Pessoal,

Novamente, o Prêmio Ludopedia foi noticiado no site Boardgamegeek (BGG), o que nos deixa bastante contentes, principalmente por ajudar na visibilidade que os títulos nacionais têm fora do país.
Link: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/76126/latin-american-new-game-round-beautiful-gardens-an

In other news, the Prêmio Ludopedia has been awarded again in Brazil (for games from 2017). There are six categories for this award nowadays: For experts, for families and for children (I find it remarkable that they are named on the website in this order – a certain difference to the Spiel des Jahres tradition), both for international and domestic games. I am obviously mostly interested in the domestic ones.

For experts, the winner was Os Reinos de Drunagor ("The Realms of Drunagor") by Daniel Alves and Eduardo Cavalcante, published by HISTERIA GAMES. It's a well-equipped miniature games with all that comes with it, and it was funded through the Brazilian crowdfunding platform Kickante. Remarkable — one would assume that crowdfunding mostly works by addressing a worldwide audience in some way or another, but apparently that is not the case.

In the family game category, the winner was Dwar7s Fall by Luís Brüeh, published by Mandala Jogos. (The game has appeared in various editions outside Brazil as well.) It's a worker placement game in which slightly dyslexic dwarves try to gather supplies for winter by collecting the most precious jewels, which they can then exchange for food.

The children's game award went to the very pretty Belo Jardim by Marta Giardini, which was published by Mitra. I think it's a game about building a beautiful garden as that is what the title means in English. When I see those components, I long to play it, although my own kids have been beyond the typical age for this for a while now. (It's meant for ages 5 and up.)

Reading through the additional recommendation list for the awards is almost frustrating to me as I had heard of only three out of ten games before. There is still a lot to do and learn...