Editing Eurogame (section)

=== Awards ===
The most prestigious German board game award is the [[Spiel des Jahres]] ("Game of the Year").<ref name="Eurogames" /><ref name="The Game Inventor's Guidebook">{{cite book | title=The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-Playing Games, & Everything in Between! | last=Tinsman | first=Brian | year=2008 | publisher=[[Morgan James Publishing]] | isbn=978-1600374470}}</ref> The award is very family-oriented, with shorter, more approachable games such as ''Ticket to Ride'' and ''[[Elfenland]]'' usually preferred by the award committee.

In 2011, the jury responsible for the [[Spiel des Jahres]] created the [[Kennerspiel des Jahres]], or connoisseur's game of the year, for more complex games.<ref name="Eurogames" />

The [[Deutscher Spielepreis]] ("German game prize") is also awarded to games that are more complex and strategic, such as ''Puerto Rico''. A few games have had broad enough appeal to win both awards: ''The Settlers of Catan'' (published 1995), ''Carcassonne'' (published 2000), and ''Dominion'' (published 2008).