The Figgie Awards
Every year at our annual in-person Fest, we host an awards ceremony after the exhibit halls close. In this awards ceremony, we recognize the excellent games in our Tabletop and Digital Showcases. We give away trophies and prizes for a number of categories, selected by our curation teams, as well as an Audience Choice and Best in Show award.
Award Winners
Current Digital Categories
Best in Show
Audience Choice Award
Most Compelling Mechanics
Most Compelling Narrative
Best Multiplayer/Connected Game
Most Innovative Design
Best Student Game
Excellence in Audio
Current Tabletop Categories
Best in Show
Audience Choice Award
Most Dynamic Game
Most Innovative Game
Best Hobby Game
Best Family Game
Best Game in Progress
Curation Process
BostonFIG has been refining our curation processes since the Fest’s inception in 2012. In our first couple of years, we relied on audience participation in order to select the award-winning games, but found that at scale, this fell short of our desired outcomes. Soon, we began to implement detailed curation processes. We build teams of curators from all segments of the games industry, from fans to 25-year professional designers.
Our priority has always been providing the most useful feedback to our submitters, so they can take critical assessments that our curators provide and use them to build and improve upon what they’ve already created.
Tabletop and Digital curation have separate submission processes. You can read the latest documentation about these processes:
Interested in Joining our Curation Team?
We’re always looking for new perspectives that can provide actionable and useful feedback to our game creators. Whether you’re an industry vet or a games enthusiast, your take matters to our Showcase participants!
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