__NOTOC__ The Deutscher Spielepreis (, ''German Game Prize'') is an important award for

boardgame Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a co ...

s. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine ''Die Pöppel-Revue'', which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals and

game club A club is an association of people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities. There are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious c ...

s. The results are announced every October at the ''

Spiel Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called the Essen Game Fair after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day boardgame trade fair which is also open to the public held in October (Thursday to the following Sunday) at the Messe Essen e ...

'' game fair in

Essen, Germany Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dor ...

. The

Essen Feather The Essen Feather (german: Essener Feder) is an award for German-style board games, given at the Deutscher Spiele Preis ceremony at the ''Spiel'' game fair in Essen, Germany. The award is given to games with well-written rules, as it was felt t ...

is awarded at the same ceremony. In contrast to the

Spiel des Jahres The Spiel des Jahres (, ''Game of the Year'') is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the purpose of rewarding family-friendly game design, and promoting excellent games in the German market. It is thought that the existence ...

, which tends to be awarded to family games, the DSP is awarded for "gamers' games" with particularly good or innovative gameplay. Although at one point it was not uncommon for the DSP and the SdJ to be awarded to the same game (as was the case for ''

The Settlers of Catan ''Catan'', previously known as ''The Settlers of Catan'' or simply ''Settlers'', is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as ''Die Siedler von Catan''. Pl ...

'', ''

El Grande ''El Grande'' is a German-style board game for 2-5 players, designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, and published in 1995 by Hans im Glück in German, by Rio Grande Games in English, and by 999 Games in Dutch. The game board represent ...

,'' and ''Tikal'' in the 1990s), since ''

Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Au ...

'' (2001) only two games have succeeded in winning both awards: ''

Dominion The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire. "Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 192 ...

'' in 2009 and ''

Azul Azul, meaning "blue" in Spanish and Portuguese, may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Azul'' (Los Piojos album), 1998 * ''Azul'' (Cristian Castro album), 2001 * Azul Azul, a Bolivian pop-dance music group ** "Azul" (song), the title song * " ...

'' in 2018.

Winners

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

- 1992 -

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

- 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 -

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

- 2009 - 2010 - 2011 -

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

- 2015 -

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

1990

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Hoity Toity ''Hoity Toity'' (german: Adel Verpflichtet, Noblesse oblige) is a board game created by Klaus Teuber in 1990. Publication history German game designer Klaus Teuber created ''Adel Verpflichtet'' in 1990, and it was published in Germany by F.X. ...

(German: ''Adel Verpflichtet'') *2nd: À la carte *3rd: Such a Thing? (German: ''Ein solches Ding'') *4th: Favoriten *5th:

Gold Digger Gold digger is a term for a person, typically a woman, who engages in a type of transactional relationship for money rather than love. If it turns into marriage, it is a type of marriage of convenience. Etymology and usage The term "gold ...

(German: ''Goldrausch'') *6th: Holiday AG *7th: Römer *8th: Wind & Wetter *9th: Timberland *10th: Dicke Kartoffeln

1991

*1st: Master Labyrinth *2nd: Bauernschlau *3rd: Wacky Wacky West (German: ''Drunter und Drüber'') *4th: Jagd der Vampire *5th:

Conspiracy A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agre ...

(German: ''Casablanca'') *6th: Girl Talk *7th: Chameleon *8th: Duftende Spuren *9th: Flusspiraten *10th: Columbus

1992

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Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Du ...

(German: ''der Fliegende Holländer'') *2nd: Um Reifenbreite *3rd: Quo Vadis *4th: Tal der Könige *5th: Schraumeln *6th:

Cosmic Encounter ''Cosmic Encounter'' is a science fiction–themed strategy board game designed by "Future Pastimes" (collectively, Peter Olotka, Jack Kittredge and Bill Eberle, with Bill Norton) and originally published by Eon Games in 1977. In it, each player ...

*7th: Minos *8th: Extrablatt *9th: Razzia *10th: Neolithibum *Best Children's Game: Schweinsgalopp

1993

*1st: Modern Art *2nd: Tutankhamen (German: ''Tutanchamun'') *3rd:

Vernissage A vernissage (from French, originally meaning " varnishing") is a preview of an art exhibition, which may be private, before the formal opening. If the vernissage is not open to the public, but only to invited guests, it is often called a ''pri ...

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Bluff Bluff or The Bluff may refer to: Places Australia * Bluff, Queensland, Australia, a town * The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich * The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a rural locality * Bluff River (New ...

