Japan Boardgame Prize 2008

We announce the Japan Boardgame Prize 2008 as follows;

Wie verhext!1st Prize:

Wie verhext!
(A.Pelikan / alea, Ravensburger)

349pt.
Japanese Distributer: Mobius Games

Stone Age2nd:

Stone Age
(M.Tummelhofer / Hans im Glück, Rio Grande Games)

330pt.
Japanese Distributer: Mobius Games, Arclight

Race for the Galaxy3rd:

Race for the Galaxy
(Tom Lehman / Rio Grande Games)

302pt.
Japanese Distributer: Gamestore Banesto, Arclight

Agricola4th:

Agricola
(Uwe Rosenberg / Lookout Games)

253pt.
Japanese Distributer: Hobby Japan

Handelsfuersten5th:

Handelsfürsten
(Reiner Knizia / Pegasus Spiele)

150pt.
Japanese Distributer: Gamestore Banesto, Mobius Games


6th: Im Jahr des Drachen (Stefan Feld / alea, Ravensburger) 133pt.

7th: Keltis (Reiner Knizia / Kosmos) 130pt.

8th: I will go home first! (Philippe de Pallieres / Mobius Games) 129pt.

9th: Kakerlakensalat (Jacques Zeimet / Drei Magier) 99pt.

10th: Blokus 3D (Stefan Kögl / Beverly Enterprises) 93pt.

10th: Patrizier (Michael Schacht / Amigo) 93pt.

From this year we combined former four branches and nominated no games. Voters selected upto five favorites from a list of 154 titles, which were sold in Japan from October 2007 to September 2008. We added up for each voter 5 points to the first favorit, 4 points to the second ... 1 point to the fifth. Total number of voters amounted to 317 from 32 Prefectures in cooperation with many boardgame circles and shops.

As a result "Wie verhext!" won the Japan Board Game Prize 2008.

The 8th prize "I will go home first!" (Japanese title: Osaki-ni-shitsurei-shimasu) is a revised version of "Who is going to the dishes?" by Mobius Games.

And the special prize "U-more Award". This award is selected by jury from our organization for the most contributing games to spread boardgame culture in Japan.

Blokus 3DU-more Award:

Blokus 3D
(S.Kögl / Beverly)

Nominee:

Shildi Schildkröte
(R.Hofstätter / Haba)

Mäusekarussell
(J.Zeimet / Drei Magier)

Cheeky Monkey
(R.Knizia / Face2Face)

Schildi SchildkroeteMaeusekarussellCheeky Monkey

If you have any question or opinion, please mail to us(Takuya Ono, Mr.).

-Result of Japan Boardgame Prize 2002
-Result of Japan Boardgame Prize 2003
-Result of Japan Boardgame Prize 2004
-Result of Japan Boardgame Prize 2005
-Result of Japan Boardgame Prize 2006
-Result of Japan Boardgame Prize 2007

U-more, Official Nonprofit Organization (NPO) to spread boardgame culture on Japan