Marc André |
Nominated for Spiel des Jahres |
2014
As a merchant with a penchant for gems, the players in “Splendor” have joined the precious stone business. You’ll purchase mines, establish transport routes, employ skillful polishers and open jewellery boutiques in the shopping alleys of the Renaissance. And by positioning yourself particularly cleverly, you can win the favour of one of the prominent noblemen
Stefan Feld |
Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres |
2013
In the medieval town of Bruges, the burghers build houses and canals, try to exert influence in the town hall and fear losses arising from threats of intrigue or from the black death. Fortunately, they can lever the virtues and assets of their allied citizens: at the start of the game each player has five
Francesco Rotta |
Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres |
2014
Today’s modern flocks of sheep are taking their fate into their own hooves. If the pasture beco mes too small, they arrange their own borders for themselves. In this fast and entertaining tactical game, players split their towers of sheep however they wish and move the newly created troop in a straight line across the
Christian Hutzler, Thilo Hutzler |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2014
Not an elephant in a china shop but rather in a supermarket. That’s almost just as bad. It’s very hungry, and is piling an adventurously large number of groceries into its shopping trolley. Soon it’ll be “Oh Schreck, der Speck fliegt weg!” In this small but pretty building game, players will build a wobbly tower
Daniel Fehr |
Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres |
2018
Little Red Riding Hood is on her way to visit Grandmother and must avoid the wolf. Robin Hood wants to get one over on the Sheriff of Nottingham, King Arthur wants to reach the round table and Dracula is wreaking havoc in Transylvania. In the tile-laying game Woodlands, players will meet characters from four different
Haim Shafir |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2014
When the bell tolls, speedy fun is guaranteed. In “Speed Cups” children have to put five plastic cups in the correct order. Amusingly illustrated cards show whether they need to be next to one another or stacked together. They show birds, ice creams or even pencils. But no-one has time to look carefully at them.
Laima Zuloné |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2014
Am I dressed up as a wolf or a fox? As a stork or a crane? 16 cards lie face-up, showing children in animal costumes. Another 16 cards, showing the same animals as the children’s costumes, are shuffled and placed face-down in a pile. In the variant for the youngest children, each child draws an
Stefan Dorra, Manfred Reindl |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2014
The cheeky owl Flynn triumphantly sits enthroned in the crow’s nest of the pirate ship and looks over the treasure he’s pinched from the deck. In an adventurous manoeuvre, the furious pirates are attempting to win back their chests of gold, sparkling pieces of jewellery and valuable sabres. To do this, players make piles of
Christian Lemay |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2018
It can be terrifying sitting around the campfire late at night telling scary stories. 32 scouts have come together, fat and thin, boys and girls, with a hat or a cap. They all look very different and somehow very similar. What they don’t know: the evil Wendigo is already among them, looks like them and