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Acquire ''Acquire'' is a multi-player mergers and acquisitions themed board game. It is played with tiles representing hotels that are arranged on the board, play money and stock certificates. The object of the game is to earn the most money by developi ...

*6th: Highlanders (German: ''Rheingold'') *7th: Spiel der Türme *8th: Sticheln *9th: History of the World *10th: Pfusch *Best Children's Game: Verflixt Gemixt

1994

*1st: 6 nimmt! *2nd: The Mob (German: ''Capone'') *3rd:

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

*4th: Intrigue *5th: Lifeboats (German: ''Rette Sich wer Kann'') *6th: Was Sticht? *7th: Auf Heller und Pfennig *8th: Knock Out *9th:

Take It Easy "Take It Easy" is the debut single by the American rock band Eagles, written by Jackson Browne and Eagles band member Glenn Frey, who also provides lead vocals. It was released on May 1, 1972, and peaked at No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 1 ...

*10th: Billabong *Best Children's Game: Husch Husch kleine Hexe *Best Action Game: Loopin' Louie

1995

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*2nd: Streetcar (German: ''Linie 1'') *3rd: Sternen Himmel *4th: Mole in the Hole (German: ''Die Maulwurf Company'') *5th:

Medici The House of Medici ( , ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Mu ...

*6th: Galopp Royal *7th: Buzzle *8th: Hattrick *9th:

Set! Scheme is a dialect of the Lisp family of programming languages. Scheme was created during the 1970s at the MIT AI Lab and released by its developers, Guy L. Steele and Gerald Jay Sussman, via a series of memos now known as the Lambda Papers. ...

*10th: High Society *Best Children's Game: Piepmatz

1996

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Entdecker ''Entdecker'' (, German language, German for "Discoverer") is a German-style board game designed by Klaus Teuber and published in 1996 in games, 1996 by Goldsieber in German language, German. Although the game won 2nd prize in the Deutscher Spiel ...

*3rd: Carabande *4th: Mü & More (German: ''Mü & mehr'') *5th:

Get the Goods Get or GET may refer to: * Get (animal), the offspring of an animal * Get (divorce document), in Jewish religious law * GET (HTTP), a type of HTTP request * "Get" (song), by the Groggers * Georgia Time, used in the Republic of Georgia * Get AS, a ...

(German: ''Reibach & Co.'') *6th:

MarraCash Fabio Bartolo Rizzo, better known by his stage name Marracash (), is an Italian rapper. Starting his career in the rap group Dogo Gang, he debuted as a solo artist rising in fame in the 2010s releasing six studio albums that reached the top ten ...

*7th: Yucata' *8th: Campanile *9th: Ab Die Post! *10th: Top Race *Best Children's Game: Hallo Dachs!

1997

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Löwenherz ''Löwenherz'' (; German for "Lionheart") is a German-style board game designed by Klaus Teuber and published in 1997 by Goldsieber in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. A revised edition, titled ''Löwenherz: Der König kehrt zurück' ...

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: The

Card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ga ...

(German: ''Die Siedler von Catan: Das Kartenspiel'') *3rd: Showmanager *4th:

Mississippi Queen "Mississippi Queen" is a song by the American rock band Mountain. Considered a rock classic, it was their most successful single, reaching number 21 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1970. The song is included on the group's debut album and se ...

*5th: Bohnanza *6th:

Serenissima aSerenissima ( heMost Serene) may refer to: Certain countries * , a name for the Republic of Venice * , the official Latin name of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Art, entertainment, and media * La Serenissima (musical ensemble), a Britis ...

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Ramses II Ramesses II ( egy, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is often regarded as t ...

(German: ''Der Zerstreute Pharao'') *8th:

Terra X ''Terra X'' is a brand used by the German public broadcaster ZDF since 2008. Between 1982 and 2008, the brand name was ''ZDF Expedition''. Some topics under the brand ''Terra X'' are documentaries about history, nature, archaeology and science. ...

(German: ''Expedition'') *9th: Beim Zeus *10th:

Manitou Manitou (), akin to the Iroquois '' orenda'', is the spiritual and fundamental life force among Algonquian groups in the Native American theology. It is omnipresent and manifests everywhere: organisms, the environment, events, etc. ''Aasha ...

