Spiel des Jahres 2023 Nominees Introduced

The nominees for probably the most prestigious annual award for board video games, the Spiel des Jahres, have been introduced alongside nominations for the Kennerspiel des Jahres and Kinderspiel des Jahres. 

The nominations for Spiel des Jahres (Recreation of the 12 months) are:

The jury additionally printed a “really useful” recreation checklist:

• Akropolis by Jules Messaud; printed by Kobold Spieleverlag and Gigimic (see “Overview:  ‘Akropolis’ (Board Recreation)”)
• Hister; printed by Jumbo
• Kuzooka by Leo Colovini; printed by Pegasus Spiele (see “Zoo Animals Attempt to Escape in ‘Kuzooka’”)
• Mantis by Ken Gruhl and Jeremy Posner; printed by Exploding Kittens
• QE by Gavin Birnbaum; printed by Strohmann Video games and Boardgametables.com
• Sea Salt & Paper by Bruno Cathala and Theo Riviere; printed by MM-Spiele
• That’s Not a Hat by Kasper Lapp; printed by Ravensburger

For the Kennerspiel des Jahres (Fans Recreation of the 12 months):

• Challengers! by Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawischeck; printed by 1 Extra Time Video games and Z-Man Video games
• Iki by Koota Yamada; printed by Large Roc and Sorry We Are French
• Planet Unknown by Ryan Lambert and Adam Rehberg; printed by Strohmann Video games and Adam’s Apple Video games

Two video games bought the nod as “really useful” video games for lovers:

• Council of Shadows by Martin Kallenborn and Jochen Scherer; printed by Alea
• Mindbug by Marvin Hegen, Christian Kudahl, Skaff Elias, and Richard Garfield; printed by Nerdlab

For Kinderspiel des Jahres (Youngsters’s Recreation of the 12 months):

• Carla Caramel by Sara Zarian; printed by Loki
• Gigamon by Johann Roussel and Karim Aouidad; pubished by Mirakulus and Studio H
• Mysterium Children by Antonin Boccara and Yves Hirschfeld; printed by Libellud and Area Cow

Three video games have been “really useful” for this class as properly:

• Douzanimo by Sebastien Decad; printed by Djeco
• Mein erstes Abenteuer Band 1 bis 7 by Romeo Hennion, Mathilde Malburet, Jean Philippe Sahut, and Arnaud Boutle; printed by Board Recreation Field
• Rutsch & Flutsch by Joel Escalante and Rafael Escalante; printed by Recreation Manufacturing facility