All "Spiel des Jahres🇩🇪 1990" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2024

The "Spiel des Jahres" jury has determined the winner for Spiel des Jahres 🇩🇪1990 - they also published the list of nominees for the year of 1990. But which are really the best games of the 1990 vintage? We compared all the winners and nominees and sorted them by quality.

Game of the Year 🇩🇪 1990 Winners

  • Spiel des Jahres 1990 (Game of the Year):
    Hoity Toity
  • Kennerspiel des Jahres 1990 (Connoisseur's game of the year):
    (exists only since 2011)
  • Kinderspiel des Jahres 1990 (Children's game of the year):
    My Haunted Castle

All other "Spiel des Jahres" years & awards

The Spiel des Jahres has been awarded since 1979, we have created several other lists for you:

Spiel des Jahres nominations and recommendations are also excellent

In our "Spiel des Jahres"-1990 list you will find not only the winners, but all games of the recommendation list as well as the nomination list.

List with all Spiel des Jahres 1990 games

Enclosed you find a comparison of all Spiel des Jahres 1990 games, which you can still buy in 2024:

This list was last updated on November 30, 2024. There's also a print version for this list.

  1. Mahé

    All details for the board game Mahé and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Mahé
    • 2 - 7 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  2. Favoriten

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 9+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  3. Hoity Toity

    All details for the board game Hoity Toity and similar games

    Hoity Toity, a Spiel des Jahres winner in 1990 by Klaus Teuber, is a lighthearted board game about English noblemen collecting and flaunting antiques. This game is for 3 to 6 players and revolves around acquiring cards that represent various antique items. Players aim to build the largest and most valuable collection of these quirky treasures.

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1990

    More details for Hoity Toity
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
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  4. My Haunted Castle

    All details for the board game My Haunted Castle and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1990

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  5. Life Style

    All details for the board game Life Style and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1990

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    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 45 - 60 Minutes
    • 16+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  6. Tabaijana: Flucht von der Feuerinsel

    All details for the board game Tabaijana: Flucht von der Feuerinsel and similar games
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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  7. Tutankhamen's Revenge

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  8. New Orleans Big Band

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    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
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  9. Lancelot

    All details for the board game Lancelot and similar games
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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
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