All "Spiel des Jahres🇩🇪 2017" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2026

KLASK is a magnetic, fast-paced table-top game that combines elements of air hockey and foosball, offering a unique and exciting gameplay experience.

Embark on a noble quest to expand your kingdom in Kingdomino. As a lord, your mission is to explore vast lands filled with wheat fields, serene lakes, and towering mountains. Competing with fellow lords, you must identify the choicest plots to claim as your own.

The Quest for El Dorado is a strategic and adventurous board game that immerses players in the exciting journey of discovering the legendary city of gold, El Dorado. Set in the lush South American jungles, this game combines deck-building and racing elements, challenging players to be both cunning and quick.

Outfoxed! invites you into a whimsical detective chase after Mrs. Plumpert's missing prized pot pie. It's a cooperative game where players work together to gather clues, eliminate suspects, and catch the cunning fox before it escapes. The game introduces a unique evidence scanner mechanism that adds a fun twist to deducing the thief among a lineup of potential foxes.

You have finally reached the Temple of Secrets, filled with immense gold treasures. However, you must navigate the treacherous Temple Guardians who hide among the adventurers, seeking to mislead you to protect their riches. It's a fast-paced bluffing game where trust is uncertain, and danger lurks behind every chamber.

ICECOOL is an energetic and playful flicking game set in a penguin school, where players assume the roles of rascally penguins trying to snatch fish and the vigilant Hall Monitor trying to maintain order.

Players split into two teams and compete simultaneously in a communication game. In each round, one player from each team attempts to get their teammates to guess a hidden word or phrase using only the 105 explanation cards provided. Speaking and acting is strictly prohibited; players must rely solely on the cards, each featuring a single word. The team with the most points at the end wins.

Embark on an adrenaline-pumping undersea adventure with Captain Sonar, a board game that plunges you into the heart of intense submarine warfare. In this gripping scenario, every move and decision can be the difference between victory and defeat. Form a skilled crew aboard a cutting-edge submarine as you strive to locate and eliminate an enemy sub before they do the same to you. The underwater battlefield is unforgiving, and effective communication and coordination are paramount for success.

The wizard apprentices are in trouble! After sneaking out of their school to visit the secret midnight market, they find themselves being pursued by Willy, the guardian spirit. They must band together to find magical Lumies that will light their way back before getting caught. Players must cooperate, memorize tree tiles, and use potions and spells at the right moments to win as a team.

Terraforming Mars is a strategic board game set in the 2400s, where players, representing giant corporations, embark on the colossal task of terraforming Mars. Sponsored by the World Government on Earth, each corporation competes to contribute most effectively to raising the planet's temperature, oxygen level, and ocean coverage to make Mars habitable. While players work together in the terraforming process, they also compete for victory points awarded for their contributions to terraforming, advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar system, and other notable achievements.

In Sleeping Queens, a whimsical and strategic card game, players embark on a mission to awaken sleeping queens using a mix of strategy, quick thinking, and luck. The game features the Pancake Queen, the Ladybug Queen, and ten other queen cards, all under a magical sleeping spell. The goal is to wake these queens from their slumber and earn points.

Fabled Fruit is a unique and evolving board game set in a vibrant forest teeming with delectable fruits. Players find themselves in a race to gather and mix these fruits into the most delicious juices. As part of the innovative Fable game series, Fabled Fruit offers a dynamic gameplay experience that changes and evolves with each play, yet unlike legacy games, it can be reset and replayed from scratch without permanent alterations.

Raiders of the North Sea is a vibrant board game set during the Viking Age, where players embody Viking warriors vying for the Chieftain's recognition through strategic raiding and resource management.

Magic Maze presents an unconventional and exhilarating cooperative gaming experience where players embody a mage, a warrior, an elf, and a dwarf. Stripped of their possessions, this diverse group embarks on a unique adventure: robbing the local Magic Maze shopping mall to gather equipment for their next quest.

