Michael Kiesling

Jubako is named for boxes used to display food in Japan. It’s a stacking spatial puzzle game that requires you to balance high scoring moves with ensuring you don’t cut yourself off for future turns.

Winner of the 2018 Spiel des Jahres, this tile-laying game will send you to Portugal, as players take turns selecting tiles and trying to collect the correct number to decorate their wall in specific patterns. Collect too many and you’ll lose points, collect too few each round and your opponents may out-build you!