Goblin Magnifico 2025: Finalists!

Announcing the Goblin Magnifico 2025 nominees!

Play - The Games Festival is thrilled to announce the eight finalists for the prestigious Goblin Magnifico 2025 award! Organised by La Tana Dei Goblin, this award celebrates the very best in board gaming.

The wait to find out the winner ends on Saturday, 5th April at 12:30 PM at Play, where the Game of the Year will be announced!

Here are the nominees for Goblin Magnifico 2025:

• Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity
  Designers: Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro & Paulo Soledade
  Publisher: PYTHAGORAS – Giochix

• Civolution
  Designer: Stefan Feld
  Publisher: Deep Print Games – Ghenos Games

• Dune: War for Arrakis
  Designers: Marco Maggi & Francesco Nepitello
  Publisher: CMON Global Limited – Asmodee Italia

• Railways of The Lost Atlas
  Designers: Kevin Delger & Jacob Schacht
  Publisher: Asterisk Games

• SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  Designer: Tomáš Holek
  Publisher: Czech Games Edition – Cranio Creations

• Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon
  Designers: Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone
  Publisher: Sorry We Are French – Ghenos Games

• Slay the Spire: The Board Game
  Designers: Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti & Casey Yano
  Publisher: Contention Games

• The Other Side of the Hill
  Designer: Carlos Fco. Márquez Linares
  Publisher: NAC Wargames

But wait, there's more!

At Play - The Games Festival, you’ll have the opportunity to meet Varnavas Timotheou and Vangelis Bagiartakis, winners of the Goblin Magnifico 2024 award with Hegemony.

Join them in La Tana dei Goblin’s dedicated area to play and chat with them! The official award ceremony will take place on Saturday, 5 April at 12:30 PM.

Don’t miss the chance to discover the best board games of the year and experience Play like never before!

We look forward to seeing you there!