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    • Source: Ion Award

      • The Ion Award is the largest board game design competition in the United States. It is held annually in Utah at the SaltCON board game convention. The competition started in 2009 for unpublished game designs, with the intent to bring designers and publishers together, and to recognize excellence in game design. The first Ion Awards had the support of national publishers including Eagle-Gryphon Games, Mayday Games, Rio Grande Games, and Out of the Box Publishing, and has continued to get national and international support.
      The competition has received game design entries from all over the world. Board game designs that have won the Ion Award or have been selected as finalists have been published every year since its inception.
      Each year local and international board game publishers are selected as judges for the competition, including longtime judges Eagle-Gryphon Games, Mayday Games, Gamelyn Games and others.
      The competition has two rounds of judging. First all the entering designers submit rules, images, videos, and summaries of their unpublished game designs. Those entries are then reviewed by judges all over the world, and finalists are selected. The 4 finalists in each category are invited to attend the final round of judging at the SaltCON convention, where they present their game design in person to the final judges. After the final judging, the winners are announced at the Awards Ceremony at the convention.
      The Ion Award at first featured only a single Best Game winner each year, but since 2011, it has featured both a Light Game category and a Strategy Game category.
      Finalists are announced about a month before the live event. Winners are announced a few days after the final judging.


      Strategy Game Category Winners


      2023 - Gempire: Zarmund's Demands - Paul Elpers
      2022 - Clima - solving the climate crisis - Carlos Flores
      2021 - Dynasty - Jason Riddell
      2020 - Oros (Pangaea) - Brandt Brinkerhoff
      2019 - Loads of Roads - Joshua, Nick, and Anthony Winegar
      2018 - American Steel - Joshua Mills and Nat Levan
      2017 - Palooka Precinct - Glen Dresser
      2016 - Scarlet Pimpernel - Brian Kelley
      2015 - Race to Innovation - Mike Holyoak
      2014 - Xenon Profiteer - T. C. Petty, III
      2013 - Nika - Josh Raab
      2012 - Karesansui (Rocks) - Joseph Kisenwether
      2011 - Pizza Theory - Greg Powers and Brian Powers


      Light Game Category Winners


      2024 - Moon Bunny - Pauline Kong and Marie Wong
      2023 - Gumball World - Aaron Kempkes
      2022 - Capetalism - Chris Chan
      2021 - Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum - Pauline Kong and Marie Wong
      2020 - Super Truffle Pigs! - Jason Corace
      2019 - The Night Cage - Rosswell Saunders, Chris McMahon, Chris Chan
      2018 - The Deadlies (Seven Deadly Sins) - Paul Saxberg
      2017 - Bad Doctor! - Eric Magnan & Dan Germain
      2016 - Cypher - Adam Wyse
      2015 - Stalag Escape - Matthew Jensen
      2014 - Yardmaster (Payload) - Steven Aramini
      2013 - Hold Your Breath - Daniel Jenkins & Christopher Urinko
      2012 - Rigamaroles - Shane Larsen
      2011 - Snake Eyes -T. Alex Davis


      Best Game Category Winners


      2010 - (Title Withheld) - Jason Fullen
      2009 - King's Vineyard - David Haslam and Sandeep Kharkar


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