The Schweizer Spielepreis is a Swiss board game

Board game

A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

 award, awarded since 2002 in three categories: Family games

German-style board game

German-style board games, frequently referred to in gaming circles as Euro Games or Euro-style, are a broad class of tabletop games that generally have simple rules, short to medium playing times, indirect player interaction and abstract physical components...

, Children's games and Strategy games. The game is awarded yearly at the Schweizer Spielmesse in October.

2006

Family games:

1. Fussball Ligretto (Publisher: Schmidt
   Schmidt
   Schmidt may refer to:* Schmidt , including list of people with the surname* Schmidt * Schmidt , a crater on Mars* Schmidt , in Kamchatka...
   
   , Designer: Reiner Stockhausen)
2. Pirates! (Publisher: Ravensburger
   Ravensburger
   Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH is a German game company. It is a leader in the European puzzle market.-History:The company was founded by Otto Robert Maier with seat in Ravensburg, a town in Upper Swabia in southern Germany. He began publishing in 1883 with his first author contract...
   
   , Designer: Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany, he developed his first game at the age of eight. He has a PhD in mathematics, and has been a full-time game designer since 1997, when he quit his job from the board of a large international bank...
   
   )
3. Das grosse Dinosaurierspiel (Publisher: Kosmos, Designers: Inka and Markus Brand)

Children's games:

1. Nacht der Magier (Publisher: Drei Magier, Designer: Kirsten Becker, Jens-Peter Schliemann)
2. Mäuseschlau und Bärenstark (Publisher: Ravensburger
   Ravensburger
   Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH is a German game company. It is a leader in the European puzzle market.-History:The company was founded by Otto Robert Maier with seat in Ravensburg, a town in Upper Swabia in southern Germany. He began publishing in 1883 with his first author contract...
   
   , Designers: Ingeborg Ahrenkiel, Cornelia Keller)
3. Looping Louie (Publisher: MB Spiele)

Strategy games:

1. Just 4 Fun (Publisher: Kosmos, Designer: Jürgen P.K. Grunau)
2. Timbuktu (Publisher: Queen Games
   Queen Games
   Queen Games is a German publisher of tabletop games, based in Troisdorf and founded in 1992 by head Rajive Gupta, which specialises primarily in German-style, family-level games but has also published smaller numbers of both simpler, children's games and more complex, gamers' games.They have shown...
   
   , Designer: Dirk Henn)
3. Mesopotamien (Publisher: Phalanx, Designer: Klaus Jürgen Wrede)

2005

Family games:

1. Verflixxt! (Publisher: Ravensburger
   Ravensburger
   Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH is a German game company. It is a leader in the European puzzle market.-History:The company was founded by Otto Robert Maier with seat in Ravensburg, a town in Upper Swabia in southern Germany. He began publishing in 1883 with his first author contract...
   
   , Designer: Wolfgang Kramer
   Wolfgang Kramer
   Wolfgang Kramer is a German board game designer.Kramer formerly worked as an operations manager and computer scientist, but since 1989 he has worked full-time on game design. He has designed over 100 games, many which have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres...
   
   , Michael Kiesling
   Michael Kiesling
   Michael Kiesling is a German board game designer. Many of his games have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres, a German games award.He is best known for co-authoring the board game trilogy Tikal, Java and Mexica with Wolfgang Kramer....
   
   )
2. Manila (Publisher: Zoch
   Zoch
   - Notable games :* Niagara* Villa Paletti * Manila* Chicken Cha Cha Cha- External links :* 's website* 's website...
   
   , Designer: Franz-Benno Delonge
   Franz-Benno Delonge
   Franz-Benno Delonge was a designer of German-style board games. He has been nominated for multiple best game awards, including Spiel des Jahres and International Gamers Awards. TransAmerica won the Mensa best mind game award for 2003...
   
   )
3. Niagara
   Niagara (board game)
   Niagara is a German-style board game designed by Thomas Liesching and published in 2004 by Zoch zum Spielen and Rio Grande Games.- Gameplay :...
   
    (Publisher: Zoch
   Zoch
   - Notable games :* Niagara* Villa Paletti * Manila* Chicken Cha Cha Cha- External links :* 's website* 's website...
   
   , Designer: Thomas Liesching)

Children's games:

1. Charly Quak (Publisher: Piatnik, Designeren: B. Spence & E. Donner)
2. Snorta (Publisher: Amigo
   Amigo Spiele
   Amigo Spiele is a German board and card game publisher. Many of their games have won Spiel des Jahres awards, and many have been published in English by Rio Grande Games.- Notable games :* Bohnanza* 6 Nimmt!/Take 6!* Café International...
   
