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The Essen Feather (German: Essener Feder) is an award for German-style board games, given at the Deutscher Spiele Preis ceremony at the Spiel game fair in Essen, Germany. The award is given to games with well-written rules, as it was felt that too many good games were spoiled by incomprehensible rules.

The trophy is a brass goose quill and inkwell on a chessboard.

Winners

  • 1981 Focus
  • 1982 Atlantis
  • 1983 Giganten
  • 1984 Inka
  • 1985 Wildlife Adventure
  • 1986 Das Blaue Amulett
  • 1987 Spy & Spy
  • 1988 Holiday AG
  • 1989 No game was found worthy of the award
  • 1990 Lifestyle
  • 1991 Hotu Matua
  • 1992 Coco Crazy
  • 1993 Acquire
  • 1994 New Games in Old Rome (German: Neue Spiele im Alten Rom)
  • 1995 The Settlers of Catan
  • 1996 Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix (German: Top Race)
  • 1997 Mississippi Queen
  • 1998 Die Macher
  • 1999 Union Pacific
  • 2000 Taj Mahal
  • 2001 Entdecker
  • 2002 Puerto Rico
  • 2003 Alhambra
  • 2004 Fifth Avenue
  • 2005 Piranha Pedro
  • 2006 Nacht der Magier
  • 2007 Chateau Roquefort
  • 2008 Jamaica
  • 2009 Diamonds Club
  • 2010 At the Gates of Loyang
  • 2011 Expedition Sumatra
  • 2012 Grimoire
  • 2013 The Palaces of Carrara
  • 2014 Linko!
  • 2015 Alchemists
  • 2016 My First Stone Age

    • References

    Essen Feather Wikipedia
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