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BoardGameGeek Golden Geek
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Introduction
The BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award is announced every year around March. The winners of the Golden Geek are selected by the nomination and voting of the user community of BoardGameGeek.com website.
2022 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year Light |
Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition |
| Game of the Year Medium |
Heat: Pedal to the Metal |
| Game of the Year Heavy |
Carnegie |
| Best 2-Player |
Splendor Duel |
| Best Party Game |
Ready Set Bet |
| Best Cooperative Game |
Return to Dark Tower |
| Best Wargame |
Undaunted: Stalingrad |
| Most Innovative Game |
Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition |
| Best Thematic |
Heat: Pedal to the Metal |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Flamecraft |
| Best Expansion |
Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix |
| Best Solo Game |
Turing Machine |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Aquamarine |
| Best Podcast |
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| Best Board Game App |
2021 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year Light |
Cascadia |
| Game of the Year Medium |
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea |
| Game of the Year Heavy |
Ark Nova |
| Best 2-Player |
Radlands |
| Best Party Game |
So Clover! |
| Best Cooperative Game |
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea |
| Best Wargame |
Undaunted: Reinforcements |
| Most Innovative Game |
Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile |
| Best Thematic |
Sleeping Gods |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Sleeping Gods |
| Best Expansion |
Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders |
| Best Solo Game |
Final Girl |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Gloomholdin' |
| Best Podcast |
Board Game Barrage |
| Best Board Game App |
Gloomhaven |
2020 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year Light |
MicroMacro: Crime City |
| Game of the Year Medium |
Lost Ruins of Arnak |
| Game of the Year Heavy |
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion |
| Best Card Game |
Dune: Imperium |
| Best 2-Player |
Undaunted: North Africa |
| Best Zoomable Game |
Forgotten Waters |
| Best Cooperative Game |
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion |
| Best Wargame |
Imperial Struggle |
| Most Innovative Game |
MicroMacro: Crime City |
| Best Thematic |
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
On Mars |
| Best Expansion |
Wingspan: Oceania Expansion |
| Best Solo Game |
Under Falling Skies |
| Best Print & Play Game |
7 Wonders Duel: Solo |
| Best Podcast |
So Very Wrong About Games |
| Best Board Game App |
Root (2020) |
2019 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Wingspan |
| Best Strategy Game |
Wingspan |
| Best 2-Player |
Watergate |
| Best Card Game |
Wingspan |
| Best Family Game |
Wingspan |
| Best Party Game |
Wavelength |
| Best Cooperative Game |
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine |
| Best Wargame |
Undaunted: Normandy |
| Most Innovative Game |
Wingspan |
| Best Thematic |
Dune |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Wingspan |
| Best Expansion |
Wingspan: European Expansion |
| Best Solo Game |
Wingspan |
| Best Print & Play Game |
TINYforming Mars |
| Best Podcast |
Heavy Cardboard |
| Best Board Game App |
Through the Ages - New Leaders & Wonders |
2018 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
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| Game of the Year |
Root |
| Best Strategy Game |
Brass: Birmingham |
| Best 2-Player |
KeyForge: Call of the Archons |
| Best Card Game |
The Mind |
| Best Family Game |
The Quacks of Quedlinburg |
| Best Party Game |
The Mind |
| Best Cooperative Game |
The Mind |
| Best Wargame |
Hannibal & Hamilcar |
| Most Innovative Game |
Root |
| Best Thematic |
Root |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Root |
| Best Expansion |
Scythe: The Rise of Fenris |
| Best Solo Game |
That's Pretty Clever! |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Orchard: A 9 card solitaire game |
| Best Podcast |
Ludology |
| Best Board Game App |
Ganz Schön Clever |
2017 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
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| Game of the Year |
Gloomhaven |
| Best Strategy Game |
Gloomhaven |
| Best 2-Player |
Codenames: Duet |
| Best Card Game |
Century: Spice Road |
| Best Family Game |
Azul |
| Best Party Game |
Werewords |
| Best Cooperative Game |
Gloomhaven |
| Best Wargame |
878 Vikings: Invasions of England |
| Most Innovative Game |
Gloomhaven |
| Best Thematic |
Gloomhaven |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Photosynthesis |
| Best Expansion |
Scythe: The Wind Gambit |
| Best Solo Game |
Gloomhaven |
| Best Print & Play Game |
My Little Scythe |
| Best Podcast |
Rahdo Talks Through |
| Best Board Game App |
Through the Ages |
2016 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Scythe |
| Best Strategy Game |
Scythe |
| Best 2-Player |
Star Wars: Rebellion |
| Best Card Game |
Arkham Horror: The Card Game |
| Best Family Game |
Codenames: Pictures |
| Best Party Game |
Codenames: Pictures |
| Best Cooperative Game |
Mechs vs. Minions |
| Best Wargame |
Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar |
| Most Innovative Game |
Captain Sonar |
| Best Thematic |
Scythe |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Scythe |
| Best Expansion |
7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon |
| Best Solo Game |
Scythe |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Star Trek: The Dice Game |
| Best Podcast |
Shut Up & Sit Down |
| Best Board Game App |
Twilight Struggle |
2015 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 |
| Best Strategy Game |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 |
| Best 2-Player |
7 Wonders Duel |
| Best Card Game |
7 Wonders Duel |
| Best Family Game |
Codenames |
| Best Party Game |
