All "Deutscher Spielepreis🇩🇪 2012" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2025

Las Vegas is a lively, dice-based game that combines luck, strategy, and the joy of thwarting your opponents. Developed by Stefan Brück at alea, it's designed to be an easy and interactive game, full of schadenfreude moments.

Targi is a strategic board game set against the backdrop of the Tuareg culture in the desert. Players assume the roles of leaders of Tuareg tribes, engaging in trade and seeking to expand their families and influence.

Cheating Moth is a mischievously fun card game where cheating isn't just allowed, it's necessary to win! Players aim to get rid of all their cards, but traditional card play is only part of the strategy. You'll also need to cleverly cheat by secretly dropping cards without getting caught. Each round begins with players holding eight cards and trying to play a card onto the discard pile that is exactly one number higher or lower than the top card. But here's the twist: certain cards, like the Cheating Moth cards, can't be discarded normally and must be slyly disposed of through cheating.

Kingdom Builder is a strategic board game where players shape their domains by building settlements, with the ultimate goal of earning the most gold by the end of the game.

Village is a board game that captures the essence of life in a medieval village, where each player manages a family's journey through generations, seeking fame and glory in various ways. The game is renowned for its innovative handling of the passage of time and the inevitability of death, making it a unique and tactically rich experience.

Trajan is a sophisticated board game set in ancient Rome, where players aim to expand their influence across various aspects of Roman society. Renowned for its unique central mechanism and strategic depth, the game is a creation of acclaimed designer Stefan Feld.

Players travel through Africa, participate in expeditions, and strive to reach various destinations first. They can buy adventure cards with the money earned, which bring valuable antiques. The game features a board divided along the equator, with different cities marking purchase locations for adventure cards. Each player has an explorer token and can take one of three actions per turn, including drawing travel cards or purchasing adventure cards. The game ends when all expedition cards are used, and players score points based on completed expeditions, sets of adventure cards, and currency on hand. The player with the most points wins.

Santa Cruz is played in two independent rounds where players build houses, churches, and lighthouses while uncovering valuable resources on an island. Each player starts with a hand of travel and point cards to explore a board consisting of three islands featuring face-down tiles that represent various buildings. Players must choose to play a travel card to explore and place their buildings or a point card to evaluate specific buildings, resources, or game conditions for all players, while being cautious of the central volcano that can cause eruptions and destroy their constructions.

In Hawaii, a tactical board game, players take on the role of active strategists rather than idle vacationers. The challenge lies in efficiently using limited resources over five rounds to build and enhance villages on the Hawaiian islands. Players, acting as chieftains, navigate the board to acquire new tiles, making strategic purchases with three different currencies. The game requires careful management of these resources as they deplete over time. Success in Hawaii hinges on the ability to provide for the people while adapting to a diminishing income, demanding a balance of various point-scoring strategies.

Ora et Labora, designed by Uwe Rosenberg, is a resource management and strategy board game set in the Medieval era. Each player takes on the role of the head of a monastery, aiming to develop their land, construct buildings, and create valuable items.

The cover and name may suggest a quiz game, but it's something different. Players manage small, bustling mountain villages in the Swiss Alps, working, building, and trading. Life isn't just about work; personal connections form as villagers seek partners and families grow, adding excitement to daily village life as they strive to build homes, enrich culture, and sell essential goods on the market.