Deutscher Spiele Preise
German Game Prize

Article by Piet Notebaert (Piet.Notebaert@ping.be).

The Deutscher Spiele Preise has existed since 1990. The results are announced in October at the Essen Spiel game festival.

The prize is awarded by the magazine Die Pöppel-Revue. Every subscriber sends in a card with their personal Top 3. The German radio stations also submit their lists. The games club in Vienna (with 200 members) provides a "Bestenliste". The 600 gamers and about 150 teams in the German board game championships also submit a "bestenliste". 41 chosen professionals send in their lists. About 500 shops in Germany, Switzerland and Austria also vote. The largest club in Belgium send in their favourite games. And about 25 journalists give their comments.

All this results in a trophy: "Die Deutcher Spiele Preis 19xx".

These are the results:

1990

1. Adel Verpflichtet (Klaus Teuber, FX Schmid)
2. à la carte (K.H. Schmiel, Moskito Spiele)
3. Ein Solches Ding (U. Hostettler, Fata Morgana)

• for excellent rules: Lifestyle (Team Ravensburger, Ravensburger)

1991

1. Labyrinth der Meister (Max Kobbert, Ravensburger)
2. Bauernschlau (Tom Schoeps, FX Schmid)
3. Drunter & Drüber (Klaus Teuber, Hans im Glück)

• excellent rules: Hotu Matua (R. Wittig, Franckh)
• special prize: Nintendo for their multiplayer videogame

1992

1. Der Fliegende Holländer (Klaus Teuber, Parker)
2. Um Reifenbreite (R. Bontendal, Jumbo)
3. Quo Vadis (R. Knizia, Hans im Glück)

• excellent rules: Coco Crazy (Hajo Bücken, Ravensburger)
• best game for kids: Schweinsgalopp (H. Meister, Ravensburger)
• special prize: Alex Randolph (70th birthday and his work as author)

1993

1. Modern Art (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Glück)
2. Tutanchamon (Reiner Knizia, Amigo)
3. Vernissage (Klaus Teuber, TM Spiele)

• excellent rules: Acquire (Sid Sackson, Schmidt Spiele)
• best game for kids: Verflixt Gemixt (Heinz Meister, Ravensburger)
• special prize: Klee Spiele for their "Klassiker Spiele Edition"

1994

1. 6 Nimmt! (Wolfgang Kramer, Amigo)
2. Capone (M. Caines + A. Watts, Amigo)
3. Manhattan (Andreas Seyfarth, Hans im Glück)

• excellent rules: Neue Spiele im alten Rom (R. Knizia, Piatnik)
• best game for kids: Husch, husch, kleine Hexe (H. Meister, FX Schmid)
• best action game: Looping Louie (Team MB, MB)
• special prize: Eugen Oker (München) for articles on games in the 60's

1995

1. Die Siedler von Catan (Klaus Teuber, Franckh-Kosmos)
2. Linie 1 (Stefan Dorra, Goldsieber)
3. Sternenhimmel (Tom Schoeps, Goldsieber)
4. Die Maulwurf Company (Virgina Charves and Bertram Kaes, Ravensburger)
5. Medici (Reiner Knizia, Amigo)
6. Galopp Royal (Klaus Teuber, Goldsieber)
7. Buzzle (Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge and Peter Olotka, franjos)
8. Hattrick (Klaus Palesch, Amigo)
9. Set (??, F.X. Schmid)
10. High Society (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger)

• Special Achievement Award: Magic (Richard Garfield, Wizards of the Coast)

1996

1. El Grande (Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, Hans im Glück)
2. Entdecker (Klaus Teuber, Goldsieber)
3. Carabande (Jean du Poel, Goldsieber)
4. Mü und mehr (Doris Matthäuse and Frank Nestel, Doris & Frank)
5. Reibach & Co (Alan Moon and Peter Gehrmann, F. X. Schmid)
6. MarraCash (Stefan Dorra, Kosmos)
7. Yucata (Stefan Dorra, Hans im Glück)
8. Campanile (Hanno and Wilfried Kuhn, Blatz)
9. Ab die Post (Hermann and Helga Huber, Goldsieber)
10. Top Race (Wolfgang Kramer, ASS)

• Best Children's Game: Hallo Dachs (Klaus Teuber, Goldsieber)
• Best rules & bearer of the Golden Feather: Top Race (Wolfgang Kramer, ASS)

1997

1. Loewenherz (Klaus Teuber, Goldsieber)
2. Die Siedler von Catan - Das Kartenspiel (Klaus Teuber, Kosmos)
3. Showmanager (Dirk Henn, Queen-Games)
4. Mississippi Queen (Werner Hodel, Goldsieber)
5. Bohnanza (Uwe Rosenberg, Amigo)
6. Serenissima (Dominique Ehrhard and Duccio Vitale, Eurogames)
7. Der zerstreute Pharao (Gunter Baars, Ravensburger)
8. Expedition (Wolfgang Kramer, Queen-Games)
9. Beim Zeus (Klaus Palesch, Kosmos)
10. Manitou (Günter Burkhardt, Goldsieber)

• Best Children's Game: Die Ritter von der Haselnuß (Klaus Teuber, Goldsieber)
• Best rules & bearer of the Golden Feather (Trophy of the City of Essen): Mississippi Queen (Werner Hodel, Goldsieber)
• Special Prize for Exemplary Performance and Creation of a New Facet of Games : Think (diverse hands, Ravensburger)

1998

1. Euphrat & Tigris (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Glück)
2. Ursuppe (Doris Matthäus and Frank Nestel, Doris & Frank)
3. Elfenland (Alan Moon, Amigo)
4. Durch die Wüste (Reiner Knizia, Kosmos)
5. Canyon (Frederick A. Herschler, Abacus)
6. Basari (Reinhard Staupe, FX-Spiele)
7. Tycoon (Wolfgang Kramer and Horst-Rainer Rösner, Jumbo)
8. Caesar & Cleopatra (Wolfgang Lüdtke, Kosmos)
9. Die Macher ( (Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Hans im Glück/Moskito)
10. Freibeuter (Rainer Stockhausen, Hans im Glück)