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!

	The BEST GAME OF THE YEAR award goes to a game that is the "cream of the crop", the one game which a sense defines the year in gaming. This is a combined result of the games' physical presentation, strategic choices, and most of all - a sense of fun.	2007-Nominees 1960 - the Making of the President Age of Empires III Duel in the Dark Race for the Galaxy - W Zooleretto - *
	One of the goals of these awards is to recognize the "gem in the rough", a game that may not get the press others do. The SMALL PUBLISHER award recognizes the best game from any publisher with five or fewer published games.	2007-Nominees Elfinworks (Kingsburg) Flying Frog Productions (Last Night on Earth) Pilot Games (Duel in the Dark) - * Portal Games (Neuroshima Hex) Smirk and Dagger Games (Cutthroat Caverns) - W
	To promote a constant influx of new ideas into the industry, the NEW DESIGNER award is presented to the best designer with their first or second published game.	2007-Nominees David Rakoto & Sebastien Gigaudaut (Cold War: CIA vs KGB)- * Friedemann DePedro (Duel in the Dark) - W Yehuda Berlinger (It's Alive!) Heinrik & Ase Berg (Oregon) Vladimir Suchy (League of Six)
	BEST REPRINT will go the company who has reprinted an older game with the best updated rules and/or components.	2007-Nominees Caylus - Limited Edition Fire & Axe - * Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage Princes of Florence Thebes - W
	The MOST INNOVATIVE award goes to the tabletop game that has a fresh, interesting mechanic driving the game. It is a game that will likely have future effects in the industry.	2007-Nominees Cutthroat Caverns - W Duel in the Dark Galaxy Trucker - * Kingsburg Tannhauser
	The BEST EXPANSION award is given to the add-on to a game that increases variety, fun, and more strategic options. This is one expansion that owners of th original game should rush to buy.	2007-Nominees A Shattered Empire (Twilight Imperium) Switzerland (Ticket to Ride) Call to Arms (Battlelore) - * Air Pack (Memoir ' 44) - W Yakuzas (Ca$h 'n Gun$)
	BEST ARTWORK will go to the artist and game which have best brought the theme to life - via the box and components.	2007-Nominees Chateau Roquefort - * Colosseum Duel in the Dark Race for the Galaxy Starcraft - W
	The BEST FAMILY GAME is the one game that can best be used to introduce new folks into the gaming hobby. It is a game with a low barrier to entry, but emphasizes fun and easy strategies. It is not necessarily the most strategic, but emphasizes a game that is fun for the entire family. Game components are of a high quality, and the game should appeal to a wide range of ages.	2007-Nominees Chateau Roquefort - * Felix: the Cat in the Sack Kingsburg Thebes Zooloretto - W