Founded in 1978, the Spiel des Jahres ("Game of the Year") is the most prestigious award in the German board games hobby. The Spiel is a Kritikerpreis ("critic's award") decided by a panel of expert games journalists. Games that win the Spiel des Jahres are holistic designs, with all elements fitting together naturally and smoothly. A winning game either introduces a new concept or blends existing elements to create a novel experience. The rules are clear, complete, and easily understood; the graphic design attractive; the physical pieces well made and durable. And obviously it should be more fun, for more people, than other games.
In Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made, James Wallis (Baron Munchausen, Once Upon a Time, Hogshead Publishing) explores the evolving world of board games through the lens of the Spiel des Jahres: the winners catapulted to worldwide popularity, once-lauded games now sadly forgotten, and a few popular hits that somehow missed out. Everybody Wins expertly chronicles the increasing sophistication in the design of modern board games and their ever-growing variety.
A compulsively readable study of the modern board game, Everybody Wins is for anyone who loves games, wonders what all the fuss is about, or just wants to know what to play next.
Games covered in Everybody Wins:
Adel Verpflichtet, Alhambra, Auf Achse, Azul, Barbarossa, Bluff, CATAN, Café International, Camel Up, Carcassonne, Cascadia, Codenames, Colt Express, Dixit, Dominion, Drunter & Drüber, El Grande, Elfenland, Enchanted Forest, Focus, Hanabi, Hare and Tortoise, Heimlich & Co, Just One, Keltis, Kingdom Builder, Kingdomino, Manhattan, MicroMacro, Mississippi Queen, Niagara, Pictures, Qwirkle, Railway Rivals, Rummikub, Scotland Yard, Sherlock Holmes, Thurn and Taxis, Ticket to Ride, Tikal, Torres, Um Reifenbreite, Villa Paletti, Zooloretto
First edition published by Aconyte Books. This edition provided by Magnum Opus Press.
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