The best "As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert"🇫🇷 winners & nominees (Expert Game) 2025

The As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année 🇫🇷 is a French game award that has existed every year since 1988. Since 2009, it also awards an extra prize for the best expert game of the year. It is meanwhile awarded in Cannes at the "Festival International des Jeux" to a board game published within the last 18 months. As d'Or means "golden ace" (in the sense of the playing card "As"), Jeu de l'année in English "Game of the Year" and "Expert" means "expert" - so the award is more or less French equivalent to the German Kennerspiel des Jahres Award - but goes even more into really board game experts... so this list may well contain real board game hunks.

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The "French Game of the Year" has been awarded since 1988. Originally there were two different awards ("As d'Or" and "Jeu de l'Année") - but in 2005 they merged into one award. We have created separate lists for you for all years, all award types (family, expert, children's game) as well as all nominees:

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List of the best winners & nominees of the As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert 🇫🇷 2025

In this list you will find the best kids games that won or were nominated for the "As d'Or - Jeu de l'année - Expert".

This list was last updated on March 19, 2025. We compared 38 board games for this list and selected the top 35. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Zombie Kidz Evolution

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    Zombie Kidz Evolution is a pioneering legacy-style board game designed specifically for children. Building upon the foundation of the 2013 game Zombie Kidz, this version introduces a dynamic and evolving gameplay experience. Set in a school under siege by zombies, young players must navigate through rooms and entryways to fend off the undead and prevent them from overrunning the school. The objective is to lock all four entryways of the school, a task complicated by the absence of the custodian. As players progress and improve their skills, they can undertake missions and earn trophies and stickers, similar to achievements in video games. The game also features envelopes that, when opened, add new elements to the game, including challenges, powers, and heroes, keeping the gameplay fresh and engaging.

    Nominated for 9 awards and won 5.

    More details for Zombie Kidz Evolution
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  2. Outfoxed!

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    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.

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.

    More details for Outfoxed!
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  3. Dragomino

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    The big moment has arrived. You have been appointed as a "Dragon Trainer" with the chance to encounter dragons on a mysterious island. Compete with other trainers to discover the most baby dragons while searching for dragon eggs.

    Nominated for 9 awards and won 5.

    ⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2021

    More details for Dragomino
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  4. Pin Pon!

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    Attention! The siren at the fire station has just sounded an alarm because a fire has broken out! Players must work together in Pin Pon! to arrive on time, assist the firefighters, and extinguish the flames to save the burning house.

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    More details for Pin Pon!
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 3+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  5. Riff Raff

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    Players engage in a dexterity game where they load wooden "cargo" onto a swaying wooden ship. Items like bottles, sailors, and rats are placed on the ship's body and on three throwing arms extending from the mast.

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    More details for Riff Raff
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  6. Stomp the Plank

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    Players take on the role of mischievous young pirates. They aim to steal treasures from Captain Giraffe's chest while blaming their fellow pirates. Caution is needed; if caught, they'll walk the plank! The first player to fall off loses the game.

    Nominated for 7 awards and won 5.

    More details for Stomp the Plank
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 - 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  7. Magic Mountain

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    Players aim to pull the apprentices down the mountain before the witches reach the bottom. They place supports on the board to raise the starting area and set up their pieces. By drawing colored will-o'-the-wisps and moving figures along the path, strategic decisions come into play to either advance their apprentices or delay the witches. Winning requires getting four apprentices down the mountain before three witches do, with options to adjust the game's difficulty for more variation.

    Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.

    ⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2022

    More details for Magic Mountain
    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  8. Go Cuckoo!

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    Players take a standing stick and place it on the nest. If both ends of the stick are the same color, they can choose to place an egg on it. If not, they continue picking sticks whose top color matches the lid color of the previous stick, up to three sticks. There are penalties for sticks touching the ground or eggs falling from the nest. The first player to place all their eggs can place the cuckoo on the nest and win the game.

    Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.

    More details for Go Cuckoo!
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 10 - 15 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  9. My First Stone Age

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    Join Jonon and Jada, two children from the Stone Age, on a journey to rediscover how the first humans settled the world around them. In this children's version of the classic family game, players collect resources and build their own settlement.

    Nominated for 8 awards and won 5.

    ⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2016

    More details for My First Stone Age
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for My First Stone Age

    • YouTube Review for the game "My First Stone Age" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  10. Detective Charlie

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    Strange events occur on Mysterville Island, and Charlie Holmes needs your help to solve the case! Interrogate witnesses, analyze evidence, and return to the train station in time for tea.

    Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.

    More details for Detective Charlie
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 25 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  11. Who Did It?

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    Players compete to get rid of their cards in the game Who Did It? The goal is to avoid taking responsibility for the animal that made a mess. Each round is quick and fun; find your card, play it first, and blame someone else!

    Nominated for 4 awards and won 3.

    🔥 Deal: 24% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!

    More details for Who Did It?
    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  12. Flashback: Zombie Kidz

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    Investigate in the world of Zombie Kidz. Your mission is to thwart the nefarious plans of the zombies! This picture-based game features investigative tasks and invites players to embark on a cooperative adventure with friends or family. Discover the story piece by piece through the characters’ experiences, solving puzzles and uncovering clues to change the future and save the world from horrific monsters.

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Flashback: Zombie Kidz
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  13. Nacht der Magier

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    The premise is simple: a board rests on a platform filled with wooden discs, trees, and other objects. In the center lies a ring of light covered by a cardboard disc and a flickering flame, with the cauldrons circling around it. Players aim to push their cauldron towards the ring of light by pressing pieces on the board, but the twist is that the game is played in complete darkness, making everything except the glowing elements invisible.

    Nominated for 13 awards and won 5.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2006

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2006

    More details for Nacht der Magier
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 - 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  14. Burg Appenzell

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    Players control colorful mice and try to collect cheese pieces in a castle. They spend action points to introduce new mice, reveal corridors, move their mice, or change the labyrinth with a new tile. The first player to collect four different cheese pieces wins the game.

    Nominated for 13 awards and won 6.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2007

    More details for Burg Appenzell
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  15. Hedgehog Roll

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    Under the dense canopy of trees, a hedgehog rushes back to its cozy home, but a fox is on the prowl for its next meal. Players roll the cuddly hedgehog across the forest floor to collect apples, leaves, and mushrooms to help advance on the path. The game offers both a competitive mode for head-to-head play and a cooperative mode to team up against the clever fox, with advanced rules for adult players seeking a challenge.

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2020

    More details for Hedgehog Roll
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 20 - 25 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  16. Hide the Kids!

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    A hide-and-seek game for 2 to 6 players. One player acts as the wolf and gives the other players 5 seconds to hide their goats in one of seven pieces of furniture. The wolf can then look at 2 pieces of furniture and collect any goats found there, while the undiscovered goats earn points.

    Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2009

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2009

    More details for Hide the Kids!
    • 2 - 8 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  17. Bubble Stories

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    Enter the world of Bubble Stories through two adventures where players are the heroes. Explore new locations by flipping cards to discover what lies ahead and uncover hidden treasures at the end of each journey. In the first scenario, search for friends in school, visiting places like the classroom, playground, or gym to complete your quest.

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Bubble Stories
    • 1 - 2 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  18. Castle Knights

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    Players take on the role of knights working together to build three towers before King Duncan returns to his castle. Their only tool is a bizarre device made of satin cord, wooden balls, and something resembling an elastic ponytail holder. The towers to be built are dictated by goal cards, and players must complete the structures before time runs out to collect these cards and win.

    Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2007

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2007

    More details for Castle Knights
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 - 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  19. My First Castle Panic

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    Players cooperate to defend their castle against monsters in a simplified version that promotes educational skills like recognizing colors and shapes and solving problems. Monsters follow a designated path toward the colorful castle, marked by specific colors and shapes. Players use cards featuring cute defenders that match these attributes to capture monsters and prevent the castle's destruction.

    Nominated for 2 awards.

    More details for My First Castle Panic
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  20. Super Meow

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    Super Miaou is a deck-building game featuring a static market. Players start with a stack of four money cards and draw two each round to play. Using the money, they can acquire more cards, obtain a rat to steal from others, purchase cat food to later get the cat (Miau), or buy a cloak for the cat’s superhero costume. The game ends when a player draws both the cat and the cloak in the same round.

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Super Meow
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  21. Gigamons

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    The final event to join the Guild of Mages is here, focusing on mastering the summoning of Gigamons. Players must find pairs of Elemons to exchange for Gigamons. The one who captures the most Gigamons will be promoted to Elemage after this challenge.

