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 ;)
BGA Awards 2025: Mød de 6 vindere i alle kategorier + 2 udgivelser!
** Board Game Arena Awards 2025** er officielt afsluttet, og vi er spændte på at afsløre dette års vindere!
Fra strategiske mind-benders til lette, sjove eventyr, disse spil har fanget hjerterne hos spillere verden over.
Efter uger med spillerstemmer er her dine mestre på tværs af fem kategorier, fra de spil, der blev udgivet i 2024:
Find dem alle på den officielle AWARD-side: her
Bedste 2-spiller spil: Splendor Duel
Renæssancekøbmænd går hoved til hoved for at behage adelen ved at samle juveler. Med sin blanding af taktisk dybde og elegant enkelhed beviste Splendor Duel, hvorfor det er det foretrukne valg for konkurrerende par, der ønsker at teste deres evner.
Spil det nu:https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splendorduel
Bedste afslappede spil: Castle Combo
Træk folk fra den nedre og øvre by for at skabe et værdifuldt hus. Ved at kombinere simple regler med et meget dynamisk system fik dette lethjertede spil spillere, familier og venner til at hænge sammen hele året rundt. Perfekt til alle, der bare vil sidde ned og have det sjovt!
Spil det nu:https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=castlecombo
Bedste regulære spil: Harmonies
Skab dit eget landskab og levesteder for at byde dyrene velkommen. Dette vidunderligt udseende spil tilbød det helt rigtige udfordringsniveau, mens det forblev tilgængeligt for et bredt publikum. Hvis du ikke har spillet det endnu, er det nu, du skal dykke ned og se, hvad alt det brummer handler om.
Spil det nu:https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=harmonies
Bedste ekspertspil: Darwin's Journey
Årets mest indviklede og givende oplevelse går til Darwin's Journey. Spillerne roste dens dybe beslutningstagning og endeløse genspilbarhed. Det er den slags spil, der får dig til at tænke over din strategi længe efter, du er færdig med at spille. En sand perle for kernebrætspillere!
Spil det nu:https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=darwinsjourney
Bedste spil med dyretema: The Wolves
Etabler din flok ulve dominans i løbet af en månecyklus! Den smarte action-valgmekanisme var den helt rigtige, der passede til din brætspillers behov fra kategorien spil med dyretema. Et must at spille!
Spil det nu:https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thewolves
Særlig pris: Vinder af Board Game Arena – Nana Tori Dori
Som hvert år stemte vi internt på det spil, vi kunne lide mest fra 2024, som fortjener en pris fra os, og dette charmerende spil har vundet vores hjerter. Den er let, smuk og virkelig en behagelig oplevelse rundt om bordet eller online.
Spil det nu:https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=nanatoridori
Tak til BGA-fællesskabet!
Intet af dette ville have været muligt uden jer - spillerne. 2025 BGA Awards fejrede innovation, kreativitet og forbindelse i brætspilsverdenen. Uanset om du er en afslappet spiller eller en dedikeret strateg, fortsætter dine stemmer og passion med at forme fremtiden for brætspil på Board Game Arena.
Vi vil også gerne takke alle vores partnere, udviklere, udgivere, tutorial-skabere og moderatorer for denne fantastiske rejse gennem 2024.
Vil du selv prøve vinderne? Fortæl os, hvilken vinder der var din favorit!
Men det er ikke alt...
I dag udgiver vi også 2 små terningespil, du måske kan nyde, for at opfylde alle dine spilbehov:
Splitter og Knister!
I Splitter skal du gruppere tal sammen for at score point - to 2'ere, tre 3'ere og så videre - men du placerer to tal ad gangen, så tingene vil ikke altid fungere. På en tur kaster nogen to sekssidede terninger. Hver spiller skriver derefter resultaterne, f.eks. 1 og 4, i tomme felter i mønsteret, hvor hvert tal er i det spejlede rum i det andet. Når alle pladser er udfyldt, beregner du scoren.
Selvfølgelig er en vejledning leveret, , og du kan spille spillet ved at klikke på linket lige nedenfor:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splitter
I Knister tager hver spiller en blyant og et spilleark med en 5x5 matrix. En runde består af 25 kast med to standard sekssidede terninger. Efter hvert kast skriver hver spiller summen af de kastede terninger i et af felterne på arket. Efter 25 kast opgør hver spiller pointene. Den der har den højeste score vinder!
Du bad også om en tutorial? Der er den, med det relaterede link til dens spilside:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=knister
Lad os fejre Stefan Nikolic for Splitter og Heinz Wüppen for Knister, spildesignerne, med den venlige tilladelse fra Nürnberg Spierlkarten Verlag. En stor tak til udvikleren, vurtan, som gjorde dem begge tilgængelige på vores platform!
Vi ses næste år til de kommende priser: du har et år til at spille dem alle for at kunne stemme på dem!
Indtil da, pas på og... spil fair ;)
