Swiss Gamers Award
The Swiss Gamers Award is given by the LUDESCO association to the parlor game that was voted “best game of the year” on the basis of a survey of Swiss players in Switzerland's established gambling clubs. The prize was first awarded in 2010. Before that, there was the Swiss Games Prize , which was awarded between 2002 and 2007.
Procedure
The participating clubs draw up a list with the 5 preferred games of their players. Each game on this list receives points according to the following ranking:
- Game = 8 points
- Game = 5 points
- Game = 3 points
- Game = 2 points
- Game = 1 point
Award winners
- 2010
- 7 Wonders ( Antoine Bauza / Repos Production ) - 30 points
- Dominion - The Intrigue ( Donald X. Vaccarino / Filosofia ) - 26 points
- Cyclades ( Ludovic Maublanc , Bruno Cathala / Matagot ) - 24 points
- Small World ( Philipe Keyaerts / Days of Wonder ) - 24 points
- Fresco ( Marco Ruskowski , Marcel Süsselbeck / Queen Games ) - 16 points
- 2011
- Glory to Rome ( Carl Chudyk / Lookout Games ) - 36 points
- The castles of Burgundy ( Stefan Feld / alea ) - 24 points
- Helvetia ( Matthias Cramer / Franckh-Kosmos ) - 18 points
- Airlines Europe ( Alan R. Moon / Abacusspiele ) and Sultans de Karaya (Alex Weldon / MJ Games ) - 13 points each
- 2012
- Tzolk'in: The Maya Calendar ( Daniele Tascini , Simone Luciani / Czech Games Edition, Heidelberger ) - 34 points
- Myrmes ( Yoann Levet / Ystari ) - 25 points
- Pix ( Laurent Escoffier , David Franck / GameWorks ) - 21 points
- Village ( Inka and Markus Brand / Eggertspiele , Pegasus ) - 19 points
- Archipelago ( Christophe Boellinger / Ludically ) - 18 points
- 2013
- Robinson Crusoe (game) ( Ignacy Trzewiczek / Portal Games , Pegasus Spiele , Filosofia Edition, uplay.it edizioni ) - 29 points
- Kemet (board game) ( Guillaume Montiage , Jacques Bariot / Matagot , Pegasus Spiele, Asterion Press ) - 28 points
- Russian Railroads ( Helmut Ohley , Leonhard Orgler / Z-Man Games , Hans im Glück , Filosofia ) - 18 points
- Bora Bora ( Stefan Feld / Alea (board games) , uplay.it edizioni) - 18 points
- Love Letter ( Seiji Kanai / Alderac Entertainment Group, Pegasus Spiele, Filosofia Edition, uplay.it edizioni) - 16 points
- 2014
- Istanbul ( Rüdiger Dorn / Matagot , Pegasus Spiele , Asterion Press ) - 33 points
- Five Tribes ( Bruno Cathala / Days of Wonder ) - 32 points
- Splendor ( Marc André / Space Cowboys , Asterion Press ) - 29 points
- Aquasphere ( Stefan Feld / Matagot , Pegasus Spiele , Hall Games , Asterion Press ) - 23 points
- Concordia ( Mac Gerdts / Ystari Games , PD Verlag ) - 16 points
- 2015
- 7 Wonders: Duel ( Antoine Bauza + Bruno Cathala / Repos Production ) - 38 points
- Mombasa ( Alexander Pfister / Gigamic, Eggertspiele , Pegasus Spiele ) - 34 points
- In the footsteps of Marco Polo ( Daniele Tascini + Simone Luciani / Filosofia , Hans im Glück , Z-Man Games , Giochi Uniti ) - 33 points
- Mystery ( Oleksandr Nevskiy + Oleg Sidorenko / Libellud) - 29 points
- Isle of Skye: From chief to king ( Andreas Pelikan + Alexander Pfister / Lookout Games - Mayfair Games ) - 21 points
- 2016
- Scythe ( Jamey Stegmaier / Matagot - Stonemaier Games - Ghenos Games) - 42 points
- Codenames ( Vlaada Chvátil / Iello - Heidelberger - Czech Games Edition - Cranio Creations) - 38 points
- Great Western Trail ( Alexander Pfister / Gigamic - Eggertspiele - Pegasus Spiele - uplay.it edizioni) - 27 points
- First Class ( Helmut Ohley / Hans im Glück - Z-Man Games) - 18 points
- Terraforming Mars ( Jacob Fryxelius / Fryxgames - Gravity - Stronghold Games) - 16 points
- 2017
- The 7th Continent ( Ludovic Roudy , Bruno Sautter / Serious Poulp) - 34 points
- Clans of Caledonia ( Juma Al-JouJou / PixieGames - Karma Games) - 22 points
- Unlock! ( Alice Carrol , Thomas Cauët , Space Cowboys - Asmodee - Asterion Press) - 19 points
- Robbers of the North Sea ( Shem Phillips / PixieGames - Schwerkraft-Verlag - Garphill) - 13 points
- Dice Forge ( Régis Bonnessée / Libellud) - 11 points
- 2018
- Underwater Cities ( Vladimír Suchy / Delicious Games) - 17 points
- Decrypto ( Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance / Scorpion masqué) - 15 points
- Architectes des Royaumes de l'ouest ( Shem Phillips / Graphill Games) - 15 points
- Teotihuacan: La Cité des Dieux ( Daniele Tascini , Dávid Turczi / PixieGames) - 14 points
- Chronicles of Crime ( David Cicurel / Lucky Duck Games) - 13 points