The various gaming industry awards:

• Årets Spel (Sweden)
• Årets Spil (Denmark)
• Årets Spill (Norway)
• As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année (France)
• Australian Games Association Game and Puzzle of the Year (Australia)
• Boardgames Australia Awards (Australia)
• BoardGameGeek Golden Geek
• Charles S. Roberts awards (United States of America)
• Deutscher Spiele Preis (Germany)
  • Essener Feder (Germany)
• Games Magazine Game of the Year (United States of America)
  • Games 100
  • Games Magazine Hall of Fame
• Gra Roku (Poland)
• Grand Prix du Jouet (France)
• Hra roku (Czech)
• International Gamers Award or IGA
• Japan Boardgame Prize (Japan)
• Jogo do Ano (Portugal)
• J.U.G. (Portugal)
• Juego del Año (Spain)
• Jugamos Tod@s (Spain)
• Meeples' Choice
• Mensa Select (United States of America)
• Nederlandse Spellenprijs (The Netherlands)
• Origins Awards (United States of America)
• Spiel des Jahres or SdJ (Germany)
  • Kinderspiel des Jahres (Germany)
• Spiel der Spiele (Austria)
• Tric Trac d'Or / d'Argent / de Bronze
• UK Games Expo Awards (United Kingdom)
• Vuoden Perhepeli (Finland)

Also see the Board Game Awards web site, and the design competitions page.

The Apples Project aims to select the best games by theme or designer, not by chronological publication date.

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