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2023

    More details for Gigamons
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  22. The Color Monster

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    Players work together to help a monster understand its emotions. They take turns rolling a die to move the monster on the board. When the monster lands on a space with an emotion token, the player picks it up and tries to find the corresponding glass from the hidden options. To keep a token, players must share a memory related to that emotion. The game can end in defeat if the monster gets too confused, but they win by successfully sorting all the emotions into the correct glasses.

    Nominated for 2 awards.

    🔥 Deal: 12% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!

    More details for The Color Monster
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 25 Minutes
    • 3+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for The Color Monster

    • YouTube Review for the game "The Color Monster" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  23. Kraken Attack!

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    Beware! The tentacles of a terrible octopus break through the waves. All hands on deck—grab your swords, cannons, and artillery!

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Kraken Attack!
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 25 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  24. Valley of the Vikings

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    Every year, the keg bowling competition takes place. Players must show courage, skill, and a willingness to take risks as they use a ball to knock over the right kegs and position their Vikings on the dock. The player who wins the most gold coins emerges victorious, but those who venture too far may fall into the water and leave empty-handed.

    Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.

    ⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2019

    More details for Valley of the Vikings
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 - 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  25. Yum Yum Island

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    Yum Yum Island is inhabited by hungry animals that players need to feed before a giant takes the food and fills his own belly first. Players assume the role of pelicans trying to satisfy the animals’ dietary needs by delivering the correct types of food, represented by colored tokens. During each turn, a player rolls a die to set the difficulty, puts on a blindfold, and attempts to feed the animals without being able to see the board.

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Yum Yum Island
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  26. Master Fox

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    The famous Master Fox is getting old and is searching for a successor among the brave forest bandits. This is your chance to prove your skills as a thief and take his place! To impress the old fox, you must complete missions and bring him the greatest loot from the nearby cabin.

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Master Fox
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Master Fox

    • YouTube Review for the game "Master Fox" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  27. Dream Catcher

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    Nothing is worse than a nightmare ruining your night's sleep! Use your observation skills to choose the best stuffed animal to completely cover the disruptive nightmare.

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Dream Catcher
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  28. Kullerhexe

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    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!

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Kullerhexe
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 10 - 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Kullerhexe

    • YouTube Review for the game "Kullerhexe" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  29. Mausgetrixt

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    Players arrange vegetables and mice under a board that only shows leaves on top. A color die determines which plant players can check, allowing them to remove it if it matches the color. The mouse player wins by removing all the vegetables before all three mice are taken away; otherwise, all other players win.

    Nominated for 4 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012

    More details for Mausgetrixt
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  30. Where's Mr. Wolf?

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    Work together to help the farm animals return to their barns before Mr. Wolf arrives. Flip the animal tiles while keeping an eye out for him. Each time you find Mr. Wolf, he moves closer, but finding an animal helps you remember which barn it belongs to. Fill the barns before Mr. Wolf shows up to win together!

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Where's Mr. Wolf?
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  31. Boom, Bang, Gold

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    Booooooom! Since gold was discovered in the once-sleepy town of Old Town, chaos has ensued. Everyone, from seasoned prospectors to hotel owners, grabs dynamite and rushes to the ghost mine to blast gold from the mountain.

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Boom, Bang, Gold
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  32. Animouv

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    Animouv is a children's game that combines movement and strategy. Players aim to collect animal cards by arranging animal tiles on the board. However, it's challenging to line up the animals without interference from other players.

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Animouv
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 - 20 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  33. Zwerg Riese

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    Dwarfs want gold, but their short legs make it hard to collect it quickly. They share a giant for transport, which complicates reaching their desired destinations. Players must manage landscape cards to move the giant and claim gold in various cities while competing with other dwarfs. An advanced variant introduces a storm cloud mechanic for seasoned players.

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    More details for Zwerg Riese
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  34. Kraken-Alarm

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    Players explore the sea to discover animals with their research ship. Beware of the giant octopus, which will try to envelop your ship. The game features an innovative tilting mechanism that activates when a ship is caught by the octopus. The player who discovers the most different animals wins the game.

    Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2010

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2010

    More details for Kraken-Alarm
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  35. Splash Attack

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    A fast-paced reaction game where players must quickly respond to dice rolls. Featuring chunky wooden fish in three colors, each with unique patterns, players grab the correct fish based on the rolled colors and shapes. If a player already has the right fish, others call out "Splash Attack!" to grab a red piranha, vying to score by being the fastest. The first player to collect three fish wins the game!

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Splash Attack
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable

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