Editing Spiel des Jahres (section)

=== 2018 awards ===

The nominations and the special prize for the 2018 award were announced on May 14, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spieldesjahres.com/en/our-nominees-for-2018 |title=Spiel des Jahres e.V. |access-date=2018-05-16 |archive-date=2021-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902153700/https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The winner for Children's Game of the Year was announced on June 11, 2018. The winners for Game of the Year and Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year were announced on July 23, 2018.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Game of the Year
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| [[Azul (board game)|''Azul'']]
| [[Michael Kiesling]]
| Next Move/Plan B Games
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Luxor''
| [[Rüdiger Dorn]]
| [[Queen Games]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''The Mind''
| Wolfgang Warsch
| Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag
| {{nom}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''[[The Quacks of Quedlinburg|Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg (The Quacks of Quedlinburg)]]''
| Wolfgang Warsch
| [[Schmidt Spiele|Schmidt Games]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Ganz Schön Clever''
| Wolfgang Warsch
| [[Schmidt Spiele|Schmidt Games]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Heaven & Ale''
| [[Michael Kiesling]] and Andreas Schmidt
| Eggertspiele
| {{nom}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Children's Game of the Year
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Result
|-
| ''Funkelschatz (Dragon's Breath)''
| Lena und Günter Burkhardt
| [[Habermaaß|HABA]]
| {{win}}
|-
| ''Emojito!''
| Urtis Šulinskas
| Huch! & friends
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Panic Mansion''
| Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen
| Blue Orange
| {{nom}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Special Prize
! style="width:140px;"| Game
!  style="width:225px;"| Designer
!  style="width:120px;"| Publisher
! Category
! Result
|-
| [[Pandemic (board game)#Pandemic Legacy|''Pandemic Legacy: Season 2'']]
| [[Matt Leacock]] and [[Rob Daviau]]
| [[Z-Man Games]]
| Special Prize
| {{win}}
|}