All "À la carte🇩🇪 2011" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2025

In 7 Wonders, you step into the role of a leader of one of the seven great cities of the Ancient World. Your objective is to gather resources, establish commercial routes, and assert your military might. The game is not just about managing resources but also about building an architectural wonder that will stand the test of time.

Biblios is a strategic and competitive board game that immerses players in the role of abbots at a medieval monastery. The primary goal is to build the most impressive library of sacred texts, balancing resource management, strategic planning, and a bit of luck.

Haggis is a strategic card game that belongs to the climbing game family, sharing similarities with games like Zheng Fen and Big Two. It combines various elements from these parent games, such as card combinations, bombs, and scoring based on both cards in hand and cards collected in tricks. A distinctive feature of Haggis is the inclusion of equally distributed wild cards and a betting mechanism where players wager on being the first to deplete their hand of cards.

Ancient Egypt comes to life as the Temple of Sobek is constructed and the marketplace flourishes. Players race to select the best goods delivered by ship, striving for the greatest profits while navigating corruption and underhanded actions.

Stich-Meister is a trick-taking card game where players change the rules before each round. The game consists of two decks: one with 60 cards in four colors numbered from 1 to 15, and another with 60 rule cards.

Gold! is a card game with 60 cards in six colors, featuring valuable gold cards worth 3-8 and some donkeys worth -2. Players start with a differently colored donkey and must perform one of three actions each turn, including taking the lowest displayed card or trading cards. When players collect three cards of the same color, they score points, while also having the chance to steal a card from an opponent. The game ends when the last set of five cards is revealed, and players sum their points to determine the winner.

Thunderstone is a fantasy-themed deck-building game that combines elements of strategy and role-playing. Players compete to gather powerful cards and defeat monsters, ultimately aiming to secure the Thunderstone and thwart the Doom Knights.

The Struggle for Catan is a dynamic, multi-player card game that captures the essence of the Catan universe, offering a new way to experience the classic resource management and development strategies familiar to fans of the original The Settlers of Catan board game. Designed by Klaus Teuber and released by Kosmos and Mayfair Games in 2011, this game introduces a streamlined, dice-less gameplay that emphasizes strategic planning over luck.

In 1655, the death of Pope Innocent X sends shockwaves through Christendom as cardinals rush to Rome, the heart of religious power and intrigue. Players assume the roles of the Preferiti, the leading candidates for the papacy, using bribery, deception, and strategic reasoning to secure votes. The player with the majority of votes at the end is declared the new Pope when the white smoke rises.

This card game version is a trick-taking game with a twist. The player with the highest card of their color wins the trick, regardless of who played it. Players aim to earn victory points by winning tricks with their workers and using the resources from other cards, while various character cards provide additional options to influence the game's outcome.