The Board Game Arena Awards 2025 have officially come to a close, and we are excited to reveal this year’s winners!
From strategic mind-benders to light, fun-filled adventures, these games have captured the hearts of players worldwide.
After weeks of player votes, here are your champions across five categories, from the games released in 2024:
Find them all on the official AWARD page: here
Best 2-Player Game: Splendor Duel
Renaissance merchants go head to head to please nobility by collecting jewels. With its mix of tactical depth and elegant simplicity, Splendor Duel proved why it is the go-to choice for competitive pairs looking to test their mettle.
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splendorduel
Best Casual Game: Castle Combo
Draft people from the lower and upper city to create a valuable house. Combining simple rules with a very dynamic system, this light-hearted game had gamers, families and friends hooked all year long. Perfect for anyone who just wants to sit down and have fun!
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=castlecombo
Best Regular Game: Harmonies
Create your own landscape and habitats to welcome animals. This wonderful-looking game offered just the right level of challenge while remaining accessible to a broad audience. If you have not played it yet, now is the time to dive in and see what all the buzz is about.
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=harmonies
Best Expert Game: Darwin's Journey
This year’s most intricate and rewarding experience goes to Darwin's Journey. Players praised its deep decision-making and endless replayability. It is the kind of game that leaves you thinking about your strategy long after you have finished playing. A true gem for core board gamers!
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=darwinsjourney
Best Animal-themed game: The Wolves
Establish your pack of wolves' dominance over the course of a moon cycle! The clever action-selection mechanism was just the right one fitting your board gamer's needs from the animal-themed games category. A must play!
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thewolves
Special Award: Board Game Arena Team Winner – Nana Tori Dori
As every year, we voted internally for the game we liked the most from 2024 that deserves an award from us, and this charming game has won our hearts. It is light, beautiful and really a pleasant experience around the table or online.
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=nanatoridori
Thank You to the BGA Community!
None of this would have been possible without YOU- the players. The 2025 BGA Awards celebrated innovation, creativity, and connection in the world of board games. Whether you are a casual player or a dedicated strategist, your votes and passion continue to shape the future of board gaming on Board Game Arena.
We also want to really thank all of our partners, developers, publishers, tutorial-makers and moderators for this fantastic journey through 2024.
Want to try the winners for yourself? Let us know which winner was your favorite!
But that's not all...
Today we are also releasing also 2 small dice games you might enjoy, to fulfil all your gaming needs:
Splitter and Knister!
In Splitter, you must group numbers together to score points- two 2s, three 3s, and so on- but you are placing two numbers at a time, so things will not always work out. On a turn, someone rolls two six-sided dice. Each player then writes the results, e.g. 1 and 4, in empty spaces in the pattern, with each number being in the mirrored space of the other. After all spaces are filled, you calculate the score.
Of course, a tutorial is provided, and you can play the game by clicking the link right below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splitter
In Knister, each player takes a pencil and a playing sheet with a 5x5 matrix. A round consists of 25 rolls of two standard six-sided dice. After each roll, every player writes the sum of the rolled dice into one of the fields on the sheet. After 25 rolls, each player tallies the points. Whoever has the highest score wins!
You asked for a tutorial too? There it is, with the related link to its game page:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=knister
Let's celebrate Stefan Nikolic for Splitter, and Heinz Wüppen for Knister, the game designers, with the kind authorization from Nürnberg Spierlkarten Verlag. A lot of thanks to the developer, vurtan, who made both of them available on our platform!
See you next year for the upcoming awards: you have a year to play them all to be able to vote for them!
