All winners and nominations for the game graphics award "Graf Ludo🇩🇪 2012" 2026

In the cooperative game, players explore an old house by first constructing a 3D maze from "broken" walls and then pursuing a ghost. Each player starts in a corner of a 4x4 grid house, discovering wall types using a compass device. The goal is to find the "magical doors" to summon the ghost "Hubi," with the challenge increasing through different difficulty levels and a timer for the hardest mode.

Players bid on the number of tricks they will take, similar to the original game, but with simplified rules for younger participants. Wizard Junior uses colors instead of suits, and each has fewer cards than the original's 13. The game features two bidding rounds per hand, helping players gauge their opponents' expectations and evaluate their hands more effectively.

Santiago de Cuba is set in the colorful city of Cuba, where players act as brokers, strategically gathering and shipping goods like rum, tobacco, and fruit. The game revolves around interacting with locals who provide various benefits, utilizing buildings with special abilities, and efficiently managing resources to meet the demands of cargo ships. The dynamic setup of locals and buildings ensures each game offers new tactical challenges.

A goblin has stirred up chaos in the witch's kitchen, leaving everyone searching for lost ingredients. Players must recall where each item is located to add chips to the magical cauldron. As the cauldron fills, monsters will appear, and the player with the most witch commands and monsters at the end wins.

Grimoire, which means "spellbook" in French, requires players to strategically use their spells to succeed. Each turn starts with revealing cards that provide victory points or characters that can help earn points. Players secretly select spells from their spellbook, revealing them in order from weakest to strongest, with the possibility of disrupting opponents’ strategies. The game ends when a player collects a set number of character or treasure cards, and the one with the most points wins. Different versions vary in player count and game-ending conditions, with some introducing new character and treasure cards, as well as upgraded game components.

"Waka Waka" means "to do" in Swahili, and players act as African traders buying goods like hides, salt, tea, textiles, jewelry, and fruits at the lowest prices possible. However, most goods are hidden, so players can send their monkey to inspect before spending money. Players must keep the village shaman satisfied, as he will aid in their trading efforts while also utilizing the special abilities of other villagers for support.