The Essen Feather () 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 Dark Tower 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
External links BoardGameGeek Article on the Essen Feather Official winners list