Congratulations to
Colt Express for winning the 2015 Spiel des Jahres award! Colt Express is designed by Christophe Raimbault and published by Ludonaute/Asmodee.
The Spiel des Jahres is German for Game of the Year and is awarded by a panel of German speaking board game critics for the best family style game.
In addition to the Spiel des Jahres two other awards are given out. They are the Kennerspiel des Jahres (connoisseur game of the year) for best heavier game and the Kinderspiel des Jahres for best children’s game. This year’s winners are
Broom Service designed by Andreas Pelikan and Alexander Pfister and published by alea for the Kennerspiel des Jahres and
Spinderella designed by Roberto Fraga and published by Zoch for the Kinderspiel des Jahres.
Winning one of these awards is a great achievement for a board game and is quite often accompanied by a large increase of sales. Congratulations are in order for all of the winners as well as the nominees that didn’t win. For the full list of nominees and recommended games you can visit the official site for each award:
Spiel des Jahres
Kennerspiel des Jahres
Kinderspiel des Jahres 
