2023 in games
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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
[edit]- Apiary
- Apocalypse Keys
- Candela Obscura
- Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game
- Daybreak
- Disney Lorcana
- Earth
- Eat the Reich
- Fabula Ultima
- If I Were a Lich, Man
- Koriko: A Magical Year
- Liminal Horror
- Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game
- Ma Nishtana
- Nekojima
- Shadowdark
- Sky Team
- Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
- Village: Big Box
- Zin Never Dies
Game awards given in 2023
[edit]| 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 |
Significant games-related events in 2023
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Deaths
[edit]| 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 | |
| June 8 | Ian McGinty | 38 | American comic book writer and artist also known for artwork on Munchkin and other games |
| 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
[edit]- ^ "Award winners 2023". Spiel des Jahres. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ Weber, Michael (2023-10-04). "Gewinner Deutscher Spielepreis 2023 stehen fest". Reich der Spiele (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ "As d'Or - Prix ludique - Jeux de société". Philibert (in French). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ Jarvis, Matt (2023-12-02). "Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year's best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers". Dicebreaker. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ "Obituary for Jonathan Thompson at Aulds Funeral Home".
- ^ Brown, Andy (2023-04-04). "'Catan' creator Klaus Teuber has died". NME. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Teeuwynn Woodruff, MTG, Vampire: The Masquerade, and D&D Writer, Passes Away". 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Man behind one of Nottingham's most successful companies dies aged 68". 31 December 2023.