UK Games Expo 2021 Awards winners

The UK Games Expo is one of the first significant gaming conventions to push on ahead into the opening wake of the lockdown. As a result, the prestigious UK Games Expo Awards has winners for 2021.

The award winners have been announced via two Instagram montages (part two. I’ve compiled and transcribed them, as best I can, below. Please let me know if any updates and corrections.

Best Abstract Game

• Judges Award: Distrix, Distrix Games
• Peoples; Choice: Flash 8, Scorpion Masque.

Best Childrens’ Game

• Judges’ Award: Micons, Gigamic.
• Peoples’ Choice: Dragomino, Blue Orange.

Best Family Game

• Judges’ Award: Daring Dustbunnies, Hopwood Games.
• Peoples’ Choice: Zombie Teenz Evolution, Scorpion Masque.

Best Gaming Novelty

• Judges Award: Finding the Dragon, Game Flow
• Peoples’ Choice: Legend of the Five Rings: Poison River, by Josh Reynolds & Aconyte Books

Best Miniature Range

• Judges Award: Stargrave: Science Fiction Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy, Osprey Games
• Peoples’ Choice: Stargrave: Science Fiction Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy, Osprey Games

Best Miniature Rules

• Judges Award: Stargrave: Science Fiction Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy, Osprey Games
• Peoples’ Choice: Stargrave: Science Fiction Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy, Osprey Games

Best New Accessory

• Judges’ Award: 5e Condition Chips, Dungeon Bones.
• Peoples’ Choice: Box of Adventure – Valley of Peril, Loke Battle Mats

Best New Boardgame (American Style)

• Judges’ Award: Kitara, Iello
• Peoples’ Choice: Kitara, Iello

Best New Boardgame (Euro-Style)

• Judges’ Award: Excavation Earth, Mighty Boards
• Peoples’ Choice: Excavation Earth, Mighty Boards

Best New Boardgame (Strategic)

• Judges’ Award: Prisma Arena, Hub Games
• Peoples’ Choice: Undaunted: North Africa, Osprey Games

Best New Card Game (General)

• Judges’ Award: Village Green: A Game of Pretty Gardens and Petty Grudges, Osprey Games
• Peoples’ Choice: Village Green: A Game of Pretty Gardens and Petty Grudges, Osprey Games

Best New Card Game (Strategic)

• Judges’ Award: Schotten Totten 2, Iello
• Peoples’ Choice: Imperium: Classics, Osprey Games

Best New Dice Game

• Judges’ Award: Escape the Dark Sector, Themeborne
• Peoples’ Choice: Escape the Dark Sector, Themeborne

Best Party Game

• Judges’ Award: Inkling, Osprey Games
• Peoples’ Choice: 50 Clues: Part 1 – The Pendulum of the Dead

Best Role-Playing Adventure

• Judges’ Award: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing
• Peoples’ Choice: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing

Best Role-Playing Expansion

• Judges’ Award: The Compendium of Equestria, River Horse Games
• Peoples’ Choice: Land of the Rising Sun, Brittania Game Designs

Best Role-Playing Game

• Judges’ Award: The Dee Sanction, All Rolled Up
• Peoples’ Choice: Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing

Variants and Expansions

• Judges’ Award: Dice Hospital: Community Care, Alley Cat Games
• Peoples’ Choice: Stuffed Fables: Oh, Brother Expansion, Fantasy Flight Games