The Best "Japan Boardgame Prize🇯🇵" winners and nominees 2021
Looking for a good game that won or was nominated for the Japan Boardgame Prize? Then we have just the thing for you: A list with the best "Japan Boardgame Prize" winners and games that were on the nomination list.
What is the Japan Boardgame Prize?
The "Japan Boardgame Prize" is an award for dice, card & board games. The prize originates from 🇯🇵Japan, was established in 2002 and is chosen by a jury.
The Japan Board Game Prize is sponsored by U-more - an organization whose goal is to spread the culture of board games in Japan.
In 2008, U-More combined the previous four categories and did not nominate any games. Voters selected up to five favorites from a list of 154 titles sold in Japan from October 2007 to September 2008. For each voter, they added 5 points to the first favorite, 4 points to the second ... 1 point to the fifth. There are a total of 317 voters from 32 prefectures in cooperation with many boardgame circles and stores.
Japan Boardgame Prize Categories
The Japan Boardgame Prize award is given every year in the following categories:
- The Best Foreign Game for Beginners - "its rule is relatively simple, and the playing time is short, so anyone can have fun immediately, regardless of their experience."
- The best advanced game - "more advanced and can be played by those who are used to playing games".
- The best Japanese game - "published in Japanese packaging".
- The best children's game - "its illustration and components are designed for children, easy to play for children under nine, and quite entertaining for parents as well".
For more info, visit the official Japan Boardgame Prize homepage or the Wikipedia post of Japan Boardgame Prize.
Other game awards from around the world.
There are many more game awards from around the world, you can find a list at the bottom of this page.
List of best Japan Boardgame Prize winners & nominees 2021:
Just One
3 - 7 Players
20 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!17€ at
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Codenames
- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Codenames: Duet
Nominated for 9 awards and won 4.
More details for Codenames: Duet- 2 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 11+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Codenames: Duet
Kingdomino
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Kingdomino
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
Nominated for 20 awards and won 11.
Kennerspiel des Jahres 2020
More details for The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Love Letter
Nominated for 14 awards and won 7.
More details for Love Letter- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Love Letter
Dixit
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Skull
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Skull- 3 - 6 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Skull
Wingspan
- 1 - 5 Players
- 40 - 70 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!43€ at.deVideo reviews for Wingspan
Las Vegas
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Las Vegas
Splendor
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Splendor
Ticket to Ride: Europe
Nominated for 4 awards and won 2.
More details for Ticket to Ride: Europe- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: Europe
King of Tokyo
Nominated for 19 awards and won 7.
More details for King of Tokyo- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
The Resistance
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for The Resistance- 5 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Karuba
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
6 nimmt!
Nominated for 5 awards and won 3.
More details for 6 nimmt!- 2 - 10 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!5€ at.deTicket to Ride
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!30€ at.deVideo reviews for Ticket to Ride
ICECOOL
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for ICECOOL
Coloretto
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Coloretto- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!7€ at.deDiamant
- 3 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Animal Upon Animal
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005
More details for Animal Upon Animal- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!14€ at.de7 Wonders
- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Pictures
- 3 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!30€ at.deVideo reviews for Pictures
Loony Quest
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Loony Quest- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Loony Quest
It's a Wonderful World
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
More details for It's a Wonderful World- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Terraforming Mars
Nominated for 26 awards and won 13.
Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017
More details for Terraforming Mars- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Terraforming Mars
Cockroach Poker
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Cockroach Poker
Gulo Gulo
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 - 20 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Spot it!
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
More details for Spot it!- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Mysterium
Nominated for 14 awards and won 6.
More details for Mysterium- 2 - 7 Players
- 42 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
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