Spiel des Jahres 2009
The Spiel des Jahres is the biggest award in the world of board gaming. Its a German award and is presented to the best family game of the year. It's a big award and can easily increase the number of sales of a game.
Previous winners have included, Keltis, Zooloretto, Ticket to Ride and Carcasonne. The games have to have been released in Germany within the last 12 months and I believe to not have any moving pieces.
This years nominations are looking really good, mainly because there are a couple of great games that have been released outside of Germany in the nominations list.
Dominion
This is a great card game where players are buying cards to add to there deck. Its been compared to CCG's but without the collectible element. Everyone starts off level and its not down to how many packs of cards you have bought.
I have posted a review of this earlier and really like the game. I think its got a good chance of winning even if its a card game which historically haven't done that well.
This is a great card game where players are buying cards to add to there deck. Its been compared to CCG's but without the collectible element. Everyone starts off level and its not down to how many packs of cards you have bought.
I have posted a review of this earlier and really like the game. I think its got a good chance of winning even if its a card game which historically haven't done that well.
Pandemic
The second of the games that most of you have heard about or maybe even played. This is a co-operative game where the players team up to stop the spread of deadly diseases. It's another great game that deserves its nomination.
Fauna
This one is only available in Germany I believe and is by the same designer as Powergrid. Although this is probably as far from that game as you can get. Fauna is a trivia game where players guess statistics on animals. Such as weight, length of tail and origin. I am not sure of this one, I think Friedemann is a great designer just not sure that this one is the winner.
Fits
Reiner Knizia finally won the award last year for Keltis (Lost Cities the board game) but I don't think he will be adding another trophy to the mantelpiece with this one. Fits (Fill in the space) is essentially Tetris the board game. Players must use the shapes to fill in the spaces and match up symbols to score extra points.
The second of the games that most of you have heard about or maybe even played. This is a co-operative game where the players team up to stop the spread of deadly diseases. It's another great game that deserves its nomination.
Fauna
This one is only available in Germany I believe and is by the same designer as Powergrid. Although this is probably as far from that game as you can get. Fauna is a trivia game where players guess statistics on animals. Such as weight, length of tail and origin. I am not sure of this one, I think Friedemann is a great designer just not sure that this one is the winner.
Fits
Reiner Knizia finally won the award last year for Keltis (Lost Cities the board game) but I don't think he will be adding another trophy to the mantelpiece with this one. Fits (Fill in the space) is essentially Tetris the board game. Players must use the shapes to fill in the spaces and match up symbols to score extra points.
Finca
This game is set on the island of Mallorca with the players growing and managing different fruits by placing workers on the island. The key is to be as efficient as possible in the distribution and delivery of the crops. This one looks very colourful and has all the ingredients of being a winner.
Personally I really hope either Dominion or Pandemic win this year. It would be great to see a game that originated from a non German publisher take home the title.
The winner is announced at the end of June, so stay tuned.
This game is set on the island of Mallorca with the players growing and managing different fruits by placing workers on the island. The key is to be as efficient as possible in the distribution and delivery of the crops. This one looks very colourful and has all the ingredients of being a winner.
Personally I really hope either Dominion or Pandemic win this year. It would be great to see a game that originated from a non German publisher take home the title.
The winner is announced at the end of June, so stay tuned.
posted by Count Zero at 6:49 PM
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