GAME DESIGNER

Klaus Teuber

1952 - 2023

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Klaus Wilhelm Heinrich Teuber (25 June 1952 – 1 April 2023) was a German board game designer best known as the creator of Catan. Originally working as a dental technician, he began designing games first as a hobby then as a full-time career. Four of his games won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award: Barbarossa (1988), Adel Verpflichtet (1990), Drunter und Drüber (1991) and The Settlers of Catan (1995). The latter sold over 40 million copies, was translated into 40 languages and spawned a family of expansions and versions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Teuber is the 20th most popular game designer (down from 12th in 2019). (down from 1,794th in 2019)

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Among game designers, Klaus Teuber ranks 20 out of 77. Before him are Satoshi Tajiri, Sid Meier, Todd Howard, Steve Jackson, Shigesato Itoi, and Masayuki Uemura. After him are Hironobu Sakaguchi, Shinji Mikami, Naoto Ohshima, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Reiner Knizia, and Carol Shaw.

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Among people born in 1952, Klaus Teuber ranks 274. Before him are Robledo Puch, Delroy Lindo, John Lurie, Clayton Christensen, Bora Đorđević, and Dumitru Prunariu. After him are Udo Voigt, Abdalá Bucaram, Hilary Mantel, Henry Selick, Miyuki Nakajima, and Johanna Klier. Among people deceased in 2023, Klaus Teuber ranks 263. Before him are Margit Carstensen, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Meir Shalev, Elisabeth Kopp, Tatjana Patitz, and Pat McCormick. After him are Renate Boy, Reino Börjesson, Paul Johnson, Johan Leysen, Raoul Servais, and Angel Wagenstein.

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