GAME DESIGNER

Reiner Knizia

1957 - Today

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Reiner Knizia (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnɐ ˈknɪtsi̯a]) is a prolific German-style board game designer. He was born in West Germany in 1957 and earned a doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Ulm before designing games full time. He is frequently included on lists of the greatest game designers of all time. Many of his hundreds of designs are considered modern classics, and many have won or been nominated for significant gaming awards, including the Spiel des Jahres and the Deutscher Spiele Preis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reiner Knizia is the 25th most popular game designer (down from 22nd in 2019), the 4,653rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,522nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Reiner Knizia ranks 25 out of 77Before him are Masayuki Uemura, Klaus Teuber, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Shinji Mikami, Naoto Ohshima, and Hidetaka Miyazaki. After him are Carol Shaw, Will Wright, Masahiro Sakurai, Yoko Taro, Yu Suzuki, and Peter Molyneux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Reiner Knizia ranks 288Before him are Daniela Dessì, Ingrid Auerswald, Jüri Tamm, Yoshio Kato, Shirō Sagisu, and Michael Bowen. After him are Simon Donaldson, Kadim Al Sahir, Roberto Rojas, John Kassir, Cameron Crowe, and Andrei Kolkoutine.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reiner Knizia ranks 4,656 out of 7,253Before him are Günther Beckstein (1943), Marcus Goldman (1821), Felix Graf von Bothmer (1852), Edgar Barth (1917), Maria Sander (1924), and Vadim Glowna (1941). After him are Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Ludwig Stubbendorf (1906), Reiner Schöne (1942), Ruth Leuwerik (1924), Ditlev Blunck (1798), and Hermann Bollé (1845).

Among GAME DESIGNERS In Germany

Among game designers born in Germany, Reiner Knizia ranks 2Before him are Ralph H. Baer (1922).