   , Designer: Chris Childs
   Chris Childs
   Chris Childs may refer to:*Chris Childs *Chris Childs...
   
    & Tony Richardson
   Tony Richardson
   Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson was an English theatre and film director and producer.-Early life:Richardson was born in Shipley, Yorkshire in 1928, the son of Elsie Evans and Clarence Albert Richardson, a chemist...
   
   )
3. Daddy Cool (Publisher: Huch!, Designer: Heinz Meister)

Strategy games:

1. Tower of Babel (Publisher: Kosmos
   Kosmos (game publisher)
   Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. is a media publishing house based in Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 1822 by Johann Friedrich Franckh. In the nineteenth century the company published the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff as well as works by Wilhelm Waiblinger and Eduard Mörike.The "Friends of Nature...
   
   , Designer: Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany, he developed his first game at the age of eight. He has a PhD in mathematics, and has been a full-time game designer since 1997, when he quit his job from the board of a large international bank...
   
   )
2. Candamir Publisher: Kosmos
   Kosmos (game publisher)
   Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. is a media publishing house based in Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 1822 by Johann Friedrich Franckh. In the nineteenth century the company published the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff as well as works by Wilhelm Waiblinger and Eduard Mörike.The "Friends of Nature...
   
   , Designer: Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber is a German designer of board games. He won the Spiel des Jahres award four times, for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet. He retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. , he lives in ...
   
   )
3. Jambo
   Jambo (board game)
   Jambo is a board game designed by Rüdiger Dorn and published in 2004 by Kosmos in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players are African traders before colonisation buying and selling market wares. The game was nominated for the 2005 Spiel des Jahres award and also placed 8th...
   
    (Publisher: Kosmos
   Kosmos (game publisher)
   Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. is a media publishing house based in Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 1822 by Johann Friedrich Franckh. In the nineteenth century the company published the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff as well as works by Wilhelm Waiblinger and Eduard Mörike.The "Friends of Nature...
   
   , Designer: Rüdiger Dorn
   Rüdiger Dorn
   Rüdiger Dorn is a German-style board game designer. He was nominated for the 2005 Spiel des Jahres award for his game Jambo, which also placed 8th for the Deutscher Spiele Preis award...
   
   )

2004

Family games:

1. "Make 'n' Break" by Andrew Lawson
   Andrew Lawson
   Andrew Cowper Lawson July 25,1861- June 16,1952 was a professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the editor and co-author of the 1908 report on the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake which became known as the "Lawson Report"...
   
    and Jack Lawson
   Jack Lawson
   John James "Jack" Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson PC , was a British trade unionist and a Labour politician. A miner and later Member of Parliament in County Durham, he served in the governments of Ramsay MacDonald and Clement Attlee.-Background:Lawson was born in the port town of Whitehaven, Cumberland,...
   
   
2. "Ticket to Ride
   Ticket to Ride (board game)
   Ticket to Ride is a railway-themed German-style board game designed by Alan R. Moon and published in 2004 by Days of Wonder. The game is also known as Zug um Zug , Les Aventuriers du Rail , Aventureros al Tren , Wsiąść do pociągu , and Menolippu .The game won the 2004 Spiel des Jahres, the Origins...
   
   " by Alan R. Moon
   Alan R. Moon
   Alan R. Moon is an author of board games, born in Southampton, England, and currently living in the United States. Despite his nationality, he is generally considered to be one of the foremost designers of German-style board games. Many of his games can be seen as board game variations on the...
   
   
3. "Dicke Luft in der Gruft" by Norbert Proena

Children's games:

1. Geistertreppe by Michelle Schanen
2. "Macius & Achtung, fertig los!" by Wolfgang Kramer
   Wolfgang Kramer
   Wolfgang Kramer is a German board game designer.Kramer formerly worked as an operations manager and computer scientist, but since 1989 he has worked full-time on game design. He has designed over 100 games, many which have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres...
   
    u.a.
3. "Monte Rolla" by Ulrike Gattermeyer-Kapp

Strategy games:

1. "Einfach genial" by Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany, he developed his first game at the age of eight. He has a PhD in mathematics, and has been a full-time game designer since 1997, when he quit his job from the board of a large international bank...
   
   
2. "Anno 1503
   Anno 1503
   Anno 1503: The New World is a game with both real time strategy and city building elements, developed by Austria-based Max Design company. It revolves around building and maintaining a 16th century colony in the New World...
   
   " by Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber is a German designer of board games. He won the Spiel des Jahres award four times, for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet. He retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. , he lives in ...
   
