Spinderella, published by Zoch, has won the Kinderspiel des Jahres for 2015. The KdJ is the “Children’s Game of the Year”, as selected by a panel of German board game critics. Hailed for Spinderella’s use of magnets and the spiderweb pulley system, the game beat out Schatz-Rabatz by Noris Spiele (a pirate-themed game) and Push a Monster by Queen Games (a dexterity game about placing monster tokens on a small surface). The Spiel des Jahres (“Game of the Year”) and Kennerspiel des Jarhes (“Hobby Game of the Year”) will be announced on Monday, July 6, 2015.

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The nominees for the 2015 Spiel des Jahres award have been announced!

The Nominees for the Spiel des Jahres 2015: Colt Express, Machi Koro, The Game. The Nominees for the Kinderspiel des Jahres 2015: Push a Monster, Schatz-Rabatz, Spinderella. The Nominees for the Kennerspiel des Jahres 2015: Broom Service, Elysium, Orléans.

Congratulations to all the nominees. Anyone care to start making predictions on the winners?

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