PineCon 2023: Baltic Boar Takes Home Three Top Awards

On May 13–14, 2023, board game enthusiasts from across Lithuania gathered in Druskininkai for the seventh edition of PineCon, the largest board game festival in the Baltic States.

The event also marked the debut of the PineCon Awards, recognizing the best Lithuanian board games and prototypes of the year for the first time.

The educational-strategic board game “Marijampolė” won multiple accolades:

• Best Lithuanian Board Game of 2022
• Audience Choice Award

Additionally, Tomas Miliauskas — founder of UAB Baltic Boar — received the New Hope Award for the prototype that impressed convention participants the most: “Mushroom War.”

After sweeping all three awards, Tomas Miliauskas, a native of Marijampolė, encouraged fellow creators to continue developing new games and to strengthen the Lithuanian board game community.