The results are announced every October at the Spiel game fair in Essen, Germany.
No 2022 nominees were given[64] The Dice Tower (a website, podcast and video network founded by Tom Vasel) has been announcing awards since 2007.
[68] These are winners of the Jogo do Ano, awarded to the best board games of the year submitted to Spiel Portugal.
[80][81] The BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award was originally presented at the BGG.CON event in November, but is currently announced annually in March.
The winners of the Golden Geek are selected by the nomination and voting of the user community of BoardGameGeek.com website.
The Origins Award is commonly referred to as a Calliope, as the statuette is in the likeness of the muse of the same name.
Prior to that year, it was a subcategory of the Spiel des Jahres awards known as the Sonderpreis "Kinderspiel" ("Special Prize for Best Children's Game").
Since the intent behind both awards is the same, it is customary to refer to the 1989–2000 Sonderpreis winners as having won the Kinderspiel des Jahres.