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News
Game of the Year 2024: Award Winners
The "Spiel des Jahres 2024" is Sky Team by Luc Rémond (Kosmos / Scorpion Masqué), and e-Mission by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace (Schmidt) was chosen as the "Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024". The "Kinderspiel des Jahres 2024" award went to Der magische Schlüssel by Markus Slawitscheck and Arno Steinwender (Game Factory / Happy Baobab).
Game of the Year Jury: The nominated games 2024
The Jury "Spiel des Jahres e.V." association announced this year's nominations and recommendation lists on June 11, 2024. Three games each were nominated for "Spiel des Jahres 2024", "Kinderspiel des Jahres 2024" and "Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024".
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