Spiel des Jahres

The German Spiel des Jahres is perhaps the world's most prestigious game award. Founded in 1978 by a group of German game critics to promote awareness and to increase the cultural value of games, the award recognizes outstanding games based on originality, playability, and educational value of the game idea; organization, clarity and understandability of rules; packing and layout of the gameboard and the game rules; and functionality and overall quality of the game materials included.

Each year the journalists who compose the Jury cast ballots to select the honorees and to award the main prize, the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year). In past years, a list of Nominees was selected, then a few weeks later, the Spiel des Jahres was chosen from that list. Beginning in 2004, an initial list of Recommended games was published as well as five Nominees announced as finalists; and finally, the Game of the Year is announced a few weeks after that, in early summer.

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Nominee	Havannah *Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.*

Nominee	Kensington *Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.*

Nominee	Millionenspiel *Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.*

Nominee	Vokabo *Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.*

Most Beautiful Game	Script *Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.*