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

Inspektor Nase (Inspector Nose)

Reinhard Staupe | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

How do I say what I know without saying what I know? It sounds complicated but it’s not really. You secretly look at one of five pictures then roll some dice. The aim is to pick the symbol on the dice that best depicts the picture selected. Then each round the other players have to

Akropolis

Jules Messaud | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2023

An acropolis is the highest area of an ancient city. So obviously, playing “Akropolis” you can stack your puzzle tiles on top of one another and not just lay them side by side. The higher the stack, the more points it is worth. But only if you arrange the pieces according to the thematic demands

QE

Gavin Birnbaum | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2023

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

Iki

Koota Yamada | Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2023

In the historic city of Edo – present-day Tokyo – you will weave your way through the market, activating the stalls you stop by to collect resources. If you purchase from your opponents’ businesses, however, you will increase their employees’ experience who will then make more profit and be able to retire earlier. The turn

Planet Unknown

Ryan Lambert and Adam Rehberg | Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2023

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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