The game of the year 2007 in Spain has been to "The Pillars of the Earth" by Michael Rieneck & Stefan Stadler and edited by Devir.
No longer a surprise to me, certainly not expecting it, not my personal assessment of the game that I will not get to appreciate. Either because there was a clear favorite among the finalists (who had not.) Rather it is because knowing the election winners and finalists from previous years as I beat the game winner.
And I'm not going to resist saying that I felt some sympathy for "The Hive" by the fact that an abstract game will never be able to be so close to winning the prize.
I believe we also have gained a new game, because it may encourage publishers to try to bring new products to Spain.
Hopefully a little-known prize attached to a game based on a well-known book serves to popularize the game between English society.
Indeed, second prize of the year for Devir.
this year's finalists were:
- Bohnanza, Uwe Rosenberg (Mercury)
- Caylus by William Attia (Edge)
- Hive: The Hive , John Yianni (Crómola)
- The Pillars of the Earth , Michael Rieneck & Stefan Stadler (Devir)
- Princes of Florence ( link in German), by Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich (Excalibur)
- Puerto Rico by Andreas Seyfarth (Devir).
