The UK Games Expo Awards

 

The UK Games Expo Awards 2013

The Expo Awards were developed and introduced at UK Games Expo in 2007 to recognise the achievement of manufacturers and publishers in a variety of game genres. A special logo will be available for use by the winners in each category.

Eligibility

1.Game products on show at Expo 2013 and which had been released in the UK in the preceding 12 months, or are released at Expo 2013 will be eligible for entry into the Awards.

2.The Games must be on sale at UK Games Expo 2013..

3.Manufacturers and publishers may suggest which category, other than the Special Achievement Award, in which to enter their products, however the Expo judges will make the final decision. Only ONE category per product is permissible. A Game may only be entered for the awards in ONE year.

4.The awards are only for products from games companies who are exhibiting at EXPO (either themselves or via another company) and they are not open to others.

5.Games must be original designs and not just new editions unless there is significant change in the design or game play between editions.

6. To enter the awards you MUST send a copy/mock-up or sample by 19th April. IF YOU MISS THE DEADLINE YOUR GAME WILL NOT BE ENTERED. There are NO exceptions to this rule. In the case of card, board game or RPG a mock-up is fine if a full version is unavailable. In the miniatures category a representative range of the figures must be sent.

7.IMPORTANT: If the entry is a PDF (such as a roleplaying product or miniatures rule set) there is £5 entry fee. This is because the way we get the product rated is to copy the pdf on to memory sticks (a number of which we must buy). In this event email us the product as an attachement or send a download link and then send £5 via paypal to sales@ukgamesexpo.co.uk.

8. All samples, prototypes and products submitted will not be returned. These are passed to appropriate judges who will rate them. On the weekend the samples are made available to the public who have the opportunity to vote using voting forms handed out at the convention.

To enter your game for nominations please do the following:

Patrick Campbell
91 Grosvenor Way
Quarry Bank
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 2LH

Patrick Campbell then takes over as Awards Umpire and gets your games played by the Judges.

Categories and nominations for 2013

These are the provisional categories for the awards for 2013. Games for evaluation are being sent to a panel of judges whose vote will be part of the final result. To this will be added the results of the public vote on the weekend. Good luck to all our nominations.

Best New Boardgame  

Best Role-playing Game

Best Miniatures Range

Best General/Party Game

Best Family/Children's Game

Best Abstract Game

Best Card Game

Best Collectible Card Game

Judging

The winner in each category wil be determined by a combined system of a public vote and the opinion of a Panel of Judges. Awards was announced on Sunday 26th May 2013.

2013 Awards: Nominations will be announced in May 2013.

Previous Years Results

Awards winners 2012:

Best New Boardgame  

Zoom Zoom Kaboom Hopwood Games

Best Role-playing Game

Airship Pirates Cubicle 7

Best Miniatures Range

Star Fleet Mongoose

Best Family Game

Rory's Story Cubes Coiledspring

Best Abstract Game

Foundation Cubiko

Best Card Game

Panic Lab Coiledspring

Special Award

Designers and Dragons - Mongoose Publishing

2011 Expo Winners

You can view the award ceremony for 2011 here:

Best New Boardgame
Ankh Morpork (Treefrog)

Best Role-playing Game
All For One- Triple Ace

Best Family/Children's Game
Kingbrick - Oliver Sidthorpe

Best Abstract Game
Cubulous – Coiled Spring Games

Best Party Game
The Know It Games - Pants on Fire

Best Card Game
Braggart - Spiral Galaxy Games

Best Minatures Range
Wars of Tonan - Table Warfare

Special Awards

Triple Ace - Best Looking Stand

Scott Hughes - Beast of Burden Award

Richard Law - "I do all this work just to get a free Yellow Shirt Award"

2010 Expo Winners

Best New Boardgame
Workshop of the World (Ragnar Brothers)

Best Role-playing Game
DR Who - Cubicle 7

Best Family/Children's Game
Forbidden Island– Coiled Spring

Best Abstract Game
Mijnlieff – Hopwood Games

Best Card Game
World Cup Card Game - Games for the World

Special Award
Martin Wallace - For service to boardgames

Triple Ace - Best Looking Stand

2009 Expo Winners

Best New Boardgame
Snow Tails (Asmodee Version)

Best Role-playing Game
Lovecraftian tales from the Table- The Bradford Players (Yog radio)

Best Miniatures Range
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Copplestone Casting)

Best General/Party Game
Liar-Liar – Pants on Fire Games

Best Family/Children's Game
Cubiko – Gavin Birnbaum

Best Abstract Game
Kamisado – Burley Games

Best Card Game
Fzzzt! – Surprised Stare

Best Collectible Card Game
Huntik - Upper Deck Entertainment

2008 Expo Winners

Best Boardgame 
Iceflow (Ludorum Games)

Best Role-playing Game
Dungeons and Dragons (Wotc)

Best Miniatures Game
Field of Glory (Slitherine)

Best Quiz Game
Idenity Crisis (Ibble Dibble)

Best Abstract Game
Serendipity (Cuburo)

Best Card Game
World of Warcraft (UDE)

Special Award
Take it Easy (Peter Burley)

2007 Expo Winners

2007 Expo Awards:
Best New Boardgame: Fagin’s Gang-Ludorum Games

Best Family Game: Alphabet Runner-Alphabet Runner

Best Card Game: World of Warcraft-Upper Deck Entertainment

Best Miniatures Game: AT-43-Rackham

Best Role-playing Game: RuneQuest-Mongoose Publishing

Special Award: Pitchcar-Ferti