The incredibly popular Codenames.
Every summer, a jury of board game critics from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria announces its pick for Game of the Year, or "Spiel des Jahres" (SdJ). The board game world has its fair share of award ceremonies, but none is quite as prestigious or important as the SdJ. The award assures wide promotion and a healthy sales bump both in Germany and abroad; previous winners have included such undisputed classics as Catan and Qwirkle. Most of the games nominated for the 2016 prize were initially released in 2015; to be considered for the award, they needed to have been released in the German market within the past 12 months.
This past weekend, we took an exhaustive, 8,000-word look at all the nominees across two categories, and we waited patiently to hear who would come out on top. The winners were announced today.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the main "Spiel des Jahres" award went to the word-association party game Codenames. Released near the end of last year, Codenames has taken the board game world by storm; Board Game Geek users have quickly voted the title the best party game of all time (for good reason, too). We've never introduced the game to anyone—from kids to gamers to grandparents—who didn't instantly fall in love with it.
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