All "À la carte🇩🇪 2006" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2026

Players must place location cards correctly on a map of Germany. Those with knowledge of the country's geography will have an advantage, while others will learn from their mistakes. The aim is to convince fellow players of your accuracy, but a wrongly played card can lead to trouble.

Players take on the role of public restroom owners in ancient Rome, working to earn money from Romans with urgent needs. They can rent out three types of toilets to women, senators, and citizens, each with specific time requirements and payment. The winner is the player who accumulates a certain wealth, determined by the number of players. The game includes 70 Roman customer cards, 40 action cards, Roman coins, and wooden round tokens.

Players aim to build the longest walls in various colors by playing wall cards. They can use trumpet cards to remove pieces from these walls. At the end, the player with the most cards wins the game.

The Sheriff of Nottingham is in trouble. His time in power is running out, and he hasn't managed to collect enough money to stay in office for another year. He sends his deputies to collect overdue taxes, promising to promote the most successful deputy to chief assistant, leading to a willingness among them to occasionally steal from each other.

The goal is to avoid collecting Fettnapf cards. Players take turns playing cards to add or subtract values, declaring the total aloud. Careful strategy is needed because if a player announces a number held by another, they receive a Fettnapf card. The game ends when a player has collected four Fettnapf cards, and the winner is the one with the fewest.

Tell your relatives that your small family is expecting a baby, and the storm begins... Players need to find suitable first and last names for their unborn children that are also popular among their fellow players.

Players strive to earn the title of "Marquis" by collecting coins to purchase jewels. Each player has a set of 12 cards representing different characters, each with unique abilities that can influence the game. The game concludes when a player cannot play a character, and then players tally their jewels to determine the winner based on the value of their collected gems.

Noah is struggling to finish loading his ark as the storm clouds gather. Players help load animals and supplies onto the ark while adhering to specific placement rules to avoid conflicts among different species. The game features cards, animal tiles, and action discs, with players strategically placing their animal tiles for victory points based on various characteristics.

A fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers saw the rise of kingdoms and dynasties around 3000 BC, led by powerful leaders. Attacks and coups from neighboring realms are common, but those who plan well will become legends. The classic game by Reiner Knizia has been adapted into a simpler and faster card game version, featuring around 200 cards and 16 printed wooden discs.