IG Awards Winners

The 2021 Award Winners Are Here!

Discover this years winners in all our family and education based categories, additions to our excelled in schools and family classic halls of fame, seal of approval winners, and of course this year's Best Imagination Gaming Game of the Year... the B.I.G.G.Y!

The BIGGY (Best Imagination Gaming Game of the Year) 2021

Doughnut Dash

Best Family Game 2021

The Sock Game

Best Family Game 2021 Shortlisted

Coconuts	Dragomino	Fish'n'Stones
Monster Dentist	Splash Party	Swip Sheep
UFO Boom

Best Family Plus Game 2021

Snakesss

Best Family Plus Game 2021 Shortlisted

Bamboozled	Crash Octopus	Gembatan
Lost Ruins Of Arnak	Under Falling Skies

Best Maths Game 2021

Xing

Best Maths Game 2021 Shortlisted

Dirty Money	Doctor Masai	Guess The Fence
Mystic Arts	Pharaoh Code	Trail Blazers

Best Literacy Game 2021

Cross Clues

Best Literacy Game 2021 Shortlisted

2 Way Words	CircleTales	Master Word
Storytailors	Think Words

Best Cross-Curriculum Game 2021

Block Happy

Best Cross-Curriculum Game 2021 Shortlisted

BrainBox Football	History Heroes Medicine Makers	Imagician
Starsmith	The Human Body Under XRay

Best Problem Solving 2021

Mondrian Blocks

Best Problem Solving 2021 Shortlisted

Detective Charlie	Hack My Password	Photoshoot
Smart Egg

Young Einsteins Award 2021

Knock Knock! First Words

Young Einsteins Award 2021 Shortlisted

Discover Memo Game	Funny Fairies	Secret Door
Sweet Monster	Tapikekoi

Players Choice Award 2021

Quartino

Excelled in Schools Award 2021

Concept Kids Animals

Take It Easy: Daffodil Edition

Family Classic Award 2021

Alias Original

Kamisado

Othello Classic

Seal of Approval 2021

10 Dice	123 Montessori Touch Bingo	20 Dreams
Alpha Steel	Alphabet Runner Games	Artist Leopold
BrainBox Harry Potter	Captain Torto	Children Of The World
Cooperative Storytelling	Deep Dive	Dinkee Linkee
Discover Memo Game	Dobble GOSH	Dragonville
Dry Bones	Easy Coding Game	Foul Play The Murder Mystery Game
Fracto	Galaxy Raiders	Ghost Adventure
How We Are Made Montessori	Jungle Speed Eco	Let's Learn Letters and Words
Let's Learn Numbers	Lockout Monster	Micons
Montessori Letters & Words	My Own Toy Shop	Nice Buns
Nisyros	Officer Teddy	Once There Was...
Pass the Bomb The Big One	Pitch Out	Pyjama Drama
Quirk	Run Shark Run	Snapfit
Stack Family	Temple Rush	Terra Loop
Three Frogs More	Twin It!	Unlock! Star Wars Escape Game
Wizards of Aeydor	World Tour	Writing Lab Montessori
Zambezi

2020 Award Winners

To download the press release detailing this year's event and winners please click below:

Imagination Gaming announce IG Awards 2020 winners.pdf

The BIGGY (Best Imagination Gaming Game of the Year) 2020

Colour Brain

Best Maths Game 2020

Secret Code 13+4 (HABA)

Best Maths Game 2020 Shortlisted

7 Ate 9	BrainBox Maths	Formula
Jump In	Lampogo 3

Best Literacy Game 2020

Alice In Wordland

Best Literacy Game 2020 Shortlisted

Dice Academy	Dixit	Letter Jam
Sproutword

Best Cross-Curriculum Game 2020

Dentaday

Best Cross-Curriculum Game 2020 Shortlisted

Animals Of The World	BrainBox Science	Clever Fit
Devices	Feelinks

Best Family Game 2020

Paupers' Ladder

Best Family Game 2020 Shortlisted

3D Labyrinth	Clack!	Drago Tuku
Fruit Punch Halli Galli	Lucky Langhals (HABA)

Best Family Plus Game 2020

Lets Catch The Lion 9x9

Best Family Plus Game 2020 Shortlisted

Blockbuster	Break The Code	Colour Brain
Debtzilla	Dungeon Mayhem	Tinker Tailor
Tokyo Highway

