The Nominations for the 2021 Spiel des Jahres Are in, Featuring Several Solo Playable Game Designs
In my mind 2020 was the year solo board gaming went from being something of a novelty to the centre of attention, as evident by the fact that several of the nominations for the 2021 Spiel des Jahres are board game designs that feature cooperation or solitaire play. Earlier in May Harald Schrapers and Christoph Schlewinski, chairmen of the jury, announced on social media the nominations for each of the three categories as follows:
Spiel des Jahres
The Adventures of Robin Hood
MicroMacro: Crime City
Zombie: Teenz Evolution
Kennerspiel des Jahres
Fantasy Realms
Paleo
Kinderspiel des Jahres
Dragomino
Mia London and the Case of the 625 Scoundrels
Storytailors
It is also worth mentioning that the honourable mentions list for Kennerspiel des Jahres of 2021 features several solo playable game designs including Barrage, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, and Aeon’s End. table for ONE will update this news article once the winners have been announced by the Spiel des Jahres committee.
Source: Spiel des Jahres