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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Game of the Year

Under Cover older English language edition Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.

Game of the Year

Top Secret Spies newer English language edition
List: $34.95 $27.95 (20% savings!) The players each take a secret spy and then move all spies around the board, trying to score those for their secret spy. The players also try to guess the secret identities of their opponent's spies. Whenever a spy is moved to the house with the...

Game of the Year

Heimlich & Co. older German edition Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.

Nominee

The aMAZEing Labyrinth English language edition The aMAZEing Labyrinth--shift the maze to reach your goal! Deep within the labyrinth, players search for treasured objects. Stopped by a stone wall? Use the extra tile to shift the maze and open passages for your player to advance. Players are... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.

Nominee

Labyrinth (Currently Restocking) formerly known as The aMAZEing Labyrinth
List: $30.00 $23.99 (20% savings!) Search for treasure deep within the twisting maze! The playing board constantly changes so no two games are ever the same! Labyrinth has won the hearts of millions for over 20 years.

Nominee

Code 777
List: $34.95 $27.99 (20% savings!)

Nominee

Greyhounds The fastest dog race in the world is about to start. The bookie calculates the ratios and the bets are placed. The dogs rush across the racecourse. The players use their cards to try to steer the race in order to win as much money as possible. The... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.

Nominee

Greyhounds
$35.00 The fastest dog race in the world is about to start. The bookie calculates the ratios and the bets are placed. The dogs rush across the racecourse. The players use their cards to try to steer the race in order to win as much money as possible. The...

Nominee

Malawi Easy to learn, simple to play and a challenge for strategists. The game mechanics are immediately obvious. However, mastery will take a lot of thinking. The goal of the game is it to bring one of your pieces containing at least one pearl to your... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.

Nominee

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

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