*Best Children's Game: Die Ritter von der Haselnuß

1998

*1st: Tigris & Euphrates (German: ''Euphrat und Tigris'') *2nd:

Primordial Soup Primordial soup, also known as, primordial goo, primordial ooze, prebiotic soup and prebiotic broth, is the hypothetical set of conditions present on the Earth around 3.7 to 4.0 billion years ago. It is an aspect of the heterotrophic theory (also k ...

(German: ''Ursuppe'') *3rd: Elfenland *4th: Through the Desert (German: ''Durch die Wüste'') *5th: Canyon *6th: Basari *7th:

Tycoon A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...

*8th: Caesar & Cleopatra *9th: Die Macher *10th:

Freebooter Freebooter may refer to: * Marine freebooters, or pirates * Filibuster (military), an individual who engages in unauthorized warfare against foreign countries * Rapparee, the Irish usage * Meadowbrook Freebooters, American polo team * Freebooter (c ...

(German: ''Freibeuter'') *Best Children's Game: Chicken Cha Cha Cha (German: ''Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke'')

1999

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Tikal Tikal () (''Tik’al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-C ...

*2nd: Ra *3rd:

Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...

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Samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

*5th: Die Händler *6th: Giganten *7th: Verräter *8th: Mamma Mia! *9th: Chinatown *10th: Medieval Merchant (German: ''Pfeffersäcke'')

2000

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Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; ) is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mu ...

(German: ''Tadsch Mahal'') *2nd:

Torres Torres may refer to: People *Torres (surname), a Spanish and Portuguese surname *Torres (musician), singer-songwriter Mackenzie Scott **Torres (album), ''Torres'' (album), 2013 self-titled album by Torres Places Americas *Torres, Colorado, an un ...

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Princes of Florence ''The Princes of Florence'' is a German board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich published in 2000 by Alea in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. Players assume the roles of Florentine Princes who wish to design their ...

(German: ''Die Fürsten von Florenz '') *4th: La Città *5th: Vinci *6th: Citadels (German: ''Ohne Furcht und Adel'') *7th: Carolus Magnus *8th: Web of Power (German: ''Kardinal & König'') *9th: Aladdin's Dragons (German: ''Morgenland'') *10th: Frank's Zoo (German: ''Zoff im Zoo'')

2001

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Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...

*3rd: Traders of Genoa (German: ''Die Händler von Genua'') *4th: Evo *5th:

Capitol A capitol, named after the Capitoline Hill in Rome, is usually a legislative building where a legislature meets and makes laws for its respective political entity. Specific capitols include: * United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. * Numerous ...

*6th: Cartagena *7th:

San Marco San Marco is one of the six sestieri of Venice, lying in the heart of the city as the main place of Venice. San Marco also includes the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Although the district includes Saint Mark's Square, that was never admin ...

*8th: Babel *9th:

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...

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Das Amulett Das or DAS may refer to: Organizations * Dame Allan's Schools, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, England * Danish Aviation Systems, a supplier and developer of unmanned aerial vehicles * Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, a former Colombian ...

2002

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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

*2nd: TransAmerica *3rd: Dschunke *4th: Villa Paletti *5th: Mexica *6th:

Nautilus The nautilus (, ) is a pelagic marine mollusc of the cephalopod family Nautilidae. The nautilus is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and of its smaller but near equal suborder, Nautilina. It comprises six living species in ...

*7th: Goldland *8th:

Pueblo In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...

*9th: Pirate's Cove *10th: Pizarro & Co. (German: ''Magellan'')

2003

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Amun Re Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...

*2nd: Alhambra *3rd: Clans *4th:

Paris Paris ''Paris Paris'' is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Ramesh Aravind and produced by Manu Kumaran. A remake of the 2014 Hindi film ''Queen'' by Vikas Bahl, the film features Kajal Aggarwal alongside Elli Avram, Var ...

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Domaine An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which would historically generate income for its owner. British context In the UK, historically an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, and woods that s ...

*6th: Fische Fluppen Frikadellen *7th:

Mare Nostrum ''Mare Nostrum'' (; Latin: "Our Sea") was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea. In Classical Latin, it would have been pronounced , and in Ecclesiastical Latin, it is pronounced . In the decades following the 1861 unification of Italy, Ital ...

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New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Can ...

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Coloretto ''Coloretto'' is a card game designed by Michael Schacht, originally published in 2003. The game cards depict chameleons, showing that "a player may change his color many times during the game".''Coloretto'' game box description Rules are provi ...

