Editing Spiel des Jahres (section)

=== 2016 awards ===
The nominations for the 2016 awards were announced on May 23, 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spiel-des-jahres.com/de/die-nominierten-2016-stehen-fest|title=Die Nominierten 2016 stehen fest {{!}} Spiel des Jahres e.V.|website=www.spiel-des-jahres.com|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-date=2016-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527193654/http://www.spiel-des-jahres.com/de/die-nominierten-2016-stehen-fest|url-status=live}}</ref> and the winners on Monday July 18, 2016:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Game of the Year
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| [[Codenames (board game)|''Codenames'']]
| [[Vladimír Chvátil]]
| [[Czech Games Edition]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''[[Imhotep (board game)|Imhotep]]''
| Phil Walker-Harding
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Karuba (board game)|''Karuba'']]
| [[Rüdiger Dorn]]
| [[Habermaaß|HABA]]
| {{nom}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''[[Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King|Isle of Skye: Vom Häuptling zum König (Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King)]]''
| Andreas Pelikan and [[Alexander Pfister]]
| [[Lookout Games]]
| {{win}}
|-
| [[Pandemic (board game)#Pandemic Legacy|''Pandemic Legacy - Season 1'']]
| [[Matt Leacock]] and [[Rob Daviau]]
| [[Z-Man Games]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''T.I.M.E Stories''
| Manuel Rozoy
| Space Cowboys
| {{nom}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Children's Game of the Year
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''Stone Age Junior (My First Stone Age)''
| Marco Teubner
| [[Hans im Glück]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Mmm!''
| [[Reiner Knizia]]
| [[:de:Pegasus Spiele|Pegasus Spiele]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Leo muss zum Friseur (Leo Goes to the Barber)''
| [[Leo Colovini]]
| Abacus Spiele
| {{nom}}
|}