Carcassonne wins the Finnish Game of the Year 2004 award. As we all know, Settlers of Catan didn’t make it, not even to the finals. However, it got a special mention as an interesting, new kind of game. So basically, I think that reads great game, but too complicated for the award
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Finalists included Yundao, which is an interesting remake of Fish Eat Fish. Yundao certainly seems to look much better than Fish Eat Fish, which is an ugly game.
Here’s the official Finnish page.