Deutscher Spiele Preis

The Deutscher SpielePreis is awarded by the magazine Die Pöppel-Revue, which collects votes from many sources, including game clubs, game industry journalists and other professionals, hundreds of game shops, and its own subscriber list.

The results of the vote--the top ten games for the year--are announced each October at the Essen game fair.

1st place	Caylus  second edition    (Restocking)     List: $54.95 $43.95 (20% savings!) The year is 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen will be flocking by the cartload...
2nd place	Thurn and Taxis  English language edition    (Restocking)     List: $32.95 $26.95 (18% savings!) Winning the Spiel des Jahres in 2006, Thurn and Taxis takes the theme of the German post office and transforms it into a fascinating game. Players take turns building connecting routes of postal stagecoaches across Germany. Decisions must be made ...
3rd place	Antike  English language edition    (Temporarily Out of Stock)     List: $59.95 $47.95 (20% savings!) Antike is a challenging strategy game about evolution and competition among ancient civilizations. Ancient nations create cities, build temples, sail the seas, and discover new principles of science and technology. Their legions and galleys open new...
3rd place	Antike  German edition    Antique nations build cities, construct temples, sail the seas and progress in sciences. Legions and galleys gain new territories and defend their nations against dangerous enemies. The game contains two gameboards, on which the players can choose... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.
4th place	Blue Moon City         List: $39.95 $31.95 (20% savings!) The Dark Age is over. The royal heirs, who caused the conflict and the destruction of Blue Moon City, have fled, and their corrupt advisors have been banished to faraway lands. The bitter division between the peoples of Blue Moon is beginning to heal.
5th place	Mesopotamia: Cradle of Civilization         List: $45.00 $36.00 (20% savings!) Several thousand years ago, clans of people began settling in Mesopotamia. Now you can lead one of these clans, exploring unknown areas, building huts to live in, and creating cult centers to collect the valuable and desired Mana. At the same time, all...
6th place	Elasund: The First City  Catan Adventures series        List: $49.00 $39.99 (18% savings!) Elasund? The little settlement on the coast? Well, those days are long gone. Elasund is growing rapidly and Catanians are streaming into the city, eager to make a fortune! Will you heed the call to drive the city's growth and prosperity and emerge as...
7th place	Masons  English language edition of Mauerbauer        List: $39.95 $31.95 (20% savings!) In medieval times, famous masons competed to build the most beautiful and impressive cities. As we can see from what they left behind, they were perfectionists, but each had his own ideas about the best ways to design cities. Stately government...
Best Strategy Game Nominee	Thebes  multilingual edition of Jenseits von Theben        List: $59.95 $47.95 (20% savings!) More than 100 years ago, within a period of only a few decades, unusually many historical finds, treasures and whole cities of antique cultures were found and excavated; Schliemann discovered Troy, Evans investigated Crete, Carter found the grave of...
8th place	Hacienda  English language edition of Hazienda        List: $39.95 $31.95 (20% savings!) Argentina at the beginning of 19th century. The pastures of the pampas seem to go on forever. You have enough money to buy land and cattle to build a small hacienda. During the game, players develop their haciendas, increase their herds and land...