Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres

HiLo: Dein Königreich

Once upon a time, there was a classic game: „HiLo: Dein Königreich“ draws on one of the most beloved gameplay ideas and transports it to a magical realm. In the beginning of the game, each player has twelve cards laid out in two rows. By the end, everyone has built their own kingdom — populated

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2025

Käpt’n Kuck (Isla a la vista)

A treasure island is on the horizon! But as fate would have it, the children only got a quick glimpse at the all-important treasure map. Well, a treasure is a treasure — time to rely on memory. One glance through the spyglass, a brief call — was there a palm tree on the map? Yes?

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2025

Syllaba (Syllabus)

Tea-cup. Two steps. Por-ce-lain. Three steps. Or just “tea” for one? With their animal pawns, children go star-hunting across the night sky. But they don’t need dice to move — a look at the picture card their pawn is on is all it takes. A word, related to the picture, determines how many spaces we’re

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2025

Fluffy Valley

There’s a lot to do when winter approaches and the prairie dogs need to collect supplies. Grain, berries and honey need to be stored in the burrow’s pantry. To achieve this, the prairie dogs are placed in different spaces each round. That’s where these fluffy fellows can collect food and also call on other forest-dwellers

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2024

Fröschis (Froggies)

Who would have thought that frogs (or Fröschis) were so neat and tidy? The numbers in their pond (yes, really) have to be put into order and players need to help the frogs do so. At the beginning of the game there are eight face-down cards in front of each player (with one fewer in

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2022

Lecker Lava

Bon appetit! On the menu tonight is the speciality of the house and the little dragons’ favourite dish: tasty lava direct from the source, a freshly erupting volcano. The game box cleverly conceals this volcano: there is a crater at the top where players can roll dice and then hidden underneath there is the lava,

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2024

Golden Ei

The Golden Ei has nothing to do with James Bond! It’s the name of the inn (the Golden Egg), the little band of bunnies are trying to reach to raise the alarm. A fox is on the bunnies’ trail in this co-operative race game. A series of cards forms the path to the inn and

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2022

Die Nadel im Heuhaufen

Children are literally searching for a needle in a haystack. There’s no real straw on the table of course, but stacks of hay cards in which lots of different things are hidden. Not just a needle but animals are waiting to be discovered too. By offering a piece of their favourite food you can entice

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2024

Honey

As a bee, do you head for a flower with no pollen? Of course you don’t. You want to get as much as possible out of the colourful plant, to fill up the jar of honey with pollen chips as quickly as possible and win the game. But which flowers have how many chips? You’ll

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| Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2022