The Board Game Arena Awards 2025 have officially come to a close, and we are excited to reveal this year’s winners!
From strategic mind-benders to light, fun-filled adventures, these games have captured the hearts of players worldwide.
After weeks of player votes, here are your champions across five categories, from the games released in 2024:
Find them all on the official AWARD page: here
Best 2-Player Game: Splendor Duel
Renaissance merchants go head to head to please nobility by collecting jewels. With its mix of tactical depth and elegant simplicity, Splendor Duel proved why it is the go-to choice for competitive pairs looking to test their mettle.
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splendorduel
Best Casual Game: Castle Combo
Draft people from the lower and upper city to create a valuable house. Combining simple rules with a very dynamic system, this light-hearted game had gamers, families and friends hooked all year long. Perfect for anyone who just wants to sit down and have fun!
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=castlecombo
Best Regular Game: Harmonies
Create your own landscape and habitats to welcome animals. This wonderful-looking game offered just the right level of challenge while remaining accessible to a broad audience. If you have not played it yet, now is the time to dive in and see what all the buzz is about.
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=harmonies
Best Expert Game: Darwin's Journey
This year’s most intricate and rewarding experience goes to Darwin's Journey. Players praised its deep decision-making and endless replayability. It is the kind of game that leaves you thinking about your strategy long after you have finished playing. A true gem for core board gamers!
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=darwinsjourney
Best Animal-themed game: The Wolves
Establish your pack of wolves' dominance over the course of a moon cycle! The clever action-selection mechanism was just the right one fitting your board gamer's needs from the animal-themed games category. A must play!
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thewolves
Special Award: Board Game Arena Team Winner – Nana Tori Dori
As every year, we voted internally for the game we liked the most from 2024 that deserves an award from us, and this charming game has won our hearts. It is light, beautiful and really a pleasant experience around the table or online.
Play it now: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=nanatoridori
Thank You to the BGA Community!
None of this would have been possible without YOU- the players. The 2025 BGA Awards celebrated innovation, creativity, and connection in the world of board games. Whether you are a casual player or a dedicated strategist, your votes and passion continue to shape the future of board gaming on Board Game Arena.
We also want to really thank all of our partners, developers, publishers, tutorial-makers and moderators for this fantastic journey through 2024.
Want to try the winners for yourself? Let us know which winner was your favorite!
But that's not all...
Today we are also releasing also 2 small dice games you might enjoy, to fulfil all your gaming needs:
Splitter and Knister!
In Splitter, you must group numbers together to score points- two 2s, three 3s, and so on- but you are placing two numbers at a time, so things will not always work out. On a turn, someone rolls two six-sided dice. Each player then writes the results, e.g. 1 and 4, in empty spaces in the pattern, with each number being in the mirrored space of the other. After all spaces are filled, you calculate the score.
Of course, a tutorial is provided, and you can play the game by clicking the link right below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splitter
In Knister, each player takes a pencil and a playing sheet with a 5x5 matrix. A round consists of 25 rolls of two standard six-sided dice. After each roll, every player writes the sum of the rolled dice into one of the fields on the sheet. After 25 rolls, each player tallies the points. Whoever has the highest score wins!
You asked for a tutorial too? There it is, with the related link to its game page:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=knister
Let's celebrate Stefan Nikolic for Splitter, and Heinz Wüppen for Knister, the game designers, with the kind authorization from Nürnberg Spierlkarten Verlag. A lot of thanks to the developer, vurtan, who made both of them available on our platform!
See you next year for the upcoming awards: you have a year to play them all to be able to vote for them!
