Awards

2020 was a bumpy year in many respects, but there definitely was a silver lining: some great games were released! There were many great candidates for our annual award, but in the end we had to narrow it down to one.

The nominees have been announced for our Best Casual Game of 2020 award! Vote now for your favorite of these three great games selected by our judges.

The votes have been tallied and a winner has been announced for our third annual Best Casual Game of the Year award: Point Salad by AEG!

The nominees have been announced for our 3rd annual Best Casual Game award! Vote now for your favorite of these three great games from 2019.

The votes have been tallied and a winner has been announced for our second annual Best Casual Game of the Year award: Welcome To... by Deep Water Games!

The nominees have been announced for our 2nd annual Best Casual Game award! Vote now for your favorite of these three great games from 2018.

The votes have been tallied and a winner has been announced for our first annual Best Casual Game of the Year award: Sagrada by Floodgate Games! Congratulations to the publisher and the designers, Adrian Adamescu and Daryl Andrews, for a job well done.

There are many game awards out there, from the Spiel des Jahres to the Golden Geek Awards and everything in between. But it's time for an award specifically for casual games!

After 42 hours of gaming, the Mensa Select Winners have been announced. The winners include two deck-builders, two games based on classic books, a party game, and one tricky logic puzzle about wizards brewing potions.

After forty-two hours of gaming, five games were selected from sixty-three competing games to win this year’s Mensa Select award.