Best Problem Solving 2020

Invasion Of The Cow Snatchers

Best Problem Solving 2020 Shortlisted

Dog Crimes	Feed Me!	Firemaster - Smart Book
Globe Twister	One Key	Sheep Logic (Djeco)

Young Einsteins Award 2020

Woolfy (Djeco)

Young Einsteins Award 2020 Shortlisted

Foto Fish	Hedgehog Haberdash (HABA)	Little Action (Djeco)
Max The Tomcat	Teddy Bears Count

Players Choice Award 2020

Silver and Gold

Excelled in Schools Award 2020

Cahoots

Just One

Family Classic Award 2020

Dixit

The BIGGY (Best Imagination Gaming Game of the Year) 2019

The Curse Of The Pirate Gold

Best Maths Game 2019

Second Chance

Best Maths Game 2019 Shortlisted

Balance Beans	Bitcoin Hackers	Flipside
Numbugz	SAVVY	The Curse Of The Pirate Gold

Best Literacy Game 2019

Junior Alias

Best Literacy Game 2019 Shortlisted

Fletter FUSE	Just One	Letter Go
Spell Smashers	Trapwords	Wordsy

Best Cross-Curriculum Game 2019

TEAM 3

Best Cross-Curriculum Game 2019 Shortlisted

Countries Of The World	Farben	History Heroes: SPACE
Robo Shop Chaos	SNAPFIT	Sussed - All Sorts

Best Family Game 2019

Chop! Chop!

Off The Rails

Best Family Game 2019 Shortlisted

Cat Chaos	Chronicles Of Crime	Kung-Fu Zoo
Let's Catch The Lion	Peach Snaps	Planet
Shadows Amsterdam	Spy Club	The Mind
Villainous	What To Wear?	Who Did It?

Best Problem Solving 2019

Cahoots

Best Problem Solving 2019 Shortlisted

Assembly	Layers	Noises At Night
Roller Coaster Challenge	Seekers Of Astrod	Twisty

Young Einsteins Award 2019

Snail Sprint

Young Einsteins Award 2019 Shortlisted

Arty Mouse Spin & Find Game	Farm Rescue	Going Around The City
Monster's Party	My First Games - Games Collection Spielesammlung	Rainbow Slide - My First Games

Players Choice Award 2019

Farm Rescue

Excelled in Schools Award 2019

My First Orchard - My Very First Games

Rings Up!

Shaperise

Family Classic Award 2019

Cockroach Poker

Rummikub

Rush Hour

Maths Gold Award 2018

Chicken Out

Ice Dice

Sum Fun

Maths Silver Award 2018

3 Times 4 = Swat!	Alana's Animals	City Of Zombies Ultimate Edition (3rd Edition)
Spookies

Maths Bronze Award 2018

Race To Infinity

Literacy Gold Award 2018

Bananagrams	Lexit	Werewords
When I Dream

Literacy Silver Award 2018

Speedy Words

Word Bits

Literacy Bronze Award 2018

Vote ME!

Wibbell++

Cross-Curriculum Gold Award 2018

BrainBox Under The Sea	Destination X	Doodle Rush
LUPO: The Space Adventure	SeArCH

Cross-Curriculum Silver Award 2018

Can You Hear Me?	Enchanted Paths	GLOBE RUNNER - A race through every country of the world
Insect Intersection	Speed Colors

Cross-Curriculum Bronze Award 2018

Crazy Cats	Fast Flags	Take Care of Polar Bears
Vote ME!

Family Gold Award 2018

13 Ghosts	Abalone	Animal Upon Animal
Animal upon Animal - My Very First Games	Arokah	Baffled
BrainBox Under The Sea	Catch-A-Roo	Chicken Out
Codenames: Duet	Counting Fun - My Very First Games	Destination X
Doodle Rush	Here, Fishy, Fishy! - My Very First Games	Ice Cool 2
Ice Dice	Karuba	Match Madness
Maze Racers	Museum Rush	New York Slice
OK Play	Pyramid of Pengqueen	Rhino Hero
Rhino Hero Super Battle	Shaperise	Spookies
Sum Fun	Thieves	Werewords
When I Dream	Whoosh: Bounty Hunters	Yogi

Family Silver Award 2018

3 Times 4 = Swat!	6 Suits - The Playing Cards Revolution	Alana's Animals
Animal Actions – Active Kids (Hampeltiere)	Bananagrams	Cauldron Master
City Of Zombies Ultimate Edition (3rd Edition)	Clickbait	Colour Chess + Lure
Flicky Spaceships	Froggy	Go, Go Little Penguin - My Very First Games
Insect Intersection	Jeunesse Farm	Pikoko
Quirk!	Quirk! Legends	SeArCH
Silly Shenanigans	Speed Colors	Speedy Words
Talking Tom and Friends IQ	Talking Tom and Friends SHOPPING

