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German Boardgames

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The playing of boardgames has become a quite common free-time activity here in Germany, with well-known publishers like Ravensburger or ASS supplying a basic choice of games for the past few decades. To promote the hobby, the Spiel des Jahres-Awards was established in 1979 in order to present each year a game of outstanding quality.

However, much has changed in the year 1995 when "Die Siedler von Catan" was released - a new kind of family boardgame which vitalized the somewhat erratic games market. Millions of people now discovered the hobby of playing boardgames, and following the wake of the Settlers quite a few German games publishers jumped aboard and joined the fray, resulting in a new variety of boardgames which was so far unheard of.

Below, you will find quite a few reviews of German games which were written either by me or my G@mebox fellows. Many of the well-known German games were tested and reviewed by us, so you will have a broad choice of games which you cane browse through.

If you would like to learn a bit more about the history of German games, I would recommend my article "The Story of a Boardgamer" which I wrote for an online magazine a few years ago.


G@mebox Special - Games Award Winners

Instead of browsing through the list of games below, you might also opt to browse through the list of award-winning games. This should make it much easier for you to find some of the really exciting games!

Gamebox Star! Gamebox Star Deutscher Spiele Preis! Deutscher Spiele Preis
Spiel des Jahres! Spiel des Jahres International Gamers Awards International Gamers Awards

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