Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) checklist
Every Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) game on our site, newest first. Print it and tick off the ones you have played.
| Played | Year | Title | By | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | JinxO | Martin Ang | Winner | |
| 2025 | Bomb Busters | Hisashi Hayashi | Winner | |
| 2025 | Flip 7 | Eric Olsen | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Krakel Orakel | 7 Bazis | Nominee | |
| 2024 | Sky Team | Luc Rémond | Winner | |
| 2024 | Captain Flip | Paolo Mori and Remo Conzadori | Nominee | |
| 2024 | In the Footsteps of Darwin | Grégory Grard and Matthieu Verdier | Nominee | |
| 2023 | Dorfromantik: The Board Game | Michael Palm and Lukas Zach | Winner | |
| 2023 | Fun Facts | Kaspar Lapp | Nominee | |
| 2023 | Next Station London | Matthew Dunstan | Nominee | |
| 2022 | Cascadia | Randy Flynn | Winner | |
| 2022 | Scout | Kei Kajino | Nominee | |
| 2022 | Top Ten | Aurélien Picolet | Nominee | |
| 2021 | MicroMacro: Crime City | Johannes Sich | Winner | |
| 2021 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Michael Menzel | Nominee | |
| 2021 | Zombie Teenz Evolution | Annick Lobet | Nominee | |
| 2020 | Pictures | Daniela and Christian Stöhr | Winner | |
| 2020 | My City | Reiner Knizia | Nominee | |
| 2020 | Nova Luna | Uwe Rosenberg and Corné van Moorsel | Nominee | |
| 2019 | Just One | Ludovic Roudy and Bruno Sautter | Winner | |
| 2019 | L.L.A.M.A. | Reiner Knizia | Nominee | |
| 2019 | Werewords | Ted Alspach | Nominee | |
| 2018 | Azul | Michael Kiesling | Winner | |
| 2018 | Luxor | Rüdiger Dorn | Nominee | |
| 2018 | The Mind | Wolfgang Warsch | Nominee | |
| 2017 | Kingdomino | Bruno Cathala | Winner | |
| 2017 | Magic Maze | Kasper Lapp | Nominee | |
| 2017 | The Quest for El Dorado | Reiner Knizia | Nominee | |
| 2016 | Codenames | Vladimír Chvátil | Winner | |
| 2016 | Imhotep | Phil Walker-Harding | Nominee | |
| 2016 | Karuba | Rüdiger Dorn | Nominee | |
| 2015 | Colt Express | Christophe Raimbault | Winner | |
| 2015 | Machi Koro | Masao Suganuma | Nominee | |
| 2015 | The Game | Steffen Benndorf | Nominee | |
| 2014 | Camel Up | Steffen Bogen | Winner | |
| 2014 | Concept | Alain Rivollet and Gaëtan Beaujannot | Nominee | |
| 2014 | Splendor | Marc André | Nominee | |
| 2013 | Hanabi | Antoine Bauza and Albertine Ralenti | Winner | |
| 2013 | Augustus | Paolo Mori | Nominee | |
| 2013 | Qwixx | Steffan Benndorf | Nominee | |
| 2012 | Kingdom Builder | Donald X. Vaccarino | Winner | |
| 2012 | Eselsbrücke | Stefan Dorra and Ralf zur Linde | Nominee | |
| 2012 | Las Vegas | Rüdiger Dorn | Nominee | |
| 2011 | Qwirkle | Susan McKinley Ross | Winner | |
| 2011 | Asara | Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling | Nominee | |
| 2011 | Forbidden Island | Matt Leacock | Nominee | |
| 2010 | Dixit | Jean-Louis Roubira | Winner | |
| 2010 | A la Carte | Karl-Heinz Schmiel | Nominee | |
| 2010 | Fresco | Marco Ruskowski and Marcel Süßelbeck | Nominee | |
| 2010 | Identik | William P. Jacobson and Amanda A. Kohout | Nominee | |
| 2010 | Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age | Matt Leacock | Nominee | |
| 2009 | Dominion | Donald X. Vaccarino | Winner | |
| 2009 | FITS | Reiner Knizia | Nominee | |
| 2009 | Fauna | Friedemann Friese | Nominee | |
| 2009 | Finca | Ralf zur Linde and Wolfgang Sentker | Nominee | |