Until then, take care and... play fair ;)
2025 年 BGA 大獎：所有類別的 6 位獲獎者 + 2 份發佈內容！
2025 年Board Game Arena大獎 已正式落下帷幕，我們很高興地揭曉今年的獲獎者！
從策略性的燒腦遊戲到輕鬆有趣的冒險遊戲，這些遊戲已經擄獲了世界各地玩家的心。
經過數週的玩家投票，以下是從 2024 年發佈的遊戲中五個類別中選出的冠軍：
[在官方獎項頁面上可找到所有獎項：這裡]（https://boardgamearena.com/awards）
最佳雙人遊戲：璀璨寶石 雙人版
文藝復興時期的商人互相爭鬥，透過收集珠寶來取悅貴族。 璀璨寶石 雙人版 將戰術深度與優雅簡潔融為一體，證明了為什麼它是想要測試勇氣的競技組合的首選。
立即遊玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splendorduel
最佳休閒遊戲：Castle Combo
從下城和上城招募人口來建造一座有價值的房子。這款輕鬆的遊戲將簡單的規則與極具活力的系統相結合，讓玩家、家人和朋友全年都沉迷其中。非常適合那些只想坐下來玩樂的人！
立即遊玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=castlecombo
最佳常規遊戲：Harmonies
創建自己的景觀和棲息地來歡迎動物。這款畫面精美的遊戲提供了適當的挑戰性，同時仍適合廣大玩家。如果你還沒玩過，那麼現在是時候深入了解它到底是什麼了。
立即遊玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=harmonies
最佳專家遊戲：Darwin’s Journey
This year’s most intricate and rewarding experience goes to Darwin's Journey. Players praised its deep decision-making and endless replayability. It is the kind of game that leaves you thinking about your strategy long after you have finished playing. A true gem for core board gamers!
立即遊玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=darwinsjourney
最佳動物主題遊戲：狼群 領地之戰
在月球週期中確立狼群的統治地位！巧妙的動作選擇機制恰好滿足動物主題遊戲類別中棋盤遊戲玩家的需求。一定要玩！
立即遊玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thewolves
特別獎： Board Game Arena 團隊得獎者 - Nana Tori Dori
與往年一樣，我們在內部投票選出了 2024 年我們最喜歡的、值得我們獲獎的遊戲，這款迷人的遊戲贏得了我們的心。它輕盈、美觀，無論是在實體還是在線上，都是一種令人愉悅的體驗。
立即遊玩：https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=nanatoridori
感謝 BGA 社群！
如果沒有你們——玩家們，這一切都不可能實現。 2025 年 BGA 大獎旨在慶祝棋盤遊戲領域的創新、創造力和連結。無論您是休閒玩家還是專注的策略家，您的投票和熱情將繼續塑造Board Game Arena上棋盤遊戲的未來。
我們也要由衷感謝我們所有的合作夥伴、開發者、出版商、教程製作者和版主，感謝他們帶領我們走過了 2024 年的精彩旅程。
想親自嘗試這些優勝作品嗎？讓我們知道哪款優勝作品是您的最愛！
但這還不是全部...
今天我們也發布了 2 款您可能會喜歡的小骰子遊戲，以滿足您的所有遊戲需求：
Splitter and Knister!
在Splitter中，您必須將數字組合在一起才能得分 - 兩個 2、三個 3 等等 - 但是您一次只能放置兩個數字，因此事情並不總是能順利進行。每輪，有人擲兩顆六面骰。然後，每個玩家將結果（例如 1 和 4）寫在圖案的空白處，每個數字都位於另一個數字的鏡像空間中。所有空格填滿後，計算分數。
當然， 提供了教程， ，您可以點擊下面的連結來玩遊戲：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splitter
在Knister中，每個玩家拿一支鉛筆和一張寫有 5x5 矩陣的遊戲紙。一輪遊戲由 25 次投擲兩個標準六面骰子組成。每次擲骰子後，每位玩家將擲出的骰子點數總和寫入到紙上的一個欄位。擲 25 次後，每位玩家計算點數。得分最高者獲勝！
【你也需要教學？ ](https://boardgamearena.com/tutorial?game=knister)它就在那裡，並帶有其遊戲頁面的相關連結：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=knister
讓我們為遊戲設計師Stefan Nikolic的 Splitter 和Heinz Wüppen的 Knister 致敬，他們均獲得了Nürnberg Spierlkarten Verlag的友情授權。非常感謝開發者 vurtan，他們讓我們可以在平台上使用這兩款游戲！
明年的頒獎典禮見：你有一整年的時間來玩所有的遊戲，這樣才能為它們投票！
在此之前，請保重並且......公平競爭 ;)
