The best games presented at the Spiel 2012 game fair in Essen, Germany 2021
Are you looking for a good new game? We have compared all the games presented at the game fair "Spiel 2012" 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 2012 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.
SPIEL'12 - the biggest game fair in the world
The first time the fair was held was in 1983 at the Volkshochschule Essen. In 2012, Spiel'12 was once again the world's largest trade fair for board games, with 827 exhibitors from 37 nations and 149,000 game-loving visitors.
More info about game fair "Spiel" can be found on the 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'12:
Dixit 3: Journey
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!16€ at
.deLove Letter
Nominated for 14 awards and won 7.
More details for Love Letter- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Love Letter
King of Tokyo: Power Up!
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for King of Tokyo: Power Up!- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
The Resistance: Avalon
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for The Resistance: Avalon- 5 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Qwixx
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2013
More details for Qwixx- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Survive: Escape from Atlantis!- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Cockroach Poker Royal
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 - 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Cockroach Poker Royal
Coup
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Coup- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Coup
7 Wonders: Cities
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for 7 Wonders: Cities- 2 - 8 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Escape: The Curse of the Temple
Nominated for 9 awards and won 1.
More details for Escape: The Curse of the Temple- 1 - 5 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Escape: The Curse of the Temple
Hanabi
- 2 - 5 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Concordia
Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2014
More details for Concordia- 2 - 5 Players
- 100 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!36€ at.deVideo reviews for Concordia
Dominion: Dark Ages
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Dominion: Dark Ages- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!26€ at.deTokaido
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Tokaido- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Tokaido
Carcassonne: Winter Edition
- 2 - 5 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Expansion 1: Illusions
- 1 - 6 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!20€ at.deVideo reviews for Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Expansion 1: Illusions
Pluckin' Pairs
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Pluckin' Pairs- 3 - 8 Players
- 50 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Enchanted Tower
Nominated for 7 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
More details for The Enchanted Tower- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 - 25 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Cheeky Monkey
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Cheeky Monkey- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
BraveRats
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for BraveRats- 2 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Okiya
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Okiya- 2 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!10€ at.deKIPP X
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for KIPP X- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Zug um Zug: Deutschland
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!29€ at.deBling Bling Gemstone
- 2 - 6 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!15€ at.deSuburbia
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Suburbia- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Stick 'Em
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
Kemet
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Kemet- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Kemet
Taluva
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Taluva- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!34€ at.deSecret Code 13+4
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Rumble in the Dungeon
- 3 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!16€ at.deAscension: Storm of Souls
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ascension: Storm of Souls- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Rallyman
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Rallyman- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
Seasons
Nominated for 9 awards and won 2.
More details for Seasons- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Seasons
Sticky Stickz
- 2 - 5 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Trains
Nominated for 4 awards and won 2.
🔥 Deal: 18% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Trains- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!28€ at.deVideo reviews for Trains
Heimlich & Co.
- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Alien Frontiers: Factions
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Alien Frontiers: Factions- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Rondo
Nominated for 2 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
🔥 Deal: 50% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Rondo- 2 - 4 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!50€ at.deMake 'n' Break Party
- 3 - 9 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Guildhall
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Guildhall- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Keyflower
Nominated for 8 awards and won 3.
More details for Keyflower- 2 - 6 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Room 25
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Room 25- 1 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Seven Dragons
- 2 - 5 Players
- 10 - 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!5€ at.deVideo reviews for Seven Dragons
Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients- 2 - 9 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
Smash Up
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Smash Up- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Shark Attacks!
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Beer & Pretzels
- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Village
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!35€ at.deVideo reviews for Village
Rivals for Catan: Age of Enlightenment
- 2 Players
- 75 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Tanto Cuore: Expanding the House
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!32€ at.deQwirkle Cubes
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Qwirkle Cubes- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Easy to learn
River Dragons
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for River Dragons- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for River Dragons
Quarriors! Quest of the Qladiator
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
Nominated for 19 awards and won 9.
More details for Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Hard to learn
Terra Mystica
Nominated for 17 awards and won 13.
More details for Terra Mystica- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 150 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Hard to learn
Video reviews for Terra Mystica
Unexpected Treasures
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Mage Knight Board Game: The Lost Legion Expansion
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Mage Knight Board Game: The Lost Legion Expansion- 1 - 5 Players
- 240 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
👍 Good price!81€ at.deStar Wars Labyrinth
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Banana Matcho
- 2 - 6 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Galaxy Trucker: Another Big Expansion
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Qin
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Qin- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
HomeStretch
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for HomeStretch- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Legends of Andor
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!30€ at.deMonster Factory
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Monster Factory- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!38€ at.deAstroNuts
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Palaces of Carrara
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2013
More details for The Palaces of Carrara- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!40€ at.deVöluspá
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Völuspá- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!8€ at.deOpen Sesame
- 3 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
BANG! 10th Anniversary
- 3 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for BANG! 10th Anniversary
Core Worlds: Galactic Orders
- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
🔥 Great price!38€ at.deOgre
- 1 - 3 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Bohn to Be Wild!
🔥 Deal: 10% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Bohn to Be Wild!- 1 - 7 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!44€ at.deSheepland
Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.
More details for Sheepland- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Super Farmer
Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.
More details for Super Farmer- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Saint Malo
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!27€ at.deRobinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
Video reviews for Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
Power Grid: Northern Europe/United Kingdom & Ireland
- 2 - 6 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Munchkin Conan
- 3 - 6 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Spectaculum
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!23€ at.dePastiche
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Pastiche- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!66€ at.de10 Tage durch Deutschland
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Munchkin Cthulhu
- 3 - 6 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Schlag den Raab: Das Quiz
🔥 Deal: 72% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Schlag den Raab: Das Quiz- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!28€ at.deBaden-Württemberg Catan
- 3 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Neuroshima Hex! 3.0: Dancer
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Yam Master
- 1 - 2 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Yam Master
Sleuth
- 3 - 7 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Gauntlet of Fools
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Revolver Expansion 1.1: Ambush on Gunshot Trail
- 2 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Belfort
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Belfort- 2 - 5 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!50€ at.deMunchkin 7: Cheat With Both Hands
- 3 - 6 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Pizza Theory
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Pizza Theory- 2 - 3 Players
- 10 - 15 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ohne Furcht und Adel
- 2 - 7 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Star Munchkin
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Star Munchkin- 3 - 6 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
P.I.
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Munchkin 8: Half Horse, Will Travel
- 3 - 6 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
OddVille
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Meins!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!3€ at.deRancho
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Rancho- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Easy to learn
Lemonade Stand
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 - 20 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
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