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Graf Ludo

An award for the best board-game artwork, in the family-game and children's-game categories.

since 2009

Winner gallery

🎨 2023
Evergreen

Evergreen

★ 6.7 · 👥 1–4 · 45 min

🎨 2022
Glow

Glow

★ 6.3 · 👥 2–4 · 45 min

🎨 2022
Krake beim Schneider

Krake beim Schneider

· 👥 2–99 · 20 min

🎨 2021
Storytailors

Storytailors

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–6 · 30 min · $40

🎨 2021
Everdell

Everdell

★ 7.8 · 👥 1–4 · 80 min · $72

🎨 2019
The Taverns of Tiefenthal

The Taverns of Tiefenthal

★ 7.3 · 👥 2–4 · 60 min · $73

🎨 2019
Fuchs und Hase

Fuchs und Hase

· 👥 1–99 · 20 min

🎨 2018
Tief im Riff

Tief im Riff

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–6 · 20 min

🎨 2018
Chickwood Forest

Chickwood Forest

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–5 · 45 min

🎨 2017
Sleeping Queens

Sleeping Queens

★ 6.1 · 👥 2–5 · 20 min · $12

🎨 2017
Kanagawa

Kanagawa

★ 6.7 · 👥 2–4 · 45 min

🎨 2016
Mysterium

Mysterium

★ 7.0 · 👥 2–7 · 42 min

🎨 2016
Spookies

Spookies

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–5 · 30 min

🎨 2015
Abyss

Abyss

★ 7.1 · 👥 2–4 · 60 min

🎨 2015
Alle Vögel sind schon da!

Alle Vögel sind schon da!

· 👥 1–4 · 10 min

🎨 2014
Gruselrunde zur Geisterstunde

Gruselrunde zur Geisterstunde

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 25 min

🎨 2014
Coal Baron

Coal Baron

★ 6.7 · 👥 2–4 · 75 min

🎨 2013
Legends of Andor

Legends of Andor

★ 6.9 · 👥 2–4 · 90 min · $55

🎨 2013
Die verzauberten Rumpelriesen

Die verzauberten Rumpelriesen

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎨 2012
Grimoire

Grimoire

★ 5.8 · 👥 2–5 · 30 min

🎨 2012
Spinnengift und Krötenschleim

Spinnengift und Krötenschleim

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎨 2011
Engine, Engine No. 9

Engine, Engine No. 9

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎨 2011
Eselsbrücke

Eselsbrücke

★ 5.7 · 👥 3–12 · 45 min

🎨 2010
Vampires of the Night

Vampires of the Night

★ 5.5 · 👥 2–4 · 20 min

🎨 2010
Fresco

Fresco

★ 7.0 · 👥 2–4 · 60 min · $147

🎨 2009
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

★ 5.7 · 👥 2–4 · 45 min

🎨 2009
Hide the Kids!

Hide the Kids!

★ 5.6 · 👥 2–8 · 20 min

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2023
🎨 Winner
EvergreenFamilienspieleWenyi Geng

Grow trees across a planet where sunlight scoring rewards careful spatial planning over simple expansion.

Nominated
80 DaysFamilienspieleFelix Wermke

Race around the world where every action costs more the more often it's been used.

AllergieKinderspieleAnita Barry

A memo game that pairs 26 kids with the food allergen behind their reaction — and teaches which allergen hides where.

Animal KingdomsFamilienspieleKaty Grieson

Five kingdoms, five different laws about which cards you're allowed to play there.

BeethupferlKinderspieleStefanie Reich

Drop water beads into a wooden vegetable patch, flip up carrots, and remember where the snails are hiding.

Die Tiere vom AhorntalFamilienspieleShawna J. C. Tenney

Forest creatures prepare for winter by gathering resources and crafting cozy comforts.

DreamquestKinderspieleYann Thomas

One adult, one child, one bedtime quest — finish it before the Dreamer wakes up.

Fish & KatzKinderspieleHami Jeong

Wear a cat paw, point at the fish you want, and hope nobody else picked the same one.

