V Veliki Britaniji se bo med 1. in 3. junijem odvijal UK Games Expo 2018. Žirija je tudi letos izdala listo nominiranih iger, ki se bodo potegovale za glavno nagrado, vse igre pa so morale izpolnjevati določene pogoje. Na končni rezultat bodo vplivali tako sodniki, kot tudi igralci. Zmagovalce v kar 15 kategorijah bodo razglasili 3. junija. Nominiranci so:
1. Najboljša igra – Best New Boardgame (ameriški stil, Ameritrash)
- Rising Sun (CMON)
- Bunny Kingdom (IELLO)
- Arena For The Gods (IELLO)
2. Najboljša igra – Best New Boardgame (euro-stil, euroigra)
- Photosynthesis (Blue Orange)
- Century: Spice Road (Plan-B)
- Great Western Trail (Stronghold)
3. Najboljša igra – Best New Boardgame (strateška)
- Civilization (Gibsons)
- Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire (Games Workshop)
- Mini Rails (Moaideas Game Design)
4. Najboljša igra s kartami/kockami – Best New Card/ Dice Game
- Pikoko (Brain Games)
- Legend of the 5 Rings (Fantasy Flight)
- Fantasy Realms (WizKids)
5. Najboljša igra igranje vlog – Best Role-playing Game
- The Code of Warriors and Wizardry (Simon Burley Productions)
- Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd.)
- SINS – The Roleplaying Game (First Falling Leaf Limited)
6. Najboljši dodatek za igro igranja vlog – Best Role-playing Game Expansion
- Leagues of Cthulhu (Triple Ace Games)
- Conan Book of Skelos (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd.)
- DOWN DARKER TRAILS (Chaosium Inc.)
7. Najboljša avantura v igri igranja vlog – Best Role-playing Game Adventure
- The Cthulhu Hack: Three Faces of the Wendigo (All Rolled Up)
- TWO-HEADED SERPENT (Chaosium Inc.)
- REIGN OF TERROR (Chaosium Inc.)
8. Najboljša ponudba miniatur – Best Miniatures Range
- Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium (Games Workshop)
- Wild West Exodus: Gunfight At Red Oak (Warcradle Studios)
- Lion Tower Miniatures RPG Miniature range (Lion Tower Miniatures)
9. Najboljša pravila – Best Miniatures Rules
- Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago (Osprey Games)
- Gaslands (Osprey Games)
- Kobolds & Cobblestones (Osprey Games)
10. Najboljša zabavna igra – Best Party Game
- Who Should We Eat? (WizKids)
- Gutterhead (Gutter Games)
- When I Dream (Repos)
11. Najboljša otroška igra – Best Children’s Game
- BrainBox People at Work (The Green Board Game Company)
- Don’t be a Donkey (John Adams Leisure Ltd)
- Rhino Hero – Super Battle (Habermaass GmbH (HABA))
12. Najboljša družinska igra – Best Family Game
- Untold: Adventures Await (Hub Games)
- Iquazú (Habermaass GmbH (HABA))
- Nomads (Ludonaute)
13. Najboljša abstraktna igra – Best Abstract Game
- Rubik’s Flip (John Adams Leisure Ltd)
- Thieves (Merlin Games)
- Okiya (Blue Orange)
14. Najboljše razširitve – Best New Expansion
- Dracula’s America: Shadows of the West: Hunting Grounds (Osprey Games)
- Queendomino (Blue Orange)
- Cities of Splendor (Space Cowboys)
15. Najboljši ostali dodatki – Best New Accessory
- Big Book of Battle Mats (Loke Battle Mats)
- DMB Games Resin Dungeon Tile Core Set (DMB Games)
- Blood Red Skies – Aces Accessory sets (Warlord Games)