Draft:À la Carte (game award)

The À la Carte, or the À la Carte Card Game Prize, is an annual game prize awarded by German gaming magazine  for the best card game of the year since 1991. It is the only gaming prize awarded exclusively for card games. Nominees and winners are decided by a jury of around 35 experts from games released from the middle of the previous year to the middle of the current year. The award is presented annually in October at the Internationale Spieltage in Essen, Germany.