2023 in games

List of years in games


This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2023. For video games, see 2023 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2023

Game awards given in 2023

Award Category Winner Ref.
Spiel des Jahres Spiel des Jahres Dorfromantik: The Board Game [1]
Kinderspiel des Jahres Mysterium Kids
Kennerspiel des Jahres Challengers!
Deutscher Spielepreis Deutscher Spielepreis Planet Unknown [2]
Deutscher Kinderspielepreis Mysterium Kids
As d'Or Akropolis [3]
Dicebreaker's Tabletop Awards Rising Star: Publisher Hot Banana Games [4]
Rising Star: Designer Cassi Mothwin
Publisher of the Year Restoration Games
Designer of the Year David Thompson & Trevor Benjamin
Best Art Sefirot
Best Ongoing Card Game Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter
Best Roleplaying Game Women Are Werewolves
Best Board Game Sky Team
People's Choice Fabula Ultima

Deaths

Date Name Age Notability
January 23 Serge Laget 63 French board game designer
February 19[5] Jonathan M. Thompson 51 American role-playing game designer
March 27 Joli Quentin Kansil 80 Game designer
April 1[6] Klaus Teuber 70 German board game designer
April 21 Ivan Moscovich 96 Game designer
May 10 Russ Nicholson British fantasy illustrator
July Patrick Lucien Price Game designer and editor at TSR
August 28[7] Teeuwynn Woodruff 56 American writer and game designer
December 30[8] Bryan Ansell 68 British role-playing and wargame designer and former owner of Games Workshop

References

  1. ^ "Award winners 2023". Spiel des Jahres. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  2. ^ Weber, Michael (2023-10-04). "Gewinner Deutscher Spielepreis 2023 stehen fest". Reich der Spiele (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  3. ^ "As d'Or - Prix ludique - Jeux de société". Philibert (in French). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  4. ^ Jarvis, Matt (2023-12-02). "Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year's best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers". Dicebreaker. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  5. ^ "Obituary for Jonathan Thompson at Aulds Funeral Home".
  6. ^ Brown, Andy (2023-04-04). "'Catan' creator Klaus Teuber has died". NME. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  7. ^ "Teeuwynn Woodruff, MTG, Vampire: The Masquerade, and D&D Writer, Passes Away". 4 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Man behind one of Nottingham's most successful companies dies aged 68". 31 December 2023.
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