All "À la carte🇩🇪 2019" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2026

Just One is a cooperative party game that combines elements of mystery and creativity. Players work together to guess as many words as possible, using unique clues provided by their teammates.

Cahoots is a cooperative card game where players work together to meet a series of challenging goals. Each player must strategically contribute to four communal piles by matching either the color or the number of the cards. Communication about the contents of one's hand is not allowed, adding a layer of challenge as players must intuitively cooperate to meet the objectives.

Players purchase artwork for their museum while trying to align with current trends and uncover genuine pieces created by their team. However, the notorious Belratti aims to trick them with fake paintings in their collection.

L.L.A.M.A. is a light and engaging card game that combines elements of strategy and luck. The game's title, an acronym for "Lege alle Minuspunkte ab" (German for "discard all minus points"), cleverly plays on the word "llama," adding a whimsical touch to the gameplay.

Players start with a sheet of nine cards, each showing one of four different farm animals. On their turn, they can either play a card to trigger an effect based on the animal type or play two identical cards, causing the next player to receive a negative card. The round ends when a player discards their last card, and the players with the most remaining hand cards incur penalty points, which are added to the points from their negative cards. The player with the least points after three rounds wins.

Love is... green? In this vibrant storytelling game, each color tells a story. Players associate a color with a word and narrate their connection, sharing personal experiences. After storytelling, players recall the colors linked to the words without looking, earning points for their memory and others' recollections. The winner is the player with the best memory of which colors were assigned to specific words.

Players cleverly play bird cards from their hand to collect seeds and birds at the birdbath. Seeds and paired bird sets in their collection score points, while individual birds only score if they have the majority of their species. The game consists of three phases: playing a card, resolving effects, and drawing new cards, continuing until a player must draw from an empty deck, at which point all players tally their points for seeds, pairs, and species majorities to determine the winner.

KeyForge: Call of the Archons is a groundbreaking card game from the mind of Richard Garfield, offering a unique experience where each deck is one-of-a-kind. In this game, traditional deckbuilding and boosters are replaced by a world of endless discovery and strategic depth.

Greetings from the Great Valley! Players take on the role of chiefs from one of four ancient tribes, aiming to bring prosperity to their people by expanding their tribe, finding food, and honoring the great spirits of nature. In this card game, players manage resources and activate different professions to gather points, recruit members, and collect resources, while deciding when to shift focus from building their tribe to preparing for winter.

The great river Key Flow flows through the new Key Lands, transporting ships loaded with resources for building and trading. Players develop their own unique villages along the river, sending workers called "Keyples" to work in their own businesses as well as those of their neighbors. The game, based on ideas from the award-winning Keyflower, unfolds over four seasons, allowing players to earn points through their buildings, animals, and other items.