Fabelwelten (Storytailors)

Wilfried Fort and Marie Fort | Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

This is the story of the determined captain. And of the clever girl. And of the brave knight and his fair maid. Storytailors is a game that’s also a kind of interactive book. It contains ten fairytale-type stories and manages to avoid cliché through its cast of characters. The game is therefore aimed at children

Mia London

Antoine Bauza and Corentin Lebrat | Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

Villains, rogues, evildoers! There’s been another criminal at work! There are a possible 625 bad guys in this game and each of them is wearing a hat, glasses, a moustache and a bowtie. But what and what type? That’s what children need to gradually work out with the help of decks of cards. They have

Käpt’n Kuller

Kirsten Hiese | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

Beware loose cannons! The pirate crew has collected their booty – jewels and gold coins – and arranged it all nice and neat. Now it has to be split between the crew. Who gets the most? The crew decide in the traditional way: by bowling. At least that’s the way in Käpt’n Kuller”. The game

Memo Friends

Goula Design Team | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

The owl, the fox and the bear like to meet in the forest at the tree trunk next to the toadstool. But sometimes the toadstool sits inside the tree trunk and the fox on top of the stump. Or the owl is in the tree and the bear next to it. Remembering who was here

Swip’Sheep

Yann Dupont | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

Are there any wolves around this evening? Yes? Then play your wolf cards from your hand onto the table. Then the wolf can steal from the other players – hopefully they will find sheep, as that’s what wolves like the best. Frustratingly, the sheep don’t find that as fun; they prefer to seek the protection

Tapikékoi?

Romaric Galonnier and Laurent Toulouse | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

“Tapikékoi”? Or “Tu as piqué quoi?”, which is French for “What have you pinched”? That’s what the players are trying to find out. This cheekily illustrated game depicts a picture book family idyll: father, mother, daughter, son and a perfect home. Four tableaus depict the kitchen, bedroom, garden and living room, while small cardboard chips

Traumfänger (Dream Catcher)

David Franck and Laurent Escoffier | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

A guessing game, a story game but above all a wonderfully sumptuous adventure: this is Traumfänger. The most important components – aside from lots of imagination – are square cards and round discs. The former represent nightmares and the latter cuddly toys of different sizes that chase the nightmares away. Children take it in turns

My City

Reiner Knizia | Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2020

In “My City” players will be building cities and – as you can guess from the title – each will build their own. Everyone gets a personal landscape board and a supply of building tiles in different colours and shapes. A deck of cards determines the order in which the buildings can be placed. What

Nova Luna

Uwe Rosenberg and Corné van Moorsel | Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2020

“Nova Luna” is an abstract tile-laying game in astral form. The objective: place square tiles to complete the highest number of goals depicted on them as efficiently as possible. For instance, a tile could require that two turquoise and two red tiles are placed adjacent to it. To tick off multiple goals at once, you’re