The best games by Carl de Visser 🇳🇿👨 2026
The best board games by New Zealand designer Carl de Visser (Endeavor series) – the list 2026.
Who is Carl de Visser?
Carl de Visser is a New Zealand game designer who creates all of his board games together with his fellow countryman Jarratt Gray. The duo released their debut Endeavor in 2009 (later revised as Endeavor: Age of Sail, 2018, Burnt Island Games), an accessible mix of worker placement and card engine-building set around European naval powers of the 18th century. With Endeavor: Deep Sea (2024), set in the same system, the two won the Kennerspiel des Jahres in 2025.
Carl de Visser as a game designer
The first game by Carl de Visser in our database is Endeavor from 2009 – Carl de Visser has been designing games for over 17 years. The most well-known game is Endeavor: Age of Sail.
How good are games by Carl de Visser?
There are 3 games by Carl de Visser in our Top-1000 games list – making Carl de Visser #63 of the best game designers out of 12777 designers in our database.
More information about Carl de Visser
List of the best games by Carl de Visser 2026
In this list you'll find the best board, card & dice games by Carl de Visser that you can buy 2026.
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Endeavor: Deep Sea
+1Connoisseur Game of the Year
Cooperative
Solo Mode
Nature & Farming
Exploration
Campaign
+27 more
- SdJ2025🇩🇪
- SPIEL'24🎡
- Board Games with Corals
- Corals, Jellyfish & Anemones
- Dolphins
- Board Games with Engineers
- Board Games with Researchers
- Board Games with Sharks
- Board Games with Turtles
- Board Games with Whales
- Deutscher Spielepreis🇩🇪
- Carl de Visser 🇳🇿👨
- Cranio Creations🇮🇹
- Jarratt Gray 🇳🇿👨
- Gamefound
- Map grows🗺
- Recovering Actions
- Action Points🎬
- Tech Tree
- Grid-Movement
- Kennerspiel des Jahres Award🇩🇪
- Nautical🚢
- New Release🆕
- Spiel des Jahres Award🇩🇪
- Submarines
- BGG Top100🥇
- Top 100⭐
- 👥 1 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 60 - 120 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Medium difficulty
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Endeavor: Age of Sail
Golden Geek (nominated)
Area Control- Exploration
Renaissance
Strategy Game
Drafting
Endeavor: Age of Sail invites players to navigate the high seas and earn glory for their empires. Set during the age of exploration, players sail from Europe and the Mediterranean, establishing shipping routes and occupying cities across the globe, all while building their industrial, cultural, financial, and influential power.
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Endeavor: Age of Sail- 👥 2 - 5 Players
- ⏱️ 60 - 90 Minutes
- 🧒 13+ years old
- 🧩 Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Endeavor: Age of Sail
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Endeavor
Meeples Choice Award- Area Control
- Exploration
- Renaissance
- Strategy Game
- Drafting
Endeavor is a strategic board game set during the age of exploration and expansion, where players represent growing empires vying for global dominance through various means such as exploration, colonization, and war.
Nominated for 9 awards and won 1.
More details for Endeavor- 👥 3 - 5 Players
- ⏱️ 90 Minutes
- 🧒 12+ years old
- 🧩 Medium difficulty
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