Spiel des Jahres 2019 Winners Announced!

Winners of the 2019 Spiel des Jahres Awards were announced today.

The Winners, along with the runner-up nominees are:

Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year):

Just One (Ludovic Roudy and Bruno Sautter)

Also Nominated were Werewords and LAMA.

Kinderspiel des Jahres (Children’s Game of the Year):

Valley of the Vikings (Marie and Wilfried Fort)

Also nominated were Go Gecko Go! and Fabulantica.

Kennerspiel des Jahres (Connoisseur – Enthusiast Game of the Year):

Wingspan (Elizabeth Hargrave)

Also nominated were Carpe Diem and Detective: A Modern Board Game.

Congratulations to all the winners! You can find the original announcement here.

Fun fact: the literal translation of the German name for ‘Wingspan’ is ‘flap’ (at least, according to Google).