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All great games! But I want In the Footsteps of Darwin to win. The educational value wins it for me. I was a bit sad that Trekking through History wasn't nominated, that would have been my top choice!

I would like In the Footsteps of Darwin to win, but I think Sky Team is going to win. I'm a little shocked that Sea Salt & Paper wasn't nominated or recommended. I guess they didn't think they could fit a Spiele logo on the cover :P

The craze about Sky Team at GenCon 2024 makes me think this game will win.

Sky team gets my vote! I am very interested in Captain Flip though and hope this makes it easier to get!

SkyTeam is amazing but I'd be surprised if a co-op game wins twice in a row. As a lover of co-op games I am very excited for this year

Thanks for the video! From previous years, it seems that games nominated for the Spiel des Jahres are games that entered the German market over the past year. Take Fantasy Realms: first released in 2017, first German edition released in 2020, nominated for the Kennerspiel in 2021. And speaking of Spiel vs. Kennerspiel, there have been some puzzlement by many in recent years regarding some lighter games nominated for the Kennerspiel and heavier games nominated for the Spiel. Including Fantasy Realms, The Crew, Challengers, and now Sky Team. Moreover, some games in the recommended lists would be better in the nominated list. For me, I was personally thinking Trekking Through History and Phantom Ink as the ones on the recommended list that should have been nominated. Trekking, like Darwin, is historically educational with a fun simple theme of revisiting historical events in three days. Phantom Ink is a fun and spooky party game akin to Codenames, except each of two teams privately ask questions to their spirit, who then revealing their answers one letter at a time until "silencio" is called-all to be the first team to identify the secret object. I'm rooting for the one game out of the Spiel / Kennerspiel nom lists that I was not aware of until now, and that is Flip Captain. Ultimately, like The Crew, I think Sky Team will win the Spiel.

Sky Team for the win!!!!

Im shocked Wandering Towers wasnt nominated last year or this year. I think Captain Flip will win, but I dont think its a very strong SDJ nomination. Its quick and easyz bit not much substance to keep it around years down the road.

I'm surprised Skyteam was nominated for the reasons you mentioned, and I haven't played Captain Flip, so I'd pick In The Footsteps of Darwin. I did enjoy that game quite a bit and look forward to In The Footsteps of Marie Curie. If I consider the recommended games, I'm surprised Harmonies wasn't nominated, and I think Trekking Through History is the best of the bunch for my gaming tastes. Great video 👍

id haft to disagree with the recently vibe on Harmonies ive seen cascadia for a long time now and have never had the desire to own or play it while Harmonies had me chomping at the bit to get it even paid a extra 30.00 to get it sooner from Zatu

A two-player, limited communication game is not a game I would want to play with a family and specifically children. Skyteam got dumped into the wrong category, and shouldn't win if adhering to the family category in which it was placed. Should Skyteam have been swapped with Guild of Merchant Explorers, and then won the Kenner? Probably.

My girl read all the nomanies to me and the only one i even have it Book Of Time which is a really good game :)

not to sound like a jackhole but the fact that Catan was part of any ones best ever list proves this award means ziltch that game is beyond boring unfun and not needed in any collection.......