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The Dice Tower Awards 2022

Tom and Zee introduce the nominees for the 2022 Dice Tower Awards in such categories as:

  • Best Welcoming Game
  • Best Expansion
  • Best Party Game
  • Best Solo Game
  • Best Two-Player Game
  • Game of the Year

... and many more

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Best Welcoming Game

Artisan dragons, the smaller and magically talented versions of their larger (and destructive) cousins, are sought by shopkeepers so that they may delight customers with their flamecraft. You are a Flamekeeper, skilled in the art of conversing with dragons, placing them in their ideal home and using enchantments to entice them to produce wondrous things. Your reputation will grow as you aid the dragons and shopkeepers, and the Flamekeeper with the most reputation will be known as the Master of Flamecraft.

In Flamecraft, 1-5 players take on the role of Flamekeepers, gathering items, placing dragons and casting enchantments to enhance the shops of the town. Dragons are specialized (bread, meat, iron, crystal, plant and potion) and the Flamekeepers know which shops are the best home for each. Visit a shop to gain items and a favor from one of the dragons there. Gathered items can be used to enchant a shop, gaining reputation and the favors of all the dragons in the shop. If you are fortunate enough to attract fancy dragons then you will have opportunities to secure even more reputation.

—description from publisher

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Year Published: 2022
Designers: Manny Vega
Publishers: Cardboard Alchemy
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Jules Messaud
Publishers: Gigamic
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Scott Brady
Publishers: Smirk & Laughter Games
Year Published: 2022
Designers: John D. Clair
Publishers: Alderac Entertainment Group
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Charlie Bink
Publishers: Underdog Games (I)

Best Expansion

Conflict spreads across the Imperium in Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix, the first expansion to the award-winning board game.


Enter the fray as one of three new Great Houses with unique leader abilities.
Acquire technological innovations from the planet Ix for a lasting strategic advantage.
Deploy fearsome dreadnoughts to rule the skies above Arrakis.
Dispatch subtle infiltrators to outmaneuver your opponents.
Dominate the Imperium in the new Epic game mode for a more intense, high-stakes challenge.


Year Published: 2022
Designers: Paul Dennen
Publishers: Dire Wolf
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Paul Dennen
Publishers: Dire Wolf
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Tony Fanchi
Publishers: Fantasy Flight Games
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Mihir Shah
Publishers: Stonemaier Games
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Elizabeth Hargrave
Publishers: Stonemaier Games

Best Party Game

In Ready Set Bet, you and your friends head to the races for a day of cheering, jeering, and betting on your favorite horses, whose fates hang on every roll of the dice.

Ready Set Bet is played over four rounds. Each round consists of a race followed by bet resolution. During each race, players freely place their bet tokens on the board while the race is going on. After each race, players win or lose money for each of their placed bet tokens, then receive a VIP Club Card to help them win more money in the following races. After four rounds, the player with the most money wins!

—description from the publisher

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Year Published: 2022
Designers: John D. Clair
Publishers: Alderac Entertainment Group
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Steven Medway
Publishers: The Pandemonium Institute
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Maikel Cheney
Publishers: Funtails
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Nathan Thornton
Publishers: 25th Century Games
Year Published: 2022
Designers: Mary Flanagan
Publishers: Resonym

Best Solo Game

For an age, the tower lay in ruins. Unbeknownst to the people of the realm, a great evil stirred in its bowels. It started with strange sightings: a flock of crows flying in circles until they dropped from the sky, the lake frozen solid in the height of summer. In time, they could not deny that which they most feared.

The evil had not been vanquished. The darkness would soon fall again. The tower will rise.

A "sequel" to the 1981 grail game, Return to Dark Tower is a game for 1-4 players who take the role of heroes. Together, they gather resources, cleanse buildings, defeat monsters, and undertake quests to build up their strength and discern what foe ultimately awaits them. When the heroes face the tower, the game shifts into its dramatic second act, where the players have one chance to defeat the enemy once and for all.

The game features cooperative and competitive play.

The game features traditional game mechanisms, such as engine building and resource management, paired with a technological interface unlike any seen before in games, including the titular tower, which holds more than a few secrets.

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Year Published: 2022
Designers: Isaac Childres
Publishers: Restoration Games