Tomáš Holek’s space exploration eurogame SETI has extended its impressive run of 2025 awards by picking up the Gouden Ludo prize for Flemish-language expert game of the year.

The win means SETI has done the double of Dutch language awards this year, having already scooped the 2025 Nederlandse Spellenprijs for best expert game – replicating the success of double award winners Forest Shuffle last year and The Wandering Towers in 2023, which both won the family game segment.

SETI’s indomitable 2025 awards run also includes the Deutscher Spiele Preis – the biggest community-voted board game award in Germany – Dice Tower Awards for game of the year, best strategy game and best new designer, and the Golden Geek heavy game of the year and thematic game awards.

The win for SETI also marked a debut Gouden Ludo for fledgling Dutch publisher DSV Games, which was launched two years ago by online shop De Spelletjes Vrienden.

This year’s Gouden Ludo for best family game went to Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat design Faraway, having made its way to Belgium and the Netherlands through publisher White Goblin Games two years after its initial release.

The fantasy-themed card game adds the Gouden Ludo to its As d’Or French board game prize win last year, and the Swiss Gamers Award from 2023.

This year’s Gouden Ludo also featured the return of the best two-player game award for the first time since 2013, which was won by Luc Remond’s Spiel des Jahres-winning design Sky Team against competition from The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth.

The Gouden Ludo has been awarded each year since 2009, when Matt Leacock’s Pandemic became the first to win the prize.

Entries must be Dutch-language games which are relatively easy to find on the Flemish market, including specialised stores and web shops.

A jury narrows down publishers entries each year, which are then voted on by members of the Forum Federation and other Flemish gaming clubs.

Gouden Ludo winners and nominees 2025

Family Game
WINNER: Faraway – designed by Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat (Published by White Goblin Games)
Botanicus – Samuele Tabellini Ferrari and Vieri Masseini (999 Games)
Fairy Ring – Laurence Grenier, Fabien Tanguy (Asmodee)

Expert Game
WINNER: SETI – Tomáš Holek (DSV Games)
Unconscious Mind – Laskas, Jonny Pac, Yoma, Antonio Zax (Keep Exploring Games)
Wondrous Creatures – Yeom Cheolwoong (DSV Games)

Two-player Game
WINNER: Sky Team – Luc Remond (999 Games)
Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth – Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala (Asmodee)

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