GigamonKinderspieleMarei Anne Bonneterre
In aller RuheFamilienspieleTristam Rossin

Fill the sea with islands in ascending order — and do it without saying a single word.

Sea Salt & PaperFamilienspielePierre-Yves Gallard, Lucien Derainne

Collect sea creatures and gamble on one last catch

SummsalabimKinderspieleNicole Pustelny

Hum your bumblebee onto the right flower — and don't let the wizard Pestizido muddle your senses.

2022
🎨 Winner
GlowFamilienspieleBen Basso, Vincent Dutrait

Recruit adventurers whose dice feed each other, then roll your way back into the light.

Krake beim SchneiderKinderspieleAnja Mathey

Nadia Budde's absurd animal rhymes as a memory game, packed in a sewing box.

Nominated
Affenkuss & KokosnussKinderspieleClaudia Stöckl

Race the monkeys up the palm before the snake gets there — pulling faces the whole way.

CanvasFamilienspieleLuan Huynh

Layer three transparent cards to create a painting. What you hide matters as much as what you show.

Die Villa der VampireKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Flick garlic into the right graves with vampire bats before the hourglass runs out.

Die wandelnden TürmeFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Move towers over other towers to trap rival wizards. A magical stacking spatial puzzle.

GhostsFamilienspieleRoberto Freire
Hungry MonkeyFamilienspieleSushrita Bhattacharjee

Empty your hand by playing equal or higher — then survive the face-down row you can't see.

Meadow – Im Reich der NaturFamilienspieleKarolina Kijak

Observe wildlife and collect nature's treasures along winding trails

Troll Dich!KinderspieleKristin Franke
Unlock! KidsKinderspieleMaud Chalmel, Olivier Danchin

The escape-room card game formula, rebuilt from scratch for kid detectives with no app required.

2021
🎨 Winner
EverdellFamilienspieleAndrew Bosley

Build a critter city through the seasons — cozy strategy at its finest.

FabelweltenKinderspieleIrina Pechenkina, Eugene Smolenceva

Cast the wrong animal in the right role and talk your way into the best story.

Nominated
Die verlorenen Ruinen von ArnakFamilienspieleOndřej Hrdina

Explore jungle ruins while building your deck — adventure euro at its best.

DiveFamilienspieleAlexandre Bonvalot
Ghost AdventureKinderspieleYann Valeani, Jules Dubost

Steer a spinning top through 56 missions to rescue the forest spirits before it topples.

Monster ExpeditionFamilienspieleDennis Lohausen, Oliver Schlemmer, Michael Menzel

Roll, set aside, reroll — and know when to stop before the monster gets away.

Similo: Wilde TiereKinderspieleXavier Naïade

Give clues with nothing but 'similar' or 'different' until your friends find the one right character.

SpicyFamilienspieleJimin Kim

Bluff about your spice cards in this fiery ladder-climbing game where getting caught means eating the penalty pile.

Tang GardenFamilienspieleMatthew Mizak

Draft and place garden tiles to build the most breathtaking imperial landscape in Tang dynasty China.

TraumfängerKinderspieleMaud Chalmel

Cover the nightmare with exactly the right cuddly toy — the smaller, the better.

Wald der LichterKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Find the stolen dwarven treasures and return them in exactly the right order to relight the forest.

2020
Nominated
Familienspiele
Kinderspiele
2019
🎨 Winner
Die Tavernen im Tiefen ThalFamilienspieleDennis Lohhausen

Build the best tavern in Bavaria — one beer and guest at a time

Fuchs und HaseKinderspieleAntje Damm

Hold the card against the world until the picture is finished — a lawn becomes trousers, a jumper becomes a pillow.

Nominated
ClaimFamilienspieleMihajlo Dimitrievski

A two-player duel in two halves: recruit followers by trick-taking, then use them to win three of five factions.

Concept Kids TiereKinderspieleÉric Azagury

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

Das Farbenmonster – Das Spiel voller GefühleKinderspieleAnna Llenas

Help a mixed-up monster sort his feelings into the right jars, one shared memory at a time.

