Dice Tower Award 2015 Nominees Announced

The Dice Tower Awards are only a couple months away in July at Dice Tower Con, so to ramp up to that day we are releasing the nominees for each award category.  And the nominees are: BEST BOARD GAME COMPONENTS

• Blood Rage - CoolMiniOrNot
• Cthulhu Wars - Green Eye Games
• Star Wars Armada - Fantasy Flight Games
• Flick 'em Up! - Pretzel Games
• Forbidden Stars - Fantasy Flight Games

BEST CO-OP GAMES

• The Grizzled - CoolMiniOrNot
• Mysterium - Libellud
• Pandemic Legacy - Z-Man Games
• T.I.M.E. Stores - Space Cowboys
• XCOM: The Board Game - Fantasy Flight Games

BEST FAMILY GAMES

• Codenames - Czech Games Edition
• Flick 'em Up! - Pretzel Games
• Lanterns: The Harvest Festival - Renegade Games
• Mysterium - Libellud
• New York 1901 - Blue Orange Games

BEST GAME ARTWORK

• Above and Below - Ryan Laukat
• Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn - David Richards, Fernanda Suarez
• The Grizzled - Tignous
• Mysterium - Igor Burlakov, Xavier Collette
• T.I.M.E. Stores - Ben Carre, Vincent Dutrait, David Lecossu, Pascal Quidault

BEST GAME EXPANSIONS

• Colt Express: Horses and Stagecoach - Pretzel Games
• Five Tribes: Artisans of Naqala - Days of Wonder
• Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition - Rio Grande Games
• Russian Railroads: German Railroads - Z-Man Games
• Ticket to Ride Map Collection Volume 5: UK and Pennsylvania - Days of Wonder

BEST GAME FROM A NEW DESIGNER

• Between Two Cities - Matthew O'Malley,Morten Monrad Pedersen, Ben Rosset
• New York 1901 - Chenier La Salle
• Stockpile - Brett Sobol, Seth Van Orden
• T.I.M.E. Stories - Manuel Rozoy
• Tides of Time - Kristian Čurla

BEST GAME OF THE YEAR

• 7 Wonders: Duel - Repos Productions
• Blood Rage - CoolMiniOrNot
• Codenames - Czech Games Edition
• Elysium - Space Cowboys
• The Gallerist - Eagle-Gryphon Games
• Mysterium - Libellud
• Pandemic Legacy - Z-Man Games
• T.I.M.E. Stores - Space Cowboys
• The Voyages of Marco Polo - Z-Man Games
• Roll for the Galaxy - Rio Grande Games

BEST GAME REPRINT

• El Grande Bix Box - Z-Man Games
• Fury of Dracula (3rd Edition) - Fantasy Flight Games
• Mission Red Planet - Fantasy Flight Games
• Stronghold (2nd Edition) - Stronghold Games
• Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization - Czech Games Edition

BEST GAME THEMING

• T.I.M.E. Stores - Space Cowboys
• Pandemic Legacy - Z-Man Games
• Baseball Highlights 2045 - Eagle-Gryphon Games
• Food Chain Magnate - Splotter Spellen
• Blood Rage - CoolMiniOrNot

BEST PARTY GAME

• Codenames - Czech Games Edition
• Mysterium - Libellud
• Mafia de Cuba - Lui-meme
• Deception: Murder in Hong Kong - Grey Fox Games
• Two Rooms and a Boom - Tuesday Knight Games

BEST SMALL PUBLISHER GAME

• Lanterns: The Harvest Festival - Renegade Games
• Between Two Cities - Stonemaier Games
• Burgle Bros. - Self-published by Tim Fowers
• Champions of Midgard - Grey Fox Games
• Stockpile - Nauvoo Games

BEST STRATEGY GAME

• Blood Rage - CoolMiniOrNot
• Pandemic Legacy - Z-Man Games
• Elysium - Space Cowboys
• The Voyages of Marco Polo - Z-Man Games
• Roll for the Galaxy - Rio Grande Games

BEST TWO PLAYER GAME

• 7 Wonders: Duel - Repos Productions
• Baseball Highlights 2045 - Eagle-Gryphon Games
• Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn - Plaid Hat Games
• Raptor - Matagot
• Risk: Star Wars Edition - Hasbro

MOST INNOVATIVE GAME

• Codenames - Czech Games Edition
• Mysterium - Libellud
• T.I.M.E. Stores - Space Cowboys
• XCOM: The Board Game - Fantasy Flight Games
• 504 - 2F-Spiele