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Game of the Year 2025: Award Winners

The "Spiel des Jahres 2025" is Bomb Busters from Hisashi Hayashi (Pegasus Spiele), and Endeavor: Die Tiefsee from Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray (Frosted Games / Board Game Circus) was chosen as the "Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025". The "Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025" award went to Topp die Torte from Wolfgang Warsch (Schmidt).

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Board Game Designer of the Year award 2025

Lucca, June 25, 2025 — Only five of the most active and prolific board game designers in the world are selected each year as finalists for the Board Game Designer of the Year award, an initiative organized by Lucca Crea, the company behind Lucca Comics & Games, in collaboration with SAZ Italia. This year, eight designers were initially nominated by the jury and the organization, from which five finalists were ultimately chosen.

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Game authors/designers

Udo Dieter Peise

Benediktbeuern

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Andrea Robbiani

Saronno

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Janet Kneisel

Zuzgen

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Sebastian Riechmann

Regensburg

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Simon Kösters

Lünen

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Alexander Rein

Diez

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Florian Maas

Hanau

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Citie Lo

Berlin

Tobias Löffler

Spalt

David Spada

BORGHI

Martin Ebel

Kassel

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Jens Merkl

Hambrücken

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Arpad Fritsche

München

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Josef Kirschner

Unna

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Roman Rodriguez Maecker

Berlin

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Stefan Freund

Gauting

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Johannes Fähndrich

Magdeburg

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Ralf Kuhn

Saarbrücken

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Robert Groenewold

Bilthoven

Robert Lovell

Köln

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Paul Schulz

Berlin

Paul Gäbler

Braunschweig

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Martyn F

Nuenen

Luca Maragno

Milano

Tobias Scholz

Düsseldorf

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Justin Müller

Mainz

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Volker Cullmann

Püttlingen/Saar

Paul Bamberger

Odenthal

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Christoph Proll

Bad Dürkheim

Markus Haberbosch

München

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Jörg Pollack

Lauf

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Max Philipp

Berlin

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Unterhaching

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Kaddy Arendt

Duisburg

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Julia Thiemann

Berlin

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Michael Palm

Tengen

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Jan Werner

Zolling

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Jürgen Heel

Imst

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Martin Student

Göttingen

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Marius Waninger

trossingen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Reiner Knizia

München

Lidia Blanco González

Vilanova de Arousa

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Marcello Galli

Firenze

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Christos Giannakoulas

Thermi

Jendrik Odenwäller

Bremen

Andreas Schleicher

Stuttgart

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Wolfgang Vogel

Lehrberg

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Steffen Albus

Darmstadt

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Claude Weber

Roullingen

Gian Andrea Cappuzzo

Villa Estense

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Dietmar Bockelmann

Nandlstadt

Francesco Testini

Monza

Karl-Hermann Böker

Bielefeld

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Nicko Böhnke

Bargteheide

Janusch Rentenatus

Essen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Dean Morris

London

Till Teenck

Berlin

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Thomas Hög

Recklinghausen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Rudi Biber

Wellheim

Eike Jung

Köln

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

William Cavaglieri

Brescia

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Isabelle Laue

Bobingen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Tobias Tesar

München

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Cynthia-Stefanie Barth

Friedrichshafen

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Daniel Bernsen

Huixquilucan

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Alessandro Rizzi

Brescia

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Deren Gündogdu

Darmstadt

Arnold Reisse

Hamburg

Aaron Haag

München

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Ulysse Richert-Botté

Frankfurt Am Main

Niels Hoffmann

Hochheim am Main

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Sandra Niemeyer

Kornwestheim

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Tom Werneck

Haar

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Karolin Mellert

Bremen

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Markus Reinhardt

Boitze

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Thomas Weber

München

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Juri Alexander

Berlin

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Rita Modl

Huglfing