Nominated for Spiel des Jahres

Splendor

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

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2014

Qwixx

Qwixx is a fast game and mixes a pinch of tactics with the luck of the dice: The players all go hunting for numbers that are listed on the score pad in four coloured rows of either two to twelve or twelve to two. A player rolls six dice and calls out the sum of

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2013

Las Vegas

Las Vegas is the place to gamble: you roll your eight dice and place all the dice of one number onto the matching casino, so the dice showing a five onto casino number five. Each of the six casinos offers vastly different winnings. That’s why you need tactics, luck and a strong nerve: who’ll be

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2012

Magic Maze

A wizard, a dwarf, an elf and a barbarian are in a shopping mall, looking to steal equipment for their next adventure. If they don’t want to get caught, they’ll need to be very quiet. For the players of this real-time, co-operative crime caper this means: no talking and no gesticulating! All players can move

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2017

Wettlauf nach El Dorado

In “Wettlauf nach El Dorado” every player wants to be the first to discover the mythical golden treasure. But the journey is a long one: adventurers will have to hack through the jungle with machetes and make their way across dangerous waters. It’s a good thing they’re not on their own: the deck is full

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2017

Identik

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

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2010

Fresko

The church’s ceiling fresco needs restoring: a task that requires strategic daily planning for the painters of the Renaissance. Only early risers will have their first choice of paints at the market – but will have to pay the most for the privilege. Late sleepers, meanwhile, can usually grab a bargain. The time you get

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2010

Karuba

Adventurers come to Karuba in search of jewels, gold and ancient temples. To get to these treasures, players must move each of their four explorers from the beach through the jungle via their own pathways. To do this, players lay path tiles on free spaces on their own island cards – everyone uses identical tiles

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2016

Imhotep

Four monuments for the ages must be built. Pyramids, a temple, a series of obelisks and a burial chamber. Because the master builder Imhotep isn’t here at the moment, the players need to look after his projects. First of all, the stones need to be shipped in and then arranged to score the most points.

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2016