Octopus

Grégory Kirszbaum and Alex Sanders | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2019

Be careful, little fishes! If you get too close to the octopus you’ll be in deep trouble. The angry kraken will spray its ink and turn the sea into a murky soup. Then only the skilful fishermen will be able to save you. Two children will carefully pick up a fish with their fishing rods

Mmm!

Reiner Knizia | Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2016

When the cat’s away the mice will play! The hungry rodents want to raid the larder and smuggle out cheese, carrots and more from under the watchful eye of the house cat. Players work together to collect tasty treats and gradually reserve parts of the feast with the help of three dice, which they’ll need

Voll verwackelt

Wolfgang Dirscherl and Manfred Reindl | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2019

If you want to harvest the tasty coconuts, you’ll need to climb up high – a very shaky business. Nevertheless, the lion, giraffe, elephant and zebra will give it a try. They’ll attempt to scramble up a palm tree, which is also standing on a shaky rock – the game’s impressive 3D platform. On your

Die Crew (The Crew)

Thomas Sing | Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2020

As part of a spaceship crew the players are travelling to the ninth planet at the edge of the solar system. On the way they will encounter all sorts of problems typical for a long journey in space: malfunctioning engines and lack of oxygen serve as thematic hooks for a co-operative trick-taking game, which challenges

Der Kartograph (Cartographers)

Jordy Adan | Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2020

The royal cartographers have a year to reclaim the unexplored northern lands. The queen has given clear objectives for this task. She gives the players a total of four edicts per game, demanding for instance that they are on the lookout for forest paths between mountain ranges or well-irrigated farmlands. Easier said than done, as

The King’s Dilemma

Lorenzo Silva, Hjalmar Hach and Carlo Burelli | Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2020

What can be done about the starving peasants? Should an example be made of the heretics? And is the throne able to finance the next costly expedition? It’s questions like these that the players will be discussing as members of the Council of the Kingdom of Ankist. Their decisions will have direct consequences on the

The Mind

Wolfgang Warsch | Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2018

“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

Facecards

Leo Colovini | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2018

People have faces. Animals have faces. And sometimes – at least in our imaginations – even everyday objects have faces. The phenomenon of recognising faces in things and patterns is called pareidolia. A quirk from which “Facecards” has made a fun combination game. Each player picks two picture cards from their hand, which should resemble

Mombasa

Alexander Pfister | Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2016

Players compete to turn a profit during the colonial era in Africa. You’ll invest in four chartered companies and use your influence to help them expand across the continent. This will improve the value of your shares in these companies. In this demanding strategy game, players will also trade in bananas, coffee or cotton, work

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