DKT – Das kriminelle TalentFamilienspieleMartin Czapka

Monopoly's Austrian cousin swaps real estate for protection rackets and ransom demands.

Go gecko Go!KinderspieleGabriela Silveira

Stack a gecko on a frog on a turtle on a crocodile and race downriver without hitting a bridge.

Monsieur CarrouselKinderspieleApolline Etienne

Get every child onto the carousel and collect enough sunshine before the rain sets in.

Sauserei im heißen SandKinderspieleClaudia Stöckl
Snow TimeFamilienspieleXavier Gueniffey, "Naïade" Durin

Guess which branch everyone else is climbing, then grab the fruit before the snowballs start flying.

SoleniaFamilienspieleVincent Dutrait

Deliver wheat to the dark side and gems to the sunlit side before the map scrolls away beneath your airship.

UnearthFamilienspieleJesse Riggle

Place dice on ancient ruins where high rolls claim the site and low rolls still pay you in stones.

2018
🎨 Winner
Chickwood ForestFamilienspieleAlexander Jung

Stack the castles with treasure and traps, raid one, then buy glory by giving the loot away.

Tief im RiffKinderspieleDoris Matthäus

Steer four fish through a reef together, because a shoal uncovers far more than a lone swimmer.

Nominated
AzulFamilienspieleChris Quilliams

Draft beautiful tiles, arrange them perfectly, and penalize your rivals.

Das Rotkäppchen DuellKinderspieleValentina Moscon

Spin the trees that look blank to you and hope for a picnic basket instead of the wolf.

Der geheimnisvolle ZauberseeKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Cover the right cards as a team to break the lake's spell and get three magicians safely ashore.

Die KunterbuntsKinderspielePe Christine Grigo
Fuchs du hast das Huhn gestohlenKinderspieleAnne Pätzke

Fish a key on a chain into a keyhole, open the door and collect clues until you can name the fox's accomplice.

PhotosyntheseFamilienspieleSabrina Miramon

Grow a forest where the rotating sun turns tree shadows into weapons in this stunningly beautiful area control game.

Schöne Sch#!?eFamilienspieleDennis Lohhausen
Vikings Gone WildFamilienspieleMateusz Komada

Build a viking deck of beer, buildings and berserkers, then raid your neighbours without knowing their defence.

When I DreamFamilienspieleGeraldine Volders

Put on the sleeping mask, and let your friends decide whether your dream is sweet or sabotaged.

WürfelkönigKinderspieleGus Batts

Roll, reroll, and lock dice to recruit the best citizens before rival kings do.

2017
🎨 Winner
KanagawaFamilienspieleJade Mosch

Paint a panoramic scroll under master Hokusai by drafting lesson cards with patience and artistic timing.

Sleeping QueensKinderspieleJimmy Pickering

A silly, sneaky card game for the whole family where queens get stolen, defended and put back to sleep.

Nominated
Baaaaa!KinderspieleGaëlle Maisonneuve

Steer a flock up the mountain together while a wolf you cannot predict prowls behind you.

Cottage GardenFamilienspieleAndrea Boekhoff

A tight polyomino puzzle about squeezing flowerbeds into every last square.

Der Mysteriöse WaldKinderspieleDaniel Lieske

Memorize the forest, pack the backpack, and help young Jonas cross before the Queen of Draconia appears.

DreamsFamilienspieleMiguel Coimbra, Tina Kothe, Tobias Schweiger, Alexander Jung, Giulia Ghigini, Matthias Holländer und Timo Kümmel

Place stars to shape a hidden picture without making it obvious to the one player who doesn't know it.

Hit Z RoadFamilienspielePascal Quidault, Cari, Coimbra Miguel, Emile Denis, JB Casasola, Cyril Nouvel und Olly

Bid your fuel and ammo for the best route, then spend what is left fighting your way to the coast.

IcecoolKinderspieleReinis Petersons

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

KullerhexeKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Roll a wooden witch through the magic forest and grab more of her lost belongings than your rivals.

Mea CulpaFamilienspieleFranz Vohwinkel

Sin your way through the Renaissance, then buy enough indulgences to end up closer to heaven than your rivals.

