The best games from Reiner Knizia 🇩🇪👨 2023
Looking for a really good game from game designer Reiner Knizia 👨? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Reiner Knizia games 2023.
Who is Reiner Knizia anyway?
Reiner Knizia has been designing dice, card & board games since 1990. The game designer hails from Deutschland🇩🇪, was born in 1957.
Reiner Knizia is a full-time game designer who lived in England for many years. He has a PhD in mathematics and previously worked in the banking industry.
Knizia's first game Goldrausch/Gold Digger he developed in 1990 at the age of 33 - so he has been designing games for over 33 years. Famous Knizia games are for example Ra, Whoowasit?, Tigris & Euphrates.
Game designer with the most games
Reiner Knizia is probably the board game inventor who has brought the most games to market: by now his works include over 600 games (and a few books about games). His works are published in numerous languages and countries, including many global licenses such as Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, LEGO, Mensa, Disney, Monopoly, Playmobil, Simpsons, Asterix, Star Trek and Star Wars. In total, there are already over 13 million games and books sold worldwide. He is especially known for his Auction Trilogy and Tiler Trilogy.
How good are "Reiner Knizia" games?
There are 24 games by Reiner Knizia in our Top1000 games list, making Knizia the #1 best game author out of a total of 708 authors in our database.
More information about Knizia
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List of best games by Reiner Knizia 2023
In this list we have listed the best board games that Reiner Knizia either designed himself - or was involved in designing.
Unfortunately, not all of Reiner Knizia's games are currently available. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Reiner Knizia that you can buy 2023:
The Quest for El Dorado
Nominated for 13 awards and won 6.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2017
More details for The Quest for El Dorado- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for The Quest for El Dorado
Lost Cities
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Lost Cities- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!15€ at.de
My City
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for My City
Schotten Totten
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
High Society
- 3 - 5 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Battle Line
- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Kariba
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ra
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ra- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ribbit
Nominated for 4 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005
More details for Ribbit- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Modern Art
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Modern Art- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
L.A.M.A. Party Edition
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Lost Cities: Roll & Write
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Pickomino
- 2 - 7 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples
L.L.A.M.A.
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Winner's Circle
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Winner's Circle- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ingenious
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
GOLD
- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Age of War
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Art Robbery
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Wildlife Safari
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Wildlife Safari- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Indigo
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012
More details for Indigo- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Circus Flohcati
- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Heckmeck Deluxe
- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Samurai
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Samurai- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Samurai
High Score
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Carcassonne: The Castle
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Carcassonne: The Castle- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Carcassonne: The Castle
Blue Lagoon
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Blue Lagoon
Cheeky Monkey
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Cheeky Monkey- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
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