{"id":331,"date":"2023-05-17T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2023-06-20T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T11:09:46","slug":"voting-opens-for-germanys-biggest-board-gaming-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/17\/voting-opens-for-germanys-biggest-board-gaming-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting opens for Germany’s biggest board gaming award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Voting is open for the Deutscher Spiele Preis, Germany’s biggest board gaming award, with winners set to be announced at the Essen Game Fair<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards have been running since 1990, when Catan designer Klaus Teuber’s Hoity Toity came away with the inaugural prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Runaway success Ark Nova<\/a> triumphed in last year’s awards, with Quacks and Co: Quedlinburg Dash<\/a> winning the best children’s game prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While nominally a ‘family games’ award, the winning games have varied heavily in complexity and play time over the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent previous winners have included The Lost Ruins of Arnak, The Crew, Wingspan, Azul, Terraforming Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ark Nova is the most complex game to win the award since Mombasa in 2016, according to ‘game weight’ ratings compiled on BoardGameGeek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voting is open for games that were published in German between May 1 2022 and April 30 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possible contenders for this year’s prize include Earth from Inside Up Games, Heat: Pedal to the Metal by Days of Wonder and Dune: Imperium from Dire Wolf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Votes are only counted from people who live in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with the voting process set to close on August 15. Anyone eligible can vote here: https:\/\/www.spiel-essen.de\/de\/dsp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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