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Botanicus

Spring is coming. In ‘Botanicus’ players are creating their own botanical garden and want to meet their visitors’ very specific demands regarding the plants they want to see there. That’s why they pay for their gardener to travel all around the garden, planting and watering plants in adjacent spaces. The choice of actions is a

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2024

Paleo

Life in the stone age must have been tough. Behind every bush with delicious berries there might be a wild animal waiting to attack. And even without the boar, we need to find out for ourselves whether the fruit is edible or poisonous. Each round we work together as a tribe to overcome dangers like

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| Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2021

Majesty

It’s nice when you can get others to do the work for you. Just like the regents in the tactical card game Majesty, who recruit people from a quickly changing display to earn money for them. If your opponents are hiring soldiers then it’s a good idea to increase the number of guards. Or perhaps

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2018

Die Paläste von Carrara

As princes in 16th century Italy, the players construct magnificent palaces in order to score points and win the favour of the king. However, not every building material can be used in each of the six cities. The necessary stones need to be bought on the market, which is designed as a rotating turntable. Of

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| Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2013

Brügge

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

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| Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2013

Stone Age Junior

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

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| Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2016

Auf den Spuren von Marco Polo

Starting in Venice, players retrace “The Voyages of Marco Polo.” The shrewd navigators travel towards the east by camel, establish trading posts, gain goods and privileges, fulfil assignments and pursue their own personal goals. To control the action, every player rolls their own set of dice at the beginning of a round. The number of

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2015

Russian Railroads

As railway moguls, players are given the task of building tracks from Moscow to Vladivostok, Kiev and Saint Petersburg. You’ll place workers in order to lay rails, build engines, hire engineers or construct factories on your own game board. This strategy game with extraordinarily well-written rules has a multitude of possibilities but each action can

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2014

Santa Cruz

Ein Segelschiff hat vor der Vulkaninsel Santa Cruz den Anker geworfen. Die Ankömmlinge beginnen, das Eiland zu erkunden: am Strand sowie auf Flüssen und Wegen. Sie errichten Häuser, Kirchen und Leuchttürme, erschließen Rohstoffe wie Gold und Zucker. Jedem Entdecker steht dafür ein unterschiedlich zusammengestelltes Baukartenset zur Verfügung. Zudem erhält jeder Abenteurer Wertungskarten, die er am

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2012