*10th: Edel, Stein & Reich

2004

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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(German: ''Sankt Petersburg'') *2nd: San Juan *3rd:

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

*4th: Attika *5th: Ingenious (German: ''Einfach Genial'') *6th: Ticket to Ride (German: ''Zug um Zug'') *7th:

Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...

*8th: Fearsome Floors (German: ''Finstere Flure'') *9th: Hansa *10th: The Bridges of Shangri-La (German: ''Die Brücken von Shangri-La'')

2005

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Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Ver ...

*2nd: Niagara *3rd:

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

*4th: Ubongo *5th: Himalaya *6th:

Around the World in 80 Days ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employe ...

(German: ''In 80 Tagen um die Welt'') *7th: Shadows over Camelot (German: ''Schatten über Camelot'') *8th:

Jambo Jambo (17 April 1961 – 16 September 1992) was a gorilla housed at Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey, Channel Islands. He was involved in an incident in which he was seen to be protective of a child who fell into his enclosure. Early life '' J ...

*9th: Das Zepter von Zavandor *10th: Verflixxt

2006

*1st: Caylus *2nd:

Thurn and Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (german: link=no, Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the e ...

*3rd: Antike *4th: Blue Moon City *5th:

Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the ...

(German: ''Mesopotamien'') *6th: Elasund: The First City *7th: Mauerbauer *8th: Hacienda *9th: Augsburg 1520 *10th: Rum & Pirates (German: ''Um Ru(h)m & Ehre'') The prizes for ''Best Children's Game'' and ''Best Rules'' were both won by Nacht der Magier.

2007

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The Pillars of the Earth ''The Pillars of the Earth'' is a historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the ...

(German: ''Die Säulen der Erde'') *2nd: Notre Dame *3rd: Vikings (German: ''Wikinger'') *4th: Yspahan *5th:

Zooloretto ''Zooloretto'' is a board game designed by Michael Schacht, published in 2007 by Abacus Spiele and in English by Rio Grande Games. The premise of the game is that each player is the owner of a zoo, and must collect animals in order to attract ...

*6th: Arkadia (German: ''Die Baumeister von Arkadia'') *7th: Imperial *8th: Leonardo da Vinci (German: ''Maestro Leonardo'') *9th: Thebes (German: ''Jenseits von Theben'') *10th: Colosseum

2008

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Agricola Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to: People Cognomen or given name :''In chronological order'' * Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85) * Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mi ...

*2nd: Stone Age *3rd:

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

*4th: In the Year of the Dragon (German: ''Im Jahr des Drachen'') *5th: Tribune: Primus Inter Pares *6th: Hamburgum *7th:

Galaxy Trucker ''Galaxy Trucker'' is a science-fiction board game for two to four players. The game was developed by Vlaada Chvatil, with graphics designed by Radim Pech. The Czech version of the game was released in 2007 by Czech Games Edition, and a Germa ...

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Keltis ''Keltis'' is a board game designed by Reiner Knizia that won the Spiel des Jahres The Spiel des Jahres (, ''Game of the Year'') is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the purpose of rewarding family-friendly game design ...

*9th: Witch's Brew (German: ''Wie verhext!'') *10th: Metropolys

2009

*1st: ''

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Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

'' *3rd: '' Pandemic'' *4th: ''

Finca In English usage, a ''finca'' (; ) refers to a piece of rural or agricultural land, typically with a cottage, farmhouse or estate building present, and often adjacent to a woodland or plantation. Overview Especially in tourism, the term has r ...

'' *5th: '' Small World'' *6th: ''Valdora'' *7th: ''

Diamonds Club Diamond is a Allotropes of carbon, solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the Chemical stability, chemically stable form of car ...

'' *8th: ''

Through the Ages ''Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization'' is a board game for 2–4 players designed by Vlaada Chvatil and published by Czech Board Games in 2006. Its theme is the development of human civilization and the players determine the progress ...

'' (German: ''Im Wander der Zeiten'') *9th: ''

Sherwood Forest Sherwood Forest is a royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England, famous because of its historic association with the legend of Robin Hood. The area has been wooded since the end of the Last Glacial Period (as attested by pollen sampling cor ...

'' *10th: ''

Fauna Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as ''Biota (ecology ...

2010

*1st: '' Fresco'' *2nd: '' Vasco da Gama'' *3rd: '' World Without End'' (German: ''Die Tore der Welt'') *4th: ''

Tobago Tobago () is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger island of Trini ...