   
3. "Saint Petersburg
   Saint Petersburg (board game)
   Saint Petersburg is a card-driven designer board game, with the design of the game credited to Michael Tummelhofer, a pseudonym for Michael Bruinsma, Jay Tummelson and Bernd Brunnhofer. Most of the design work was done by Brunnhofer...
   
   " by Michael Tummelhofer

2003

Family games:

1. "Alhambra
   Alhambra (board game)
   Alhambra The Palace of the Alhambra") is a 2003 tile-based German-style board game designed by Dirk Henn. It was originally published in Germany by Queen Games in a language-interdependent version; an English-specific version was released in North America by the now-defunct Überplay...
   
   " by Dirk Henn
   Dirk Henn
   Dirk Henn is a German-style board game designer who was born in Bendorf, GermanyDirk Henn is best known for his game Alhambra, which won the Spiel des Jahres and placed 2nd in the Deutscher Spiele Preis in 2003....
   
   
2. "Europatour" by Alan R. Moon
   Alan R. Moon
   Alan R. Moon is an author of board games, born in Southampton, England, and currently living in the United States. Despite his nationality, he is generally considered to be one of the foremost designers of German-style board games. Many of his games can be seen as board game variations on the...
   
    and Aaron Weissblum
3. "Peking-Akte" by Thierry Dénoual

Children's games:

1. "The Kids of Catan
   The Kids of Catan
   The Kids of Catan is a German board game designed for children using the theme from The Settlers of Catan. Like other Catan titles, the game is created by Klaus Teuber and published by Kosmos in German and Mayfair Games in English.-Story:...
   
   " by Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber is a German designer of board games. He won the Spiel des Jahres award four times, for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet. He retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. , he lives in ...
   
   
2. "Max Mäuseschreck"
3. "Schnapp, Land, Fluss" by Haim Shafir

Strategy games:

1. "Löwenherz
   Löwenherz
   Löwenherz is a German-style board game designed by Klaus Teuber and published in 1997 by Goldsieber in German and by Rio Grande Games in English...
   
   " by Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber
   Klaus Teuber is a German designer of board games. He won the Spiel des Jahres award four times, for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet. He retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. , he lives in ...
   
   
2. "Amun-Re
   Amun-Re (board game)
   Amun-Re is a game designed by Reiner Knizia and first published in 2003 by Hans im Glück in German and in English by Rio Grande Games.Players are leaders of different Egyptian dynasties who try to gain influence in 15 provinces of ancient Egypt. Influence and building pyramids earns points for the...
   
   " by Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia
   Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany, he developed his first game at the age of eight. He has a PhD in mathematics, and has been a full-time game designer since 1997, when he quit his job from the board of a large international bank...
   
   
3. "New England" by Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum

2002

Family games:

1. Heimlich & Co. by Wolfgang Kramer
   Wolfgang Kramer
   Wolfgang Kramer is a German board game designer.Kramer formerly worked as an operations manager and computer scientist, but since 1989 he has worked full-time on game design. He has designed over 100 games, many which have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres...
   
   
2. Ali Baba
3. TransAmerica
   TransAmerica (board game)
   TransAmerica is a railroad board game centered on the construction of railroad track in the United States. The game was created by Franz-Benno Delonge and developed by Team Annaberg. It is published in the United States by Rio Grande Games. In 2003 it was a Mensa Select recipient.- Setup :The...
   
    by Franz-Benno Delonge
   Franz-Benno Delonge
   Franz-Benno Delonge was a designer of German-style board games. He has been nominated for multiple best game awards, including Spiel des Jahres and International Gamers Awards. TransAmerica won the Mensa best mind game award for 2003...
   
   

Children's games:

1. Maskenball der Käfer
2. Villa Paletti
   Villa Paletti
   Villa Paletti is a board game of physical skill designed by Bill Payne and published in 2001 by Zoch Verlag. Players compete to build the villa highest using columns from lower floors without collapsing the structure....
   
   
3. Froggy
   Froggy
   Froggy may refer to:*Frog, especially a diminutive version* An ethnic slur to describe the French*Froggy Went a Courtin, an alternative title to an English language folk song...
   
   

Strategy games:

1. Puerto Rico
   Puerto Rico (game)
   Puerto Rico is a German board game designed by Andreas Seyfarth, and published in 2002 by Alea in German, by Rio Grande Games in English and by Κάισσα in Greek....
   
   
2. Pirate's Cove
   Pirate's Cove
   Pirate's Cove is a board game designed by Paul Randles and Daniel Stahl, and published in Europe in 2002 by Amigo Spiele and in the United States in 2003 by Days of Wonder...
   
    and Nautilus