new logo recommendation list
old logo recommendation list
The recommendation list for the game of the year has been published annually since 2004. Together with the nomination list , it replaced the shortlist that existed until 2003. In addition to the 5 games that have been nominated for the game of the year since 2004, the jury of the game of the year names other games from the current and last year that it also considers to be recommended. While 18 games were listed in the first year, the list was continuously reduced in the following years, so that in 2016 it only contained 5 games. On May 20, 2012, the Game of the Year jury presented a new logo for the recommendation lists for Game of the Year and Children's Game of the Year , which was placed on the back of the game boxes until 2019. Since 2020 there has been a changed logo that differentiates between game, children's game and expert game.
The games on the recommendation list
Source: Game of the Year website
year
game
author
publishing company
Number of players
Age
2004
Attica
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Hans in hapiness
2-4
from 10
Carcassonne - The castle
Pure Knizia
Hans in hapiness
2
from 0 8
Coyote
Spartaco Albertarelli
Kidult
2-6
from 10
Da Vinci Code
Eiji Wakasugi
Winning moves
2-4
from 10
The seven seals
Stefan Dorra
Amigo
3-5
from 10
Dos Rios
Franz-Benno Delonge
cosmos
2-4
from 12
In the water garden
Ferdinand Hein
Dr. F. Hein Games
2-6
from 0 5
Kai Piranja
Oliver Hedgehog Skin
Abacus games
3-6
from 0 6
Cockroach poker
Jacques Zeimet
Three magician games
2-6
from 0 8
Mice
Detlef Wendt
Abacus games
3-6
from 0 8
Maya
Bernd Eisenstein
Abacus games
3-5
from 0 9
oasis
Alan R. Moon , Aaron Weissblum
Schmidt
3-5
from 10
San Juan
Andreas Seyfarth
Alea / Ravensburger
2-4
from 10
Tom Tube
Roland Goslar , Tobias Goslar
Kronberger Games
2
from 10
Sunken city
Wolfgang Kramer , Michael Kiesling
Clementoni
2-4
from 0 8
Many things
Bernhard Naegele , Karsten Adlung
Adlung games
2-8
from 0 8
Viva il Re!
Stefano Luperto
daVinci games
3-6
from 0 8
Yinsh
Kris Burm
Don & Co
2
from 0 9
2005
Boomtown
Bruno Faidutti , Bruno Cathala
Face 2 Face Games
3-5
from 10
diamond
Alan R. Moon , Bruno Faidutti
Schmidt
3-8
from 0 8
The gardens of the Alhambra
Dirk Henn
Queen Games
2-4
from 10
Spark
Friedemann Friese
2F games
2-6
from 12
Free ... is still too expensive!
Thorsten Gimmler
Amigo
3-5
from 0 8
Piranha Pedro
Jens-Peter Schliemann
Gold sifter
2-6
from 0 8
Dance of the horned ox
Wolfgang Kramer
Amigo
2-8
from 0 8
Typo
Corné van Moorsel
Cwali
2-6
from 0 8
How I see the world
Urs Hostettler
Fata Morgana / Abacus Games
2-9
from 10
2006
Buxtehude of all people
Bernhard Lach , Uwe Rapp
HUCH! & friends
2-6
from 10
Fettnapf ... in sight
Reinhard Staupe
Amigo
3-5
from 0 7
fish market
Mario Papini
Clementoni
3-5
from 10
Close to the limit
André Zatz , Sergio Halaban
cosmos
3-6
from 10
Mesopotamia
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
phalanx
2-4
from 10
Pack ice at the pole
Alvydas Jakeliunas , Günter Cornett
phalanx
2-4
from 0 8
Revolt in Rome
Stefan Feld
Queen Games
2
from 0 8
Timbuktu
Dirk Henn
Queen Games
3-5
from 10
What's that?
