High IQ society Mensa has revealed this year's recipients of its Mensa Select seal, following its traditional four-day gaming marathon to determine the winners.
A 17-year-old German children's game has won this year's Japan Boardgame Prize, almost two decades after it picked up a recommendation in the kids segment of the much lauded Spiel des Jahres competition.
The Origins Awards, one of board gaming's longest-running prizes voted on by industry professionals, has picked out a huge slate of 120 nominees for its 2024 competition - which coincides with the 50th anniversary of its namesake gaming convention.
The long-running Cardboard Edison Award is celebrating a decade of highlighting the best currently unpublished board games, as it unveils the finalists for this year's competition.
A Pittsburgh tabletop game store which is still pushing new boundaries more than 45 years after being launched has picked up a pair of The Game Manufacturers Association's Power Retail Awards, including retailer of the year.
Viking-themed card shedding game Odin has won this year's As d'Or, France's highest-profile board game prize, after fighting off strong competition from Captain Flip and For A Crown.
BoardGameArena, Asmodee's online board gaming platform which passed 10 million registered users last summer, has unveiled the winners of its annual contest for the most popular games added to the service in 2024.
The variety of France's board game publishing industry has been underscored by the newly-announced nominees of this year's As d’Or, the country's highest-profile board game prize.
Space exploration eurogame SETI has picked up its first major award by scooping this year's Diamant d’Or, a prize launched a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards.
The long-running Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to highlight the best in currently unpublished board games, is changing the judging process for this year's competition after a backlash over last year's colonisation-themed winner.
