All winners and nominations for the game graphics award "Graf Ludo🇩🇪 2009" 2026

The Magic Labyrinth is an enchanting board game that tests players’ memory and skill as they navigate through a tricky maze. Designed for younger players, this game casts participants as little magician apprentices who must recover lost magical objects from within their master’s labyrinth. The catch? The walls of the maze are invisible, and players must rely on their memory and careful maneuvering to avoid them.

A hide-and-seek game for 2 to 6 players. One player acts as the wolf and gives the other players 5 seconds to hide their goats in one of seven pieces of furniture. The wolf can then look at 2 pieces of furniture and collect any goats found there, while the undiscovered goats earn points.

Welcome to the sun-soaked island of Mallorca, where the game of Finca unfolds against a backdrop of golden beaches, a light-blue sea, and abundant orchards. In this strategic board game, players take on the role of Mallorcan farmers as they endeavor to cultivate and deliver the island's finest fruits, including oranges, lemons, almonds, and grapes. The key to success lies in efficiently managing your resources and outpacing your competitors in the race to deliver your crops.

Animals embark on a rafting tour each year on a wild river, and everyone wants to join the fun. Players lay out ten animal tiles around a raft and draw animal cards to see which creatures board. They secretly vote on whether there’s enough space for all the revealed animals, with points awarded based on correct predictions after six rounds.

One player controls a gang of thieves attempting to break into lockers. The other player is the police, trying to catch them before they escape. The thieves roll special dice to crack the locker combinations while the police navigate a city map with a tilted board to uncover the gang's hiding place. If the police find the hiding spot before the thieves succeed, the thieves leave empty-handed.

The Climbers is an engaging and strategic board game where players face the challenge of ascending a colorful structure made from neatly stacked blocks. The objective is straightforward—reach the highest level possible. However, the path to victory requires clever manipulation of the blocks, strategic use of ladders, and timely placement of blocking disks to thwart your opponents' efforts.

Players take on the role of stockbrokers during the Second Industrial Revolution, aiming to earn as much money as possible while also donating to charity. Throughout the game, they buy and sell shares and manipulate stock prices using cards shared with their neighbors. The player who donates the least to charity loses automatically, regardless of their wealth at the end of the game.

Elsa the wiggly cow is standing on a big pile of hay bales. Players must carefully remove the bales with a pitchfork without letting Elsa fall over. The goal is to collect the most hay bales without tipping Elsa over.

Victor, the friendly little vampire, has misplaced many of his belongings in his vast castle. Players use mirrors to search for these items without moving around the entire space. By rolling dice and moving Victor, they must guess the objects hidden behind the windows, earning blood tokens for correct guesses, while racing to collect the required number to win.

Welcome to the fifth installment of a series of Mystery Rummy games created by Mike Fitzgerald! Players compete as FBI agents to capture the notorious bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, aiming to be the first to score 100 or more points.

Players guess facts about their fellow players. In each round, one player reads a question with three possible answers and secretly chooses one. The other players try to guess the answer by betting chips, with correct guesses doubling their stake. The game ends when the bank is broken, and the objective is to accumulate the most chips. Questions cover a wide range of topics, including personal relationships and memorable experiences.

Players take on the role of monks, aiming to gather suspicion points to identify the criminal. The game features several locations with numbered game pieces in different colors, and each monk starts with a set number of suspicion and clue points. Over seven rounds, players play cards to move pieces and manipulate suspicion, ultimately trying to win by having the fewest clue points against their monk.

In 1855, players explore the African landscapes alongside the Scottish missionary Dr. Livingstone, strategically setting up tents and collecting gems along the Zambezi River. Players roll dice to determine their actions, such as taking special cards or diamonds, exploring, and positioning tents to gain victory points. The game concludes when players can no longer advance down the river, and the one with the most points, while also having gained the favor of Queen Victoria, emerges as the winner.

Pigs are in a panic on the farm, creating chaos as they mess around in the pigsty. Players aim to quickly get rid of all their pig cards, while unexpected appearances by Farmer Henry or Eberhard the cheeky boar add to the mayhem.

Players move on a 7x7 grid filled with sets of goat cards, milk can cards, and sheepdog cards. Each turn, a player draws a card from the row where their goat tile lands, using cards for movement points or to attempt to collect 8 points from sets of five goat cards numbered 1-5. Once 8 points are reached, those cards are marked as the player's property, earning victory points, while sheepdog cards help move other cards into scoring zones where points are doubled.

A Castle for All Seasons immerses players in the medieval era as master builders vying for prestige and honor in the construction of a magnificent castle for the king. This strategic board game blends tactical decision-making with interactive gameplay, offering a dynamic and engaging experience that appeals to both casual and serious gamers.

Sherwood Forest is plagued by rival gangs all vying for leadership to unite them and continue Robin Hood's legacy. Only the player who collects the most wealth to give to the poor can claim this title. Players plan heists by gathering information, recruiting companions, and strategizing in their hideouts, aiming to outsmart others and earn glory points through successful raids. The game lasts six rounds, each consisting of a planning phase and a heist phase where loot cards are scored towards victory.

Sheep are on their way home to their barn, while clouds fill the sky. Players take turns creating pictures with cloud tiles, aiming to represent an object from a randomly drawn card or invent a new one using the tiles. Other players must guess what the image depicts; correct guesses earn both the guesser and the active player a point, counted along a track that shows the sheep's journey home. The first to reach the barn wins.

Players place plastic tiles on their flower cards. They roll dice to receive the tiles and must carefully combine them to create the correct flower color.

Players try to place their raindrops, made up of three parts, on the game board. The die determines the action a player must take, including placing a raindrop, losing a turn, or removing a raindrop. The first player to have no raindrops left wins the game.