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

Pictures

Daniela and Christian Stöhr | Spiel des Jahres | 2020

Building blocks, shoe laces, symbol cards and more. At first glance, the five sets of materials included in “Pictures” couldn’t be more different. Nevertheless they will all be used for the same purpose: players must recreate a photograph so that their opponents are able to identify it amongst all the other photos displayed. This might

Der Fuchs im Wald (The Fox in the Forest)

Joshua Buergel | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2020

“Der Fuchs im Wald” (“The Fox in the Forest”) is a storybook trick-taking game for two players that has several interesting hooks. The winner of a round isn’t always the player who takes the most tricks: like in a fairytale excessive greed is punished harshly. Also some card values bring special abilities into play, so

Color Brain (Colour Brain)

Tristan Williams | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2020

What colour is a giraffe’s tongue? What do taxis look like in London, New York and Paris? “Color Brain” (“Colour Brain”) is a quiz game with a simple twist: every question can be answered with colours. Each team has an identical set of eleven colour cards. Each question gives a clue to the number of

Draftosaurus

Antoine Bauza, Corentin Lebrat, Ludovic Maublanc and Théo Rivière | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2020

The dino park has been built, we’re just missing the stars of our show. Stegosaurus, Triceratops and the gang are ready to move in to their pens but players are still looking for new attractions for their zoos. At the start of a round each player randomly draws dinosaurs, from which they choose just one

Kitchen Rush

Dávid Turczi and Vangelis Bagiartakis | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2020

Too many cooks spoil the broth? Only if they don’t work together! In “Kitchen Rush” players have to prove themselves in the hustle and bustle of an everyday restaurant. Guests need to be welcomed, orders taken and meals prepared. A game round only lasts five to ten minutes, so in order to try and please

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