Golden Geek 2025: winners and nominees

Community-voted awards from BoardGameGeek, the largest tabletop gaming site in the world.

Golden Geek labels its awards by the year the games were released; the 2025 awards were announced in May 2026.

20252024 2023

Heavy Game of the Year

Winner

Highly awarded

Galactic Cruise

Medium Game of the Year

Winner

Highly awarded

LotR: Fate of the Fellowship

Light Game of the Year

Winner

Exceptional consensus · 3 organizations

Hot Streak

Best 2-Player Game

Winner

Toy Battle

Best Cooperative Game

Winner

Highly awarded

LotR: Fate of the Fellowship

Best Party Game

Winner

Exceptional consensus · 3 organizations

Hot Streak

Best Solo Game

Winner

Vantage

Best Thematic Game

Winner

Highly awarded

LotR: Fate of the Fellowship

Most Innovative Game

Winner

Vantage

Best Wargame

Winner

Star Wars: Battle of Hoth

Best Artwork & Presentation

Winner

The Old King's Crown

Best Expansion

Winner

SETI: Space Agencies

Best Print & Play

Winner

Dungeons of the Oak Dell

Source: opinionatedgamers.com/2026/05/11/galactic-cruise-fate-of-the-fellowship-and-hot-streak-win-2025-golden-geek-awards/