Spielvibe
🏆 Board Game Awards
Winners, nominees and recommendations of the major German board game awards — from Spiel des Jahres to Deutscher Spielepreis. The most reliable buying advice there is: browse it year by year, back to 1979.
✨ The 2026 nominees
The jury's final picks — out of hundreds of new releases.
🗓️ Winners will be announced in July 2026
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Cozy StickervilleCorey Konieczka%2Fpic8402537.jpg&w=96&q=75)
Dito!Martin Ang- Morty Sorty Magic ShopMarkus Slawitscheck
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Boss Fighters QRMichael Palm, Lukas Zach%2Fpic8638247.jpg&w=96&q=75)
Moon Colony BloodbathDonald X. Vaccarino%2Fpic8587890.png&w=96&q=75)
Rebirth: Aufbruch in eine neue ZeitReiner Knizia
- Buh PartyFlorian Sirieix, Benoit Turpin
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Die Insel der MookiesFlorian Sirieix%2Fpic8182113.png&w=96&q=75)
Verflixt verzaubertThomas Dagenais-Lespérance
The awards
The most influential critics' award for board and card games in the German-speaking world, awarded annually by an independent jury since 1979.
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Winner 2025Awarded since 2011 for more demanding games – for players looking for a bit more depth and challenge.
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Winner 2025The Spiel des Jahres jury's dedicated award for the best children's game, independent since 2001.
A players' choice award since 1990, tallied from votes by retailers and gamers – traditionally favouring more strategic titles. Annual Top-10 list.
A children's game award voted by families and children, alongside the Deutscher Spielepreis.
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Winner 2025The card-game award of Fairplay magazine, since 1991 – an annual ranking of the year's best card games.
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Winner 2025An award for the best board-game artwork, in the family-game and children's-game categories.
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Winner 2023🏛️ Multi-award winners
These games won several awards — recommendations don’t get safer than this.
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7 Wonders
🃏 À la carte 2011 · 🥇 DSP 2011 · 🧠 Kennerspiel 2011
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Dominion
🏆 SdJ 2009 · 🃏 À la carte 2009 · 🥇 DSP 2009
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Forest Shuffle
🃏 À la carte 2024 · 🥇 DSP 2024
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Wingspan
🥇 DSP 2019 · 🧠 Kennerspiel 2019
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Azul
🏆 SdJ 2018 · 🥇 DSP 2018
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ICECOOL
🎲 Kinderspielepreis 2017 · 🧸 Kinderspiel 2017
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Spinderella
🎲 Kinderspielepreis 2015 · 🧸 Kinderspiel 2015
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Legends of Andor
🎨 Graf Ludo 2013 · 🧠 Kennerspiel 2013
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Hanabi
🏆 SdJ 2013 · 🃏 À la carte 2013
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Village
🥇 DSP 2012 · 🧠 Kennerspiel 2012
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Fresco
🎨 Graf Ludo 2010 · 🥇 DSP 2010
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Whoowasit?
🎲 Kinderspielepreis 2008 · 🧸 Kinderspiel 2008
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Carcassonne
🏆 SdJ 2001 · 🥇 DSP 2001
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Tikal
🏆 SdJ 1999 · 🥇 DSP 1999
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El Grande
🏆 SdJ 1996 · 🥇 DSP 1996
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Catan
🏆 SdJ 1995 · 🥇 DSP 1995
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6 Nimmt!
🃏 À la carte 1994 · 🥇 DSP 1994
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Hoity Toity
🏆 SdJ 1990 · 🥇 DSP 1990
🔎 Discover award-winning games
Filter by award, result and decade — every card shows what the game won and when.
128 games
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Endeavor: Deep Sea
★ 7.6 · 👥 1–4 · 120 min · €59
Kennerspiel 2025 · Winner
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Bomb Busters
★ 7.6 · 👥 2–5 · 30 min · €24
SdJ 2025 · Winner
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Castle Combo
★ 7.3 · 👥 2–5 · 25 min · €12
À la carte 2025 · Winner
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Little Alchemists
★ 5.9 · 👥 2–4 · 40 min
Kinderspielepreis 2025 · Winner
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Sky Team
★ 7.9 · 👥 2 · 20 min · €17
SdJ 2024 · Winner
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Forest Shuffle
★ 7.5 · 👥 2–5 · 60 min · €1
DSP 2024 · Winner
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Daybreak
★ 7.0 · 👥 1–4 · 120 min · €15
Kennerspiel 2024 · Winner
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Planet Unknown
★ 7.4 · 👥 1–6 · 80 min · €25
DSP 2023 · Winner
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Sea Salt & Paper
★ 7.3 · 👥 2–4 · 45 min · €13
À la carte 2023 · Winner
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Dorfromantik: The Board Game
★ 7.2 · 👥 1–6 · 60 min · €30
SdJ 2023 · Winner
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Evergreen
★ 6.7 · 👥 1–4 · 45 min · €45
Graf Ludo 2023 · Winner
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Challengers!
★ 6.7 · 👥 1–8 · 45 min · €13
Kennerspiel 2023 · Winner
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Ark Nova
★ 8.4 · 👥 1–4 · 150 min
DSP 2022 · Winner
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Cascadia
★ 7.7 · 👥 1–4 · 45 min · €9
SdJ 2022 · Winner
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SCOUT
★ 7.6 · 👥 2–5 · 20 min · €16
À la carte 2022 · Winner
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Living Forest
★ 6.8 · 👥 1–4 · 40 min · €23
Kennerspiel 2022 · Winner
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Quacks & Co.: Quedlinburg Dash
★ 6.1 · 👥 2–4 · 25 min · €20
Kinderspielepreis 2022 · Winner
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Magic Mountain
★ 5.9 · 👥 2–6 · 15 min · €17
Kinderspiel 2022 · Winner
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Lost Ruins of Arnak
★ 7.9 · 👥 1–4 · 120 min · €50
DSP 2021 · Winner
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Everdell
★ 7.8 · 👥 1–4 · 80 min · €21
Graf Ludo 2021 · Winner
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Paleo
★ 7.3 · 👥 2–4 · 60 min · €36
Kennerspiel 2021 · Winner
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Fantasy Realms
★ 7.2 · 👥 2–6 · 20 min · €49
À la carte 2021 · Winner
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MicroMacro: Crime City
★ 7.2 · 👥 1–4 · 45 min · €19
SdJ 2021 · Winner
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Dragomino
★ 6.3 · 👥 2–4 · 15 min · €18
Kinderspiel 2021 · Winner
How the awards work
- Winner:
- Chosen by the jury as the year's best game (Deutscher Spielepreis: #1 of the public vote).
- Nominated:
- A finalist — one of three games on the jury's official shortlist.
- Recommended:
- Additionally recommended by the jury — excellent, but not in the final three.
- Rank 2–10:
- Public ranking: retailers and avid gamers vote (Deutscher Spielepreis, À la carte).
Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel and Kinderspiel are awarded by an independent critics jury (Spiel des Jahres e.V.). The Deutscher Spielepreis is a public vote, À la carte is run by Fairplay magazine, Graf Ludo honours game artwork.