All awards

Friedhelm Merz Verlag / spielbox

Deutscher Kinderspielepreis

A children's game award voted by families and children, alongside the Deutscher Spielepreis.

since 1992

Winner gallery

🎲 2025
Little Alchemists

Little Alchemists

★ 5.9 · 👥 2–4 · 40 min · $55

🎲 2024
Magic Keys

Magic Keys

★ 5.8 · 👥 2–4 · 30 min

🎲 2023
Mysterium Kids: Captain Echo's Treasure

Mysterium Kids: Captain Echo's Treasure

★ 5.7 · 👥 2–6 · 21 min · $35

🎲 2022
Quacks & Co.: Quedlinburg Dash

Quacks & Co.: Quedlinburg Dash

★ 6.1 · 👥 2–4 · 25 min · $30

🎲 2020
Andor: The Family Fantasy Game

Andor: The Family Fantasy Game

★ 6.2 · 👥 2–4 · 45 min

🎲 2019
Concept Kids: Animals

Concept Kids: Animals

★ 6.0 · 👥 2–12 · 20 min · $38

🎲 2018
Memoarrr!

Memoarrr!

★ 6.2 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2017
ICECOOL

ICECOOL

★ 6.5 · 👥 2–4 · 30 min · $61

🎲 2016
Leo

Leo

★ 5.9 · 👥 2–5 · 30 min

🎲 2015
Spinderella

Spinderella

★ 5.9 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2014
Feuerdrachen

Feuerdrachen

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2013
Bugs in the Kitchen

Bugs in the Kitchen

★ 5.7 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2012
Cheating Moth

Cheating Moth

★ 6.1 · 👥 3–5 · 30 min · $16

🎲 2011
Monster Trap

Monster Trap

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2010
Kraken-Alarm

Kraken-Alarm

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2009
Mirror Mansion

Mirror Mansion

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2008
Whoowasit?

Whoowasit?

★ 5.9 · 👥 2–4 · 45 min

🎲 2007
Château Roquefort

Château Roquefort

★ 6.2 · 👥 2–4 · 30 min · $28

🎲 2006
Nacht der Magier

Nacht der Magier

★ 5.9 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2005
Akaba

Akaba

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2004
Dawn Under

Dawn Under

★ 5.8 · 👥 2–6 · 30 min

🎲 2003
Schloss Schlotterstein

Schloss Schlotterstein

★ 5.5 · 👥 1–6 · 20 min

🎲 2002
Highly Suspect!

Highly Suspect!

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 2001
Zapp Zerapp

Zapp Zerapp

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–4 · 30 min

🎲 2000
Pete the Pirate

Pete the Pirate

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 30 min

🎲 1999
Kayanak

Kayanak

★ 5.7 · 👥 2–4 · 15 min

🎲 1998
Chicken Cha Cha Cha

Chicken Cha Cha Cha

★ 6.1 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 1996
Hallo Dachs!

Hallo Dachs!

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎲 1994
Husch Husch kleine Hexe

Husch Husch kleine Hexe

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–6 · 15 min

🎲 1993
In a Spin

In a Spin

· 👥 2–5 · 10 min

🎲 1992
Galloping Pigs

Galloping Pigs

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–5 · 30 min

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2025
🎲 Winner
Die kleinen AlchemistenMatúš Kotry

Brew potions, deduce ingredient secrets, and unlock new chapters as you master alchemy.

  1. 2.Cascadia Junior
  2. 3.Die Sandburgen von Burgund
2024
🎲 Winner
Die magischen SchlüsselMarkus Slawitscheck, Arno Steinwender

Roll deeper into the forest for better gems, or stop before every die falls asleep.

  1. 2.Lecker Lava
  2. 3.Unlock! Kids – Geschichten aus der Vergangenheit
2023
🎲 Winner
Mysterium KidsAntonin Boccara, Yves Hirschfeld

A pirate ghost who can only answer with a tambourine, and a whole table trying to understand him.

  1. 2.Carla Caramel
  2. 3.Gigamon
2022
🎲 Winner
Mit Quacks & Co. nach QuedlinburgWolfgang Warsch

The beloved bag-pulling chaos of Quacks of Quedlinburg, now aimed straight down a racetrack for the whole family.

