To be eligible for a Pawn award a game had to have been reviewed (not previewed) by our writers in the year of the Pawn being awarded. The three tiers of awards are, from lowest to highest, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. I’ve been asked why don’t I do a Bronze award. I mean, who really wants to win Bronze?
To find out more about each game you just need to click its thumbnail to be magically whisked away to the review.
2020 Awards
Board Games
Silver:
Funkoverse Strategy Game – Funko Games
One Hundred Torii – Pencil First Games
Over Under Ostritch – Dolphin Games
Prisma Arena – HUB Games
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Change is Constant – IDW Games
Shadow*Kitty – Breaking Games
Streets of Steel – Wild Power Games
Gold:
Empyreal: Spells & Steam – Level 99 Games
The Few and Cursed – Rock Manor Games
Scythe – Stonemaier Games
Shobu – Smirk & Laughter Games
Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef – Druid City Games / Skybound Games
Platinum:
Dwellings of Eldervale – Breaking Games
RPGs
Silver:
Black Void – Black Void Games
Eyes Unclouded – Dungeon Master’s Guild
Humblewood – Deck of Many
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything – Wizards of the Coast
Gold:
Fateforge – Studio Agate
Tales from the Loop – Free League Publishing
Tiny Dungeon 2nd Edition – Gallant Knight Games
Those Dark Places – Osprey Games
Platinum:
Cortex Prime – Atlas Games / Fandom
2019 Awards
Board Games
Silver:
Slide Quest – Blue Orange Games
Mint Cooperative – Five24 Labs
Call to Adventure – Brotherwise Games
Guildball: Kickoff – Steamforged Games
A.E.G.I.S. – Zephyr Workshop
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig – Stonemaier Games
Movable Type – Uncanny Cardboard
Gold:
Skulk Hollow – Pencil First Games
Wingspan – Stonemaier Games
RWBY – Arcane Wonders
Dust 1947 – Dust USA
Greedy Kingdoms – AEG
Platinum:
Dice Throne Season 2 – Roxley Game Laboratory
RPGS
Silver:
Savage Worlds – Pinnacle
Artifacts of the Guild – DMs Guild
Gold:
Star Crossed – Bully Pulpit Games
Uncaged: Vol 1 – DMs Guild
Cthulhu Mythos 5e – Petersen Games
Farland – The World of Farland
Eberron – Wizards of the Coast
Platinum:
Forbidden Lands – Free League
2018 Awards
Silver:
Cthulhu Wars – Petersen Games
My Little Scythe – Stonemaier Games
Pocket Sub – Alley Cat Games
Thanos Rising – USAopoly
The Legend of Korra:
Tower of Madness – Smirk & Dagger Games
Gold:
Azul – Plan B Games
Bumuntu – WizKids
Century: Golem – Plan B Games
Everdell – Starling Games
Hanamikoji – Deep Water Games
Rise of Tribes – Breaking Games
Tao Long – Thundergryph Games
Platinum:
ROOT – Leder Games
2017 Awards
Silver:
Sparkle Kitty – Breaking Games
Stratos – Board & Tale
Eschaton – Archon Games
Brass Empire – Rock Manor Games
Planetarium – Game Salute
Gold:
Dice Forge – Asmodee
Santorini – Roxley
Seikatsu – IDW Games
Zendo – Looney Labs
Unearth – Brotherwise Games
Platinum:
Dead Man’s Doubloons – Thundergryph Games