All "Spiel des Jahres🇩🇪 1996" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2025
The "Spiel des Jahres" jury has determined the winner for Spiel des Jahres 🇩🇪1996 - they also published the list of nominees for the year of 1996. But which are really the best games of the 1996 vintage? We compared all the winners and nominees and sorted them by quality.
Game of the Year 🇩🇪 1996 Winners
- Spiel des Jahres 1996 (Game of the Year):
El Grande - Kennerspiel des Jahres 1996 (Connoisseur's game of the year):
(exists only since 2011) - Kinderspiel des Jahres 1996 (Children's game of the year):
Vier zu mir!
All other "Spiel des Jahres" years & awards
The Spiel des Jahres has been awarded since 1979, we have created several other lists for you:
- all Spiel des Jahres years individually
- the best "Spiel des Jahres" award winners of all years together
- the best of all "Spiel des Jahres" nominations
- all "Kennerspiel des Jahres" winners
- all "Kinderspiel des Jahres" winners
Spiel des Jahres nominations and recommendations are also excellent
In our "Spiel des Jahres"-1996 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 1996 games
Enclosed you find a comparison of all Spiel des Jahres 1996 games, which you can still buy in 2025:
PitchCar
PitchCar and its earlier version Carabande are dexterity-based board games that create a fun and competitive racing experience. Players use finger flicks to propel small discs (representing cars) around a track constructed from wooden pieces.
Nominated for 4 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1996
More details for PitchCar- 2 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
El Grande
El Grande is a classic strategy board game set in medieval Spain, where players, as powerful lords or "Grandes," vie for control over various regions in a declining kingdom. The game is known for its blend of tactical depth and strategic planning.
Nominated for 5 awards and won 4.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1996
More details for El Grande- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Wat'n dat!?
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Wat'n dat!?- 3 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Word-Whiz
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Top Race
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Top Race- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Gloria Picktoria
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Blink
- 2 - 3 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Mü & More
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Mü & More- 2 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 11+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Vier zu mir!
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1996
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
More details for Vier zu mir!- 3 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Campanile
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Campanile- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Venice Connection
- 2 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sisimizi
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ab die Post!
- 3 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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