Gameblog

Category: Game awards

  • Finnish Players’ Picks 2010

    Again it took me about six months to get to it, but: Finnish Players’ Picks 2010 geeklist is up. Check it out to see what were the favourites of Finnish gamers in 2009–2010 season.

  • Finnish Game of the Year awards 2010

    Finnish Game of the Year awards were published today. Lautapelit.fi scored a double victory. Best children’s game: Muumien purnukkajahti (a Moomin game, I know nothing else). Best family game: Dixit Best adult game: Mallorca (aka Finca) Lautapelit.fi published Dixit and Mallorca, the Moomin game is a Finnish game (I guess) by Egmont. Dixit of course…

  • Finnish Players’ Picks 2009

    So, it took me six months to get this done and when I finally did it, it took me, like, six minutes. I present you the results of the Finnish Players’ Picks 2009 voting, in the form of a handy GeekList. Enjoy.

  • Vuosiäänestys

    If you’re a Finnish board gamer or a board gamer living in Finland, make sure you vote in the yearly best board game voting. The Vuosiäänestys is running for the seventh time this year. The voting is open for all Finnish board gamers, so unfortunately you foreigners have to pass this one. This year the…

  • Finnish Game of the Year awards

    Finnish Game of the Year (“Vuoden peli”) awards have been given. The finalists were chosen August 5th and the winners the next day, but for some reason both weren’t published until today. Bizarre. The adult game category was won by the official prize winner of the season, Dominion. The finalists were Pandemic and Stone Age.…

  • Finnish Players’ Picks 2008

    Oops, looks like I forgot to publish the Finnish Players’ Picks results for 2008. Well, better late than never! To see the top 28, see Finnish Players’ Picks 2008 GeekList. For complete list (in Finnish, but the data speaks math), see the official results page. You might also be interested in the collected results for…

  • Finnish Players’ Picks 2008 voting starts

    I’ve opened the voting for the Finnish Players’ Picks 2008 awards. If you’re a Finnish board gamer or a foreign board gamer living in Finland, go and vote for your favourite games.

  • Finnish Players’ Picks 2007

    Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the The Finnish Players’ Picks 2007 GeekList. See the full list at Lautapelaaja.net. This year we had more voters, more hardcore gamers voting and lots of interesting games on the list. A good year, and another proof the hobby is indeed growing! The winner? Puerto Rico.

  • Finnish Game of the Year winners 2007

    Last year was a disaster, now things look much better! The Finnish Adult Game of the Year for 2007 is Thurn und Taxis, the Finnish Family Game of the Year is Ubongo and the Finnish Kids Game of the Year is Piikkisiili. The list of finalists was very impressive, too, but I think they chose…

  • Players’ Picks 2007

    Finnish gamers, head to Finnish Players’ Picks 2007 voting page to tell me which games you enjoyed the most during the last year.