All "Spiel des Jahres🇩🇪 1996" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2021

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:

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 2021:

This list was last updated on September 1, 2021. We compared 13 board games for this list and selected the top 11. There's also a print version for this list.

  1. PitchCar

    All details for the board game PitchCar and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.

    Spiel des Jahres 1996

    More details for PitchCar
    • Players2 - 8 Players
    • Playtime30 Minutes
    • Age6+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    Amazon.de

  2. El Grande

    All details for the board game El Grande and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.

    Spiel des Jahres 1996

    More details for El Grande
    • Players2 - 5 Players
    • Playtime60 - 120 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: medium
    Amazon.de

  3. Wat'n dat!?

    All details for the board game Wat'n dat!? and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Wat'n dat!?
    • Players3 - 8 Players
    • Playtime60 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    9€ atAmazon.de

  4. Word-Whiz

    All details for the board game Word-Whiz and similar games
    More details for Word-Whiz
    • Players2 - 4 Players
    • Playtime30 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    18€ atAmazon.de

  5. Gloria Picktoria

    All details for the board game Gloria Picktoria and similar games
    More details for Gloria Picktoria
    • Players2 - 5 Players
    • Playtime45 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    🔥 Great price!15€ atAmazon.de

  6. Mü & More

    All details for the board game Mü & More and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Mü & More
    • Players2 - 8 Players
    • Playtime60 Minutes
    • Age11+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    Amazon.de

  7. Campanile

    All details for the board game Campanile and similar games
    More details for Campanile
    • Players2 - 5 Players
    • Playtime30 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    Amazon.de

  8. Venice Connection

    All details for the board game Venice Connection and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    Spiel des Jahres 1996

    More details for Venice Connection
    • Players2 Players
    • Playtime10 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    Amazon.de

  9. Sisimizi

    All details for the board game Sisimizi and similar games
    More details for Sisimizi
    • Players2 - 4 Players
    • Playtime45 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    Amazon.de

  10. Ab die Post!

    All details for the board game Ab die Post! and similar games
    More details for Ab die Post!
    • Players3 - 6 Players
    • Playtime45 Minutes
    • Age8+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    40€ atAmazon.de

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