Karin Hetling |
Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2015
Stealing and stacking treasure – that’s what “Schatz-Rabatz” is all about. When the timer starts, players have to snatch precious items from the middle of the table and stack them in their treasure chests until they’re full to the brim. If the lid doesn’t close then you’ll have to make some more room. Once the
Masao Suganuma |
Nominated for Spiel des Jahres |
2015
Our little town is ready to grow. Where at first only wheat fields and the village bakery slept the day away, soon the urban sprawl will give rise to shops, factories and cafés. Each player is the new mayor of one such mini-metropolis and wants to construct the four landmarks: train station, radio tower, amusement
Andreas Pelikan, Alexander Pfister |
Kennerspiel des Jahres |
2015
Ding dong, your elixir is here! Anyone who’s anyone in the world of wizardry lets speedy witches or bearded druids deliver freshly-brewed potions straight to their door. The players assume the role of one of these flying delivery services on the hunt for points and magic wands. Every round they choose four out of ten
Roberto Fraga |
Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2015
Speedy ants flit over the forest floor. But above them lurk three fat spiders in their web. This is shown on a second game map, hovering over the forest floor. Magnets mean that when two spiders move, the third can abseil down to the forest floor on a long thread to catch one of the
Christophe Raimbault |
Spiel des Jahres |
2015
We are bandits in the Wild West, robbing a three-dimensional train on a daring journey over switching points, bridges and through tunnels. Revolvers smoke and fists fly as we race from carriage to carriage, robbing the passengers and beating our rivals. Watch out, the marshal’s coming! The outlaws quickly flee onto the roof, where the
Kai Haferkamp |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2014
Just after the clock strikes twelve, up to ten frightening figures appear in Villa Schauerstein. Different ghouls are moved into a three-dimensional cardboard castle. The children memorise who is standing where. Once the roof is placed on top, the witches, vampires and co. are pushed outside with a wand, so that they disappear behind the
Jérémy Peytevin |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2014
A dungeon full of monsters, a princess behind bars and a little barbarian as hero – is this suitable for a children’s game? Yes – when it’s so humorously done, like in this lovingly illustrated memory game, where even little barbarians won’t realise they’re actually training their memory. Players forge a path across a grid
Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia |
Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres |
2014
In the valley of the fire dragon something big is brewing – at any moment the mighty volcano Rubino could erupt and shoot out precious rubies. According to legend, whoever feeds his dragon with these rubies will make it invincible. So the brave dragon-riders are circling over the mountain, trying with tactical skill and lucky
Bruno Cathala, Ludovic Maublanc |
Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres |
2014
The Titanic is sinking but this time we’re stepping in to help. Our task in this enthralling, co-operative card game is to save as many passengers as possible. To do this, we have to bring them to the lifeboats in the correct order – in 1912 it was all about rank – each passenger must