hager and Darren Reckner, published by Restoration Games
**Best 2-Player Game**
* **Lorcana** - designed by Ryan Miller and Steve Warner, published by Ravensburger
* **Match of the Century** - designed by Paolo Mori, published by Capstone Games
* **Sail** - designed by Akiyama Koro and Kozu Yusei, published by Allplay
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Masque
* **Star Wars: The Deck Building Gam**e - designed by Caleb Grace, published by Fantasy Flight Games
**Best Game from a New Designer**
* **Apiary** - designed by Connie Vogelmann, published by Stonemaier Games
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Forest Shuffle** - designed by Kosch, published by Lookout Games
* **Hegemony** - designed by Vangelis Bagiartakis and Varnavas Timotheou, published by Hegemonic: Project Games
* **Last Light** - designed by Roy Cannaday, published by Grey Fox Games
**Best Party Game**
* **Among Cultists** - designed by Stefan Godot, published by Godot Games
* **Blob Party** - designed by Pam Walls, published by WizKids
* **Fiction** - designed by Peter C Hayward, published by Allplay
* **Nekojima** - designed by David Carmonand Karen Nguyen , published by Unfriendly Games
* **That’s Not a Hat** - designed by Kasper Lapp, published by Ravensburger
**Best Theme in Game**
* **Age of Comics** - designed by Giacomo Cimini and Sonia Goncalves, published by Sirius Games
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Maque
* **The Fox Experiment** - designed by Jeff Fraser and Elizabeth Hargrave, published by Pandasaurus Games
* **Thunder Road: Vendetta** - designed by Dave Chalker, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, published by Restoration Games
**Best Solo Game**
* **20 Strong** - designed by Josh J Carlson, published by Chip Theory Games
* **For Northwood** - designed by Wilhelm Su, published by Side Room Games
* **Kinfire Delve** - designed by Kevin Wilson, published by Incredible Dream Studios
* **Legacy of Yu** - designed by Shem Phillips, published by Garphill Games
* **Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies** - designed by Ryan Laukat, published by Red Raven Games
**Game of the Year**
* **Darwin’s Journey** - designed by Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, published by ThunderGryph Games
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Earth** - designed by Maxime Tardif, published by Insude Up Games
* **Forest Shuffle** - designed by Kosch, published by Lookout Games
* **Nucleum** - designed Simone Luciani and David Turczi, published by Board&Dice
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Masque
* **The White Castle** - designed by Isra C and Shei S, published by Devir
* **Thunder Road: Vendetta** - designed by Dave Chalker, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, published by Restoration Games
* **Ticket to Ride: Rails to the West** - designed by Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock, and Alan R Moon, published by Days of Wonder
* **World Wonders** - designed by Ze Mendes, published by Arcane Wonders
We also announced both **Lords of Waterdeep** and **Love Letter** to be inducted into the Dice Tower Hall of Fame.
#games
June 19, 2024
The Dice Tower is proud to announce the nominees for the 17th Annual Dice Tower Awards, featuring the best games of 2023!
A jury of more than sixty Dice Tower staff, prominent bloggers and reviewers went through all the games released in English in 2023, and chose the five best in each category – with ten games nominated for best game of the year.
The winners of each category will be announced live at 7 PM EST, August 1 at Gen Con 2024.
Congratulations to all the publishers, designers, and artists who were nominated, and we hope that gamers will have a list of truly excellent games to seek out and play!
See the video announcing the nominees at http://www.dicetowerawards.com
**Best Welcoming Game**
* **Dice Manor** - designed by Garret Herdter, published by Arcane Wonders
* **Fiction** - designed by Peter C Hayward, published by Allplay
* **Knarr** - designed by Thomas Dupont, published by Bombyx
* **Robot Quest Arena** - designed by Robert Dougherty, CJ Moynihan, and Paul Waiteç, published by Wise Wizard Games
* **Wandering Towers** - designed by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, published by Capstone Games
**Best Artwork**
* **Dixit: Disney Edition** - illustrated by Maeva da Silva and Natalie Dombois published by Libellud
* **Kinfire Chronicles** - illustrated by Kate Redesiuk, Katarzyna Bekus, SandraChlewinska, and Weronika Kozyra, published by Incredible Dream Studios
* **Lorcana** - illustrated by Cory Godbey, Luis Huerta, Cam Kendell, and JakeParker, published by Ravensburger
* **Septima** - illustrated by Barbara Bernat and Villo Farkas, published byMindclash Games
* **Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies** - illustrated by Ryan Laukat, published by RedRaven Games
**Most Innovative Game**
* **Books of Time** - designed by Filip Glowacz, published by Board&Dice
* **Earthborne Rangers** - designed by Andrew Fisher, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt,Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, published by Earthborne Games
* **Kutna Hora** - designed by Ondrej Bystron, Petr Caslava, and Pavel Jarosch, published by Czech Games Edition
* **Noobs in Space** - designed by Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck, published by KOSMOS
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond, published by Scorpion Masque
**Best Reprint**
* **Castles of Burgundy** - designed by Stefan Feld, published by Awaken Realms
