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Donated by the City of Essen this award was created to incite publishers to pay more attention to how they write the rules, which all too often are so poorly written that they make the game completely incomprehensible.   The award is a challenge trophy formed as a brass goose quill and ink pot on a chessboard (my illustration is not the real thing), which is given at the ceremony of the Deutscher Spiele Preis during the Essen Spiel Fair in October. The award winner is usually announced in mid September.

Titel - Writer - Publisher   2004   Fifth Avenue  -  Stefan Brück  -  alea/Ravensburger   2003   Alhambra  -  ?  -  Queen Games   2002   Puerto Rico  -  Stefan Brück  -  alea/Ravensburger   2001   Die neuen Entdecker  -  ?  -  Kosmos   2000   Tadsch Mahal  -  Stefan Brück  -  alea/Ravensburger   1999   Union Pacific  -  ?  -  Amigo   1998   Die Macher  -  ?  -  Hans im Glück/Moskito   1997   Missippi Queen  -  ?  -  Goldsieber   1996   Top Race  -  ?  -  ASS   1995   Die Siedler von Catan  -  Marion Pott  -  Franckh   1994   Neue Spiele im Alten Rom  -  ?  -  Piatnik/Hugeldubel   1993   Acquire  -  ?  -  Schmidt   1992   Coco Crazy  -  ?  -  Ravensburger   1991   Hotu Matua  -  ?  -  Franckh   1990   Lifestyle  -  ?  -  Ravensburger   1989   No rules was found worthy of the award   1988   Ausbrecher AG  -  ?  -  Ravensburger   1987   Spion & Spion  -  ?  -  Milton Bradley   1986   Das blaue Amulet  -  ?  -  Noris   1985   Abenteuer Tierwelt  -  ?  -  Ravensburger   1984   Inka  -  ?  -  Noris   1983   Giganten  -  ?  -  Carlit   1982   Atlantis  -  ?  -  Milton Bradley   1981   Focus  -  ?  -  Parker

© Mik Svellov 1997-2004

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17. sep 2004