The Dice Tower Gaming Awards
The purpose of the awards is to:
- Encourage new developments and innovations in the board game industry.
- Promote board and card games to a larger audience
- Award the best games in different categories released each year.
- Present a slate of games with wide appeal from a variety of genres.
- Point out games that are simply fun!
Best Game of the Year Winner
 Designer: Philippe Keyaerts Publisher: Days of Wonder BoardGameGeek Link My Review |
Best Game of the Year Nominees
 Designer: Vlaada (Vladimír) Chvátil Publisher: Z-Man Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Eric M. Lang Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Mike Elliott Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Colby Dauch Publisher: Plaid Hat Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Family Game Winner
Designer: Philippe Keyaerts Publisher: Days of Wonder BoardGameGeek Link My Review |
Best Family Game Nominees
 Designers: Frédéric Henry, Guillaume Blossier Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Justin De Witt Publisher: Fireside Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Bruce Allen Publisher: Rio Grande Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Matt Leacock Publisher: Gen-X Games BoardGameGeek Link My Review |
Best New Game Designer Winner
Designer: Colby Dauch Publisher: Plaid Hat Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best New Game Designer Nominees
Designer: Bruce Allen Publisher: Rio Grande Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designers: Carl de Visser, Jarratt Gray Publisher: Z-Man Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designers: Ralf zur Linde, Wolfgang Sentker Publisher: Rio Grande Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Designer: Justin De Witt Publisher: Fireside Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Game Reprint Winner
 Designer: Eric Goldberg Publisher: Z-Man Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Game Reprint Nominees
 Designers: Ananda Gupta, Jason Matthews Publisher: GMT Games BoardGameGeek Link My Review |
 Designer: Richard Halliwell Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd. BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designers: Glenn Drover, Martin Wallace Publisher: Eagle Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Christophe Boelinger Publisher: Asmodée Editions BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Production Value Winner
Designer: Richard Halliwell Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd. BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Production Values Nominees
Designers: Frédéric Henry, Guillaume Blossier Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group BoardGameGeek Link |
Designer: Eric M. Lang Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designers: Christian T. Petersen, Corey Konieczka, Tim Uren Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Designer: Bruce Allen Publisher: Rio Grande Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Small Publisher Winner
Designer: Colby Dauch Publisher: Plaid Hat Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Small Publisher Nominees
Designer: Justin De Witt Publisher: Fireside Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designers: Dana Lombardy, John Hill, Uwe Eickert Publisher: Academy Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designers: Ethan Pasternack, Jonathon Loucks, Jordan Weisman, Tyler Bielman Publisher: Wells Expeditions BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Alex Rockwell Publisher: Tasty Minstrel Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Party Game Winner
 Designers: Bruno Cathala, Ludovic Maublanc Publisher: Asmodée Editions BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Party Game Nominees
 Designer: Andrew Looney Publisher: Looney Labs BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Walter Obert Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Chris Handy Publisher: Z-Man Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Jack Degnan Publisher: Out of the Box BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Game Expansion Winner
 Designers: Matt Leacock, Thomas Lehmann Publisher: Z-Man Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Game Expansion Nominees
 Designers: Corey Konieczka, Daniel Clark, Tim Uren Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino Publisher: Rio Grande Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino Publisher: Rio Grande Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Martin Wallace Publisher: Eagle Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Most Innovative Game Winner
Designer: Bruce Allen Publisher: Rio Grande Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Most Innovative Game Nominees
Designers: Frédéric Henry, Guillaume Blossier Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group BoardGameGeek Link |
Designers: Ethan Pasternack, Jonathon Loucks, Jordan Weisman, Tyler Bielman Publisher: Wells Expeditions BoardGameGeek Link |
Designer: Eric M. Lang Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Designer: Colby Dauch Publisher: Plaid Hat Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best Game Artwork Winner
Miguel Coimbra Designer: Philippe KeyaertsPublisher: Days of Wonder BoardGameGeek Link My Review |
Best Game Artwork Nominees
Kevin Childress, Andrew Navaro, Brian Schomburg, Wil Springer, Tim Arney-O'Neil Designer: Eric M. LangPublisher: Fantasy Flight Games BoardGameGeek Link |
John Blanche, Alex Boyd, David Gallagher,Neil Hodgson, Nuala Kinrade, Paul Dainton, Robin Carey, Adrian Smith Designer: Richard HalliwellPublisher: Games Workshop Ltd. BoardGameGeek Link |
Dan Harding, Peter Gifford Designer: Eric GoldbergPublisher: Z-Man Games BoardGameGeek Link |
David Cochard Designer: Vlaada (Vladimír) ChvátilPublisher: Z-Man Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best War Game Winner
 Designers: Tom Dalgliesh, Jerry Taylor Publisher: Columbia Games BoardGameGeek Link |
Best War Games Nominees
Designers: Dana Lombardy, John Hill, Uwe Eickert Publisher: Academy Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: John H. Butterfield Publisher: Decision Games BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Richard Sivél Publisher: Histogame BoardGameGeek Link |
 Designer: Dan Verssen Publisher: DVG BoardGameGeek Link |