Family Bronze Award 2018

Animal Ailments – The Wild Miming Game	Aqualiens	BrainBox Alphabet Jigsaw
BrainBox Numbers Jigsaw	Can You Hear Me?	Christmas Tree
Crazy Cats	Dog Rally – Active Kids	Fast Flags
GLOBE RUNNER - A race through every country of the world	Hanna Honeybee - My Very First Games	Lexit
Lilli's Favorite Clothes (Lillie Lieblingskleider) - My Very First Games	Little Garden (Kleiner Garten) - My Very First Games	Lost’n’Found
Lucky Sock Dip (Socken Zocken)	LUPO: The Space Adventure	My First Orchard - My Very First Games
Orc-lympics	Polar Panic	Race To Infinity
Take Care of Polar Bears	That's a Question!	Tiny Park
Tri Hand	Vote ME!	Weird Things Humans Search For
What A Performance	Wibbell++	Word Bits

Player's Choice Gold Award 2018

Ice Cool 2

Player's Choice Silver Award 2018

Rhino Hero Super Battle

Player's Choice Bronze Award 2018

Pyramid of Pengqueen

Young Einsteins Gold Award 2018

Alana's Animals	Animal Actions – Active Kids (Hampeltiere)	Animal Upon Animal
Animal upon Animal - My Very First Games	Catch-A-Roo	Counting Fun - My Very First Games
Here, Fishy, Fishy! - My Very First Games	My First Orchard - My Very First Games	Rhino Hero
Silly Shenanigans

Young Einsteins Silver Award 2018

BrainBox Alphabet Jigsaw	BrainBox Numbers Jigsaw	Froggy
Go, Go Little Penguin - My Very First Games	Hanna Honeybee - My Very First Games	Jeunesse Farm
Little Garden (Kleiner Garten) - My Very First Games	Lucky Sock Dip (Socken Zocken)	Quirk!
Quirk! Legends

Young Einsteins Bronze Award 2018

Dog Rally – Active Kids

Lilli's Favorite Clothes (Lillie Lieblingskleider) - My Very First Games

Tiny Park

Problem Solving Gold Award 2018

13 Ghosts	Arokah	Baffled
Karuba	Match Madness	Maze Racers

Problem Solving Silver Award 2018

Destination X

Enchanted Paths

Shaperise

Problem Solving Bronze Award 2018

When all the entrants to this years competition have been added you will be able to see which games have been submitted and shortlisted in this specific award category.
You will also be able to see the eventual winners of course... but all in good time!

Family Classic Award 2018

Ice Cool

Kingdomino

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Ubongo

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Excelled in Schools Award 2018

Cortex Challenge: Original

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Pass the Bomb

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StoryLine: Scary Tales

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Best Imagination Gaming Game of the Year (BIGGY) Award 2018

When I Dream

Maths Gold Award 2017

Katamino Family

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Skiwampus

Ubongo

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Maths Silver Award 2017

Rainbow 35

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Red7

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Sum Fun

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Maths Bronze Award 2017

Animal Auction

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Literacy Gold Award 2017

Anomia

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Imagidice

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StoryLine: Scary Tales

Shop link: Click to buy

Literacy Silver Award 2017

Pass the Bomb

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Pass the Bomb Junior

Shop link: Click to buy

Travel Jask

Literacy Bronze Award 2017

Word Slam

WordStacker

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Cross-Curriculum Gold Award 2017

BrainBox: Awful Ancients

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BrainBox: Shakespeare

Shop link: Click to buy

Cross-Curriculum Silver Award 2017

Anatomix

Shop link: Click to buy

Business on the Move

Egyptians

Cross-Curriculum Bronze Award 2017

Tacto

Family Gold Award 2017

Happy Salmon Shop link: Click to buy	Katamino Family Shop link: Click to buy	Kingdomino Shop link: Click to buy
Leaps and Ledges	Macroscope Shop link: Click to buy	Outfoxed
Pass the Bomb Shop link: Click to buy	Pass the Bomb Junior Shop link: Click to buy	Pyramid Arcade
Santorini Shop link: Click to buy	Skiwampus	StoryLine: Scary Tales Shop link: Click to buy
The Mysterious Forest Shop link: Click to buy	Ubongo Shop link: Click to buy

