Take Time seals Swiss Gamers Award, Wondrous Creatures collects inaugural expert game prize

Co-operative puzzle challenge game Take Time has triumphed in this year’s Swiss Gamers Award, which is voted on by members of board game clubs, game and toy libraries and gaming associations from across the country.

Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière’s design sealed top spot above Eric Olsen’s Flip 7 – which won the separate family game prize – and also finished in third place in the family-weight category.

The win is the second year in a row a game from Asmodee studio Libellud has won the Swiss Gamers Award, following last year’s success for nature-themed tile-laying game Harmonies.

Flip 7’s win in the family game category this year saw it add to the best party game gongs it won last year at both the Origins Awards and BoardGameGeek’s Golden Geek awards.

The game fought off tough competition in the family game category this year from titles including Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini’s Toy Battle, the winner of the 2026 As d’Or.

This year’s Swiss Gamers Award featured an expert game category for the first time, which was won by Yeom Cheolwoong’s design Wondrous Creatures – a strategy title based around players building fantasy animal reserves.

Endeavor: Deep Sea, the winner of last year’s Kennerspiel des Jahres, came second in that category, with Hiroken’s limited communication co-op design Eternal Decks finishing in third place.

The Swiss Gamers Award has been held every year since 2010, following the demise of the Schweizer Spielepreis in 2006.

Although the award is given by gamers living in Switzerland, all games published in the prior year can be nominated, regardless of the nationality of their authors and publishers.

This year’s award marked the third in a row presented to a relatively light game, following Harmonies last year and Faraway in the 2023 awards (presented in 2024).

The far more heavyweight Ark Nova triumphed in 2022, and mid-weight euro The Lost Ruins of Arnak won in 2021.

The award is organised by Ludesco, Switzerland’s biggest board game festival, in partnership with the Swiss Federation of Toy Libraries and the Swiss Game Museum.

Swiss Gamers Awards full results 2025

Main Award
Winner: Take Time, designed by Alexi Piovesan, Julien Prothière (Published by Libellud)
2nd Place: Flip 7, Eric Olsen (Catch Up Games, Kosmos)
3rd Place: Zenith, Grégory Grard, Mathieu Roussel (PlayPunk)

Family Award
Winner: Flip 7, Eric Olsen (Catch Up Games, Kosmos)
2nd Place: Toy Battle, Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini (Repos Productions)
3rd Place: Take Time, Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière (Libellud)

Expert Award
Winner: Wondrous Creatures, Yeom Cheolwoong (Super Meeple, Strohmann Games)
2nd Place: Endeavor: Deep Sea, Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray (Super Meeple, Board Game Circus)
3rd Place: Eternal Decks, Hiroken (Pixie Games, Strohmann Games)