Editing Spiel des Jahres (section)

===2013 awards===
The nominations for the 2013 awards were announced on May 21, 2013, and the Spiel and Kennerspiel winners were announced on July 8, 2013. The Kinderspiel (Children's) Game of the Year was announced on June 12, 2013:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Game of the Year
|-
! style="width:140px;"| Game !!  style="width:225px;"| Designer !!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher !! Result
|-
| [[Hanabi (card game)|''Hanabi'']]
| [[Antoine Bauza]]
| [[Asmodée Éditions]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Augustus''
| Paolo Mori
| Hurrican
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Qwixx''
| Steffan Benndorf
| GameFactory
| {{nom}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year
|-
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
! style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''Die Legenden von Andor (Legends of Andor)''
| [[Michael Menzel]]
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Brügge (Bruges)''
| [[Stefan Feld]]
| [[Hans im Glück]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Die Paläste von Carrara (The Palaces of Carrara)''
| [[Michael Kiesling]] and [[Wolfgang Kramer]]
| [[Hans im Glück]]
| {{nom}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Children's Game of the Year
|-
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
! style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''Der verzauberte Turm (The Enchanted Tower)''
| Inka and Markus Brand
| [[Schmidt Spiele|Schmidt Games]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Gold am Orinoko''
| Bernhard Weber
| [[Habermaaß|HABA]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Mucca Pazza''
| Iris Rossbach
| [[Zoch Verlag]]
| {{nom}}
|}