Spicy

Zoltán Győri | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2020

In the fast-paced bluffing game “Spicy”, it’s easy to get your fingers burned. Players take turns to play face-down wasabi, chilli and pepper cards with increasing levels of heat. You can’t always find the right spice in your hand, so you might have to slip some unwanted ingredients into the pot. If your opponents get

Foto Fish

Michael Kallauch | Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

If you want to photograph fish, you’ll need patience. Or – in the case of “Foto Fish” – a cardboard aquarium. There’s no wild chaotic swimming around here, all the fish stay where they are. You still need to have a good eye, as the dice determine which fish (one, two, more or even none)

Little Town

Shun and Aya Taguchi | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2020

Mountains, lakes, forests and lots of arable grassland: the perfect location! In “Little Town” players are building a settlement together and are competing for the best plots of land. On your turn you will send one worker to a free space on the map. There the worker will activate all surrounding spaces, so at the

Go Slow!

Felix Beukemann | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

Snails aren’t well known for their racing skills. They crawl almost meditatively across the ground, just taking their time. In “Go Slow!”, however, they too want to know what it’s like to feel the adrenaline of a race coursing through their shell. But not too fast, they’re still staying true to themselves: may the slowest

Hans im Glück (Hans in Luck)

Peter Wichmann | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

Less is more – and who knows that better than the fairytale character Lucky Hans? He starts out with gold and after merrily making a number of trades he ends up happy with nothing. This game is a playful monument to this master of minimalism. Each Hans begins with six gold nugget chips and has

Magic School

Jonathan Favre-Godal | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

What a day! It’s time for the entrance exam for wizard school and the little wizards are performing warm up exercises for their hands and necks. But most importantly: their heads. Because this is no normal magic test, where you have to transform your unpleasant classmate into a toad. Here you’ll need to remember things.

Slide Quest

Jean-François Rochas and Nicolas Bourgoin | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

Here comes the rolling knight rushing into battle. His journey continues through jungles and ice worlds, dark arches and bright forests for 20 levels. “Slide Quest” converts worlds you might recognise from computer games with lots of retro charm, knowing winks and loving illustrations into a modern children’s game. This is a great version of

Zoo Run

Florian Sirieix | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

Out of the zoo and onto the racetrack. Thanks to its variable game board, “Zoo Run” is two races in one. In the co-operative variant, up to four older children work together to help the animals escape before the keeper notices anything. Then in the competition for the recent escapees, the daredevil animals jump into

Speedy Roll (Hedgehog Roll)

Urtis Šulinskas | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

Mushrooms, apples and leaves are spread around the table just like on the forest floor. This is important, as that’s what the little hedgehog needs to get back home quickly before he is caught by the fox. Luckily the hedgehog has rolled up into a cute little fuzzy ball. The forest goodies will stick to

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