The best games from Rüdiger Dorn 🇩🇪👨 2024
Looking for a really good game from game designer Rüdiger Dorn 👨? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Rüdiger Dorn games 2024.
Who is Rüdiger Dorn anyway?
Rüdiger Dorn has been designing dice, card & board games since 1992. The game designer hails from Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany🇩🇪, was born in 1969 and currently lives in Pfofeld, Bavaria, Germany🇩🇪.
Dorn's first game Cameo he developed in 1992 at the age of 23 - so he has been designing games for over 32 years. Famous Dorn games are for example Istanbul, Goa & Las Vegas.
Experimented with rule changes already in childhood
Rüdiger Dorn began developing his first variants of well-known games such as Malefiz or Fang den Hut when he was just under 10 years old. During his childhood and adolescence, he then designed other games "of the quality start-finish games with event fields" or board game adaptations of computer games like Donkey Kong or Frogger.
Game invention keeps him going even as a young adult
At the age of just under 19, Dorn became aware of the professional game magazine "Die Spielbox": "That's when I abruptly became aware that there are actually people behind games who have developed these games!" From then on, he informed himself more and more intensively about the topic of "game invention." The "Game Inventor's Guide" (by Spiel-des-Jahres founding member Tom Werneck) was his biggest inspiration. "I highly recommend this book to anyone new to this field!" Then, in 1992, the first game is finally accepted by a publisher: Cameo by HABA.
How good are "Rüdiger Dorn" games?
There are 10 games by Rüdiger Dorn in our Top1000 games list, making Dorn the #15 best game author out of a total of 708 authors in our database.
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List of best games by Rüdiger Dorn 2024
In this list we have listed the best board games that Rüdiger Dorn either designed himself - or was involved in designing.
Unfortunately, not all of Rüdiger Dorn's games are currently available. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Rüdiger Dorn that you can buy 2024:
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a lively, dice-based game that combines luck, strategy, and the joy of thwarting your opponents. Developed by Stefan Brück at alea, it's designed to be an easy and interactive game, full of schadenfreude moments.
Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2012
More details for Las Vegas- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Las Vegas
Las Vegas Royale
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Las Vegas Royale- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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Karuba
Karuba is a tile-laying race game that combines strategy with a touch of luck, as players navigate their explorers through a dense jungle to reach temples and collect treasures. Each player's decision-making skills are put to the test as they create paths and vie to be the first to explore the riches of Karuba.
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2016
More details for Karuba- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Istanbul: Big Box
More details for Istanbul: Big BoxIstanbul: Big Box consolidates the captivating experience of the original Istanbul board game and its expansions into a comprehensive package, inviting players to immerse themselves in the bustling activity of a bazaar. This all-encompassing edition not only streamlines the game collection process but also enhances the gameplay experience with a variety of new options and strategies brought by the expansions Mocha & Baksheesh and Letters & Seals. The addition of the Istanbul: Caravan Leader Mini Expansion further enriches the game, albeit in a more compact form.
- 2 - 5 Players
- 40 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
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Istanbul: The Dice Game
Istanbul: The Dice Game is a vibrant standalone dice game set in the bustling bazaar of Istanbul, where players vie to collect rubies as a symbol of their prosperity and victory. Utilizing dice as the core mechanic, participants must strategically acquire money and goods through the roll of the dice. These resources are then cleverly traded for the coveted rubies. The game encapsulates the essence of the Istanbul bazaar's lively trade and commerce atmosphere, demanding clever strategy and a bit of luck from its players to navigate the market's opportunities and secure the precious jewels that signify triumph.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Istanbul: The Dice Game- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
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Istanbul is a strategic board game set in the bustling environment of Istanbul's grand bazaar, where players compete as merchants trying to outmaneuver their rivals to collect precious rubies.
Nominated for 11 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Kennerspiel des Jahres 2014
More details for Istanbul- 2 - 5 Players
- 40 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Istanbul
Luxor
In Luxor, players embark on an adventurous quest through the legendary temple of Luxor in search of treasures and the ultimate prize: the tomb of the pharaoh. This game stands out for its ever-changing path to the tomb, ensuring a unique experience in each playthrough.
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2018
More details for Luxor- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dragonheart
Dragonheart is a captivating card game set in a vibrant fantasy world filled with dragons, knights, and other mythical beings. In this duel of wits and strategy, players embody the roles of dragons seeking treasures and dragon hunters aiming to thwart them. The game's mechanics are straightforward yet engaging, requiring players to play cards with matching motifs onto corresponding areas of the board.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Dragonheart- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Dragonheart
Jambo
Jambo is a strategic card game that immerses players in the role of traders in Central Africa, competing to become the most successful merchant through savvy buying and selling. Set before colonization, the game captures the essence of traditional trading practices and market competition, with players aiming to earn wealth by dealing in various goods.
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2005
More details for Jambo- 2 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Karuba Junior
- 1 - 4 Players
- 5 - 10 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Opale
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Karuba: The Card Game
- 2 - 6 Players
- 10 - 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Karuba: The Card Game
Rune Stones
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Rune Stones
My Farm Shop
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Los Mampfos
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Snapshot
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Asante
- 2 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Danger 13
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Danger 13- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Emerald
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Las Vegas: The Card Game
- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Las Vegas: The Card Game
Goa: A New Expedition
In Goa: A New Expedition, set in the early 16th century, you're immersed in a world of strategic auctions and resource management. The game captures the essence of this era's trading centers, focusing on spice trade, ship dispatch, and colony establishment.
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Goa: A New Expedition- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Top 5 Rummy
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Top 5 Rummy- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Relikt
- 3 - 5 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Istanbul: Choose & Write
- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Arkadia
Arkadia is a strategic board game centered around the construction of the city and castle of Arkadia. Players take on the roles of builders, utilizing cards, workers, and neutral workers to erect houses and develop the city, intertwined with the growing castle at its heart.
Nominated for 6 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2007
More details for Arkadia- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Mercado
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Montana
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ex & Hopp
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Diamonds Club
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
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More details for Diamonds Club- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 75 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
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- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
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