Mein TraumhausFamilienspieleBartlomiej Kordowski

Draft rooms and furniture card by card until your house is finished and better arranged than everyone else's.

Yam YamKinderspieleDoris Matthäus

Gather food with your hedgehogs and put each one to bed before the snow catches it.

2016
🎨 Winner
MysteriumFamilienspieleOleksandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko

Interpret ghost visions to solve a murder — no words allowed.

SpookiesKinderspieleMichael Menzel

Climb a haunted house one dice roll at a time and decide when your luck has run out.

Nominated
Die blutige HerbergeFamilienspieleWeberson Santiago

Run a murderous French inn where guests are both your workforce and your victims in this darkly comic card game.

Die Wände haben OhrenFamilienspielePhilipp Waechter

A memory game of German sayings, with Philip Waechter drawing every phrase far too literally.

Stone Age JuniorKinderspieleMichael Menzel

The Stone Age theme shrunk into a simple memory game that five-year-olds can actually win on their own.

2015
🎨 Winner
AbyssFamilienspieleXavier Collette

Rally ocean lords and rule the depths through cunning alliances

Alle Vögel sind schon da!KinderspieleOliver Freudenreich

A cooperative flipping game where a sliver of colour tells you which bird still needs a present.

Nominated
Co-MixFamilienspieleMatteo Cremona

Build a comic page out of wordless panels, then read it out loud and let the table judge it.

KolejkaFamilienspieleMarta Malesinska, Marta Przybyl, Natalia Baranowska
MonsterwäscheKinderspieleGabriela Silveira

Hold a washing line in a circle and peg monsters to the correct side faster than everyone else.

2014
🎨 Winner
Glück aufFamilienspieleDennis Lohausen

Dig coal mines and fulfill train contracts in a worker-placement Euro where occupied spaces cost extra workers to claim.

Gruselrunde zur GeisterstundeKinderspieleGraham Howells

Push cardboard ghosts through the slots of a lightbox villa and peek to see if the right two met in the ballroom.

Nominated
FeuerdrachenKinderspieleFranz Vohwinkel

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

FungiFamilienspieleJarek Nocon, Vince Dorse

Forage mushrooms along a forest path and cook them into scoring dishes in this peaceful two-player card game.

Jetzt fahrn wir übern SeeKinderspieleGianluigi Pescolderung
Maus und MystikFamilienspieleJohn Ariosa

Mice heroes fight through a giant castle in a storybook campaign that charms kids and adults alike.

2013
🎨 Winner
Die Legenden von AndorFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

A cooperative fantasy adventure where the story reveals itself turn by turn as a marker creeps toward disaster.

Die verzauberten RumpelriesenKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Sweep leaves aside with a wand to find the right imp before the sand runs out and the giants stir.

Nominated
BrüggeFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Build medieval Bruges one agonizing card choice at a time

Die monsterstarke MusikschuleKinderspieleJoachim Krause

A tiptoi music school where monster bands train their ears before the big competition.

Die ZwergeFamilienspieleJarek Nocon

Two actions a turn, four gates falling, and a whole table arguing about which disaster to ignore.

Nacht der magischen SchattenKinderspieleMarc Robitzky

Watch shadows dance past a screen and work out which creature was never there.

2012
🎨 Winner
GrimoriaFamilienspieleEckhard Freytag

Everybody has the same spells, so the whole game is guessing which page your neighbour just bookmarked.

Spinnengift und KrötenschleimKinderspieleGabriela Silveira

Remember where the toad slime went, fill the cauldron, and grab the monsters when it bubbles over.

Nominated
Santiago de CubaFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Drive the circuit, stop at exactly one Cuban, and get to the ship before your rival takes the contract.

Schnappt Hubi!KinderspieleRabbix GmbH

A talking magic compass, an invisible maze and a mischievous ghost your whole team has to outsmart together.

Waka WakaFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Send the chimp to peek at the goods before you gamble your money on them.

