UK Games Expo Awards!

The UK Games Expo Awards are held during the Expo and celebrate the best games of the year, according to two main groups: a panel of expert judges, and the expo’s visitors. They are reflected in the two main categories of the awards:

  • the Judges Choice Awards;
  • the People’s Choice Awards.

While the first are divided into 20 categories and winners are announced in advance of UKGE in May, the latter have 4 categories, and winners are announced at the end of the show.
Trophies for the Judges Choice Awards are presented on the Thursday of the show, while the People’s Choice Awards are announced on the Sunday, after the public voted over the weekend on the short-listed games (the 4 categories include all the winners of the 20 Judges Choice Awards).

In short, the UK Games Expo Awards recognise and celebrate quality and excellence in new games and products in the tabletop marketplace.

And now, without further ado, let’s find out who the 2026 winners are!




Winners of UKGE 2026 People's Choice Awards

Family Award

General Award

Roleplaying Award

Strategy Award

Disney Villainous Treacherous Tides

Battle of Hoth

Ryokos Guide to the Yokai Realms

Luthier: The Art of the Instrument (Deluxe)


Winners of UKGE 2026 Judges Choice Awards

Best Abstract Game

Best Adventure, Story or Legacy Game

Best Accessory

Best Board Game (American Style)

Ink

Vantage

Venetian Quarter (Chroma)

Battle of Hoth

Best Board Game (Euro Style)

Best Board Game (Strategic)

Best Card Game (General)

Best Card Game (Strategic)

Luthier: The Art of the Instrument

Epochs: Course of Cultures

Duel for Cardia

Pondscape

Best Children's Game

Best Dice Game

Best Expansion

Best Family Game

Splendor Kids

Crits & Tricks

In the Footsteps of Darwin: Correspondence

Sanibel

Best Gaming Novelty

Best Miniatures Range

Best Miniatures Rules

Best Party Game

MicroMacro Jigsaw: The Home Game

ArcWorlde: Gremlins!

Hope is for the Dead

QORK

Best Role-Playing Game

Best Role-Playing Game Adventure

Best Role-Playing Game Expansion

Best Variant

Tales of the Old West

Call of Cthulhu: The Sutra of Pale Leaves - Twin Suns Rising

Ryokos Guide to the Yokai Realms

Disney Villainous Treacherous Tides