Family Silver Award 2017

Aladdin And The Magic Lamp Shop link: Click to buy	Animal Auction Shop link: Click to buy	Creature College Shop link: Click to buy
Final Touch	Ghostel	Gobbit Shop link: Click to buy
Hop! Shop link: Click to buy	Kerala	King Frog
My First Stone Age	Nightmarium	ORE-SOME
Race to the North Pole Shop link: Click to buy	Rainbow 35 Shop link: Click to buy	Red7 Shop link: Click to buy
Steampunk Rally	The Chameleon	The Forest Dragon by Rory
Ticket to Ride: First Journey Shop link: Click to buy	Travel Jask	Tripolo Shop link: Click to buy
Unlock! Shop link: Click to buy

Family Bronze Award 2017

Anomia Shop link: Click to buy	Checkpoint Charlie Shop link: Click to buy	Dimension
Dragons & Chickens Shop link: Click to buy	Emotify Shop link: Click to buy	Exploding Kittens Shop link: Click to buy
Glimpse Shop link: Click to buy	In A Bind Jnr Shop link: Click to buy	KIX Football Card Game Shop link: Click to buy
Lab Wars	MimiQ	Ominoes
Smoothie Shop link: Click to buy	Sneak Peek Shop link: Click to buy	Spaghetti
Super Motherload	Vier Im Wald Shop link: Click to buy	Vier Im Zoo Shop link: Click to buy
Woo-Hoo!	WordStacker Shop link: Click to buy

Player's Choice Gold Award 2017

ORE-SOME

Player's Choice Silver Award 2017

Four Elements

Player's Choice Bronze Award 2017

In A Bind Jnr

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Young Einsteins Gold Award 2017

Folanimos Shop link: Click to buy	Fun Genes	Outfoxed
Reef Route	Smarty Genes Shop link: Click to buy	The Forest Dragon by Rory

Young Einsteins Silver Award 2017

Difference Junior Shop link: Click to buy	I Learn on my Way to Reception Shop link: Click to buy	MimiQ
Omni Wits Shop link: Click to buy	Peek-a-Doodle-Doo! Shop link: Click to buy	Smoothie Shop link: Click to buy
Spaghetti	Story Cards Adventure	Woo-Hoo!

Young Einsteins Bronze Award 2017

I Learn Maths Shop link: Click to buy	I Learn To Read Shop link: Click to buy	I Learn to Write Shop link: Click to buy
Vier Im Wald Shop link: Click to buy	Vier Im Zoo Shop link: Click to buy

Problem Solving Gold Award 2017

Baby Clues Shop link: Click to buy	Cortex Challenge: Original Shop link: Click to buy	Ubongo Shop link: Click to buy
Unlock! Shop link: Click to buy

Problem Solving Silver Award 2017

Checkpoint Charlie Shop link: Click to buy	Difference Shop link: Click to buy	Dimension
Katamino Family Shop link: Click to buy

Problem Solving Bronze Award 2017

Acuity Shop link: Click to buy	MindMaze: Bits and Bobs Shop link: Click to buy	MindMaze: Crime Stories Shop link: Click to buy
MindMaze: That's Life Shop link: Click to buy	MindMaze: Young Dectectives Shop link: Click to buy	Tacto

Family Classic Award 2017

Forbidden Island

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Qwirkle

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WordARound

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Excelled in Schools Award 2017

City of Zombies

Shop link: Click to buy

Logic Cards Series

Zingo Series

Best Imagination Gaming Game of the Year (BIGGY) Award 2017

Unlock!

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2016 Award Winners

To download the press release detailing this year's event and winners please click below:

Imagination Gaming announce IG Awards 2016 winners.pdf

Best Maths Game

Logic Cards

Gold

Code Master

Silver

City Of Zombies Times Square

Bronze

Best Literacy Game

Tell-A-Tale Pirate

Gold

Codenames

Silver

BrainBox English

Bronze

Best Cross-Curriculum Game

Imagination Board Game Creator

Gold

Yoga Spinner

Silver

Compose Yourself

Bronze

The UKGE Family Zone Player’s Award

Tatsu

Gold

Ice Cool

Silver

Dragonwood

Bronze

Crossing, CVLizations, Burger Boss

Special Mentions

Best Family Game

Gold

Gold

Silver

Silver

Bronze

BrainBox Bounce Animals

Bronze

Family Classic Awards

Timeline Series

BrainBox Series

Rory's Story Cubes Series

Excelled In Schools Awards

Incan Gold

Villa Paletti

Rat-A-Tat Cat

Were your favourites there and did you agree with the judges?
Remember to let us know what you think and tell us your favourite games too via FaceBook and Twitter, maybe it should be in next years awards?

