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=== Designers === [[File:Kniziabrunnhofer.jpg|thumb|Reiner Knizia and Bernd Brunnhofer at the [[Deutscher Spiele Preis|Deutscher Spielepreis]] awards at [[Spiel]] 2003 in [[Essen, Germany]]]] Designers of Eurogames include: * [[Antoine Bauza]], a prolific French designer, creator of ''[[7 Wonders (board game)|7 Wonders]]'', ''Tokaido'', and ''[[Takenoko (board game)|Takenoko]]''.<ref name="Law18">{{cite web|last=Law|first=Keith|author-link=Keith Law (baseball writer)|date=13 August 2018|title=The Best Games at Gen Con 2018|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/08/gen-con-2018-the-51st.html|url-status=dead|access-date=30 November 2018|website=[[Paste Magazine]]|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930132649/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/08/gen-con-2018-the-51st.html}}</ref> *Bruno Cathala, a French-born game designer, creator of ''[[Kingdomino]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Cocagne|first=Jean-Baptiste|date=February 22, 2018|title=Bruno Cathala, auteur de jeux de société en Haute-Savoie|url=https://rcf.fr/actualite/bruno-cathala-auteur-de-jeux-de-societe-en-haute-savoie|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124054957/https://rcf.fr/actualite/bruno-cathala-auteur-de-jeux-de-societe-en-haute-savoie|archive-date=24 November 2018|access-date=23 November 2018|website=RCF Radio}}</ref> and ''Five Tribes''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jolin|first=Dan|date=11 October 2018|title=The 30 Best Board Games To Play Right Now|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-board-games/|access-date=29 June 2019|website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref> * [[Vladimír Chvátil|Vlaada Chvátil]], a Czech designer of board games and video games, whose games include ''[[Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization]]'', ''[[Galaxy Trucker]]'', ''[[Space Alert]]'', and ''[[Codenames (board game)|Codenames]]''. His rule books are often divided into several "learning scenarios" that gradually introduce players to the rules as they progress through the scenarios. * [[Leo Colovini]], designer of ''[[Cartagena (board game)|Cartagena]]'' and ''[[Carcassonne (board game)#Spin-offs|Carcassonne: The Discovery]]''. * [[Rüdiger Dorn]], a German designer who created ''Istanbul'', ''[[Karuba (board game)|Karuba]]'', ''Las Vegas'', ''Luxor'', and others.<ref name=Law18/> *[[Bruno Faidutti]], French designer of ''[[Citadels (card game)|Citadels]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Law|first=Keith|author-link=Keith Law (baseball writer)|date=26 January 2017|title=Citadels Is Still One of the Best Games to Play in Groups of Four or More|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/citadels-review.html|url-status=dead|access-date=17 December 2019|website=[[Paste Magazine]]|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217180036/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/citadels-review.html}}</ref> * [[Stefan Feld]], designer particularly of games that make use of dice,<ref name="boingboing">{{cite web|last1=Casey|first1=Matt|date=2 October 2014|title=Making better use of dice in games|url=http://boingboing.net/2014/10/02/making-better-use-of-dice-in-g.html|access-date=26 January 2016|website=[[Boing Boing]]}}</ref> and that allow players to score points in a variety of ways.<ref name="ars technica">{{cite web|last1=Law|first1=Keith|author-link=Keith Law (baseball writer)|date=13 April 2019|title=Review: Beloved board game Castles of Burgundy is now an app|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/04/review-beloved-board-game-castles-of-burgundy-is-now-an-app/|access-date=27 June 2019|website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref> He designed games such as ''[[The Castles of Burgundy|Castles of Burgundy]],''<ref name="ars technica"/> ''[[Trajan (board game)|Trajan]]'', ''Strasbourg'', ''Bruges'', and ''Carpe Diem''. * [[Friedemann Friese]], a German designer, creator of ''Power Grid''<ref name="the Atlantic">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/german-board-games-catan/550826/ |title=The Invasion of the German Board Games|last1=Kay |first1=Jonathan |date=21 January 2018 |access-date=19 December 2019|website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> and others. * [[Mac Gerdts]], a German designer of games such as ''Antike'', ''[[Imperial (board game)|Imperial]]'', ''Navegador'', and ''Concordia''.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 January 2018|title=Concordia, de retour, distribué par Atalia!