Spiel des Jahres 2026 Predictions Thread

The Spiel des Jahres nominations should be announced in a few months. What are your predictions for 2026?

My guesses:

SdJ (Game of the Year): Sky Team or Harmonies
Kennerspiel (Enthusiast): Slay the Spire: The Board Game or SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Kinderspiel (Kids): No idea, I don’t play enough kids games

What do you think? Any dark horses?

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@gateway_guru 2d ago

Sky Team for SdJ is a solid pick. Co-op, accessible, great theme. The jury loves that combination.

@heavy_euro_bro 1d ago

Slay the Spire: The Board Game for Kennerspiel would be huge for the hobby. A video game adaptation winning SdJ's expert award? Sign me up.

@BoardGameBarista 1d ago

Dark horse: **Trio**. Simple card game that's been blowing up in Germany. Exactly the kind of thing the SdJ jury loves.

@midweightMaven 1d ago

Whatever wins, I just hope it brings more people into the hobby. That's the whole point of the award.

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