The best games presented at the Spiel 2001 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 2001" 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 2001 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'01:
Pick Picknic
More details for Pick PicknicPick Picknic is a delightful board game that combines strategy and chance with a charming farmyard theme. Designed by Stefan Dorra, this game invites players to help their flock of hungry chickens, geese, and ducks feed on as much corn as possible while avoiding the cunning foxes looking for a feathered feast. A remake of Dorra's earlier game Razzia, Pick Picknic integrates fun poultry antics with tactical gameplay suitable for both children and adults.
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Villa Paletti
Villa Paletti is an engaging and whimsical game designed for 2 to 4 players, aged 8 and up, that challenges budding architects to construct a towering structure. Set in a land of blooming lemons, players follow in the footsteps of the sage "Paletti" who sought to complete his grandfather's unfinished castle in the sky. The twist in Paletti's plan is to reuse old columns from the lower levels of the castle to build higher floors, creating a daring and precarious architectural marvel β the Villa Paletti.
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
βοΈ Spiel des Jahres 2002
More details for Villa Paletti- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Stick 'Em
Stick 'Em, initially released as Sticheln, is a captivating trick-taking card game that turns traditional card game objectives on their head. Players aim to score points by collecting as many cards as possible, except in one chosen colorβreferred to as their "pain" colorβwhich they seek to avoid. The game involves both strategic depth and a twist of predicting opponents' moves to avoid pitfalls.
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Stick 'Em- 3 - 8 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Stick 'Em
Kupferkessel Co.
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Kupferkessel Co.- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Heimlich & Co.
Heimlich & Co. is a clever and secretive board game where players maneuver a group of spies around a track to earn points, all while keeping their true identity hidden. The game's unique twist lies in the mystery of each player's color, only revealed at the end, making deduction and misdirection key elements of play. With a simple roll of the dice, players decide how to advance the spies, influencing the scoring but trying to conceal their motives.
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
βοΈ Spiel des Jahres 1986
More details for Heimlich & Co.- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ka-Ching!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Eynsteyn
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Eynsteyn- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Bus
More details for BusBus is a pioneering strategy game by Splotter Spellen, emerging from Essen 1999 as a standout creation by a group of students. This game challenges players to efficiently manage a public transportation system to deliver as many passengers to their destinations as possible. The game combines route planning, passenger distribution, and timing to create a deeply strategic and competitive experience.
- 3 - 5 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Atlantic Star
- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Vabanque
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Vabanque- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Schuss und Tor
- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
High Bohn
- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Starship Catan
Starship Catan takes you on an interstellar adventure for two players, blending the thematic elements of Starfarers of Catan with a unique gameplay experience. This card-based game focuses on exploration, strategy, and resource management. Players explore shuffled decks to find new colonies, engage in trade, assist planets, and face off against pirates. The game's depth comes from upgrading your starship's various systems - weapons for combating pirates, thrusters for deeper space exploration, scanners to foresee upcoming challenges, and more. Victory is achieved by earning points through colonies, upgraded systems, friendship, and heroism, with the goal to reach 10 VP first.
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Starship Catan- 2 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
A House Divided: War Between the States 1861-65
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for A House Divided: War Between the States 1861-65- 2 Players
- 240 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Save Doctor Lucky
- 3 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Great Brain Robbery
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for The Great Brain Robbery- 3 - 7 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Gnumies
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Gargon
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Gargon- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Draco & Co
- 3 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ein Arsch kommt selten allein
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Industrial Waste
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Industrial Waste- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Auweier
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ben Hurt
- 4 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
LibertΓ©
LibertΓ© is a strategic board game that immerses players in the turbulent period of the French Revolution, from 1789 to the rise of Bonaparte in 1799. Players navigate the political upheavals of the era by aligning with one of three factions: the Radicals (red), the Moderates (blue), and the Royalists (white). The game challenges players to exert influence, control factions, and manipulate political outcomes through elections and battles.
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for LibertΓ©- 3 - 6 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for LibertΓ©
Der Herr der Ringe: Die GefΓ€hrten β Das Kartenspiel
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
Urland
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Urland- 3 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
The Yeti Slalom
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for The Yeti Slalom- 3 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
FrachtExpress
- 3 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Funkenschlag
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Funkenschlag- 2 - 6 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Hard to learn
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