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	Description Edit \| History

Reiner Knizia (born 1957 in Germany) is a full-time game designer who has been living in England. He earned a PhD in mathematics and has previously worked in the banking industry. His first published games in 1990 were Gold Digger and Digging. Since then he has been one of the world's most prolific game designers with over 200 games to his credit. He is particularly notable for his auction trilogy and his tile-laying trilogy.

Awards

2003 Origins Awards Hall of Fame inductee.
2008 Kinderspiel des Jahres award for Wer war's
2008 Spiel des Jahres award for Keltis

Abridged List of Notable Games

1992 Modern Art
1995 Medici
1997 Tigris & Euphrates
1998 Through the Desert
1998 Samurai
1999 Ra
1999 Lost Cities
2000 Lord of the Rings
2000 Taj Mahal
2003 Amun-Re
2004 Blue Moon
2004 Ingenious
2008 Keltis

Interviews

First Interview with BoardGameSpeak
Second Interview with BoardGameSpeak
Interview with Ward Batty
Interview with Greg Daigle
Interview with Pierre-Nicolas Lapointe
Interview with HeadGames Podcast
First Interview with Eric Burgess
Second Interview with Eric Burgess
Interview with Merscom
Interview with Ilha do Tabuleiro (portuguese)
Video interview with Patrick Stapleton

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2	General Creator Forum How many games of Knizia games do you have?	2009-11-17	Xaykev	15
0	General Creator Forum How do you like Reiner Knizia's reworks of his own previous games?	2009-09-18	lacxox	0
7	General Creator Forum Higgledy Piggledy Reiner Knizia!	2009-07-26	55cards	6
5	General Creator Forum Reiner Knizia interview by Ilha do Tabuleiro (english version)	2009-06-05	vinashu	1
0	General Creator Forum Reiner Knizia concede entrevista a Ilha do Tabuleiro (portuguese)	2009-06-05	vinashu	0
0	General Creator Forum The most-played designer of 2008	2009-02-21	lacxox	0
0	General Creator Forum Reiner Knizia games 2002-2008	2009-02-07	lacxox	2
55	General Creator Forum An open letter to Reiner Knizia	2008-10-03	Koldfoot	17
0	General Creator Forum How can I contact Reiner?	2008-09-28	Ambrose	7
0	General Creator Forum Good Ol' Robert	2008-02-12	Favre4MVP	5

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1	Pickomino News Pickomino is leaving BrettspielWelt in March 2010	2009-11-20	bc84	0
0	Tigris & Euphrates General Mayfair for 999 tile swap	2009-11-20	tacoSEVEN	0
0	Ra General Do you consider yourself good at Ra?	2009-11-19	bippi	6
0	Lord of the Rings General Need help Feature Cards list	2009-11-19	leper	2
1	Tigris & Euphrates Sessions The Big Blob - OR - First play with two players	2009-11-18	Reish Galuta	0
4	Amun-Re General Will it be a worthy addition to my collection?	2009-11-18	madhujith	11
3	Modern Art Sessions Fixed Priced Failure	2009-11-18	Reish Galuta	1
0	Ra General Which is a better auction game?	2009-11-18	madhujith	8
0	Scary Tales: Snow White vs. The Giant Rules A few rules questions...	2009-11-17	kamacausey	3
0	Beowulf: The Movie Boardgame General Worth buying if you don't know the movie?	2009-11-17	sagitar	14

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Interview with Knizia about his new iPhone game, Roto	http://iphonegamessolutions.com/dr-knizia-roto-int...	2009-10-03
GenCon 2009 Interview with Reiner Knizia	http://www.pulpgamer.com/myriadgames/134714/myriad...	2009-09-11
Reiner Knizia	http://www.knizia.de	2000-04-26

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3D Memo Smurfs

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Year Pub.	2008

Abandon Ship

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Num Ratings	18
Average Rating	6.26
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Year Pub.	2009

Abenteuer auf dem Zahlen-Fluss

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Year Pub.	2006

The Adventure League

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Num Ratings	3
Average Rating	4.67
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Wishlist	34
Comments	7
Year Pub.	2005

Africa

Rank	1688
Num Ratings	925
Average Rating	5.99
Average Weight	1.78

Owned	868
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Comments	409
Year Pub.	2001

Allerley Spielerey

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Comments	5
Year Pub.	1994

Alles Tomate

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Num Ratings	71
Average Rating	6.28
Average Weight	1.11

Owned	78
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For Trade	0
Wanted in Trade	5

Wishlist	9
Comments	25
Year Pub.	2007

Am Fuß des Kilimandscharo

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Num Ratings	65
Average Rating	5.48
Average Weight	1.00

Owned	113
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Comments	28
Year Pub.	1995

Amun-Re

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Num Ratings	4366
Average Rating	7.54
Average Weight	3.10

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Comments	1692
Year Pub.	2003

Animal Express

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Average Rating	5.57
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