* **La Granja** - designed by Michael Keller, Andreas Odendahl, Tony Boydell, Stefan Feld, Kevin Hendranata, Blazej Kubacki, Adam Kwapinski, and Andrei Novac, published by Board&Dice
* **Ra** - designed by Reiner Knizia, published by 25th Century Games
* **Santa’s Workshop** - designed by Keith Ferguson, published by Elf Creek Games
* **Zoo Vadis** - designed by Reiner Knizia, published by Bitewing Games
**Best Strategy Game**
* **Darwin’s Journey** - designed by Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, published by ThunderGryph
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Earth** - designed by Maxime Tardif, published by Inside Up Games
* **Forest Shuffle** - designed by Kosch, published by Lookout Games
* **The White Castle** - designed by Isra C and Shea S, published by Devir
**Best Board Game Production**
* **Castles of Burgundy** - designed by Stefan Feld, published by Awaken Realms
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paterson Games
* **Ra** - designed by Reiner Knizia, published by 25th Century Games
* **Thunder Road: Vendetta** - designed by Dave Chalker, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, published by Restoration Games
* **World Wonders** - designed by Ze Mendes, published by Arcane Wonders
**Best Game from a Small Publisher**
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Earthborne Rangers** - designed by Andrew Fisher, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, published by Earthborne Games
* **For Northwood** - designed by Wilhelm Su, published by Side Room Games
* **Lunar Rush** - designed by Steven Brown, published by Dead Alive Games
* **Raising Robots** - designed by Brett Solo and Seth Van Orden, published by Nauvoo Games
**Best Cooperative Game**
* **Kinfire Chronicles** - designed by Kevin Wilson, Darrell Hardy, Adela Kapuscinska, and Brandon Perdue, published by Incredible Dream Studio
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Masque
* **Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies** - designed by Ryan Laukat, published by Red Raven Games
* **Tales from the Red Dragon Inn** - designed by Geoff Bottone, Jennifer Kitzman, Jeff Morrow, and Sam Waller, published by Fantasy Flight Games
* **Unmatched: Tales to Amaze** - designed by Jason Hager and Darren Reckner, published by Restoration Games
**Best 2-Player Game**
* **Lorcana** - designed by Ryan Miller and Steve Warner, published by Ravensburger
* **Match of the Century** - designed by Paolo Mori, published by Capstone Games
* **Sail** - designed by Akiyama Koro and Kozu Yusei, published by Allplay
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Masque
* **Star Wars: The Deck Building Gam**e - designed by Caleb Grace, published by Fantasy Flight Games
**Best Game from a New Designer**
* **Apiary** - designed by Connie Vogelmann, published by Stonemaier Games
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Forest Shuffle** - designed by Kosch, published by Lookout Games
* **Hegemony** - designed by Vangelis Bagiartakis and Varnavas Timotheou, published by Hegemonic: Project Games
* **Last Light** - designed by Roy Cannaday, published by Grey Fox Games
**Best Party Game**
* **Among Cultists** - designed by Stefan Godot, published by Godot Games
* **Blob Party** - designed by Pam Walls, published by WizKids
* **Fiction** - designed by Peter C Hayward, published by Allplay
* **Nekojima** - designed by David Carmonand Karen Nguyen , published by Unfriendly Games
* **That’s Not a Hat** - designed by Kasper Lapp, published by Ravensburger
**Best Theme in Game**
* **Age of Comics** - designed by Giacomo Cimini and Sonia Goncalves, published by Sirius Games
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Maque
* **The Fox Experiment** - designed by Jeff Fraser and Elizabeth Hargrave, published by Pandasaurus Games
* **Thunder Road: Vendetta** - designed by Dave Chalker, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, published by Restoration Games
**Best Solo Game**
* **20 Strong** - designed by Josh J Carlson, published by Chip Theory Games
* **For Northwood** - designed by Wilhelm Su, published by Side Room Games
* **Kinfire Delve** - designed by Kevin Wilson, published by Incredible Dream Studios
* **Legacy of Yu** - designed by Shem Phillips, published by Garphill Games
* **Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies** - designed by Ryan Laukat, published by Red Raven Games
**Game of the Year**
* **Darwin’s Journey** - designed by Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, published by ThunderGryph Games
* **Distilled** - designed by Dave Beck, published by Paverson Games
* **Earth** - designed by Maxime Tardif, published by Insude Up Games
* **Forest Shuffle** - designed by Kosch, published by Lookout Games
* **Nucleum** - designed Simone Luciani and David Turczi, published by Board&Dice
* **Sky Team** - designed by Luc Remond , published by Scorpion Masque
* **The White Castle** - designed by Isra C and Shei S, published by Devir
* **Thunder Road: Vendetta** - designed by Dave Chalker, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, published by Restoration Games
* **Ticket to Ride: Rails to the West** - designed by Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock, and Alan R Moon, published by Days of Wonder
* **World Wonders** - designed by Ze Mendes, published by Arcane Wonders
We also announced both **Lords of Waterdeep** and **Love Letter** to be inducted into the Dice Tower Hall of Fame.
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