14-07-2025
Board game created by Japanese designer wins prestigious German award
A board game created by a Japanese designer has, for the first time, won a German award considered to be the world's top honor for analogue tabletop games.
The "Spiel des Jahres," or Game of the Year, award went to "Bomb Busters" designed by Hayashi Hisashi. The prestigious award is given annually to a board or card game released in German-speaking countries.
Bomb Busters players aim to defuse imaginary bombs by working together to cut wires. Players can sever wires if they successfully guess what numbers are written on wire tiles held by their teammates.
Hayashi said during the awards ceremony on Sunday that he wants to thank those who support him from Japan, colleagues who test his ideas at his home every week, and his wife.
