All "Spiel des Jahres🇩🇪 1984" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2026

Players mix 44 tiles, each with three colored spots, and lay them face down. Each color has unique tiles, with two "triples" featuring three identical spots.

An abstract strategy game for two players featuring a beautiful wooden box and game pieces. It is part of the "Wooden Box" series by Hexagames and the Abacus wooden box series.

Originally designed by a teacher as an educational tool, this game features various editions, including hexagonal maps of real locations like Tennessee and Germany. Players build tracks starting from one of the cities on the map and earn small bonuses for reaching cities first, but resources are limited. After connecting most cities, players race on the established routes, with the winner being the one with the highest bank balance at the end.

Players attempt to construct the best buildings in a rapidly growing city. The game board consists of city blocks divided into smaller lots. In each turn, players select a lot and negotiate the placement of a new structure, while the value of each building is influenced by the types of buildings within the same block.

Players hop their pieces across the board, trying to surround opponent figures. When a team controls a region, they claim it by building a castle there.