Wolfgang Dirscherl and Manfred Reindl | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2019
If you want to harvest the tasty coconuts, you’ll need to climb up high – a very shaky business. Nevertheless, the lion, giraffe, elephant and zebra will give it a try. They’ll attempt to scramble up a palm tree, which is also standing on a shaky rock – the game’s impressive 3D platform. On your
Ted Alspach | Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2019
What’s the secret word that will allow the villagers to chase away the werewolves from their village? The mayor knows it. Everyone else has to ask him yes or no questions: “Can you eat it?” or “Can you buy it?” Players only have a few minutes to find the solution. This is actually a well-known
Ralf zur Linde | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2019
Presumably “Dizzle” is a new portmanteau word from the words “dice” and “puzzle”. There’s no real evidence to suggest that is the case but it does a good job of describing this game in two… sorry… in one word. It’s a puzzle using dice – on score sheets which show exactly on which spaces which
Emerson Matsuuchi | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2019
In the tactical tile-laying game Reef, players are creating colourful coral reefs by stacking playing pieces onto their tableau. How the reef grows is determined by cards with a double function: playing a card means you can first place new coral stones of the displayed colour onto your reef. Directly afterwards scoring takes place, based
Josep Izquierdo and Marti Lucas | Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2019
Letzter Aufruf · Der Fluch des Qhaqya · Tod am 4. Juli Who will join with the English master detective Sherlock Holmes? In the first three cases of the card game series Sherlock, players have to solve a murder together. After a brief introduction, the detectives receive only partial backgrounds and clues. Each individual card
Wilfried and Marie Fort | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2019
When the barrels start rolling in the village of the Norsemen, all the Vikings want to be involved, big and small. Outside the village the longboats are ready for the booty to be loaded on board. In the middle of the village the barrels are waiting. The object is to knock down the barrels with
Marco Teubner | Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2019
Welcome to Fabulantica, the land of fairytales, where Puss in Boots, sorcerers’ apprentices, witches and djinns will say hello. Players have come to this magical realm for a family reunion. Your mission: search for the characters depicted on the cards around the edge of the game board. To do this you’ll travel by land, by
Jürgen Adams | Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2019
So near and yet so far! Gecko, Frog, Turtle and Crocodile are getting ready for an exciting race along the river. Which group of friends will surf to victory over the leaves and be the first to land on the tree trunk steps? Bold tactics and precision team building will be the difference between victory
Kasper Lapp | Recommendation list Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2019
A kingdom for a frog! Literally: His Majesty has been turned into a frog and all he can do is sit and croak and ask you for help. So the Prince, Princess, Magician and Knight have to make their way into the forest to find ingredients for the witch’s cauldron to make the antidote. The