The German Jury Spiel des Jahres announced their three nomination lists for 2017 and – in additon – for each category a recomendation list with further games.

Nominated for the „Spiel des Jahres / Game of the year 2017“:

• KINGDOMINO by Bruno Cathala (Publisher: Pegasus Spiele)
• MAGIC MAZE by Kasper Lapp (Publisher: Sit Down!, Distributor: Pegasus Spiele)
• WETTLAUF NACH EL DORADO by Reiner Knizia (Publisher: Ravensburger)

In addition, the jury published a recommendation list with 7 more titles

Nominated for „Kinderspield es JAHRES / Childen’s game of the year 2017“:

• CAPTAIN SILVER by Wolfgang Dirscherl and Manfred Reindl (Publisher: Queen Games)
• DER MYSTERIÖSE WALD by Carlo A. Rossi (Publisher: Iello, Distributor: HUCH! & friends)
• ICE COOL by Brian Gomez (Publisher: Amigo)

In addition, the jury published a recommendation list with 7 more titles

Nominated for „Kennerspiel des Jahres / Connoisseur game of the year 2017“:

• EXIT - DAS SPIEL von Inka und Markus Brand (Publisher: Kosmos)
• RÄUBER DER NORDSEE von Shem Philips (Publisher: Schwerkraft)
• TERRAFORMING MARS von Jacob Fryxelius (Publisher: Schwerkraft)

In addition, the jury published a recommendation list with 4 more titles

The „Kinderspiel des Jahres 2017“ will be awarded on June 19th 2017 in Hamburg.
The „Spiel des Jahres 2017“ and the „Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017“ will be awarded on June 17th in Berlin.

We congratulate all game designers – particuarly our 14 members, which are authors or co-authors of 14 nominated or recommended games.