The Grizzled is a deeply engaging cooperative game set in the trenches of the First World War, where players must work together to survive the harsh and unpredictable conditions of the battlefield.

Forgetting something seen only seconds ago is one experience, while recalling something that never happened is the opposite. In Déjà Vu, players react to cards as they appear, trying to grab repeating items.

In the fast-paced card game, players must think quickly! The active player places a card from their hand on one of three discard piles and calls out the most frequently occurring attribute in the center: animal type, color, zero, or Dodelido. It sounds easier than it is, especially with the slow turtle and the fast crocodile adding challenges. Play flawlessly to win, as any mistake can cost you!

A strategic board game featuring 88 glass marbles in three play variations. The goal is to create a line of marbles of your color. Marbles are introduced by sliding them from the edges onto the board, pushing existing marbles one space forward while preventing any from falling off the opposite side.

Exit: The Game – The Abandoned Cabin plunges players into an immersive escape room experience in the form of a board game. Trapped in a cabin with barred windows and a locked door, players must rely on their collective wits to find a way out.

Four cheeky chicks start pecking at their shells and quickly develop a huge appetite. Players roll the dice to determine what food the chicks can eat and how quickly they grow. The first player to turn over their last card and cover all other cards with their little bird wins the game, as their bird has now grown up and is ready to fly into the world.

Shimmering gloop spirits cause havoc in a mysterious lake, frustrating even the wild octopus. Players become brave and clever ghost hunters, diving into this underwater world to collect as many gloop spirits as possible. However, distinguishing the spirits is challenging, as a dive in the same spot could reveal a different spirit altogether. Bring a sharp eye and quick reflexes to this ghost hunt!

Great Western Trail is a strategic board game set in 19th-century America, where players take on the roles of ranchers herding cattle from Texas to Kansas City.

Chickens hang around on a colorful wooden bar, but if one decides to leave, the whole bar will wobble. Collect as many chickens, hay bales, and wagon wheels as possible before the bar tips over. Different weights correspond to different point values, and the player with the highest score wins. Choosing a heavier piece earns more points but increases the risk of tipping the bar, leading to a five-point deduction if it falls.

The confused witch rushes through the enchanted forest searching for her belongings. With items like a spellbook, cauldron, and broom getting lost, lucky little forest witches are nearby to help her in the search. Try to collect as many things as you can while keeping them away from your opponents!

Players take on the role of pirates in a challenge posed by Captain Silver. They must feel and grab the correct pirate item from their bag to score treasures. Collect gold coins and sail to the treasure island, but only the fastest and most skillful pirate will win Captain Silver's treasure challenge!

A mysterious forest serves as the backdrop for a cooperative memory game inspired by a graphic novel. Players assist the young character Jonas as he navigates this fantastical world and confronts the daunting queen of the Drakonian. The game unfolds in three phases, beginning with players memorizing equipment needed for the journey, followed by preparing Jonas' backpack, and finally embarking on the expedition to uncover each forest card. Success hinges on selecting the correct gear before revealing the last card.

Exit: The Game – The Secret Lab thrusts players into the heart of a thrilling escape room experience. As subjects of a medical study, players find themselves trapped in a mysterious lab with no one else around. With steam emerging from a test tube and a sense of dizziness overwhelming them, they must rely on a notebook and a spinning code dial to find a way out. This game is all about teamwork, creativity, and puzzle-solving.

Exit: The Game – The Pharaoh's Tomb is an immersive and thrilling puzzle-solving board game that transports players into the heart of an ancient Egyptian adventure. As players, you find yourselves trapped in a mysterious grave chamber inside a pyramid, with the challenge of using your wit and teamwork to escape before it's too late.

The Big Book of Madness is an immersive cooperative game where players take on the roles of magic students who have unwittingly unleashed monstrous creatures from a forbidden book. Now, they must work together to rectify their mistake and save the world from impending doom.