Ritual

Tomás Tarragón | Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2024

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

Witchstone

Reiner Knizia and Martino Chiacchiera | Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2022

Not a lot of people know that witches and warlocks can lose their supernatural powers. In “Witchstone”, players have to try and stop this by proving their abilities in various magical disciplines, renewing the energy field of the legendary Witschstone. Players compete to make the best chain of actions in their witches’ cauldron. If you’re

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

Michael Menzel | Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2021

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

MicroMacro: Crime City

Johannes Sich | Spiel des Jahres | 2021

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

Zombie Teenz Evolution

Annick Lobet | Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2021

In this game’s predecessor, “Zombie Kidz Evolution”, we already managed to save the school. Now the whole town is under threat. The children have become young teenagers but they’re not done with their mission to hold back the forces of the undead. In the four corners of the town map there are resources that the

Chakra

Luka Krleža | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2021

In traditional Indian teachings, the seven energy centres that link the physical body with the astral form are known as chakras. These chakras are depicted on players’ tableaus as coloured circles, each with three spaces. Competing against their opponents, players must fill these spaces with energy stones of the matching colour. The simple rule set

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

David Thompson | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2021

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

The Key: Sabotage im Lucky Lama Land (The Key: Sabotage at Lucky Llama Land)

Thomas Sing | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2021

The amusement park Lucky Llama Land has fallen prey to three acts of sabotage. The suspects have already been caught. Now the players have to work out which ride they sabotaged, when they did it and which tool they used. Everyone simultaneously rummages through a huge pile of cards, trying to find clues to piece

Hipp Hopp Hippo

Anna Oppolzer and Stefan Kloß | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

Across the river and over to the bananas on the other bank – the monkeys know that the quickest route is to take the Hippo-Express. In “Hipp Hopp Hippo”, the monkeys jump straight in but sometimes a hippo will disappear under the water, then the monkeys have to return to the riverside empty-handed. A pushing

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