Wizard JuniorKinderspieleFranz Vohwinkel
2011
🎨 Winner
EselsbrückeFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Turn three random words into a story your friends will have to remember, without ever saying the words.

Voll in FahrtKinderspieleAlexander Jung

Race locomotives on tracks you build yourself, and reroute your rivals while you are at it.

Nominated
Der verflixte ZaubertrankKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Slam cauldron halves together and spin them until your ingredients match the recipe, faster than everyone else.

MonsterfalleKinderspieleMichael Menzel

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

Mount DracoFamilienspieleKerem Beyit, Anne Pätzke
SafranitoFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Throw coins at a spice market, knock your rival's money off the good bowl, and cook for the maharaja.

2010
🎨 Winner
FreskoFamilienspieleOliver Schlemmer

Wake your apprentices early for the best paints, or let them sleep in. Restore a Renaissance fresco either way.

Vampire der NachtKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Shove vampires around a castle with a bat and get the garlic out before it hits the dungeon.

Nominated
Cable CarFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Lay track tiles to stretch your cable car route as long as possible before someone slams it shut.

HexenduellKinderspieleFelix Scheinberger

Steer crystals with a magnetic broom while your rival rolls dice to stop your clock.

NellyKinderspieleIllustration von Jo Hartwig, Grafik von Karsten Teich

Stack turtles on a hippo's rounded back and pray the plant you feed her has no crab under it.

TobagoFamilienspieleVictor Boden

Play clue cards to narrow down buried treasure locations on a beautiful modular island.

2009
🎨 Winner
Bonnie and ClydeFamilienspieleMirko Akira Suzuki, Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan

Rummy with an FBI case file and one card that decides when the hand ends.

nicht zu fassenKinderspieleGabriela Silveira

Five seconds to hide your goats, then the wolf lifts two pieces of furniture and finds out.

Nominated
Burg der 1000 SpiegelKinderspieleMichael Menzel, Gestaltung von Michaela Schelk

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

Das magische LabyrinthKinderspieleRolf Vogt

A maze with invisible walls that you only learn about the moment your marble drops.

Der Name der RoseFamilienspieleVolkan Baga, Inhouseteam Ravensburger

Shift suspicion onto other monks without revealing which one is you.

Die AufsteigerFamilienspieleHolger Lanz

Rebuild the tower you are climbing, one block at a time, and get above everyone else.

egoFamilienspieleHuch! & friends
FincaFamilienspieleFranz Vohwinkel

Harvest Mediterranean fruits using a windmill rondel where the number of workers on each vane multiplies your harvest.

Flower PowerKinderspieleGrafikatelier „arte logo“

Stack coloured discs so the overlap makes the right flower colour, one die roll at a time.

Hab & GutFamilienspieleMichael Menzel, arrangiert von Christof Tisch

Corner the market, but be careful you are not also the stingiest person at the table.

Herr der ZiegenFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Every card is either your movement or your points, never both.

Im Schutze der BurgFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Same cards for everyone, secretly chosen, resolving in an order that decides who gets there first.

LivingstoneFamilienspieleMichael Menzel

Claim a die, plant a tent on the Zambezi, and hope your diamonds were worth the gamble.

Plitsch Platsch, es regnet!KinderspieleOberschwäbische Magnetspiele
Polizei-Alarm!KinderspieleThies Schwarz

Crack safes with dice while your opponent tilts the whole board to slide a police car after you.

SchweinebammelKinderspieleRolf Vogt

Dump your pigs on the muck heap before anyone else, and watch out for the boar.

Sherwood ForestFamilienspieleAlexander Jung

Recruit outlaws, plan raids and cheerfully sell your friends a robbery you know is a trap.

WackelkuhKinderspieleAntje Flad

Pull hay bales out from under a wobbling wooden cow, one careful tug at a time.

WolkenbilderKinderspieleClaudia Wieczorek, Nadine Bougie

Build a picture out of cloud shapes and hope somebody recognises it before the sheep get home.

zoowabooKinderspieleGabriela Silveira

Do all ten animals fit on the raft? Vote yes and you'll have to prove it against the timer.

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.