Editing Spiel des Jahres (section)

===2012 awards===
The nominations for the 2012 awards were announced on May 21, 2012, and the winners on July 9, 2012:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Game of the Year
|-
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''[[Kingdom Builder]]''
| [[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
| [[Queen Games]]
| {{win}}
|-
| [[Las Vegas (board game)|''Las Vegas'']]
| [[Rüdiger Dorn]]
| [[alea (game publisher)|Alea]]/[[Ravensburger]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Eselsbrücke''
| Stefan Dorra and Ralf zur Linde
| [[Schmidt Spiele]]
| {{nom}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year
|-
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''[[Village (board game)|Village]]''
| Inka Brand and Markus Brand
| [[:de:Pegasus Spiele|Pegasus Spiele]]
| {{win}}
|-
| [[K2 (board game)|''K2'']]
| Adam Kałuża
| rebel.pl
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Targi''
| Andreas Steiger
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
| {{nom}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Children's Game of the Year
|-
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''Schnappt Hubi!''
| Steffen Bogen
| [[Ravensburger]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Spinnengift und Krötenschleim''
| [[Klaus Teuber]]
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Die kleinen Drachenritter''
| Marco Teubner
| HUCH! & friends
| {{nom}}
|}