Hippodice Game Designer Award: The decisions for 2011
As usual, the final discussions and decisions of the jury (seven R&D guys from publishers and Wieland Herold of the Jury Spiel des Jahres) have been exiting. The list of the awarded games and game designers is long and the list of recomandations full of wonders.
The three finalists:
- Afrika 1830 by Alexander Pfister (A)
- Hexa Maxima by Robert Schuppe (D)
- Vasall by Volker Sänger (D)
Further participants of the final round have been:
Cumulus by David Kremer (D)
Der schlaue Müller by Bernhard Kläui (CH)
Die Säulen des Herakles by Jörg Domberger (A)
Old World New World by Aaron Smith (USA)
Zieh Leine by Frank Bebenroth (D)
Games on the Recomandation List are:
Wirtschaftswunder by Malz, Louis und Malz, Stefan (D)
Wunder Wirtschaft by Stefan Risthaus (D)
The Special Award for the best children's game goes to:
Bienchen Bande by Carsten Schauf (D)
The Special Award for the best full evening game goes to:
Ruhrschifffahrt by Thomas Spitzer (D)
Congratulations to all game designers! Further information about the games you get here (only in German).