Editing Spiel des Jahres (section)

===Children's game of the year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"| Year
! style="width:29%;"| Game
! style="width:40%;"| Designer
! style="width:30%;"| Publisher
|-
|1989
| ''[[Gute Freunde]]''
| [[Alex Randolph]]
| Selecta
|-
|1990
| ''[[My Haunted Castle]]''<br>(German title: ''Das Geisterschloss'')
| [[Virginia Charves]]
| F.X. Schmid
|-
|1991
| [[Corsaro (board game)|Corsaro – ''Irrfahrt im Piratenmeer'']]
| Wolfgang Kramer
| [[Herder publishers|Herder]]
|-
|1992
| ''[[Galloping Pigs]]''<br>(German title: ''Schweinsgalopp'')
| [[Heinz Meister]]
| Ravensburger
|-
|1993
| ''[[Ringel Rangel]]''
| [[Geni Wyss]]
| Habermaaß
|-
|1994
| ''[[Loopin' Louie]]''
| [[Carol Wiseley]]
| [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]]
|-
|1995
| [[Karambolage (game)|''Karambolage'']]
| [[Heinz Meister]]
| Habermaaß
|-
|1996
| ''[[Noah's Park]]''<br>(German title: ''Vier zu Mir'')
| [[Heike Baum]]
| Altenburger und Stralsunder
|-
|1997
| ''[[Leinen Los!]]''
| Alex Randolph
| Habermaaß
|-
|1998
| ''[[Chicken Cha Cha Cha]]''
| [[Klaus Zoch]]
| [[Zoch Verlag]]
|-
|1999
| [[Kayanak (board game)|''Kayanak'']]
| [[Peter-Paul Joopen]]
| Habermaaß
|-
|2000<ref>This and earlier awards were Special Awards</ref>
| {{ill| Arbos (game)|Lt=''Arbos''|de|Arbos (Spiel)}}
| [[Armin Müller]] and [[Martin Arnold (game designer)|Martin Arnold]]
| [[M+A Spiel]]
|-
|2001
| [[Klondike (2001 board game)|''Klondike'']]
| [[Christian Wolf]] and [[Stefanie Rohner]]
| Habermaaß
|-
|2002
| ''[[The Ladybug's Costume Party]]''<br>(German title: ''Maskenball der Käfer'')
| [[Peter-Paul Joopen]]
| Selecta
|-
|2003
| ''[[Viva Topo!]]''
| [[Manfred Ludwig]]
| [[Selecta (games company)|Selecta]]
|-
|2004
| ''[[Spooky Stairs]]''<br>(German title: ''Geistertreppe'')
| [[Michelle Schanen]]
| Drei Magier Spiele
|-
|2005
| [[Das Kleine Gespenst (board game)|''Das Kleine Gespenst'']]
| [[Kai Haferkamp]]
| [[Kosmos (publisher)|Kosmos]]
|-
|2006
| ''[[Der Schwarze Pirat]]''
| [[Guido Hoffmann (game designer)|Guido Hoffmann]]
| [[Habermaaß GmbH|Habermaaß]]
|-
|2007
| ''[[Beppo der Bock]]''
| [[Peter Schackert]]
| [[Huch & Friends]]
|-
|2008
| ''[[Wer war's?]]''
| [[Reiner Knizia]]
| [[Ravensburger]]
|-
|2009
| [[The Magic Labyrinth (board game)|''The Magic Labyrinth'']]
| [[Dirk Baumann]]
| [[Drei Magier Spiele]]
|-
|2010
| ''[[Diego Drachenzahn]]''
| [[Manfred Ludwig]]
| [[Habermaaß GmbH|HABA]]
|-
|2011
| ''[[Da ist der Wurm drin]]''
| [[Carmen Kleinert]]
| [[Zoch Verlag]]
|-
|2012
| ''[[Schnappt Hubi!]]''
| [[Steffen Bogen]]
| [[Ravensburger]]
|-
|2013
| ''[[Der verzauberte Turm]]''
| [[Inka and Markus Brand]]
| [[Schmidt/Marke Drei Magier Spiele]]
|-
|2014
| ''[[Geister, Geister, Schatzsuchmeister!]]''
(English title: ''Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters'')
| [[Brian Yu]]
| [[Mattel| Mattel Games]]
|-
|2015
| [[Spinderella (board game)|''Spinderella'']]
| [[Roberto Fraga]]
| [[Zoch Verlag]]
|-
|2016
| ''My First Stone Age<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SpieldesJahres/status/744818176551067649|title=Spiel des Jahres on Twitter|access-date=2016-08-30|archive-date=2017-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604075240/https://twitter.com/SpieldesJahres/status/744818176551067649|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}''
| Marco Teubner
| ZMAN Games
|-
| 2017
| ''Ice Cool<ref name="auto1" />''
| Brian Gomez
| Amigo
|-
| 2018
| ''Funkelschatz''
(English title: ''Dragon's Breath'')
| Lena und Günter Burkhardt
| Habermaaß| [[Habermaaß GmbH|HABA]]
|-
| 2019
| ''Tal der Wikinger''<ref name="spiegel2019"/><ref name="zatu2109"/>
(English title: ''Valley of the Vikings'')
| Marie and Wilfried Fort
| [[Habermaaß GmbH|HABA]]
|-
| 2020
| ''Speedy Roll''
(Alternate title: ''Hedgehog Roll'')
| Urtis Šulinskas
| Piatnik
|-
|2021
| ''[[Dragomino]]''<ref name="tabletop2021"/><ref name="spieldesjahres2021"/>
| Bruno Cathala, Marie Fort and Wilfried Fort
| {{ill|Pegasus games|de|Pegasus Spiele}} and Blue Orange
|-
|2022
| ''Zauberberg''
(English title: ''Magic Mountain'')
| Jens-Peter Schliemann and Bernhard Weber
| Amigo
|-
|2023
| ''Mysterium Kids''
| Antonin Boccara and Yves Hirschfeld
| Libellud / Space Cow
|-
|2024
| ''Die magischen Schlüssel''
(English title: ''Magic Keys'')
| Markus Slawitschek and Arno Steinwender
| Game Factory / Happy Baobab
|}