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L.a.m.a.

Everyone likes llamas! In the speedy card game Lama, the llama isn’t just the mascot for the game but also provides the German acronym “Lege alle Minuspunkte ab” (something like “Leave All your Minus points Aside”). Behind this slogan lies a simple principle for how to play your cards. You can only play a card

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2019

Krasse Kacke

The name of this game (“Who did it”?) and the cute animal illustrations are definitely aimed at children. But Who Did It? can be fun for grown-ups too, especially grown-ups who are still children at heart. Which means us. We have to free our own pets from the suspicion of having left a little present

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2019

The Mind

“The Mind” is a co-operative card game with an almost banal concept. Over various levels, players all have to play number cards from their hand, in ascending order. The twist: not a single word may be spoken about your own cards. There are no defined turns, players play cards when they think the time is

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2018

Memoarrr!

Ahoy there! When Captain Goldfish takes his treasure chest from its hiding place, the volcano in the centre of the island begins to spit lava. Quick: back to the ship! But where is it? In the memory game Memoarrr!, players can find the correct route by revealing a card in the grid that matches either

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2018

Santorini

The Greek island of Santorini is known for its white houses with blue roofs. And the tactical game of the same name tries to recreate this holiday paradise. And it’s a real eye-catcher! The game board is a cliff on which buildings grow gradually, storey by storey. To do this, players move one of their

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2018

DEJA-VU

This is a real test of memory! 36 playing cards depict the same number of objects exactly twice. As each new card is revealed players must decide lightning-quick whether they have already seen the objects shown. If so: grab that object as quick as you can! If not: hands off! If an object is revealed

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2017

Dizzle

Presumably “Dizzle” is a new portmanteau word from the words “dice” and “puzzle”. There’s no real evidence to suggest that is the case but it does a good job of describing this game in two… sorry… in one word. It’s a puzzle using dice – on score sheets which show exactly on which spaces which

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2019

Dodelido

Each player starts with the same number of cards in a face-down deck in front of them, depicting differently-coloured animals. On your turn, you play the top card of your deck face-up onto one of three discard piles. Then you need to call out the characteristic which is seen most frequently: either the type of

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2017

Klask

“Goal!” You’ll be able to hear this cry regularly during this wooden table football game. But this particular goal has no posts or crossbar; it’s simply a hole into which the ball needs to roll. And that’s why instead of “goal!” you might instead hear “klack”. This is the sound you’ll hear when someone uses

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2017
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