Title: Scotland Yard | Year of win: 1983 | Designer: Manfred Burggraf, Dorothy Garrels, Wolf Hoermann, Fritz Ifland, Werner Schlegel | Number of players: 3–6 | Playing time: 45 minutes | Worthy winner? Yes | Worth playing now? Yes | Availability: Wide | Price: £20
The venerable publisher Ravensburger celebrated 1983, its 100th year of producing games, with its third Spiel des Jahres win – and for a world-class award that was only being given for the fifth time, that’s an impressive track record.