DiceaBoard Game Awards ArchiveThe four major international awards, year by year.
Dicea Français

Award-winning board games of the 2000s

Pick a decade: its ten years unfold as a timeline, each one facing the games it crowned.

By year

Browse by decade

  • The 2020s, illustrated by the box art of MicroMacro: Crime City 2020s95 awarded games Four awards and a dozen categories: the Golden Geeks rank by weight, the As d'Or adds an advanced tier.
  • The 2010s, illustrated by the box art of Azul 2010s95 awarded games The decade of splits: Kennerspiel in 2011, an expert category in Cannes in 2012, and Azul's treble in 2018.
  • The 2000s, illustrated by the box art of Dominion A year apart 2000s62 awarded games Children's categories appear in Berlin then in Cannes, and BoardGameGeek opens the vote to everyone in 2006.
  • The 1990s, illustrated by the box art of El Grande A year apart 1990s49 awarded games Essen launches its Top 10 in 1990, Cannes loses an edition in 1991, and Catan wins over two juries at once in 1995.
  • The 1980s, illustrated by the box art of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases 1980s12 awarded games The German jury reigns unchallenged, until Cannes creates the As d'Or in 1988.
  • The 1970s, illustrated by the box art of Hare & Tortoise 1970s1 awarded game A single year covered, 1979: that of the very first Spiel des Jahres, then the only major award in the world.