Famed board game designer Dr. Reiner Knizia (Tigris & Euphrates, Lost Cities, Modern Art, and literally hundreds of other games) graces Going Analog with his bowtied presence. (You won't be able to hear the bowtie, but trust us that it was there, and it was glorious!) We ask Reiner for some juicy stories about some of his most acclaimed designs and what he thinks about current board game trends...and then we spring a trivia quiz on him at the end -- just a sampling of what we do on The Board Game Quiz Show.
How well did the good doctor do? Listen to find out!
Topics for this episode:
- Three influential Knizia games and how they came to be: Modern Art (numerous different editions/versions), Tigris & Euphrates (highest rated on BoardGameGeek), and Lost Cities (most ratings on BGG) (13:29)
- Current and future board game trends (39:10)
- Quiz time! Questions that have something to do with the games he's designed (52:14)
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Games mentioned in this episode:
Intro:
- Tigris & Euphrates
- Modern Art
- Ra
- Ingenious
- Lost Cities
- The Quest for El Dorado
- L.L.A.M.A.
- My City
- Criminal Capers Collection
- Ankh: Gods of Egypt
- Dominion
- Magic: The Gathering
- Coffee Roaster
Three influential Reiner Knizia games:
- Modern Art
- Tigris & Euphrates
- Lost Cities
- Pickomino
- Lost Cities: Roll & Write
- Lost Cities: The Board Game
- Keltis
Gaming trends:
- The Quest for El Dorado
- My City
- Dominion
- Lost Cities: Roll & Write
- Criss Cross
- Exit
- Gorilla Marketing
Quizzing Reiner Knizia:
- Lost Cities
- Tigris & Euphrates
- Medici
- Taj Mahal
- The Lord of the Rings
- Ra
- Blue Moon
- Blue Lagoon
- Friday the 13th