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The 2016 nominations for game of the year have opened over on Beasts of War,

http://surveys.beastsofwar.com/index.php/survey/index/sid/477643/newtest/Y/lang/en

so if you've especially enjoyed anything released last year why not nominate it, the publicity will help, especially if its something from a small manufacturer

the category's are

Best Board Game of 2016 (where a final edition of the game was officially published between 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded. New editions are included as they replace rather than expanded on an existing game)

Best Card Game of 2016 (where a final edition of the game was officially published between 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded. New editions are included as they replace rather than expanded on an existing game.)

Best Miniatures Game of 2016 (where a final edition of the game was officially published 1st Jan 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded. New editions are included as they replace rather than expanded on an existing game.)

Best Role-Playing Game of 2016 (where a final edition of the game was officially published between the 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded. New editions are included as they replace rather than expanded on an existing game)

Best Board Game Expansion of 2016 (Where a new expansion to an existing board game was officially published between the 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded.
Expansions are those which add to an existing game, and are often not usable without a copy of the existing game. New editions of games are not eligible for this award.)

Best Card Game Expansion of 2016 (Where a new expansion to an existing card game was officially published between the 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded.
Expansions are those which add to an existing game, and are often not usable without a copy of the existing game. New editions of games are not eligible for this award.)

Best Miniatures Game Expansion of 2016 (a new expansion to an existing miniatures game was officially published between the 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded.Expansions are those which add to an existing game, and are often not usable without a copy of the existing game. New editions of games are not eligible for this award.)

Best Role-Playing Game Expansion of 2016 (Where a new expansion to an existing role-playing game was officially published between the 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. Open playtests will be disregarded. Expansions are those which add to an existing game, and are often not usable without a copy of the existing game. New editions of games are not eligible for this award.)

Best Hobby or Gaming Accessory of 2016 (Any accessory that was released to the market between the 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. This may include any item that enhances the hobby or gaming experience, but is not a component of the game itself, this accessory can be a non-essential upgrade to an existing item/game/gaming component etc.)

Best Terrain Product of 2016 (Terrain product which was released to the market between the 1st January 2016 & 31st December 2016. This is a standalone or collection of terrain items that can be added to a gaming environment to enhance game play and visual appeal to the tabletop.)

Best Gaming Artwork of 2016 (Gaming Artwork that was published or officially sanctioned and made public by the game creators between 1st January 2016 and 31st December 2016.

This can include images that were included on box art, in rule books, on websites as part of the enhancement of the game. The game or the artwork does not have to have been created within the period of 1st January 2016 & December 31st 2016 , however the artwork must have been made public between this period)

Best Sculpt of 2016 (Best sculpt or single model for a gaming item made available to purchase between 1st January and 31st December 2016. This can include both hand sculpted and CAD designed items to produce the most aesthetically pleasing gaming piece, this can include figures or vehicles or terrain accessories that have required sculpting)

Best Paint Job of 2016 (Painted model that was made available to view between the 1 Jan 2016- 31st Dec 2016. This can include pieces which were entered into competition, commercial work, and pieces painted for personal use. This is about the artist and the aesthetic of the fully painted item.)



you can nominate in all or only some of the catagories and if you want to give your email address will be entered in a draw for a mystery box

i like the awards

But I do find it weird they leave it this late to do the awards for 2016

in Apr 2017

The explained it on the latest weekender,

they hope to start doing the actual awards ceremony as a genuinely live event with attendees, guests etc and the new dates fit better with the plan, (probably not this time though)

it also avoids the awards running from November to November like it did before (so they were actually best of 2 months of 2014 and 10 months of 2015)

I always quite look forward to this, although struggle to remember what has actually been released over the last year or so

..Am struggling with the Best Card, miniature and role playing game expansions for last year..

Anyone have any suggestions?

Nominations close this weekend, so if you want to get your favorite represented, get your skates on