Naturelich Games

Germany's Spiel des Jahres 2005 award goes to:

Niagara.

Niagara is designed by Thomas Liesching and published by Zoch Verlag. This small publisher already won the 2002 Spiel des Jahres award for Villa Paletti. According to Managing Director Albrecht Werstein the new production run will start immediately. New orders can be satisfied by August 15th. Niagara should be available throughout Germany by mid-September.

Thomas Liesching said that he is full of joy to have found soulmates with Zoch Verlag. According to the Spiel des Jahres website, he was totally stunned and speechless.

Well-known Kosmos Verlag is awarded Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005 prize for

Das kleine Gespenst (The little ghost)

by Kai Haferkamp. Kai Haferkamp originates from Osnabrück (Naturelich's home town) and has based his game on Ottfried Preussler's book (by the same title).

Congratulations to both winners!