'' *5th: '' Hansa Teutonica'' *6th: '' Endeavor'' (German: ''Magister Navis'') *7th: '' Egizia'' *8th: ''

Macao Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a po ...

'' *9th: '' Dungeon Lords'' *10th: '' Power Struggle'' (German: ''Machtspiele'')

2011

*1st: '' 7 Wonders'' *2nd: ''

The Castles of Burgundy ''The Castles of Burgundy'' is a board game for two to four players, set in Mediaeval, Medieval Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy. It was designed by Stefan Feld and illustrated by Julien Delval and Harald Lieske, and was published in 2011 by Ravensbu ...

'' (German: ''Die Burgen von Burgund'') *3rd: ''Troyes'' *4th: ''Navegador'' *5th: ''Asara'' *6th: ''Mondo'' *7th: ''Pantheon'' *8th: ''Lancaster'' *9th: ''Luna'' *10th: ''Strasbourg''

2012

*1st: ''

Village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

'' *2nd: ''

Trajan Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presi ...

'' *3rd: ''Hawaii'' *4th: ''Ora Et Labora'' *5th: ''Helvetia'' *6th: ''Targi'' *7th: '' Kingdom Builder'' *8th: ''Vegas'' *9th: ''Africana'' *10th: ''Santa Cruz''

2013

*1st: ''

Terra Mystica ''Terra Mystica'' is a Euro-style board game for two to five players designed by Helge Ostertag and Jens Drögemüller. The game was first published by Feuerland Spiele in Germany in 2012, and was later published in English and French by Zman G ...

'' *2nd: ''Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar'' (German: ''Tzolk'in: Der Maya Kalender'') *3rd: ''Brugge'' (German: ''Brügge'') *4th: ''Bora Bora'' *5th: ''Legends of Andor'' (German: ''Die Legenden von Andor'') *6th: '' Hanabi'' *7th: ''Yedo'' *8th: '' Keyflower'' *9th: ''Rialto'' *10th: ''Augustus''

2014

*1st: ''

Russian Railroads } ''Russian Railroads'' is a tile-based Euro-style board game for 2 to 4 players by Helmut Ohley and Leonhard Orgler. The game was published in 2013 by Hans im Glück Verlag. It is based on the worker placement principle, in which players can ...

'' *2nd: ''

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

'' *3rd: ''Concordia'' *4th: ''

Love Letter A love letter is an expression of love in written form. However delivered, the letter may be anything from a short and simple message of love to a lengthy explanation and description of feelings. History One of the oldest references to a l ...

'' *5th: '' Camel Up'' *6th: '' Caverna: The Cave Farmers'' (German: ''Caverna: Die Höhlenbauern'') *7th: ''Lewis & Clark'' *8th: ''Rococo'' (German: ''Rokoko'') *9th: ''Glass Road'' (German: ''Die Glasstraße'') *10th: '' Splendor'' *Best Children's Game: ''Feuerdrachen''

2015

*1st: ''The Voyages of Marco Polo'' (German: ''Auf den Spuren von Marco Polo'') *2nd: ''Orléans'' *3rd: ''

Colt Express ''Colt Express'' is a railway-themed family board game designed by Christophe Raimbault, Illustrated by Ian Parovel and Jordi Valbuena, published in 2014 by Ludonaute and distributed by Asmodee. The game won the 2015 Spiel des Jahres, the 2015 ...

'' *4th: ''Murano'' *5th: ''Fields of Arle'' (German: ''Arler Erde'') *6th: ''Five Tribes'' *7th: ''Cacao'' *8th: ''

Machi Koro is a tabletop city-building game designed by Masao Suganuma, illustrated by Noboru Hotta, and published in 2012 by the Japanese games company Grounding, Inc. Players roll dice to earn coins, with which they develop their city, aiming to win the ...

'' *9th: ''Aquasphere'' *10th: ''

Patchwork Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeating patterns built up with different fabric shapes (which can be different colors) ...

'' *Best Children's Game: ''Spinderella''

2016

*1st: ''

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

'' *2nd: '' Codenames'' *3rd: ''T.I.M.E. Stories'' *4th: '' Pandemic Legacy: Season 1'' *5th: '' Mysterium'' *6th: '' Karuba'' *7th: '' Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King'' *8th: ''Imhotep'' *9th: '' 7 Wonders: Duel'' *10th: ''Nippon'' *Best Children's Game: ''Leo muss zum Friseur''

2017

*1st: '' Terraforming Mars'' *2nd: ''

Great Western Trail The Great Western Trail is a north-south long distance multiple use route that runs from Canada to Mexico through five western states in the United States. The trail has access for both motorized and non-motorized users and traverses through Ar ...

