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
Excellence in Visual Art
Excellence in Audio
Excellence in Design
Excellence in Narrative
Best Student Game
Audience Choice Award
Best in Show
Current Tabletop Categories
Most Dynamic
Most Innovative
Best Hobby Game
Best Family Game
Best Game in Progress
Best in Show
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.
Check out our Curation Team’s latest documentation on our Tabletop and Digital submission 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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