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Golden Geek Award for Best Gamers' Board Game

Winning and shortlisted games recorded in our catalogue, newest first. Award years follow the game’s first publication.

Winners in catalogue
4
Nominees in catalogue
29
First awarded
2006
Winners

4 winning games

GameYearPlayersTimeAgeDesigner / publisherCategory
Agricola 20071–4—12+Uwe RosenbergGerman-style board game
Shogun 20063–5——Board wargame
Caylus 20052–5—12+Board game
Le Havre —1–5180 min12+Uwe RosenbergBoard game
Shortlist

29 nominees

GameYearPlayersTimeAgeDesigner / publisherCategory
Small World 20092–5——AsmodeeFantasy
Endeavor20093–590 min12+Lookout GamesBoard game
Pandemic 20082–4—8+Matt LeacockCooperative board game
Dominion 20082–4——Donald X. VaccarinoDedicated deck card game
Stone Age20082–460 min10+Bernd BrunnhoferBoard game
Race for the Galaxy 20072–440 min12+Dedicated deck card game
Brass: Lancashire 20072–460–120 min14+Martin WallaceBoard game
Hamburgum20072–5——Mac GerdtsBoard game
Caylus Magna Carta 20072–4——William AttiaDedicated deck card game
Thurn and Taxis 20062–4——Andreas SeyfarthHistorical board game
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization20062–4——Vlaada ChvátilBoard game
The Pillars of the Earth 20062–4——Michael RieneckBoard game
Arkadia20062–4——Rüdiger DornBoard game
Ticket to Ride: Märklin20062–530–60 min8+Alan R. MoonBoard game
Descent: Journeys in the Dark20052–5——Fantasy Flight GamesFantasy
Railways of the World20052–6120 min—Martin WallaceBoard game
Antike20052–6—12+Mac GerdtsBoard game
Arkham Horror (2nd Edition)20051–8——Fantasy Flight GamesBoard game
Fury of Dracula20052–5—10+Board game
Cosmic Encounter19773–8——Peter OlotkaScience fiction
Imperial —2–6180 min12+Board game
Shadows Over Camelot —3–790 min10+Serge LagetFantasy
Space Alert —1–5——Vlaada ChvátilCooperative board game
Louis XIV —2–4100 min12+Board game
Blue Moon City—2–460 min10+Reiner KniziaFantasy
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game—3–6——Corey KonieczkaScience fiction
Ghost Stories—1–460 min12+Antoine BauzaBoard game
Mykerinos—2–430 min8+Board game
Notre Dame—2–575 min10+Stefan FeldBoard game