Japan Boardgame Prize 2023

We announce the 22nd Japan Boardgame Prize! It is divided into two categories, namely, U-more Award and Voters' Selection.

We award a good game for beginners and families, named "U-more Award". The jury consists of seven administlators of our family gaming society. After 3 months of discussion and selection, we decided "AKROPOLiS" as game of the year and two nominees.

U-more Award - Game of the Year:

AKROPOLiS (Japanese edition)
(Jules Messaud / Engames)

AKROPOLiS

Nominee

CHALLENGERS! (Japanese edition)
(Johannes Krenner, Markus Slawitscheck / Hobby Japan)

CHALLENGERS!

SUPER MEGA LUCKY BOX (Japanese edition)
(Phil Walker-Harding / JELLY JELLY GAMES)

SUPER MEGA LUCKY BOX



And Voters' Selection: 117 boardgamers from 29 prefectures took part in the award, in cooperation with many boardgame circles and shops. They selected upto five favorites from a list of 267 titles, which were sold in Japanese market within the last one year. We added up for each voter 5 points to the first favorit, 4 points to the second ... 1 point to the fifth.

As a result "CHALLENGERS!" won the Japan Board Game Prize 2023.

Voters' Selection - 1st Prize:

CHALLENGERS! (Japanese edition)
(Johannes Krenner, Markus Slawitscheck / Hobby Japan)

CHALLENGERS!

156pt.


2nd:

Darwin's Journey (Japanese edition)
(Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone / KenBill)

Darwin's Journey

74pt.


3rd:

EARTH (Japanese edition)
(Maxime Tardif / rigoler)

EARTH

57pt.


4th:

Revive (Japanese edition)
(Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund / Hobby Japan)

56pt.


5th:

Nanatoridori
(TOSHIKI ARAO / Arclight Games)

47pt.



6th:SEA SALT & PAPER (Japanese edition) (Hashimoto Atsushi / Hobby Japan)
7th:HEAT: PEDAL TO THE METAL(Japanese edition) (Xavier Georges / Hobby Japan)
8th:TURING MACHINE (Japanese edition) (Aske Christiansen / SUGOROKUYA)
9th:Splendor Duel (Japanese edition) (Clay Brooks, Raul Ramos, Nate Storm / Hobby Japan)
10th:SUPER MEGA LUCKY BOX (Japanese edition) (Phil Walker-Harding / JELLY JELLY GAMES)

If you have any question or opinion, please mail to us.

U-more, Official Nonprofit Organization (NPO) to spread Boardgame culture on Japan


Japan Boardgame Prize