Philippe des Pallières
Ravensburger
3-6
from 14
2007
Alchemist
Carlo A. Rossi
Amigo
2-5
from 10
Appenzell Castle
Bernhard Weber , Jens-Peter Schliemann
Zoch
2-4
from 0 6
The Prestel art market
Franz-Benno Delonge
Prestel
3-5
from 10
The pillars of the earth
Michael Rieneck , Stefan Stadler
cosmos
2-4
from 12
The pillars of Venice
Christian Fiore , Knut Happel
Gold sifter
2-6
from 10
Imperial
Walther Gerdts
PD-Verlag / Eggertspiele
2-6
from 12
Now it hits 13
Rüdiger Dorn
Ravensburger
2-5
from 0 8
Notre Dame
Stefan Feld
Alea / Ravensburger
2
from 0 8
Skybridge
Adam Ritchey
Gigamic
2-4
from 0 7
The Kaleidoscope Classic
Mark Thornton Wood , Francis Henri Dyksterhuis
The Dr. Wood Challenge Center
1-3
from 0 6
Vikings
Michael Kiesling
Hans in hapiness
2-4
from 10
Dice bingo
Heinz Wuppen
Ravensburger
1-4
from 0 7
2008
Big Points
Brigitte Ditt , Wolfgang Ditt
Schmidt
2-5
from 0 8
The hanging gardens
Din Li
Hans in hapiness
2-4
from 0 8
Nimble sweeps
Bruno Cathala , Serge Laget
Pro Ludo
2-6
from 0 8
Galaxy truckers
Vlaada Chvátil
Czech Games Edition
2-4
from 10
In the year of the dragon
Stefan Feld
Alea / Ravensburger
2-5
from 12
Jamaica
Sébastien Pauchon , Malcolm Braff , Bruno Cathala
GameWorks
2-6
from 0 8
Cockroach salad
Jacques Zeimet
Three magician games
2-6
from 0 6
Lascaux
Dominique Erhard , Michel Lalet
phalanx
3-5
from 0 8
Linq
Erik Nielsen
BeWitched games
4-8
from 0 8
Metropolys
Sébastien Pauchon
Ystari
2-4
from 0 8
Pingu party
Pure Knizia
Amigo
2-6
from 0 6
Tzaar
Kris Burm
Smart
2
from 0 8
2009
Cities
Martyn F
Emma Games
1-4
from 0 8
Diamonds Club
Rüdiger Dorn
Ravensburger
2-4
from 10
One eye be vigilant
Wolfgang Kramer , Michael Kiesling
Amigo
2-5
from 10
Maori
Günter Burkhardt
Hans in hapiness
2-5
from 0 8
Mow
Bruno Cathala
Hurricane
3-5
from 0 7
Poison
Pure Knizia
Amigo
3-6
from 0 8
Valdora
Michael Schacht
Abacus games
3-5
from 10
Zack & Pack
Bernd Eisenstein
cosmos
3-6
from 10
2010
Don Quixote
Reinhard Staupe
Pegasus games
1-4
from 0 8
Hansa Teutonica
Andreas Steding
Argentum
2-5
from 10
Jaipur
Sébastien Pauchon
GameWorks
2
from 10
Hunters and collectors
Pure Knizia
Amigo
2-4
from 10
Kamisado
Peter Burley
HUCH! & friends
2
from 10
Level X
Stefan Risthaus
Schmidt
2-4
from 0 8
Magister Navis
Carl de Visser , Jarratt Gray
Lookout Games
3-5
from 10
Mosaix
Christof table
Schmidt
1-4
from 0 8
Samarkand
David VH Peters , Harry Wu
Queen Games
2-5
from 0 8
Tobago
Bruce Allen
Zoch
2-4
from 10
2011
Brainstorm
Jacques Zeimet
Zoch
2-8
from 0 8
Blockers!
Kory Heath
Amigo
2-5
from 0 8
Uluru
Luchau lye
cosmos
1-5
from 0 8
Mondo
Michael Schacht
Pegasus games
1-4
from 0 8
Skull & Roses
Hervé Marly
lui-même
3-6
from 10
Safranito
Marco Teubner
Zoch
2-4
from 10
Sun, Sea & Sand
Corné van Moorsel
Cwali
2-5
from 10
The castles of Burgundy
Stefan Feld
Alea / Ravensburger
2-4
from 12
Luna
Stefan Feld
Hall Games
1-4
from 12
Freeze
Hans-Peter Stoll , Andrea Meyer
BeWitched games
5-10
from 10 (13)
2012
Bastard
Frank Bebenroth
cosmos
2-4
from 0 7 (6)
indigo
Pure Knizia
Ravensburger
2-4
from 0 8
Kalimambo
Antonio Scrittore
Zoch
3 (4) -7
from 0 8
Miss Lupun and the Secret of Numbers
Thomas Sing , Ralf Peter Gebhardt
Winning moves
2-6
from 0 8 (9)
Kulami
Andreas Kuhnekath
Steffen Games
2
from 0 9
Santa Cruz
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Hans in hapiness
2-4
from 0 8 (9)
Pictomania
Vlaada Chvátil
Pegasus games
3-6
from 0 9
Rapa Nui
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
cosmos
2-4
from 10
2013
Divinaries
Brett J. Gilbert
Asmodee
2-4
from 13 (10)
Escape - The curse of the temple
Kristian Amundsen Østby
Queen Games
1-5
from 0 8
Hand on heart
Julien Sentis
Zoch
3 (4) -8
from 10
La Boca
Inka and Markus Brand
cosmos
3-6
from 0 8
Libertalia
Paolo Mori
Marabunta
2-6
from 14 (12)
Mixed tour
Dieter Stein
Gerhard's game and design
2
from 10
Riff raff
Christoph Cantzler
Zoch
2-4
from 0 8
rondo
Pure Knizia
Schmidt
2-4
from 0 8
Yay!
