Deutscher Spiele Preis 1990s

DSP 1990-1999

Here are the first 10 years (1990-1999) of games that were awarded the Deutscher Spiele Preis (DSP), which is a prize given to a game considered to be a true “gamer’s game” each year.

Only the first game in the list was actually given the award. The other 9 games show their relative positions based on votes cast. See the official DSP site (German) for more information.

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1990

1st: Hoity Toity (Adel Verpflichtet) – Klaus Teuber

2nd: A La Carte – Karl-Heinz Schmiel

3rd: Such a Thing (Ein Solches Ding…) – Urs Hostettler

4th: Favoriten – Walter Müller

5th: Gold Digger (Goldrausch) – Reiner Knizia

6th: Coup (Holiday AG) – Wolfgang Kramer

7th: Römer – Rudolf Ross

8th: Wind & Wetter – Ben van Dijk & Wil Dijkstra

9th: Timberland – Klaus Teuber

10th: Dicke Kartoffeln – Doris Matthäus & Frank Nestel

1991

1st: Master Labyrinth – Max J. Kobbert

2nd: Bauernschlau – Tom Schoeps

3rd: Drunter & Drüber – Klaus Teuber

4th: Jagd der Vampire – Alex Randolph, Dario de Toffoli, & Walter Obert

5th: Conspiracy (Casablanca) – Eric Solomon

6th: Girl Talk

7th: Chamaleon – Wolfgang Großkopf

8th: Duftende Spuren – Christa Heidorn & Jürgen Heidorn

9th: Flusspiraten – Klaus Zoch & Walter Müller

10th: Columbus – Wolfgang Kramer

1992

1st: Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer) – Klaus Teuber

2nd: Um Reifenbreite – Rob Bontenbal

3rd: Quo Vadis – Reiner Knizia

4th: Tal der Könige – Christian Beierer

5th: Schraumen (Schraumeln) – Urs Hostettler

6th: Cosmic Encounter – Bill Eberle, Bill Norton, Jack Kittredge, & Peter Olotka

7th: Minos – Jean Vanaise

8th: Extrablatt – Karl-Heinz Schmiel

9th: Razzia – Stefan Dorra

10th: Neolithibum – Harald Bilz

1993

1st: Modern Art – Reiner Knizia

2nd: Tutankhamen (Tutanchamun) – Reiner Knizia

3rd: Vernissage – Klaus Teuber

4th: Liar’s Dice (Bluff) – Richard Borg

5th: Acquire – Sid Sackson

6th: Rheingold (Highlanders) – Reinhard Herbert

7th: Spiel der Türme – Rudi Hoffmann

8th: Sticheln – Klaus Palesch

9th: History of the World – Gary Dicken & Steve Kendall

10th: Pfusch – Harald Bilz, Peter Gutbrod, & Rainer Kroehn

1994

1st: Category 5 (Take 6!, 6 nimmt!, also Slide 5) – Wolfgang Kramer

2nd: The Mob (Capone) – Anthony Watts & Mark Caines

3rd: Manhattan – Andreas Seyfarth

4th: Intrigue (Intrige) – Stefan Dorra

5th: Lifeboats (Rette Sich wer Kann) – Ronald Wettering

6th: Was Sticht? – Karl-Heinz Schmiel

7th: Kingdoms (Auf Heller und Pfennig) – Reiner Knizia

8th: Knock Out – Wolfgang Panning

9th: Take it Easy! – Peter Burley

10th: Billabong – Eric Solomon

1995

1st: The Settlers of Catan – Klaus Teuber

2nd: Street Car (Linie 1) – Stefan Dorra

3rd: Sternen Himmel – Tom Schoeps

4th: The Mole in the Hole (Die Maulwurf Company) – Bertram Kaes & Virginia Charves

5th: Medici – Reiner Knizia

6th: Galopp Royal – Klaus Teuber

7th: Runes (Buzzle) – Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, & Peter Olotka

8th: Hattrick – Klaus Palesch

9th: Set! – Marsha J. Falco

10th: High Society – Reiner Knizia

1996

1st: El Grande – Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich

2nd: Entdecker – Klaus Teuber

3rd: PitchCar (Carabande) – Jean du Poël

4th: Gloria Picktoria (Get the Goods, Reibach & Co.) – Mick Ado & Alan R. Moon

5th: Mü & More – Doris Matthäus & Frank Nestel

6th: Marracash – Stefan Dorra

7th: Yucata’ – Stefan Dorra

8th: Campanile – Hanno Kuhn & Wilfried Kuhn

9th: Ab Die Post! – Helga Huber & Hermann Huber

10th: Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix (Top Race) – Wolfgang Kramer

1997

1st: Löwenherz – Klaus Teuber

2nd: Catan Card Game (Die Siedler von Catan: Das Kartenspiel) – Klaus Teuber

3rd: Showmanager – Dirk Henn

4th: Mississippi Queen – Werner Hodel

5th: Bohnanza – Uwe Rosenberg

6th: Serenissima – Dominique Ehrhard & Duccio Vitale

7th: Der Zerstreute Pharao (Ramses II) – Gunter Baars

8th: Expedition (Terra-X) – Wolfgang Kramer

9th: Beim Zeus! – Klaus Palesch

10th: Manitou – Günter Burkhardt

1998

1st: Tigris & Euphrates (Euphrat und Tigris) – Reiner Knizia

2nd: Primordial Soup (Ursuppe) – Doris Matthäus & Frank Nestel

3rd: Elfenland – Alan R. Moon

4th: Through the Desert (Durch die Wüste) – Reiner Knizia

5th: Canyon – Frederick A. Herschler

6th: Basari – Reinhard Staupe

7th: Tycoon – Horst-Rainer Rösner & Wolfgang Kramer

8th: Caesar & Cleopatra – Wolfgang Lüdtke

9th: Die Macher – Karl-Heinz Schmiel

10th: Freebooter (Freibeuter) – Reiner Stockhausen

1999

1st: Tikal – Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling

2nd: Ra – Reiner Knizia

3rd: Union Pacific – Alan R. Moon

4th: Samurai – Reiner Knizia

5th: Die Handler – Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich

6th: Giganten – Wilko Manz

7th: Verräter – Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

8th: Mamma Mia! – Uwe Rosenberg

9th: Chinatown – Karsten Hartwig

10th: Medieval Merchant (Pfeffersäcke) – Christwart Conrad