Die magischen Schlüssel (Magic Keys)

Arno Steinwender, Markus Slawitscheck | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2024

A magical treasure chest stands in the centre of the table, drawing the attention of all the children present. They want to do just one thing: open the treasure chest to get the precious gems inside. But the keys are spread over a long path and only one of them opens the chest. Even if

Zauberberg (Magic Mountain)

Jens-Peter Schliemann and Bernhard Weber | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2022

When the wizard Balduin calls, the sorcerers apprentices rush to him. But it’s a long way down the mountain. Luckily, players can use the will-o’-the-wisp marbles to help the apprentices down the marble-run course, as long as the marbles actually hit them. Because once it has left the top of the mountain, the will-o’-the-wisp can

Mysterium Kids

Antonin Boccara and Yves Hirschfeld | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2023

On the hunt for Captain Echo’s treasure, the children have run into a problem: the friendly old ghost wants to help you but he can unfortunately only communicate by tambourine. Thus begins a fun and exciting party game for children in which they take turns to imitate noises of certain objects with the help of

Dragomino

Bruno Cathala, Marie Fort and Wilfried Fort | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2021

The dragons are loose… but only if you manage to match the domino-like tiles so that the same landscape types are next to one another. Then you’ll receive a dragon’s egg as a reward. But is there a baby dragon inside, scoring you a point? Or is it empty, meaning you get nothing? That’s not

Speedy Roll (Hedgehog Roll)

Urtis Šulinskas | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2020

Mushrooms, apples and leaves are spread around the table just like on the forest floor. This is important, as that’s what the little hedgehog needs to get back home quickly before he is caught by the fox. Luckily the hedgehog has rolled up into a cute little fuzzy ball. The forest goodies will stick to

Funkelschatz

Lena and Günter Burkhardt | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2018

The dragon children have stumbled across a hoard of brightly-coloured sparkling jewels. But these are frozen solid in a thick column of ice. Luckily, Dragon Dad has come along and can use his fiery breath to melt the ice so that the children can collect the sparkling jewels. Players stack the nine plastic rings into

Tal der Wikinger

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

Der verzauberte Turm

Inka and Markus Brand | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2013

The sinister sorcerer Ravenhorst has locked up the princess in the tower and hidden the key somewhere in the forest. However, Brave Robin has already begun to search for it: does the key lie under a rock or is it hidden between flowers? In this three-dimensional game, sixteen openings in the board are covered with

ICECOOL

Brian Gomez | Kinderspiel des Jahres | 2017

Cool as ice, these penguin truants skip class and wander the school corridors in search of a snack. The “Ice School” consists of five boxes, joined together to make a large, square playing area. Each player has to try and flick their coloured figure with as much skill as possible, trying to get them through