2021
🎲 Winner
Dodo – Rettet das Wackel-EiMarco Teubner, Frank Bebenroth
2020
🎲 Winner
Andor JuniorInka Brand, Markus Brand

A gentle, kid-friendly cooperative quest where your family races a dragon to save a pack of wolf cubs.

2019
🎲 Winner
Concept Kids TiereGaetan Beaujannot, Alain Rivollet

Help your youngest player guess the hidden animal using only picture icons and yes-or-no answers.

2018
🎲 Winner
Memoarrr!Carlo Bortolini

A pirate memory duel where every card you forget can sink your streak.

2017
🎲 Winner
IcecoolBrian Gomez

Penguins flick through school corridors grabbing fish while one player chases them down as the Catcher.

2016
🎲 Winner
Leo muss zum FriseurLeo Colovini

Guide a chatty, procrastinating lion to the barbershop before closing time, together or not at all.

2015
🎲 Winner
SpinderellaRoberto Fraga

Two players work the spider's strings while everyone else races their ants to the finish and hopes she does not swoop.

2014
🎲 Winner
FeuerdrachenCarlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Ride your dragon around an erupting volcano and stuff your pouch with more rubies than anyone else.

2013
🎲 Winner
KakerlakakPeter-Paul Joopen

Steer a genuinely unpredictable robot bug through kitchen utensils and trap it before your rivals do.

2012
🎲 Winner
Mogel MotteEmely Brand, Lukas Brand

A card game about playing by the rules and secretly breaking them at the exact same time.

2011
🎲 Winner
MonsterfalleInka Brand, Markus Brand

You control left and right, your partner controls forward and back, and the monster needs to reach the trap.

2010
🎲 Winner
Kraken-AlarmOliver Igelhaut

Hunt sea creatures by memory until the kraken tips the board and shuffles everything you knew.

2009
🎲 Winner
Burg der 1000 SpiegelInka Brand, Markus Brand

Angle mirrors inside a cardboard castle until you can see around a corner to the thing you need.

2008
🎲 Winner
Wer war’s?Reiner Knizia

A talking electronic castle hides a stolen ring, and your team has to search, feed animals, and deduce fast.

2007
🎲 Winner
Burg AppenzellBernhard Weber, Jens-Peter Schliemann

A shape-shifting castle maze where your mice hunt cheese and the floor itself might eat them.

2006
🎲 Winner
Nacht der MagierJens-Peter Schliemann, Kirsten Becker

An award-winning push-your-luck game played half in the dark, where one careless push sends a disc clattering.

2005
🎲 Winner
AkabaGuido Hoffmann

Blow your flying carpet across the board and collect the presents before anyone else.

2004
🎲 Winner
Dicke Luft in der GruftNorbert Proena

A vampire-hunting memory game where remembering your rivals' end pieces decides who survives the graveyard.

2003
🎲 Winner
Schloss SchlottersteinKai Haferkamp, Markus Nikisch

Steer a ghost through a castle with a magnet wand under the board.

2002
🎲 Winner
Höchst verdächtigManfred Ludwig

Tilt the whole board and slide every figure at once until your detective corners the crook.

2001
🎲 Winner
Zapp ZerappHeinz Meister, Klaus Zoch

Shake wooden pots against the clock to guess how far your pawn moves.

2000
🎲 Winner
Piraten-PittWolfgang Kramer

Hide your gems in half a treasure chest, then keep track while everyone spins it.

1999
🎲 Winner
KayanakPeter-Paul Joopen

Punch real holes in the ice and fish out steel balls with a magnetic rod before the other Inuit fishers do.

1998
🎲 Winner
Zicke Zacke HühnerkackeKlaus Zoch

A memory game where matching tiles sends your wooden chicken hopping toward the henhouse before anyone else.

1997
🎲 Winner
Die Ritter von der HaselnußKlaus Teuber
1996
🎲 Winner
Hallo DachsKlaus Teuber

Walk your badger to a meal, then remember your way through the courses.

1995
🎲 Winner
PiepmatzCharles Girsch
1994
🎲 Winner
Husch, husch, kleine HexeHeinz Meister

Roll a colour, lift a hat and hope your memory survives the shuffling.

1993
🎲 Winner
Verflixt gemixtHeinz Meister

Four dice name four animals, and you have to find all of them in one go.

1992
🎲 Winner
SchweinsgaloppHeinz Meister

Push plastic pigs around a card track and let them leapfrog into the lead.

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.