Overview
- The jury, in a Frankfurt café livestream Tuesday, named Cozy Sticker Ville, Dito!, and Morty Sorty Magic Shop to the Spiel des Jahres shortlist, while the praised Take Time landed only on the recommendation list.
- The expert and children’s awards will consider Boss Fighters QR, Moon Colony Bloodbath, and Rebirth for Kennerspiel, and Buh Party, Die Insel der Mookies, and Verflixt verzaubert for Kinderspiel.
- Winners will be announced on July 12 in Berlin.
- Cozy Sticker Ville is a cooperative village-building game by Corey Konieczka that uses more than 800 stickers.
- FAZ reports only 10 of 440 games were by women, and other reports cite either 571 releases in total or a pool of 440 age‑8‑plus titles.