The Best "Japan Boardgame Prize🇯🇵" winners and nominees 2022
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 2022:
Just One
- 3 - 7 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!18€ at.de
Video reviews for Just One
Codenames
- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Codenames: Duet
Nominated for 9 awards and won 4.
More details for Codenames: Duet- 2 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 11+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Codenames: Duet
Kingdomino
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 - 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Kingdomino
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
Nominated for 21 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
- Easy to learn
Love Letter
Nominated for 14 awards and won 7.
More details for Love Letter- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!10€ at.de
Video reviews for Love Letter
Dixit
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Skull
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Skull- 3 - 6 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Skull
Las Vegas
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Las Vegas
Wingspan
- 1 - 5 Players
- 40 - 70 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!40€ at.de
Video reviews for Wingspan
Splendor
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Splendor
Pictures
- 3 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Pictures
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
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!30€ at.de
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
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!27€ at.de
6 nimmt!
Nominated for 5 awards and won 3.
More details for 6 nimmt!- 2 - 10 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!6€ at.de
The Resistance
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for The Resistance- 5 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!15€ at.de
Karuba
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ticket to Ride
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!23€ at.de
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride
Coloretto
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Coloretto- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
ICECOOL
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for ICECOOL
Diamant
Nominated for 8 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005
More details for Diamant- 3 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!16€ at.de
7 Wonders
- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Loony Quest
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Loony Quest- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Loony Quest
It's a Wonderful World
Nominated for 13 awards and won 5.
More details for It's a Wonderful World- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!40€ at.de
Cockroach Poker
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Cockroach Poker
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
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Terraforming Mars
Gulo Gulo
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 - 20 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Spot it!
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
More details for Spot it!- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!10€ at.de
Dominion: Intrigue
Nominated for 7 awards and won 1.
More details for Dominion: Intrigue- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
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