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Mischwald (Forest Shuffle)

The centre of the table becomes a forest clearing and players all build their own unique forest around it. Eight species of tree can grow here: from maple to birch, pine to chestnut. Players can place animal cards on each of these trees, as long as they can pay the cost. The interesting part is

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2024

Ritual

Humans need rituals. They give us support, remind us that we’re not alone and create a feeling of solidarity, especially in times of difficulty. ‘Ritual’ transforms this experience into a game. Players swap coloured runes with each other to try and fulfil their own personal collection goal. This doesn’t sound too difficult at first, if

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2024

Die Abenteuer des Robin Hood (The Adventures of Robin Hood)

In “The Adventures of Robin Hood” we get to experience the well-known stories from the other side, literally. A companion book leads us through a total of seven chapters of co-operative adventures in Sherwood Forest. The game board looks like an advent calendar, with numbered tiles you can pop out to reveal guards, castle gates

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2021

MicroMacro: Crime City

Happy people sitting in cafés. Children wanting an ice cream from the market stall. Art lovers at a gallery opening. But with our trained detective’s eye we can see through the supposed harmony of Crime City’s inhabitants. There are over a dozen murder and crime cases to solve in this enormous bustling city map, drawn

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| Spiel des Jahres | 2021

Switch & Signal: Gemeinsam ans Ziel (Switch & Signal)

Urgent goods deliveries from Nuremburg, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin need to be transported to Marseille by train. Players will need to use all of their forward thinking and planning talents to complete all the deliveries with a limited number of trains and a very tight deadline. Players play cards from their hand to place switches

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2021

QE

Economic crisis? Help! Players take on the role of nations aiming to save companies that are supposedly “too big to fail”. One junk company after another will go under the hammer. You need to secretly write down a bid: thousands? Tens of thousands? Millions? It doesn’t matter, you’re just making up numbers. You don’t need

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2023

Planet Unknown

We only have one planet. That is to say: one per player. You are trying to develop the planet by placing Tetris-like segments onto its surface. These pieces are selected each round from a rotating supply – the player whose turn it is picks a sector and the other players have to use whatever ends

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| Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2023

Fantastische Reiche (Fantasy Realms)

With just seven cards in our hand and through simple card swapping-mechanics, we can create our own personal fantasy realm. The 53 unique cards, split into eleven categories such as ‚Land’, ‚Wizard’ or ‚Weapon’ can strengthen or block each other or even give minus points. But be careful: you can’t just pay attention to your

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| Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2021

Paleo

Life in the stone age must have been tough. Behind every bush with delicious berries there might be a wild animal waiting to attack. And even without the boar, we need to find out for ourselves whether the fruit is edible or poisonous. Each round we work together as a tribe to overcome dangers like

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| Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2021