The best games presented at the Spiel 2012 game fair in Essen, Germany 2024
- Dixit 3: Journey
- Love Letter
- King of Tokyo: Power Up!
- The Resistance: Avalon
- Cockroach Poker Royal
- Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
- Qwixx
- Coup
- 7 Wonders: Cities
- Escape: The Curse of the Temple
- Concordia
- Hanabi
- Carcassonne: Winter Edition
- Dominion: Dark Ages
- Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Expansion 1: Illusions
- Tokaido
- Pluckin' Pairs
- Turn the Tide
- The Enchanted Tower
- Cheeky Monkey
- KIPP X
- BraveRats
- Okiya
- Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small – More Buildings Big and Small
- Zug um Zug: Deutschland
- Stick 'Em
- Libertalia
- Bling Bling Gemstone
- Suburbia
- Taluva
- Flash Point: Fire Rescue – 2nd Story
- Kemet
- Rumble in the Dungeon
- Kulami
- Make 'n' Break Party
- Heimlich & Co.
- Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery
- Ascension: Storm of Souls
- Among the Stars
- Rallyman
- Trains
- Sticky Stickz
- Rondo
- Seasons
- Modern Art Card Game
- Alien Frontiers: Factions
- Secret Code 13+4
- Samurai Sword
- Guildhall
- Room 25
- Seven Dragons
- Rivals for Catan: Age of Enlightenment
- Keyflower
- Ginkgopolis
- Tanto Cuore: Expanding the House
- Shark Attacks!
- Beer & Pretzels
- Village
- Smash Up
- Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients
- Qwirkle Cubes
- River Dragons
- Quarriors! Quest of the Qladiator
- Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
- Neuroshima Hex! 3.0: Steel Police
- Unexpected Treasures
- Star Wars Labyrinth
- Qin
- HomeStretch
- Galaxy Trucker: Another Big Expansion
- Terra Mystica
- Fleet
- Banana Matcho
- Mage Knight Board Game: The Lost Legion Expansion
- Thunderstone Advance: Caverns of Bane
- The Palaces of Carrara
- Panic Lab
- Codinca
- Legends of Andor
- Kolejka
- Castellan
- AstroNuts
- Monster Factory
- War of the Ring: Lords of Middle-earth
- BANG! 10th Anniversary
- Munchkin Conan
- Spectaculum
- Bohn to Be Wild!
- Open Sesame
- Schlag den Raab: Das Quiz
- Völuspá
- Sheepland
- Ogre
- Core Worlds: Galactic Orders
- Zombie Fluxx
- Power Grid: Northern Europe/United Kingdom & Ireland
- Saint Malo
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth
- Super Farmer
- Snowdonia