Codenames |
| Best Wargame |
Churchill |
| Most Innovative Game |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 |
| Best Thematic |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Mysterium |
| Best Expansion |
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 5: United Kingdom & Pennsylvania |
| Best Solo Game |
Tiny Epic Galaxies |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Dune: The Dice Game |
| Best Podcast |
The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast |
| Best Board Game App |
Splendor |
2014 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Splendor |
| Best Strategy Game |
Five Tribes |
| Best Wargame |
Fire in the Lake |
| Best Solo Game |
Imperial Settlers |
| Best 2-Player |
Star Realms |
| Best Party Game |
Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition |
| Best Children's Game |
Tales & Games: The Hare & the Tortoise |
| Best Card Game |
Star Realms |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Abyss |
| Best Expansion |
7 Wonders: Babel |
| Best Family Game |
Splendor |
| Most Innovative Game |
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game |
| Best Thematic |
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game |
| Best Abstract Game |
Patchwork |
| Best Print & Play Game |
...and then, we held hands. |
| Best Podcast |
The Dice Tower |
2013 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
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| Game of the Year |
Terra Mystica |
| Best Strategy Game |
Terra Mystica |
| Best Family Game |
Love Letter |
| Best 2-Player |
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game |
| Best Wargame |
1775: Rebellion |
| Best Party Game |
Love Letter |
| Best Children's Game |
Forbidden Desert |
| Best Card Game |
Love Letter |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Mice and Mystics |
| Best Expansion |
Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Tiny Epic Kingdoms & Coin Age |
| Most Innovative Game |
Love Letter |
| Best Thematic |
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island |
| Best Abstract Game |
Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends |
2012 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy |
| Best Strategy Game |
Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy |
| Best Family Game |
King of Tokyo |
| Best 2-Player |
Android: Netrunner |
| Best Wargame |
Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan |
| Best Party Game |
King of Tokyo |
| Best Children's Game |
King of Tokyo |
| Best Card Game |
Android: Netrunner |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Takenoko |
| Best Expansion |
Alien Frontiers: Factions |
| Best Print & Play Game |
D-Day Dice: Free Trial Version |
| Most Innovative Game |
Risk Legacy |
| Best Thematic |
Mage Knight Board Game |
| Best Abstract Game |
Kingdom Builder |
2011 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Dominant Species |
| Best Strategy Game |
Dominant Species |
| Best Family Game |
7 Wonders |
| Best 2-Player |
A Few Acres of Snow |
| Best Wargame |
A Few Acres of Snow |
| Best Party Game |
Dixit: Odyssey |
| Best Children's Game |
Animal Upon Animal: Balancing Bridge |
| Best Card Game |
7 Wonders |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Merchants & Marauders |
| Best Expansion |
Twilight Imperium: Third Edition – Shards of the Throne |
| Best Print & Play Game |
The Thing |
| Most Innovative Game |
A Few Acres of Snow |
| Best Thematic |
Mansions of Madness |
| Best Abstract Game |
Paris Connection |
2010 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Hansa Teutonica |
| Best Strategy Game |
Hansa Teutonica |
| Best Family Game |
Tobago |
| Best 2-Player |
Washington's War |
| Best Wargame |
Washington's War |
| Best Party Game |
Telestrations |
| Best Children's Game |
Forbidden Island |
| Best Card Game |
Innovation |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
War of the Ring Collector's Edition |
| Best Expansion |
Dominion: Prosperity |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Zombie in My Pocket |
| Most Innovative Game |
Catacombs |
| Best Thematic |
War of the Ring Collector's Edition |
| Best Abstract Game |
FITS |
2009 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Dominion |
| Best Gamer's Game |
Le Havre |
| Best Family Game |
Pandemic |
| Best 2-Player |
Space Hulk (Third Edition) |
| Best Wargame |
Combat Commander: Pacific |
| Best Party Game |
Time's Up! Deluxe |
| Best Children's Game |
Sorry! Sliders |
| Best Card Game |
Dominion |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Space Hulk (Third Edition) |
| Best Expansion |
Pandemic: On the Brink |
| Best Print & Play Game |
Dune Express |
| Most Innovative Game |
Space Alert |
2008 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Agricola |
| Best Gamer's Game |
Agricola |
| Best Wargame |
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage |
| Best 2-Player |
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage |
| Best Family Game |
Thebes |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
Jamaica |
| Best Party Game |
Say Anything |
| Best Card Game |
Race for the Galaxy |
| Best Children's Game |
Burg Appenzell |
2007 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
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| Game of the Year |
Shogun |
| Best Gamer's Game |
Shogun |
| Best Wargame |
Combat Commander: Europe |
| Best 2-Player |
Commands & Colors: Ancients (tied) |
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BattleLore (tied) |
| Best Family Game |
Zooloretto |
| Best Artwork/Presentation |
BattleLore |
| Best Party Game |
Wits & Wagers |
| Best Card Game |
Caylus Magna Carta |
| Best Children's Game |
Zooloretto |
2006 Awards
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| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year |
Caylus |
| Best Gamer's Game |
Caylus |
| Best Wargame |
Twilight Struggle |
| Best Kids Game |
Nacht der Magier |
| Best 2 Player |
Twilight Struggle |
| Best Family Game |
Ingenious |
| Best Light/Party Game |
Incan Gold |
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