Award Winners
The following categories feature some of the most highly praised, most innovative, and enjoyable games that can be found in the board gaming hobby.
The Meeple's Choice Award is presented every year from Spielfrieks, an internet discussion group devoted to boardgames with over a thousand members. The votes are taken each June, awarding three games that were released over the course of the previous year. The winners of the Meeple's Choice Award are selected from those that received the most votes from the Spielfriek discussion group.
The Spiel des Jahres (German: Game of the Year) is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality of games coming out of Germany.