We announce the Japan Boardgame Prize 2008 as follows;

1st Prize:

Wie verhext! (A.Pelikan / alea, Ravensburger)

349pt.
Japanese Distributer: Mobius Games

2nd:

Stone Age (M.Tummelhofer / Hans im Glück, Rio Grande Games)

330pt.
Japanese Distributer: Mobius Games, Arclight

3rd:

Race for the Galaxy (Tom Lehman / Rio Grande Games)

302pt.
Japanese Distributer: Gamestore Banesto, Arclight

4th:

Agricola (Uwe Rosenberg / Lookout Games)

253pt.
Japanese Distributer: Hobby Japan

5th:

Handelsfürsten (Reiner Knizia / Pegasus Spiele)

150pt.
Japanese Distributer: Gamestore Banesto, Mobius Games

From this year we combined former four branches and nominated no games. Voters selected upto five favorites from a list of 154 titles, which were sold in Japan from October 2007 to September 2008. We added up for each voter 5 points to the first favorit, 4 points to the second ... 1 point to the fifth. Total number of voters amounted to 317 from 32 Prefectures in cooperation with many boardgame circles and shops.

As a result "Wie verhext!" won the Japan Board Game Prize 2008.

The 8th prize "I will go home first!" (Japanese title: Osaki-ni-shitsurei-shimasu) is a revised version of "Who is going to the dishes?" by Mobius Games.

And the special prize "U-more Award". This award is selected by jury from our organization for the most contributing games to spread boardgame culture in Japan.

U-more Award:

Blokus 3D (S.Kögl / Beverly)

Nominee

Shildi Schildkröte (R.Hofstätter / Haba)

Mäusekarussell (J.Zeimet / Drei Magier)

Cheeky Monkey (R.Knizia / Face2Face)

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Japan Boardgame Prize