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).

International Gamers Awards from previous years include: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

Best Strategy Game Nominee   Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery It is the late 15th century and a new age is dawning. While searching for a new trade route to India, explorers have discovered a new land. The first reports tell of strange creatures, exotic people, and fabulous wealth. Captains and adventurers flock... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Arkadia English language edition of Die Baumeister von Arkadia In a remote land there lies a region with undulating hills and fertile valleys. Widely-traveled settlers have laid the foundation stone for the city of Arkadia. In addition to several other buildings, they want to construct a magnificent castle on a... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Canal Mania second edition Canal Mania is a game about the great Canal building era of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that captures the feel of the period and gives players plenty of decision making in their attempts to complete some of the most famous British canals... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Colosseum In Colosseum each player is a Roman impresario -- producing great spectacles in his or her arena in the hopes of attracting the most spectators. Players earn wealth and glory for each event run, using it to create ever more ambitious events. They will... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Factory Fun Build your own factory! Build the map of a production hall and connect supply reservoirs and machines in the best ways. Try to get the most profitable machines and construct production chains to make more profitable products. Best Strategy Game Nominee   Imperial Europe in the age of imperialism. Internationally operating investors aim for the highest political influence in Europe. By giving credits they gain influence over the six imperial nations Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy and... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Thebes multilingual edition of Jenseits von Theben More than 100 years ago, within a period of only a few decades, unusually many historical finds, treasures and whole cities of antique cultures were found and excavated; Schliemann discovered Troy, Evans investigated Crete, Carter found the grave of... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Notre Dame English language edition The players take on the roles of the heads of influential families in Paris at the end of the 14th century. In the shadow of the Notre Dame cathedral, the players compete for prosperity and reputation. Each family controls one of the 3 -5 boroughs that... Best Strategy Game Nominee   The Pillars of the Earth English language edition of Die Säulen der Erde England at the beginning of the 12th century -- Prior Phillip of Kingsbridge has a glorious vision: to build the largest, most beautiful cathedral in England. To accomplish the task, Phillip recruits the most renowned builders in the country. However... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Through the Ages domestic English language edition Through the Ages is an exciting game of strategy and resource management. Players guide their civilizations up from Antiquity, through the Middle Ages, and into Modern Times. What will your civilization be like? Will it be warlike? Technologically... Best Strategy Game Nominee   Yspahan 1598. Yspahan the Fair becomes the capital of the Persian Empire. Thus, being placed at the center of the world, the city enjoys a period of cultural and economic blossoming. The cities and villages of the region intend to take advantage of this... Best 2-Player Game Nominee   BattleLore A Command & Colors Game The world of BattleLore meshes history and fantasy together -- putting players in command of a vast array of miniature troops on the battlefields of a Medieval Europe Uchronia at the outset of the Hundred Years War. Best 2-Player Game Nominee   Combat Commander: Europe Combat Commander is a card-driven board game series covering tactical infantry combat in the European and North African Theaters of World War II. One player takes the role of the Axis (Germany in this first game; Italy & the Axis Minors in later... Best 2-Player Game Nominee   ConHex Chance and luck play no part in this game. The rules are simple and easy to learn. Yet there is an amazing strategic depth to ConHex, which will keep players engaged until the very end of each game. Best 2-Player Game Nominee   Medici vs Strozzi If you liked Medici, but wanted to play with two -- now you can! Best 2-Player Game Nominee   Mr. Jack international edition of Une Ombre sur Whitechapel The night covers the gloomy alleys with darkness and only a few corners are still illuminated by the gaslights. Eight investigators have gathered to catch the cunning Jack the Ripper. But Jack is in fact cleverly impersonating one of them.