Heinz Meister
Noris
2-4
from 0 8
2014
Full of sheep
Francesco Rotta
HUCH! & friends
2-4
from 0 7
SOS Titanic
Bruno Cathala , Ludovic Maublanc
Ludonaute
1-5
from 0 8
Love letter
Seiji Kanai
Pegasus games
2-4
from 10
Potato Man
Günter Burkhardt , Wolfgang Lehmann
Zoch
2-5
from 10
Sanssouci
Michael Kiesling
Ravensburger
2-4
from 0 8
2015
Cacao
Phil Walker-Harding
Abacus games
2-4
from 0 8
Loony Quest
Laurent Escoffier , David Franck
Libellud
2-5
from 0 8
patchwork
Uwe Rosenberg
Lookout Games
2
from 0 8
Simsala ... boom?
Gary Kim
Pegasus games
2-5
from 0 8
Ugo!
Ronald Hoekstra , Thomas Jansen , Patrick Zuidhof
cosmos
2-4
from 10
Full moon night
Ted Alspach , Akihisa Okui
Bezier Games
3-10
from 0 8
2016
Agent undercover
Alexander Ushan
Piatnik
3-8
from 12
Animals on board
Ralf zur Linde , Wolfgang Sentker
Ludonaute
2-4
from 0 8
The nasty 7
Jacques Zeimet
Three rabbits in the evening sun
2-6
from 0 8
Krazy Wordz
Thomas Odenhoven , Dirk Baumann , Matthias Schmitt
Fishtank
3-7
from 10
Qwinto
Uwe Rapp , Bernhard Lach
Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag
2-6
from 0 8
2017
Déjà-vu
Heinz Meister
Amigo
2-6
from 0 8
Dodelido
Jacques Zeimet
Three magician games
2-6
from 0 8
Fabulous juice
Friedemann Friese
2F games
2-5
from 0 8
Klask
Mikkel Bertelsen
Game Factory
2
from 10
Shiftago
Frank Warneke , Robert Witter
WiWa games
2-4
from 0 8
Temple of Terror
Yusuke Sato
Schmidt
3-10
from 0 8
Word Slam
Inka Brand , Markus Brand
cosmos
3-30
from 12
2018
5-minute dungeon
Connor Reid
cosmos
2-5
from 0 8
Facecards
Leo Colovini
Ravensburger
3-7
from 10
Majesty
Marc André
Hans in hapiness
2-4
from 10
Memoarrr!
Carlo Bortolini
Edition playground / Pegasus games
2-4
from 8
Santorini
Gordon Hamilton
Roxley / Spin Master
2
from 0 8
Woodlands
Daniel Fehr
Ravensburger
2-4
from 10
2019
Belratti
Michael Loth
Mogel / Repos Production
3-7
from 0 9
Dizzle
Ralf zur Linde
Schmidt
1-4
from 0 8
Imhotep: The duel
Phil Walker-Harding
cosmos
2
from 10
Bad shit
Jonathan Favre-Godal
Pegasus games
3-6
from 0 8
Reef
Emerson Matsuuchi
Next move
2-4
from 0 8
Sherlock
Josep Izquierdo , Marti Lucas
Abacus games
1-8
from 10
2020
Color Brain
Tristan Williams
Game Factory
2-12
from 0 8
The fox in the forest
Joshua Buergel
Light force
2
from 10
Draftosaurus
Antoine Bauza , Corentin Lebrat, Ludovic Maublanc, Théo Rivière
Ankama / Board Game Box
2-5
from 0 8
Kitchen Rush
Dávid Turczi , Vangelis Bagiartakis
Pegasus games
2-4
from 12
Little Town
Shun Taguchi , Aya Taguchi
Iello / Studio GG
2-4
from 10
Spicy
Zoltán Győri
Heidelbär Games / Gémklub
2-6
from 10
Individual evidence
↑ Jury publishes new recommendation list logo ( memento from February 4, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) from May 20, 2012 at spiel-des-jahres.com
↑ Games since 1979 ( memento of March 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at Game of the Year
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