Winners of the Tabletop Gaming Awards 2021 announced as Dune takes top RPG

The first-ever awards from the Tabletop Gaming Magazine have just been announced.

The Tabletop Gaming Awards may be new, but they’ll have significance. Why? Magazines literarily have more weight than website announcements, and Tabletop Gaming runs events to have impressive, attention-grabbing award ceremonies.

Tabletop Gaming Live 2022 has also just been announced, with a surprise move to Manchester. It’ll run from Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th in September 2022.

Tabletop Gaming Awards 2021 winners

I think the Tabletop Gaming Awards have some especially memorable categories. Let’s take a look!

Best Add-In Accessory

Nominees:

• Box of Adventure – Loke Battlemats
• Catan Hexadocks – Gamegenics
• Tabletopia – Tabletopida

Winner:

• Tabletopia!

Most Novel Component 2021

Nominees:

• Mongoose of Truth from Snakesss, BigPotato
• The second level, Burgle Bros 2: CasinoCapers, Flowers Games
• The layered paintings of Canvas, Road to Infamy

Winner:

• Canvas, Road to Infamy

The ‘I’m Surprised I’m Still Playing This In 2021’ Award

Nominees:

• Call to Adventure, Brotherwise Games
• Detective, Portal Games
• Lords of Vegas, Loneshark Games

Winner:

• Call to Adventure, Brotherwise Games

Best For Your Gran Intergenerational Gaming Award 2021

Nominees:

• Overboss, Brotherwise Games,
• Zombie Teenz Evolution, Scorpion Masque
• Linkee, Big Potato

Winner:

• Overboss, Brotherwise Games,

Best Way To Die In An RPG Award 2021

Nominees:

• Alien RPG: Colonial Marines, Free League, (inc. ‘acid blood’ and ‘being turned into an egg’)
• Labyrinth: The Adventure Game, River Horse, (inc. ‘death in the bog of eternal stench’)
• The Wretched, Loot The Room, (‘you just always die’)

Winner:

• Alien RPG: Colonial Marines, Free League

Best Indie Game 2021

Nominees:

• Streets, Sinister Fish
• Escape The Dark Sector, Themeborne
• Wanderhome, Possum Creek Game

Winner:

• Escape the Dark Sector, Themeborne

Best Party Game 2021

Nominees:

• A Game of Cat and Mouth, Exploding Kittens
• Herd Mentality, Big Potato Games
• Master Word, Scorpion Masque

Winner:

• A Game of Cat and Mouth, Exploding Kittens

Best Card Game 2021

Nominees:

• Arkham Horror The Card Game: Edge of the Earth Expansion, Fantasy Flight Games
• Magic the Gathering: Adventures in Forgotten Realms, Wizards of the Coast
• Veilwraith, Hall or Nothing Games

Winner:

• Arkham Horror The Card Game, Fantasy Flight Games

Best Roleplaying Game 2021

Nominees:

• Agon, Evil Hat Productions
• Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Modiphius
• Wicked Ones, Bandit Camp

Winner:

• Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Modiphius

Best Miniatures Game 2021

Nominees:

• Carnevale, TTCombat
• Stargrave, Osprey Games
• Elder Scrolls, Modiphius

Winner:

• Elder Scrolls, Modiphius

Best Board Game 2021

Nominees:

• Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile, Leder Games
• Lost Ruins of Arnak, Czech Games Edition
• Dwellings of Eldervale, Breaking Games

Winner:

• Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile, Leder Games

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. Hopefully, these awards will move that sales needle for everyone featured.

As for next year? Tabletop Gaming Awards 2022 seem likely with the potential awards do at Tabletop Gaming Live in Manchester.

In the meantime, the Geek Native convention calendar will soak up these new dates.