List of Game of the Year awards (board games)
Year Winner Designer ( s ) Publisher
2019 Wingspan Elizabeth Hargrave Stonemaier Games
2018 Azul Michael Kiesling Plan B Games
2017 Terraforming Mars Jacob Fryxelius Stronghold Games
2016 Mombasa Alexander Pfister
2015 The Voyages of Marco Polo Simone Luciani , Daniele Tascini Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH
2014 Russian Railroads Helmut Ohley , Leonhard Lonny Orgler Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH
2013 Terra Mystica Jens Drögemüller , Helge Ostertag Feuerland Spiele
2012 Village Inka Brand , Markus Brand Pegasus Spiele
2011 7 Wonders Antoine Bauza Repos Production
2010 Fresco Marcel Süßelbeck , Marco Ruskowski , Wolfgang Panning Queen Games
2009 Dominion Donald X. Vaccarino Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH
2008 Agricola Uwe Rosenberg Lookout Games
2007 The Pillars of the Earth Michael Rieneck , Stefan Stadler Kosmos
2006 Caylus William Attia Ystari Games
2005 Louis XIV Rüdiger Dorn Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
2004 Saint Petersburg Bernd Brunnhofer Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH
2003 Amun-Re Reiner Knizia Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH
2002 Puerto Rico Andreas Seyfarth Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
2001 Carcassonne Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH
2000 Taj Mahal Reiner Knizia alea
Awards -- Deutscher Spiele Preis
The Deutscher Spiele Preis ( German for German Game Prize ) is an important award for boardgames . It was started in 1990 by the German magazine `` Die Pöppel-Revue '' , which collects votes from the industry 's stores , magazines , professionals and game clubs . The results are announced every October at the Spiel game fair in Essen , Germany . The Essen Feather is awarded at the same ceremony .
Game of the Year (abbreviated GotY) is a title awarded by various magazines, websites, and shows to a deserving game. Many publications award a single Game of the Year to a single title that they feel represents the pinnacle of gaming achievement that year.