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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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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
53	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
0	General Creator Forum Dr. Reiner Knizia's Brain Benders	2008-02-11	JadedGamer	1

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0	Lost Cities: The Board Game Variants If you play mostly two player, try leaving these cards out each game	2009-11-07	booned	0
4	Samurai Reviews Shogun Your Stuff: A Samurai Review	2009-11-07	Focuscoene	2
0	Too Many Cooks General Misprints in the latest edition?	2009-11-07	snowman882	0
8	Lord of the Rings General Is LOTR harder with 2 hobbits than with 4? A quantitative analysis – including F&F	2009-11-07	Tommaso 73	1
0	Keltis General NDS version available (German only I tihnk)	2009-11-07	jamessinden	0
6	Lost Cities Reviews Hmmm, Knizia, I fear the veil has been lifted.	2009-11-06	Anjohl	14
0	Take it Higher! General Availability?	2009-11-06	jtakagi	0
8	Hollywood Blockbuster Reviews Jim the Janitor's Sweeping Review	2009-11-06	Superhawk...	0
0	Keltis Rules Stone 10 questions	2009-11-05	Soaker	2
0	Keltis - Neue Wege, Neue Ziele Rules Question about taking the colored stones from the piles.	2009-11-05	Soaker	1

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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	14
Average Rating	6.24
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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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Comments	7
Year Pub.	2005

Africa

Rank	1661
Num Ratings	922
Average Rating	6.00
Average Weight	1.78

Owned	866
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For Trade	30
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Comments	409
Year Pub.	2001

Allerley Spielerey

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Num Ratings	6
Average Rating	6.00
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Comments	5
Year Pub.	1994

Alles Tomate

Rank	2906
Num Ratings	69
Average Rating	6.25
Average Weight	1.11

Owned	75
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For Trade	0
Wanted in Trade	5

Wishlist	9
Comments	25
Year Pub.	2007

Am Fuß des Kilimandscharo

Rank	4538
Num Ratings	65
Average Rating	5.48
Average Weight	1.00

Owned	113
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For Trade	12
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Comments	28
Year Pub.	1995

Amun-Re

Rank	57
Num Ratings	4341
Average Rating	7.54
Average Weight	3.10

Owned	3899
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For Trade	100
Wanted in Trade	325

Wishlist	831
Comments	1683
Year Pub.	2003

Animal Express

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Num Ratings	21
Average Rating	5.55
Average Weight	1.00

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Comments	9
Year Pub.	2007

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