The best games presented at the Spiel 2016 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 2016" 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 2016 after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day board game fair that is also open to the public. In 2016, the Spiel'16 game fair was held from October 13 to 16 (Thursday to the following Sunday) at the Messe Essen exhibition center in Essen, Germany. Many new games are released at the fair every year, especially (but not exclusively) European-style board games.
More info about game fair "Spiel" is available at official game website.
SPIEL'16 - the biggest game fair in the world
The first time the fair took place was in 1983 at the Volkshochschule Essen. In 2016, Spiel'16 was once again the world's largest trade fair for board games, with 1,021 exhibitors from 51 nations, nearly 1,200 new launches and 174,000 game-loving visitors.
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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.
If you are generally looking for the always best game new releases, then we have another always top current list for you: The Best New Game Releases 2021.
List with the top100 new releases of Spiel'16:
Dixit: Revelations
3 - 6 Players
30 Minutes
6+ years old
Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!17€ at
.deKingdomino
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Kingdomino
Junk Art
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Junk Art- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for 7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon- 2 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for 7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon
King of Tokyo
Nominated for 19 awards and won 7.
More details for King of Tokyo- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!31€ at.deEncore!
- 1 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Encore!
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
Nominated for 9 awards.
More details for Mansions of Madness: Second Edition- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Tempel des Schreckens
- 3 - 10 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Tempel des Schreckens
Raiders of the North Sea
Nominated for 7 awards and won 3.
Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017
More details for Raiders of the North Sea- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 80 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Word Slam
Nominated for 4 awards and won 3.
More details for Word Slam- 3 - 99 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Word Slam
Dr. Eureka
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
🔥 Deal: 6% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Dr. Eureka- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!18€ at.deFuji Flush
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Fuji Flush- 3 - 8 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Fuji Flush
Dominion: Empires
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Dominion: Empires- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Do De Li Do
- 2 - 6 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Mystic Vale
Nominated for 7 awards and won 1.
More details for Mystic Vale- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: easy
🔥 Great price!30€ at.deVideo reviews for Mystic Vale
Tiefe Taschen
- 4 - 8 Players
- 20 - 50 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Tiefe Taschen
Star Wars: Rebellion
Nominated for 15 awards and won 4.
More details for Star Wars: Rebellion- 2 - 4 Players
- 180 - 240 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: hard
Video reviews for Star Wars: Rebellion
World's Fair 1893
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for World's Fair 1893- 2 - 4 Players
- 35 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Arkham Horror: The Card Game
Nominated for 13 awards and won 4.
More details for Arkham Horror: The Card Game- 1 - 2 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!33€ at.deVideo reviews for Arkham Horror: The Card Game
Cottage Garden
Nominated for 2 awards.
🔥 Deal: 7% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Cottage Garden- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
🔥 Great price!60€ at.deVideo reviews for Cottage Garden
Port Royal: Unterwegs!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!30€ at.deVideo reviews for Port Royal: Unterwegs!
Orléans: Trade & Intrigue
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Orléans: Trade & Intrigue- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!24€ at.deTicket to Ride: Rails & Sails
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails
First Class: All Aboard the Orient Express!
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for First Class: All Aboard the Orient Express!- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 - 80 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Escape Room: The Game
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Escape Room: The Game- 3 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!37€ at.deEvolution: The Beginning
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
🔥 Deal: 10% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Evolution: The Beginning- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
🔥 Great price!18€ at.deCosta Rica
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Fields of Green
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Fields of Green
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-Building Game
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 15+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Game of Thrones: The Trivia Game
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Game of Thrones: The Trivia Game
Risk Europe
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Xibalba
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Five Tribes: The Thieves of Naqala
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Five Tribes: The Thieves of Naqala- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 - 80 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Key to the City: London
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Key to the City: London- 2 - 6 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!38€ at.deVideo reviews for Key to the City: London
Railroad Revolution
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Railroad Revolution- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Railroad Revolution
Deus: Egypt
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Deus: Egypt- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Deus: Egypt
Doom: The Boardgame
🔥 Deal: 9% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Doom: The Boardgame- 2 - 4 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!68€ at.deVideo reviews for Doom: The Boardgame
The Architects of the Colosseum
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for The Architects of the Colosseum
In the Name of Odin
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for In the Name of Odin
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