The best games presented at the Spiel 1996 game fair in Essen, Germany 2024

Are you looking for a good new game? We have compared all the games presented at the game fair "Spiel 1996" in Essen and listed the top100.

Game fair in the German city of Essen

The International Game Days "SPIEL", often called the Essen Game Fair or Essen 1996 after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day board game fair that is also open to the public. Many new games are released at the fair each year, especially (but not exclusively) European-style board games.

More info about game fair "Spiel" is available on official game website.

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Spiel-Messe Essen from other years

The Essen Game Fair has been held since 1983, we have listed for you both across all game years and listed separately by year at the bottom of the page.

List with the top100 new releases of Spiel'96:

This list was last updated on November 20, 2024. We compared 14 board games for this list and selected the top 8. There's also a print version for this list.

  1. Bamboleo

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    • 2 - 7 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  2. Downtown

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    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
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  3. Überholen ohne Einzuholen

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  4. Daumen Drauf

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    • 2 - 7 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  5. X Pasch

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    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
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  6. Brauerei

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    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
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  7. Sing Sing

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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  8. Sansibar

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    • 3 - 5 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
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