Gift guides
Hand-picked award-winning board games for every age and every kind of player, with a note on why each one makes a good gift.
By age
Award-winning board games for ages 3 to 5First board games that won the Kinderspiel des Jahres and other prizes: short, colourful, easy to explain, and fun for the grown-ups playing along.Award-winning board games for ages 6 to 8Prize-winning games for 6 to 8-year-olds: real choices, short rules and games the whole family enjoys, chosen from Spiel des Jahres and Kinderspiel des Jahres winners.Award-winning board games for ages 9 to 12Spiel des Jahres winners and other prize games for 9 to 12-year-olds: the age when kids can play the same modern classics as adults.
For every kind of player
Award-winning board games for twoPrize-winning games made for two: head-to-head duels, cooperative challenges and cosy games for couples, from the Spiel des Jahres and other prizes.Award-winning party gamesPrize-winning party games for big groups: word games, guessing games and laugh-out-loud games that seat six or more, from the Spiel des Jahres and other prizes.Award-winning family board gamesThe best family board games according to the juries: Spiel des Jahres winners that kids, parents and grandparents can all play together.Award-winning cooperative board gamesPrize-winning cooperative games where everyone wins or loses together: from first co-op games for families to deep challenges for experienced players.Award-winning strategy board gamesPrize-winning strategy games for experienced players: Kennerspiel des Jahres winners, Deutscher Spiele Preis champions and modern classics.Small award-winning games for stocking stuffersPrize-winning card and dice games in small boxes: easy to wrap, easy to carry, quick to learn and usually inexpensive. Perfect stocking stuffers and secret Santa gifts.Award-winning board games you can play soloPrize-winning board games with a one-player mode: puzzles, engine builders and mysteries for quiet evenings, from the Spiel des Jahres and the Deutscher Spiele Preis.Award-winning board games for people who don't play board gamesEasy, prize-winning games for friends and family who 'don't play board games': short rules, quick to start and fun from the first round.