Isle of Skye

Alexander Pfister, Andreas Pelikan | Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2016

Who will be king of the Isle of Skye? Chieftains fight for this title by expanding their clan’s territory. Starting from their own castle, players lay landscape tiles in order to claim fields, waters and mountains, breed animals, construct new buildings and increase their income. Only those who are cautious with their money and clever

Stone Age Junior

Marco Teubner | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2016

This memorable and exciting game represents how Stone Age people conquered and shaped their world, in a way that’s suitable for children. On the game board’s different spaces you can receive and trade resources or build huts, which need specific materials. Hidden tiles on the edge of the board determine where you can place your

Sleeping Queens

Miranda Evarts & family | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2017

Twelve noble queens lie asleep, face down on the table. They are just waiting to be awoken and claimed by the players. Each queen has a points value between five and twenty. Players take turns to play one of their five hand cards. Special cards allow you to carry out various actions: the King lets

Dixit

Jean-Louis Roubira | Spiel des Jahres | 2010

Each of the 84 large-format cards is a little work of art. The lovingly constructed images are there to set players’ imagination racing. Each player has six cards to choose from. One player, the storyteller, thinks of an idea inspired by a card, says it out loud and plays that card face down. Each other

Verfuxt!

Marisa Peña, Shanon Lyon | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2017

The fox has stolen an egg – and a golden egg at that! Is the culprit wearing a top hat, a briefcase, a pearl necklace? Only one of the 16 suspects around the game board – who need to be revealed first – has all of the three characteristics. And so the mission starts for

Identik

William P. Jacobson, Amanda A. Kohout | Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2010

One player describes, all the others draw: using more or fewer words, the art director describes the artwork in his or her hand. The artists aren’t expected to create identical duplicates, that’s not what this game’s about. The time is quickly up then with great anticipation the hidden criteria are revealed: does the fish have

EXIT – Das Spiel

Inka & Markus Brand | Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2017

The “Exit – The Game” series picks up the premise of the Escape Room, where a group of people try to escape a locked room. Players are working together to solve one puzzle after another, until eventually it’s time to try and overcome the final brain-teaser. The quicker your team is, the more points you’ll

Blood Rage

Eric M. Lang | Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2016

Ragnarök is upon us, the inescapable end of the world. In their final days on earth, four Viking clans battle for honour – and glory. As glory, or so they believe, is eternal. Over three ages, cards featuring monsters, abilities, quests and tactics – gifts from the gods Thor, Loki or Frigga – will be

Räuber der Nordsee

Shem Phillips | Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2017

As warriors in the age of Vikings, the players try and impress their chieftain. They get a team of fellow warriors together, arm them and collect provisions to prepare for a sea voyage into the north. For rich plunder waits in the settlements, monasteries and fortresses of the north coast. Naturally, a fortress will be

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