Hot Streak, the wonderfully silly betting-and-racing party game from CMYK, has just bagged the Casual Games prize at the 2026 American Tabletop Awards. If you have not played it, picture four chunky vinyl mascots, a board that rolls out of the side of the box like a yoga mat, and a 20-minute dice-and-card race that never stops to wait for you to make a decision.
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Find events near youIt is designed by Jon Perry, one half of the Time Barons design team alongside Derek Yu, with Hot Streak co-credited to CMYK founders Alex Hague, James Nathan Spencer and Justin Vickers. CMYK has carved out a niche in tidy, design-led boxes (Wavelength, So Clover, The Vale of Eternity), and Hot Streak fits right in. The game plays 2-9, ages 6 and up, and the mascots, Hurley the bun banger, Gobbler the bear, Dangle the angler fish and the Queen Mum from Queveland, look like they wandered out of a 1990s Nickelodeon ident.
The American Tabletop Awards have always leaned towards games that work across age groups and skill levels rather than the heaviest hits, and this year's slate doubles down on that. The full winners list also includes Magical Athlete (Early Gamers), Cole Wehrle and Jo Kelly's queer historical Molly House (Complex Games) and Matt Leacock's Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (Strategy Games). Two CMYK wins in one year is a tidy run for a publisher that only releases a handful of titles annually.
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Start organising for freeHot Streak is in stock at most UK shops for around £30 and ships easily because the box is small. If your group has a kid who loves cheering on plastic creatures or an uncle who would happily place a fiver on anything moving, this is the one to slot into your next session. Find a game night and bring it along.
Sources: BoardGameWire | American Tabletop Awards | CMYK Games