2015 Award Winners
To download the press release detailing this year's event and winners please click below:

Imagination Gaming announce IG Awards 2015 winners.pdf

Best Maths Game

Sushi Go!

Gold

Chickyboom

Silver

BrainBox My First Maths

Bronze

Shephy, MathMagic, Super Farmer

Special Mentions

Best Literacy Game

BrainBox ABC

Gold

Lugu

Silver

Fast Words

Bronze

MoodX, Pinocchio, Splab

Special Mentions

Best Cross-Curriculum Game

BrainBox The World

Gold

Extraordinaires Buildings

Silver

Blocky Mountains

Bronze

Robot Turtles, Safebreaker

Special Mentions

The UKGE Family Zone Player’s Award

Loony Quest

Gold

Battle Sheep

Silver

Brave Rats

Bronze

Crazy Circus, Sblap

Special Mentions

Best Family Game

Loony Quest

Gold

Merry Yard

Gold

Battle Sheep

Gold

The Hare & The Tortoise

Silver

Silver

Silver

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Dino Race, Crazy Circus, Pina Pirata, Wakanda, Cheesonomics, Mah Jek

Special Mentions

Family Classic Awards

Hey! Thats My Fish

Quarto Classic

Jungle Speed

Excelled In Schools Awards

Mapominoes Europe

Mathical Creatures

Coyote

Were your favourites there and did you agree with the judges?
Remember to let us know what you think and tell us your favourite games too via FaceBook and Twitter, maybe it should be in next years awards?

2014 Award Winners

In the second year of the Imagination Gaming Family & Education Gaming Awards we introduced a new category, the Family Classic. Like the Excelled in Schools award we selected 3 games to start a list of great family games that will be added to each year.

Best Numeracy Game Awards 2014, (Known as the Best Maths Award from 2015)

Gold

City Of Zombies

Silver

Monster Maths

Bronze

Smart Cookies

Best Literacy Game Awards 2014

Gold

Zingo Word Builder

Silver

Silver Word Bits

Bronze

Concept

Best Cross Curriculum Game Awards 2014

Gold

The Extraordinaires Design Studio

Silver

Who Knows Where

Bronze

Evolution: Origin Of The Species

Best Family Game Awards 2014

Gold

City Of Zombies

Silver

Concept

Bronze

Gobb'It

Excelled in Schools Award 2014

Katamino

For Sale

Dixit

Family Classic Award 2014

Quoridor

Botswana

Dobble

The Imagination Gaming, UK Games Expo Players Choice Award

Gold

City Of Zombies

Slver

Om Nom Nom

Bronze

Dodekka

Special Mentions 2014

Chris choice

Duco

Chris

Tell Tale

Nigel

Wrong Chemistry

Nigel

Alarm

2013 Award Winners

2013 was the first year of the Imagination Gaming Family and Education Game Awards. We started with 6 categories...

Best Numeracy Game Awards 2013, (Known as the Best Maths Award from 2015)

Gold

Arithmanix

Silver

Silver Zeus On The Loose

Bronze

7 ATE 9

Best Literacy Game Awards 2013

Gold

WordARound

Silver

Rory Story Cubes

Bronze

Snake Oil

Best Cross Curriculum Game Awards 2013

Gold

Astronauts

Silver

BrainBox Horrible History Vile Villains

Bronze

Timeline

Best Family Game Awards 2013

Gold

The Magic Labyrinth

Coyote

Charon

Silver

The Spooky Stairs Card Game

The Big Fat Tomato Game

Forbidden Island

Bronze

Button Up

The Spooky Stairs Board Game

Logan Stones

Excelled in Schools Award 2013

Take It Easy

Zeus On The Loose

Word On The Street

N.B The Family Classic Award did not exist in 2013…

but there were more awards handed out in the Best Family Game this year!

The Imagination Gaming, UK Games Expo Players Choice Award 2013

Gold

Dobble

Silver

The Magic Labyrinth

Silver

Forbidden Island

Special Mentions 2013

Cockroach Poker

Cockroach Salad

Okiya

The Blue Lion