Editing Spiel des Jahres (section)

===2005 awards===

The nominations for the 2005 award were announced on May 8, 2005, and the winner on June 27, 2005:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Game of the Year
|-
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| [[Niagara (board game)|''Niagara'']]
| Thomas Liesching
| [[Zoch Verlag]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Verflixxt! (That's Life!)''
| [[Wolfgang Kramer]] and [[Michael Kiesling]]
| [[Ravensburger]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Around the World in 80 Days (board game)|''In 80 Tagen um die Welt (Around the World in 80 Days)'']]
| Michael Rieneck
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jambo (card game)|''Jambo'']]
| [[Rüdiger Dorn]]
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Himalaya''
| Régis Bonnessée
| [[Tilsit Editions|Tilsit]]
| {{nom}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Children's Game of the Year
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''Das kleine Gespenst''
| Kai Haferkamp
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Schildkrötenrennen (Ribbit)''
| [[Reiner Knizia]]
| Winning Moves
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Schildi Schildkröte''
| Ronald Hofstätter
| [[Habermaaß|HABA]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Mago Magino''
| [[Reiner Knizia]]
| Selecta
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Daddy Cool''
| Heinz Meister
| Huch!
| {{nom}}
|}