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Trade association for independent game designers

The Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) is a trade association for developers of indie role-playing games, board games, card games, and LARPs. They present the annual Indie Groundbreaker Awards at Gen Con. Their other programs include a scholarship to attend the game designer convention Metatopia, a mentorship program, and a peer coaching program.

Indie Groundbreaker Awards

The Indie Groundbreaker Awards began in 2016 and are offered in 5 categories: Game of the Year, Best Art, Best Setting, Best Rules, and Most Innovative. They are judged by a rotating panel of game designers. After the Indie RPG Awards gave their final set of awards in 2017, IGDN's Indie Groundbreaker Awards took on their function in the tabletop role-playing game community of evaluating and recognizing achievements in independent game design.

Award Winners by Year

2016

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year A Real Game Aura Belle
Best Art Fall of Magic Ross Cowman (Heart of the Deernicorn)
Best Setting Downfall Caroline Hobbs (Less Than Three Games)
Best Rules Death of Legends Imaginary Empire
Most Innovative 183 Days Tiny Knives

2017

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year Seven Wonders Pelgrane Press
Best Art Fellowship Liberi Gothica Games
Best Setting War Birds
Best Rules Masks: A New Generation Magpie Games
Most Innovative The Beast

2018

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year Bluebeard's Bride Whitney "Strix" Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, Sarah Doombringer (Magpie Games)
Best Art Bluebeard's Bride Whitney "Strix" Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, Sarah Doombringer (Magpie Games)
Best Setting Arecibo Evil Hat Productions
Best Rules Damn the Man, Save the Music Hannah Shaffer
Most Innovative Feast Sharang Biswas
Groundbreaking Supplement Harlem Unbound Chris Spivey

2019

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu (Thorny Games)
Best Art Bluebeard's Bride: Book of Rooms Whitney "Strix" Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, Sarah Doombringer (Magpie Games)
Best Setting The Way of Pukona Evil Hat Productions
Best Rules Good Society (game) Storybrewers Roleplaying (Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon)
Most Innovative Verdure Sharang Biswas

2020

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year Companions' Tale Laura Simpson
Best Art Humblewood Hit Point Press
Best Setting Afterlife: Wandering Souls Angry Hamster Publishing
Best Rules Mazes 9th Level Games
Most Innovative If I Were a Lich, Man Lucian Kahn

2021

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello The Italian Chamber Orchestra
Best Art Lutong Banwa Diwata ng Manila
Best Setting Karanduun - Make God Bleed Joaquin Kyle Saavedra
Best Rules Slayers Spencer Campbell
Most Innovative This Discord Has Ghosts In It Will Jobst and Adam Vass (World Champ Game Co.)

2022

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year Brave Zenith Giuliano Roverato and Rodrigo Melchior
Best Art A Fantastic Longing for Adventure Tim Hutchings
Best Setting Arcon: City of Neon Daylight Kienna Shaw and Jason Cutrone
Best Rules GUN&SLINGER Nevyn Holmes
Most Innovative My Body is a Cage Batts

2023

Award Game Credits
Game of the Year Slugblaster: Kickflip Over a Quantum Centipede Mikey Hamm
Best Art Dinocar Julie-Anne Muñoz
Best Graphic Design Butter Princess Brian Sago, graphic design by Mike Martens
Best Setting Gubat Banwa Joaquin Kyle Saavedra
Best Rules Saltfish and Almanacs Storybrewers Roleplaying (Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon)
Most Innovative The Sticker Game Cassi Mothwin and Joshua Peters

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