| 2009 | Pandemic | Matt Leacock | Nominee | |
| 2008 | Lost Cities: The Board Game | Reiner Knizia | Winner | |
| 2008 | Blox | Wolfgang Kramer, Jürgen P.K. Grunau and Hans Raggan | Nominee | |
| 2008 | Marrakech | Dominique Ehrhard | Nominee | |
| 2008 | Stone Age | Bernd Brunnhofer | Nominee | |
| 2008 | Witch's Brew | Andreas Pelikan | Nominee | |
| 2007 | Zooloretto | Michael Schacht | Winner | |
| 2007 | Arkadia | Rüdiger Dorn | Nominee | |
| 2007 | The Thief of Baghdad | Thorsten Gimmler | Nominee | |
| 2007 | Thebes | Peter Prinz | Nominee | |
| 2007 | Yspahan | Sébastien Pauchon | Nominee | |
| 2006 | Thurn and Taxis | Andreas Seyfarth and Karen Seyfarth | Winner | |
| 2006 | Aqua Romana | Martin Schlegel | Nominee | |
| 2006 | Blue Moon City | Reiner Knizia | Nominee | |
| 2006 | Just 4 Fun | Jürgen P.K. Grunau | Nominee | |
| 2005 | Niagara | Thomas Liesching | Winner | |
| 2005 | Around the World in 80 Days | Michael Rieneck | Nominee | |
| 2005 | Himalaya | Régis Bonnessée | Nominee | |
| 2005 | Jambo | Rüdiger Dorn | Nominee | |
| 2005 | That's Life! | Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling | Nominee | |
| 2004 | Ticket to Ride | Alan R. Moon | Winner | |
| 2004 | Dawn Under | Norbert Proena | Nominee | |
| 2004 | Ingenious | Reiner Knizia | Nominee | |
| 2004 | Maharaja: The Game of Palace Building in India | Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer | Nominee | |
| 2004 | Saint Petersburg | Michael Tummelhofer | Nominee | |
| 2003 | Alhambra | Dirk Henn | Winner | |
| 2003 | Clans | Leo Colovini | Nominee | |
| 2002 | Villa Paletti | Bill Payne | Winner | |
| 2002 | Puerto Rico | Andreas Seyfarth | Nominee | |
| 2002 | TransAmerica | Franz-Benno Delonge | Nominee | |
| 2001 | Carcassonne | Klaus-Jürgen Wrede | Winner | |
| 2001 | Zapp Zerapp | Heinz Meister and Klaus Zoch | Nominee | |
| 2000 | Torres | Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling | Winner | |
| 2000 | Carolus Magnus | Leo Colovini | Nominee | |
| 2000 | Citadels | Bruno Faidutti | Nominee | |
| 1999 | Tikal | Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling | Winner | |
| 1999 | Union Pacific | Alan R. Moon | Nominee | |
| 1998 | Elfenland | Alan R. Moon | Winner | |
| 1997 | Mississippi Queen | Werner Hodel | Winner | |
| 1996 | El Grande | Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich | Winner | |
| 1995 | The Settlers of Catan: The Card game | Klaus Teuber | Winner | |
| 1994 | Manhattan | Andreas Seyfarth | Winner | |
| 1993 | Call my Bluff | Richard Borg | Winner | |
| 1992 | Um Reifenbreite | Rob Bontenbal | Winner | |
| 1991 | Wacky Wacky West | Klaus Teuber | Winner | |
| 1990 | Hoity Toity | Klaus Teuber | Winner | |
| 1989 | Café International | Rudi Hoffmann | Winner | |
| 1988 | Barbarossa | Klaus Teuber | Winner | |
| 1987 | Auf Achse | Wolfgang Kramer | Winner | |
| 1986 | Top Secret Spies | Wolfgang Kramer | Winner | |
| 1985 | Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective | Gary Grady, Suzanne Goldberg and Raymond Edwards | Winner | |
| 1984 | Railway Rivals | David G. Watts | Winner | |
| 1983 | Scotland Yard | Manfred Burggraf | Winner | |
| 1982 | Enchanted Forest | Alex Randolph and Michel Matschoss | Winner | |
| 1981 | Focus | Sid Sackson | Winner | |
| 1980 | Rummikub | Ephraim Hertzano | Winner | |
| 1979 | Hare and Tortoise | David Parlett | Winner |
Award-Winning Board Games: awardwinningboardgames.com/awards/spiel-des-jahres/