|url=https://www.trictrac.net/actus/concordia-retour-distribue-par-atalia|url-status=|access-date=25 September 2019|website=TricTrac}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref> * [[Reiner Knizia]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Law|first=Keith|author-link=Keith Law (baseball writer)|date=28 September 2018|title=Reiner Knizia's Blue Lagoon Is a Great Addition to Your Board Game Collection|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/09/reiner-knizias-blue-lagoon-is-a-great-addition-to.html|url-status=dead|access-date=23 November 2018|website=[[Paste Magazine]]|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055123/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/09/reiner-knizias-blue-lagoon-is-a-great-addition-to.html}}</ref> a German designer who designed over 600 published games. Recurring mechanisms in his games include auctions (''[[Ra (board game)|Ra]]'' and ''[[Modern Art (game)|Modern Art]]''), tile placement (''[[Tigris and Euphrates]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Law|first=Keith|author-link=Keith Law (baseball writer)|date=24 June 2015|title=Tigris and Euphrates Boardgame Review|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/06/tigris-and-euphrates-boardgame-review.html|access-date=11 December 2019|website=[[Paste Magazine]]}}</ref> and ''[[Ingenious (board game)|Ingenious]]''), and intricate scoring rules (''[[Samurai (board game)|Samurai]]''). He also designed card games such as ''[[Lost Cities]]'',<ref>{{cite web|author=Zimmerman|first1=Aaron|last2=Anderson|first2=Nate|date=16 April 2016|title=Table for two: Our favorite two-player board games|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/04/table-for-two-our-favorite-two-player-board-games-2/|access-date=30 December 2019|website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref> ''[[Schotten-Totten]]'', and ''[[Blue Moon (game)|Blue Moon]]'', and the [[cooperative board game]] ''[[Lord of the Rings (board game)|The Lord of the Rings]]''. * [[Wolfgang Kramer]], who often works with other game designers. His titles include ''[[El Grande]]'', ''[[Tikal (board game)|Tikal]]'', ''[[Princes of Florence]]'', and ''[[Torres (board game)|Torres]]''. His games often include an action point system and a geometric element. * [[Alan R. Moon]], a British-born designer whose games often have a railway theme, including the Spiel des Jahres-winning ''[[Ticket to Ride (board game)|Ticket to Ride]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=Duffy|first=Owen|date=27 October 2014|title=All aboard – how Ticket To Ride helped save table-top gaming|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/oct/27/all-aboard-how-ticket-to-ride-helped-save-table-top-gaming|access-date=2 October 2019|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> and ''[[Elfenland]]''. * [[Alex Randolph]], who created over 125 games. * [[Uwe Rosenberg]], designer of games such as ''[[Agricola (board game)|Agricola]]'', ''[[Le Havre (board game)|Le Havre]]'', ''Patchwork'', and several others.<ref name="the Atlantic"/> * [[Sid Sackson]] was a prolific American game designer whose games, particularly ''[[Acquire]]'', prefigured and strongly influenced the Eurogame genre.<ref name="Eurogames"/> * [[Michael Schacht]], German designer of ''[[Coloretto]]'', ''Zooloretto'', ''Aquaretto'', ''Valdora'', ''Africana'', ''Web of Power'', ''China'', ''Han'', ''Hansa'', ''Mondo'', ''Mondo Sapiens'', ''Spirits of the Forest'', and ''Coney Island''. * [[Andreas Seyfarth]], who designed the games ''[[Puerto Rico (board game)|Puerto Rico]]'',<ref name=Economist08/> ''[[Manhattan (game)|Manhattan]]'', and, with Karen Seyfarth, ''[[Thurn and Taxis (board game)|Thurn and Taxis]]''. * [[Klaus Teuber]], designer of ''[[Catan]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mcnary|first=Dave|date=19 February 2015|title='Settlers of Catan' Movie, TV Project in the Works|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/settlers-of-catan-movie-tv-project-gail-katz-1201437121/|access-date=2 October 2019|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> * [[Klaus-Jürgen Wrede]], the German game designer of the ''Carcassonne'' board game series.<ref>{{cite web|author=Davis|first=Carl|date=29 March 2013|title=10 Strategy Board Games You Should Be Playing|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/reviews/g1112/you-win-or-you-die-10-alternative-board-games/|access-date=2 January 2019|website=[[Popular Mechanics]]}}</ref>
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