The Diana Jones Award is an annual award created to publicly acknowledge excellence in gaming. The award was first made for the year 2000, and the first award ceremony was on August 4, 2001.

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• About the Diana Jones Award
• Nominations & Deadlines
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• The Awards:

• The tenth DJ Award (2010)
• The ninth DJ Award (2009)
• The eighth DJ Award (2008)
• The seventh DJ Award (2007)
• The sixth DJ Award (2006)
• The fifth DJ Award (2005)
• The fourth DJ Award (2004)
• The third DJ Award (2003)
• The second DJ Award (2002)
• The first DJ Award (2001)

The Diana Jones Award 2005

The Winner | The Nominees | The Award Ceremony

The Winner

The Diana Jones Award committee is proud to announce that its fifth annual award is given to Ticket to Ride.

TICKET TO RIDE

By Alan Moon
Published by Days of Wonder

Ticket to Ride is a masterful work by a veteran designer at the height of his powers. Nothing about the board game can be faulted: the rules are simple and clearly explained, the strategy is intriguing, the gameplay is balanced, engrossing and tense, the components are beautifully produced, the design is polished till it gleams, and the whole demands to be played and replayed. The addition of an online version with free access for purchasers of the physical game is the flourish on the icing on the cake. Not only is Ticket to Ride the best introduction to the pleasure of playing board games in years, it shows the elegant art of games design at its very best.