Funagain Games is proud to announce the winners of our monthly game grants for June and July. All who are eligible are strongly encouraged to apply to keep the applicant pool filled. Instructions on how to apply can be found here.

The winners for August are:

The winners for September are:

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who is sending in applications! To apply for the grant please click here. Happy gaming!

Small World has won Games Magazine's 2010 Game of the Year award! Congratulations to the game's designer, Philippe Keyaerts; publisher, Days of Wonder, as well as all others involved.

Other category winners include Roll Through the Ages (Best Family Game), Le Havre (Best Advanced Strategy Game), Blox (Best Abstract Strategy Game), Amerigo (Best Family Card Game), Dominion and Dominion: Intrigue (Best Family Strategy Game), Dixit (Best Party Game), La Ora Stelo (Best Puzzle), and Fields of Fire (Best Historical Simulation).

Each year, Games Magazine lists their 100 favorite games across several categories, as well as their overall choice for the game of the year. To see the full 2010 Games 100 list, as well as older Games 100 lists, click here.

The International Gamers Awards were created to recognize outstanding games and designers, as well as the companies that publish them. The awards are truly international in scope, with committee members representing countries throughout the world.

In the Multi-Player category, the award goes to Le Havre, the creation of German designer Uwe Rosenberg and published by Lookout Games and Ystari Games. Set in the enchanting French port of Le Havre, the game challenges players to properly manage their harbour by securing goods, converting these into resources, purchasing buildings, and shipping goods to other ports for handsome profits. Le Havre is quite challenging, and the abundance of choices gives players wide latitude in pursuing their strategies. The game has earned the IGA in the General Strategy, Multi-Player category, and marks the second IGA for designer Rosenberg and Lookout Games, who captured the award last year with Agricola.

In the 2-Player category, the award goes to Day & Night, a strategic game set in a fantasy world where Lady Day and Lady Night duel for the right to remain in their celestial palace. Each player possesses a unique set of cards, and must play them wisely to gain the upper hand and thwart their opponent. Day & Night is a beautifully illustrated game with original artwork. The game is designed by Valentijn Eekels and released by Mystics. dl. This is the first IGA for both Eekels and Mystics. dl.

To view the entire 2009 IGA list, click here.

The Dice Tower Gaming Awards focus on games that have a wide appeal, help spread the boardgaming hobby, and most of all are fun! Funagain has recently started displaying The Dice Tower Gaming Awards on our site, and just in time for the latest awards!

Click here to see The 2008 Dice Tower Gaming Awards

This year, the top honors go to Dominion, by Donald X Vaccarino and from Rio Grande Games. Dominion also recently won the Spiel des Jahres (German game of the year), and has been consistently very popular ever since it was released. Congratulations to all involved!

If you're unfamiliar with the other gaming awards we display on our site, they are a great way to find amazing games in many different categories. Click here to get started!

Funagain Games is proud to announce the winners of our monthly game grants for June and July. All who are eligible are strongly encouraged to apply to keep the applicant pool filled. Instructions on how to apply can be found here.

The winners for June are:

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who is sending in applications! To apply for the grant please click here. Happy gaming!

Congratulations to the 2009 Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) winner, Dominion, by Donald X Vaccarino, and published by Rio Grande Games! Dominion is a quick and clever game about expanding your kingdom faster than your neighboring monarchs (other players) do. This is the first time Mr. Vaccarino has won the game of the year award.

The German Spiel des Jahres is perhaps the world's most prestigious game award. Founded in 1978 by a group of German game critics to promote awareness and to increase the cultural value of games, the award recognizes outstanding games based on originality, playability, and educational value of the game idea; organization, clarity and understandability of rules; packing and layout of the gameboard and the game rules; and functionality and overall quality of the game materials included.

Congratulations again to Donald X Vaccarino and Rio Grande Games, and all the other nominated and recommended games. You can see the complete details of all these games on Funagain's Spiel des Jahres 2009 page.

Funagain Games is proud to announce the winners of our monthly game grants for May. All who are eligible are strongly encouraged to apply to keep the applicant pool filled. Instructions on how to apply can be found here.

The winners for May are:

Congratulations to the winners! To apply for the grant please click here. Happy gaming!

Funagain Games is proud to announce the winners of our monthly game grants for April. All who are eligible are strongly encouraged to apply to keep the applicant pool filled. Instructions on how to apply can be found here.

The winners for April are:

Congratulations to the winners! To apply for the grant please click here. Happy gaming!

Funagain Games is proud to announce the winners of our monthly game grants for March. All who are eligible are strongly encouraged to apply to keep the applicant pool filled. Instructions on how to apply can be found here.

The winners for March are:

School Grant Co-winners: Alternative Learning Center Spring Lake Park, MN Alternative Learning Center Parsons, WV

Community Outreach Grant Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center Gaming Club Grand Rapids, MI

Congratulations to the winners! To apply for the grant please click here. Happy gaming!

Funagain sends lots of games to lots of interesting places, and our recent shipment to the south pole got us to thinking: in what other interesting places do people play games? We decided to find out, and so we ran our Funagain Photo Contest. Well, the contest is over, and we have the results! Click here for the results!