Kennerspiel Des Jahres Bucket List

Attract beautiful birds in this engine-building game

Build an ancient civilization through card drafting

Cooperative climate policy: decarbonise before the planet runs out of patience.

Pull ingredients from a bag and stop before your cauldron explodes.

A cooperative fantasy campaign where the clock is the real enemy.

Move your merchant and his assistants around a bazaar, collecting rubies.

Price your own tiles and hope nobody buys them; a Scottish tile-laying auction.

Your workers age and die, and the good deaths score; a worker placement about generations.

Ocean exploration with a crew you build; the 2025 winner and a sharper Endeavor.

Say what you will do out loud, then decide whether to be brave or cowardly about it.

A push-your-luck deck-builder about spirits putting out a forest fire.

A tournament in eight rounds where everyone plays at once and the deck fights for you.

A one-shot escape room in a box that you cut up and write on.

Deck-building exploration of a lost island (2020).

Co-operative trick-taking through deep space (2019).