All "Spiel des Jahres🇩🇪 2012" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2023

The "Spiel des Jahres" jury has determined the winner for Spiel des Jahres 🇩🇪2012 - they also published the list of nominees for the year of 2012. But which are really the best games of the 2012 vintage? We compared all the winners and nominees and sorted them by quality.

Game of the Year 🇩🇪 2012 Winners

  • Spiel des Jahres 2012 (Game of the Year):
    Kingdom Builder
  • Kennerspiel des Jahres 2012 (Connoisseur's game of the year):
    Village
  • Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012 (Children's game of the year):
    Schnappt Hubi!

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"-2012 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 2012 games

Enclosed you find a comparison of all Spiel des Jahres 2012 games, which you can still buy in 2023:

This list was last updated on December 4, 2023. We compared 29 board games for this list and selected the top 26. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Las Vegas

    All details for the board game Las Vegas and similar games

    Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Las Vegas
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Las Vegas

    • YouTube Review for the game "Las Vegas" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  2. Rhino Hero

    All details for the board game Rhino Hero and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards.

    More details for Rhino Hero
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 5 - 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  3. Pictomania

    All details for the board game Pictomania and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards.

    More details for Pictomania
    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 25 Minutes
    • 9+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  4. Targi

    All details for the board game Targi and similar games

    Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Targi
    • 2 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!16€ atAmazon.de

    Video reviews for Targi

    • YouTube Review for the game "Targi" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  5. Indigo

    All details for the board game Indigo and similar games

    Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Indigo
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  6. Cheating Moth

    All details for the board game Cheating Moth and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.

    More details for Cheating Moth
    • 3 - 5 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  7. Friday

    All details for the board game Friday and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards.

    More details for Friday
    • 1 Players
    • 25 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  8. Schnappt Hubi!

    All details for the board game Schnappt Hubi! and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    ⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Schnappt Hubi!
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!36€ atAmazon.de
  9. Kingdom Builder

    All details for the board game Kingdom Builder and similar games

    Nominated for 12 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Kingdom Builder
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  10. Kulami

    All details for the board game Kulami and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.

    More details for Kulami
    • 2 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  11. K2

    All details for the board game K2 and similar games

    Nominated for 6 awards.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for K2
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  12. Dirty Pig

    All details for the board game Dirty Pig and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Dirty Pig
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  13. Kalimambo

    All details for the board game Kalimambo and similar games
    • 3 - 7 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  14. Eselsbrücke

    All details for the board game Eselsbrücke and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Eselsbrücke
    • 3 - 12 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  15. Village

    All details for the board game Village and similar games

    Nominated for 16 awards and won 7.

    ⭐️ Kennerspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Village
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 90 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Village

    • YouTube Review for the game "Village" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  16. CLACK!

    All details for the board game CLACK! and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for CLACK!
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!13€ atAmazon.de
  17. Broomsticks and Backflips

    All details for the board game Broomsticks and Backflips and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Broomsticks and Backflips
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  18. Rapa Nui

    All details for the board game Rapa Nui and similar games
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 40 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  19. Spinnengift und Krötenschleim

    All details for the board game Spinnengift und Krötenschleim and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Spinnengift und Krötenschleim
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!21€ atAmazon.de
  20. Hawaii

    All details for the board game Hawaii and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards.

    More details for Hawaii
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  21. Santa Cruz

    All details for the board game Santa Cruz and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Santa Cruz
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  22. Miss Lupun…und das Geheimnis der Zahlen

    All details for the board game Miss Lupun…und das Geheimnis der Zahlen and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Miss Lupun…und das Geheimnis der Zahlen
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  23. Coraxis & Co.

    All details for the board game Coraxis & Co. and similar games
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  24. Die kleinen Drachenritter

    All details for the board game Die kleinen Drachenritter and similar games

    Nominated for 4 awards.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Die kleinen Drachenritter
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  25. Ora et Labora

    All details for the board game Ora et Labora and similar games

    Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.

    More details for Ora et Labora
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 180 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Hard to learn
  26. Flossen hoch!

    All details for the board game Flossen hoch! and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Flossen hoch!
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 4+ years old

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