Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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It's award season and the best board games of 2022 are competing for the top spot! Join Mackenzie Franklin Live from SideGame LLC as he goes through the current nominees for the 17th Annual Golden Geek Awards and his thought process on what games he's voting to win! What do you think of this year's nominees? What did you think of our choices? What games you think should have been on the ballot that got snubbed? We'd love to hear what you think! SideGame Strong!

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Here are all my Winners of Each Category!

Best 2-Player Game: Caper Europe: amzn.to/3NpgMIf

Best Artwork & Presentation: Foundations of Rome

Cooperative Game: Vagrantsong: amzn.to/42djkgR

Expansion: Viticulture World: Cooperative Expansion: amzn.to/3NGs8Ib

Innovative: John Company Second Expedition

Light Game of the Year: Challengers: amzn.to/3HoUGSy

Medium Game of the Year: Blood on the Clocktower

Heavy Game of the Year: Woodcraft: amzn.to/3Ho7uZl

Party Game: Blood on the Clocktower

Solo Game: Paperback Adventures

Thematic Game: Nemesis: Lockdown: amzn.to/42aG9BA

00:00 Introduction
0:40 BGG Golden Geek Awards Overview
1:36 Best 2-Player Game
3:52 Best Artwork & Presentation
9:26 Cooperative Game
17:52 Expansion
24:41 Innovative
28:40 Light Game of the Year
33:42 Medium Game of the Year
41:56 Heavy Game of the Year
52:28 Party Game
57:08 Solo Game
1:01:27 Thematic Game
1:08:50 Closing