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
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