All "Deutscher Spielepreis🇩🇪 1996" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2024
We have clearly compared and listed all winners and nominees of the audience award "Deutscher Spielepreis🇩🇪 1996".
- Winner Deutscher Spielepreis 1996: El Grande
- Winner Deutscher Kinderpielpreis 1996: Hallo Dachs!
Audience Award instead of Critics Award
In contrast to the Spiel des Jahres, the "Deutscher Spielepreis🇩🇪" is not awarded by critics but by a professional audience (individual players, retailers, game circles, journalists). It is also called the "player" award - by players for players.
All games between "Essen" & "Nürnberg" are nominated
All games published between the SPIEL in Essen of the previous year and the Nuremberg Toy Fair of the same year are included in the nomination list for the "Deutscher Spielepreis" (german for "German Game Award").
Anyone can participate
In addition to trade magazines and retailers, everyone (since 2001) may vote online. All participants choose what they think are the 5 best games of the vintage - first place gets 5 points, second 4, third 3, fourth 2 and fifth 1 point. Each participant is weighted exactly the same and their points are added up.
List of the 10 best games of the year
Finally, the 10 games with the highest total score are published. The game with the highest score is then the winner of the "German Game Award".
Since 1992 also "Deutscher Kinderspielpreis" (German Children's Game Award)
In addition to the 5 best games, each participant may also select a children's game. The one with the most votes then becomes the winner of the "Deutscher Kinderspielpreis" for the respective year.
All other "Deutscher Spielepreis" years
The German Game Prize is awarded since 1990, we have listed for you both across all years, all Children's Game Prize winners and separated by year you can find at the bottom of the page.
More info can be found on the official website of the "German Games Award".
List with all Deutscher Spielepreis🇩🇪 1996 winners and nominees:
PitchCar
PitchCar and its earlier version Carabande are dexterity-based board games that create a fun and competitive racing experience. Players use finger flicks to propel small discs (representing cars) around a track constructed from wooden pieces.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1996
More details for PitchCar- 2 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
El Grande
El Grande is a classic strategy board game set in medieval Spain, where players, as powerful lords or "Grandes," vie for control over various regions in a declining kingdom. The game is known for its blend of tactical depth and strategic planning.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1996
More details for El Grande- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Top Race
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Top Race- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Gloria Picktoria
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Hallo Dachs!
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
More details for Hallo Dachs!- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
MarraCash
- 3 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mü & More
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Mü & More- 2 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 11+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Campanile
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Entdecker
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ab die Post!
- 3 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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