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:
Codenames
2 - 8 Players
15 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!12€ at
.deCodenames: Duet
Nominated for 9 awards and won 4.
More details for Codenames: Duet- 2 - 99 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 11+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!15€ at.deVideo reviews for Codenames: Duet
Kingdomino
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
😕 Questionable price10€ at.deVideo reviews for Kingdomino
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
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
💸 Too expensive!22€ at.deSkull
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Skull- 3 - 6 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
💸 Too expensive!27€ at.deVideo reviews for Skull
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
👍 Good price!27€ at.deVideo reviews for Ticket to Ride: Europe
7 Wonders
- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Splendor
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Splendor
Las Vegas
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
💸 Too expensive!70€ at.deVideo reviews for Las Vegas
Ticket to Ride
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!30€ at.deVideo reviews for Ticket to Ride
The Resistance
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for The Resistance- 5 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: easy
💸 Too expensive!18€ at.deKing 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
👍 Good price!32€ at.deDominion: Intrigue
Nominated for 7 awards and won 1.
More details for Dominion: Intrigue- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Karuba
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!25€ at.deDominion
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Pandemic
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Pandemic
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.de6 nimmt!
Nominated for 5 awards and won 3.
More details for 6 nimmt!- 2 - 10 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!5€ at.deMysterium
Nominated for 14 awards and won 6.
More details for Mysterium- 2 - 7 Players
- 42 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
ICECOOL
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
💸 Too expensive!16€ at.deVideo reviews for ICECOOL
Diamant
- 3 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!35€ at.deLoony Quest
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Loony Quest- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!22€ at.deVideo reviews for Loony Quest
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!15€ at.deStone Age
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Stone Age
Puerto Rico
- 3 - 5 Players
- 90 - 150 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!27€ at.deGalaxy Trucker
Nominated for 8 awards and won 1.
More details for Galaxy Trucker- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Race for the Galaxy
Nominated for 11 awards and won 4.
More details for Race for the Galaxy- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!25€ at.deModern Art
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Modern Art- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
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