feel in your hand." Awards and nominations Azul has won a number of board gaming awards and received numerous nominations: 2018 Spiel des Jahres award 2018 Origins Award for Best Family Game and Fan Favorite 2018 Dice Tower Award for Best Family Game 2018 As d'Or – Jeu de l'Année Winner 2018 Mensa Select Certification 2017 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2017 Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel Winner 2017 Golden Geek Best Family Game of the Year 2017 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Runner-up Sequels and Azul series In late 2018, Plan B Games has released a second title in the Azul line, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, which utilised the same tile-drafting mechanism, and required players to match vertical patterns on two sided stained-glass window panes on the player boards. A movement pawn was added which placed additional restrictions on which pane a player could fill on any given turn, adding to the game's complexity. A third game in the series, Azul: Summer Pavilion, was released in late 2019. It again utilised the same tile-drafting mechanism but introduced a wild colour which changed from round to round, and saw players collecting diamond-shaped tiles to create star patterns. Leah Williams from Kotaku complimented the components, strategy, accessibility, and engagement, but critiqued the scalability for party settings. A fourth game, Azul: Queen's Garden, was released in 2022. Diverging the most from its predecessors, it featured a heavily modified variant of the original tile-drafting mechanism, and significantly increased the complexity of the pattern matching – with hexagonal tiles now having combinations of colours and symbols which could be separately matched for points. A review from Lautapeliopas praised the sequel's replayability, charm, and components, despite criticising the theme and interaction. There have been two expansions in the series: Azul: Crystal Mosaic, an expansion to the original game; and Azul: Glazed Pavilion, an expansion to Summer Pavilion. A limited edition confectionary-themed reskin of the original game called Azul: Master Chocolatier was released in 2022. There is also the stand-alone game 5211: Azul, which rethemed the abstract card game 5211 into the style of the original Azul. References External links Dice Tower review of Azul I Play Red walkthrough of Azul Board games Board games introduced in 2017 Abstract strategy games Origins Award winners Spiel des Jahres winners Tile-based board games Mensa Select winners