2022 Board Game Award Winners

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A couple of weeks ago we announced our nominees for our 10th Annual Board Game Awards. Wow, has it really been 10 years already? I guess so. Well since than, we’ve put our heads together, tested games, and come up with a consensus.

Today we are excited to announce the winners of our 2022 Board Game Awards. As usual, the voting was difficult, and some categories were extremely tight. But our editorial staff (along with input from our readers) have made their selections. So, without further ado, here are the winners of our 10th Annual Board Game Quest Awards. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.

Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood Designer: Jamie JollyShadowborne GamesGet Your Copy

While a lot of the big crowdfunding projects raise big dollars due to flashy miniatures and deluxe components, the true test of how successful a game is is based on how it plays. And Oathsworn delivers combining some familiar mechanics with some new ones in a thematic game set in a world overrun by a dark forest. Oathsworn’s fairly flexible gameplay is broken into two parts: a choose-your-adventure story which brings this grim-dark world to life and a tactical boss battler. The combat system offers a choice of using cards or dice in a push-your-luck system of exploding dice/cards where you can draw all the white cards/dice you want but miss if you get two blanks can allow for some epic moments where you roll multiple critical hits unleashing massive damage at the perfect time.

Runner Up: ISS Vanguard

Star Wars: Outer Rim – Unfinished BusinessDesigners: Tony Fanchi, Corey KonieczkaFantasy Flight GamesGet Your Copy

This game set in a galaxy far, far, away has always been pretty fantastic. It almost won our BGQ Award for Best Thematic Game