Award-Winning Board Games - International Gamers Awards

The International Gamers Awards were created to recognize outstanding games and designers, as well as the companies that publish them. The awards are truly international in scope, with committee members representing countries throughout the world. The goal of the IGAs is to truly select the 'best of the best' in two categories: General Strategy Games and Historical Simulation Games. We hope that this will lead to greater exposure for these wonderful games to more and more people and help spread the word of the "wonderful world of gaming" on a global scale. (List courtesy of Funagain Games).

Best Strategy Game   Saint Petersburg Baroque palaces, wide boulevards, and elegant bridges: St Petersburg. On May 16, 1703, Czar Peter the Great lays the foundation for the first building. Quickly impressive buildings are erected that are ever more grand and beautiful. Such buildings... Best 2-Player Game   Memoir '44 with exclusive Sword Beach scenario From the cliffs of Pointe-du-Hoc to the hedgerow battles in the Corentin Peninsula and beyond -- Memoir '44 airdrops you into the key battles that turned the tide in Western Europe during the summer of 1944. Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Operation... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Attika English language edition Each player oversees the building of his city-state. Temple, theater and oracle, a harbor with ships, vineyard with vintner, and many more must find space on the islands. Players must move fast to get the best land for themselves while blocking... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Einfach Genial The simply ingenious placement game! With this unbelievably exciting placement game from the renown game designer Reiner Knizia, each playing piece opens up entirely new possibilities. The more identical color-symbols that are next to each other on... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Power Grid English language edition of Funkenschlag This is the new and improved (rules and graphics!) Funkenschlag from Friedemann Friese. Players compete to build the best network of power lines and stations, choosing which cities to supply and what sources of power to use. Best Strategy Game Nominee   Goa At the beginning of the 16th century: beautiful beaches, wonderful climate, and one of the most important trading cities in the world. Competing companies trade with spices and send their colonists into the world and invest their money. Of most... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Hansa Compete to become Master of the Hanseatic city-states during the 14th Century. Criss-cross the Baltic Sea in a merchant ship, always on the lookout for a chance to acquire valuable wares. Set up networks of market booths within the cities, which... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Industria Keeping track of things and intelligent planning make you the most successful industrial magnate! From the brick factory to the robot shop, you steer your dynasty through 5 epochs in this exciting auction game. Each round another player is the... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Maharaja The maharaja has called and you, a distinguished Indian prince, are obeying his call! Build magnificent houses and palaces in his name! Maharaja is a clever strategic boardgame for two to five players. During the game the players take different... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Princes of the Renaissance In Renaissance Italy, each player takes on the role of one of the minor condottiere princes, such as the Gonzagas or d'Estes. Then there are the big five major cities, Venice, Milan, Florence, Rome, and Naples. These are not controlled by... Best Strategy Game Nominee   San Juan Puerto Rico card game Puerto Ricos golden age returns -- through you! Players travel now to the capital city of this beautiful island. Who will build the most important buildings? Players build palaces, poor houses, silver smelters, gold mines, and many others -- each... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Santiago The flow of money determines the path of the canals! The climate is hot and each drop of water is precious on the Cape Verdian island Santiago. The players must not only buy at auction the largest connected plantations, but also water them as well. Best Strategy Game Nominee   Tahuantinsuyu numbered limited edition of 1000 Tahuantinsuyu is the Quechua or Inca word for Land of the Four Regions. It is what the Inca called their own empire. The empire was organized as a pyramid-shaped hierarchy with the Sapa Inca as the supreme rules, followed by the four Apus, who were... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Ticket to Ride October 2, 1900 -- it's 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a 20,000 bet that he could travel Around the World in 80 Days. Now at the dawn of the century some old friends have gathered to celebrate... Best 2-Player Game Nominee   Blue Moon The god Blue Moon has deserted the world and plunged it into chaos. Blue Moon City is in ruins and its people have fallen into open war. Multiple factions seek to appease Blue Moon and hasten his return by currying the favor of the three dragons of... Best 2-Player Game Nominee   Carcassonne: the Castle The imposing silhouette of Carcassonne sits like a throne in the light of the setting sun. The city also acts as a fortress, protecting those who live there with its impenetrable walls. Visit the city to discover its many features and to learn why... Best 2-Player Game Nominee   Tom Tube Ganymede, Jupiter. Two astronauts -- Tom Tube and Drifting Dave -- are building a space station. The base and solar modules are finished, but the connecting tubes are missing. Tom and Dave take turns building new tubes. As quickly as possible, they... Best 2-Player Game Nominee   YINSH YINSH is a tempestuous game! The players each start with 5 rings on the board. Every time a ring is moved, it leaves a marker behind. Markers are white on one side and black on the other. When markers are jumped over by a ring, they must be...