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The Deutscher SpielePreis is one of two major German game awards, and is generally considered to be the "gamer's game" award, in contrast to the Spiel des Jahres, which generally leans toward recognizing family games. The Deutscher SpielePreis is awarded by the magazine Die Pöppel-Revue, which collects votes from many sources, including game clubs, game industry journalists and other professionals, hundreds of game shops, and its own subscriber list. This year the winner is:
The year is 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom
of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the
time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen
will be flocking by the cartload, attracted by the great prospects. Around the
building site, a city is slowly rising up...
The players embody master builders. By building the King’s castle and developing the city around it, they earn prestige points and gain the King’s favor. When the castle is finished, the player who has earned the most prestige wins the game. It was certainly no surprise to me to see Caylus win the award this year. It is truly a deserving winner. I've played Caylus several times and found it to be an excellent "gamers game". In my experience, there are several viable strategies for victory and the actions of the other players can really change your tactics and force you to re-evaluate you position. Several other excellent games received votes. In order, from 1st to 10th, they are:
Previous winners of the award are:
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