This month, we’re doing something a little different. It’s been another great year for gaming, with many amazing new board game and video game releases. At Zatu, we’ve had the absolute pleasure of sharing your excitement for all sorts of games through 2021, so we wanted to highlight some of our favourites with our very own Zatu Awards Show.
Our four categories feature best continuation of a board game series, most anticipated game, best video game, and best board game. So, who are the nominees?
Best Continuation of a Board Game Series
This category celebrates expansions, sequels, and spin-offs of pre-existing board games. Our nominees for this category are…
- Railroad Ink Challenge Lush Green/Shining Yellow Edition
- Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
- MicroMacro Crime City Full House
- The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
and the winner is…
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition!
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition is an engine-building game in which players control interplanetary corporations with the goal of making Mars habitable. This is a new, stand-alone game inspired by Terraforming Mars – featuring faster gameplay and over 200 beautifully illustrated cards!
Most Anticipated Game
As selected by Zatu’s blogging team, the nominees are:
- Vagrantsong – April 2022
- Frosthaven – Coming Soon
- Dog Park – August 2022
- Final Girl – Q1 2022
and the winner is…
Frosthaven
Frosthaven is a standalone adventure from the designer and publisher of Gloomhaven that features sixteen new characters, three new races, more than twenty new enemies, more than one hundred new items, and a new, 100-scenario campaign.
Best Video Game of 2021
Our nominees for the best video game of 2021 are…
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
- Deathloop
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl
and the winner is…
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
Best Board Game of 2021
- Ankh: Gods of Egypt
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Kemet: Blood and Sand
- Dinosaur Island: Rawr ‘n Write
and the best board game of 2021 is…
Ankh: Gods of Egypt
Play as a god of ancient Egypt. Compete to survive, as society begins to forget the old ways, so that only you and your followers remain. Build caravans, summon monsters, and convert followers in your quest to reign supreme in Ankh: Gods of Egypt.
Giveaway
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