All "Spiel des Jahres🇩🇪 1981" game award winners & nominees in comparison 2025
The "Spiel des Jahres" jury has determined the winner for Spiel des Jahres 🇩🇪1981 - they also published the list of nominees for the year of 1981. But which are really the best games of the 1981 vintage? We compared all the winners and nominees and sorted them by quality.
Game of the Year 🇩🇪 1981 Winners
- Spiel des Jahres 1981 (Game of the Year):
Focus - Kennerspiel des Jahres 1981 (Connoisseur's game of the year):
(exists only since 2011) - Kinderspiel des Jahres 1981 (Children's game of the year):
(exists only since 1989)
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"-1981 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 1981 games
Enclosed you find a comparison of all Spiel des Jahres 1981 games, which you can still buy in 2025:
Can't Stop
Can't Stop is a classic dice game designed by Sid Sackson, renowned for its blend of luck, risk-taking, and tactical decision-making. It's a game that challenges players to wisely balance their boldness and caution as they aim to complete columns on the game board.
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Can't Stop- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Immediately playable
Enchanted Forest
Enchanted Forest is a captivating family board game that combines memory, strategy, and a dash of luck. Set in a magical forest, the game's objective is to discover treasures hidden under each tree and recall their locations to win the favor of the king.
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1982
More details for Enchanted Forest- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ganoven Jagd
More details for Ganoven JagdPlayers control six police officers and one robber each. The officers aim to bring the opposing robber to justice, while the robber attempts to evade capture. The game is thematically focused but is fundamentally an abstract movement game with black and white pieces moving on a square grid.
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Focus
Fokus (or Domination) is an abstract strategy game where players aim to move pieces and capture them, leaving their opponents with no available moves. A player can move one piece or a stack of pieces based on their quantity, and if a stack exceeds five pieces, excess pieces are removed. Strategically reserving captured pieces for later use can turn the tide of the game by enabling powerful plays against opponents.
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1981
More details for Focus- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ombagi
More details for OmbagiPlayers engage in an abstract strategy game for two, aiming to move their 12 pieces to the opposite side. Each player starts and ends with four stacks of pieces featuring numbers 3, 2, and 1, which dictate movement levels and the highest levels on which pieces can climb and move over others. There are also four additional variants to explore.
- 2 - 3 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Quibbix
More details for QuibbixPlayers start by drawing 10 out of 120 hidden letter tiles. They have 5 minutes to form as many words as possible, scoring points based on the tiles' values. A third round adds more tiles, and players strive to create longer words, with scores tallied to determine the winner.
- 1 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
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