Until then, take care and... play fair ;)
2025 年 BGA 大奖：所有类别的 6 位获奖者 + 2 份发布内容！
2025 年Board Game Arena大奖 已正式落下帷幕，我们很高兴地揭晓今年的获奖者！
从战略性的烧脑游戏到轻松有趣的冒险游戏，这些游戏已经俘获了世界各地玩家的心。
经过数周的玩家投票，以下是从 2024 年发布的游戏中五个类别中选出的冠军：
最佳双人游戏：璀璨宝石：对决
文艺复兴时期的商人通过收集珠宝来迈向贵族。凭借战术深度和优雅的简单性， 璀璨宝石：对决 证明了为什么它是希望测试自己的勇气的竞争配对的首选选择。
立即游玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splendorduel
最佳休闲游戏：城堡组合
从下城区和上城区招募人员来建造一座有价值的房子。这款轻松的游戏将简单的规则与非常动态的系统相结合，让玩家、家人和朋友全年都沉迷其中。非常适合那些只想坐下来享受乐趣的人！
立即游玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=castlecombo
最佳常规游戏：自然和弦
创建您自己的景观和栖息地来欢迎动物。这款精美的游戏提供了恰到好处的挑战性，同时又适合广大受众。如果您还没有玩过，现在是时候深入了解一下它了，看看它到底是怎么回事。
立即游玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=harmonies
最佳专家游戏：达尔文的旅程
今年最复杂和最有意义的经历是 *达尔文的旅程 *。玩家称赞其深刻的决策和无尽的可重玩性。这种游戏使您在完成比赛后很长时间思考策略。核心董事会游戏玩家的真正宝石！
立即游玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=darwinsjourney
最佳动物主题游戏：狼群：领地之战
在月球周期中建立狼群的统治地位！巧妙的动作选择机制恰好符合动物主题游戏类别中棋盘游戏玩家的需求。必玩！
立即游玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thewolves
特别奖： Board Game Arena团队获胜者 - 织女鸟
和往年一样，我们在内部投票选出 2024 年我们最喜欢的值得我们颁奖的游戏，这款迷人的游戏赢得了我们的心。它轻松、美观，无论是在桌上还是在线上玩，都是一种非常愉快的体验。
立即游玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=nanatoridori
感谢 BGA 社区！
如果没有您——玩家，这一切都不可能实现。2025 年 BGA 大奖旨在表彰棋盘游戏世界中的创新、创造力和联系。无论您是休闲玩家还是专注的战略家，您的投票和热情将继续塑造Board Game Arena上棋盘游戏的未来。
我们还要由衷感谢我们所有的合作伙伴、开发者、出版商、教程制作者和版主，感谢他们带领我们走过了 2024 年的这段奇妙旅程。
想亲自尝试一下获胜者吗？让我们知道哪位获胜者是您的最爱！
但这还不是全部...
今天我们还发布了 2 款您可能会喜欢的小骰子游戏，以满足您的所有游戏需求：
Splitter 和 Knister！
在Splitter中，您必须将数字组合在一起才能得分 - 两个 2、三个 3 等等 - 但您一次只能放置两个数字，因此事情并不总是会顺利。在轮到某人时，有人会掷两个六面骰子。然后每个玩家将结果（例如 1 和 4）写在图案中的空白处，每个数字都位于另一个数字的镜像空间中。填满所有空格后，您就可以计算得分了。
当然， 提供了教程， ，您可以点击下面的链接来玩游戏：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splitter
在 Knister 游戏中，每位玩家都会拿一支铅笔和一张带有 5x5 矩阵的游戏纸。一轮游戏包括 25 次投掷，每次投掷两个标准的六面骰子。每次投掷后，每位玩家都会将投掷骰子的总点数写到纸上的一个字段中。25 次投掷后，每位玩家都会计算点数。得分最高的玩家获胜！
你也要求教程？ 它就在那里，并附有其游戏页面的相关链接：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=knister
让我们为游戏设计师Stefan Nikolic的 Splitter 和Heinz Wüppen的 Knister 喝彩，他们均获得了Nürnberg Spierlkarten Verlag的友好授权。非常感谢开发者vurtan，他们让这两款游戏在我们的平台上可用！
明年即将举行的颁奖典礼见：您有一年的时间参加所有颁奖典礼并为他们投票！
在此之前，请保重并且......公平竞争 ;)