'' *3rd: '' A Feast for Odin'' (''Ein Fest für Odin'') *4th: ''

Scythe A scythe ( ) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops. It is historically used to cut down or reap edible grains, before the process of threshing. The scythe has been largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor mac ...

'' *5th: '' First Class'' *6th: '' Kingdomino'' *6th: '' Raiders of the North Sea'' (''Räuber der Nordsee'') *7th: '' Fabled Fruit'' (''Fabelsaft'') *8th: ''

Captain Sonar Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

'' *9th: '' Magic Maze'' *10th: '' The Quest for El Dorado'' (''Wettlauf nach El Dorado'') *Best Children's Game: '' Icecool''

2018

*1st: ''

'' *2nd: '' Gaia Project'' *3rd: '' Rajas of the Ganges'' *4th: '' Clans of Caledonia'' *5th: '' Heaven & Ale'' *6th: '' Pandemic Legacy: Season 2'' *7th: '' Clank!'' *8th: ''

The Quacks of Quedlinburg ''The Quacks of Quedlinburg'' (Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg), also known as Quacksalber, is a board game designed by Wolfgang Warsch that was released by Schmidt Spiele in 2018. After winning the Kennerspiel des Jahres (Spiel des Jahres Connoi ...

'' (''Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg'') *9th: '' The Mind'' *10th: ''

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The plateau is located at the ...

'' *Best Children's Game: '' Memoarrr!''

2019

*1st: ''

Wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ...

'' *2nd: '' The Taverns of Tiefenthal'' *3rd: ''Teotihuacan'' *4th: '' Spirit Island'' *5th: '' Architects of the West Kingdom'' *6th: ''Detective'' *7th: '' Underwater Cities'' *8th: '' Newton'' *9th: '' Just One'' *10th: ''

Gloomhaven ''Gloomhaven'' is a cooperative board game for one to four players designed by Isaac Childres and published by Cephalofair Games in 2017. It is a campaign-based dungeon crawl game including a narrative campaign, 95 unique playable scenarios, an ...

'' *Best Children's Game: '' Concept Kids: Animals''

2020

*1st: '' The Crew'' *2nd: ''

Cartographers Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an i ...

'' *3rd: ''Maracaibo'' *4th: ''Barrage'' *5th: ''Cooper Island'' *6th: '' Glen More II: Chronicles'' *7th: ''Crystal Palace'' *8th: '' Parks'' *9th: '' Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan'' *10th: '' Paladins of the West Kingdom'' *Best Children's Game: '' Andor Junior''

2021

*1st: ''

Lost Ruins of Arnak ''Lost Ruins of Arnak'' is a 2020 designer board game by the husband-wife duo Michal "Elwen" Štach and Michaela "Mín" Štachová. It won Game of the Year in the 2020 Board Game Quest Awards as well as the 2021 Deutscher Spiele Preis. Gamepl ...

'' *2nd: '' MicroMacro: Crime City'' *3rd: ''

The Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia d ...

'' *4th: ''

Paleo __NOTOC__ ''Paleo'' may refer to: Prehistoric Era, Age, or Period * Paleolithic, a prehistoric Era, Age, or Period of human history People * David Strackany, aka "Paleo", an American folk singer-songwriter Art, entertainment, and media * ''P ...

'' *5th: '' Aeon's End'' *6th: '' Everdell'' *7th: '' Fantasy Realms'' *8th: ''

Anno 1800 ''Anno 1800'' is a city-building real-time strategy video game, developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft, and launched on April 16, 2019. It is the seventh game in the '' Anno'' series, and returns to the use of a historical setting fo ...

'' *9th: '' Praga Caput Regni'' *10th: '' Gloomhaven: The Jaws of the Lion'' *Best Children's Game: ''

Dodo The dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire. The ...

2022

*1st: '' Ark Nova'' *2nd: '' Cascadia'' *3rd: '' Dune: Imperium'' *4th: '' Living Forest'' *5th: '' The Red Cathedral'' *6th: '' Witchstone'' *7th: '' Beyond the Sun'' *8th: '' Scout'' *9th: ''

Golem A golem ( ; he, , gōlem) is an animated, Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is entirely created from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud). The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the l ...

'' *10th: '' Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition''

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