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	Special K - Reiner Knizia
		Not only did he publish six games (then as now, Knizia has never had problems finding publishers for his many creative efforts), but the designs were of a decidedly higher quality that firmly established him as a new force to be reckoned with.
		Knizia's many fans were exultant and his critics were forced to reevaluate his work.
		But for years, Reiner Knizia has been making a habit of surprising people with his new-found abilities; it would be imprudent to assume that he won't continue to grow even more.
	www.thegamesjournal.com /articles/SpecialK4.shtml (5283 words)

	Protospiel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Reiner Knizia: The question as you put it is difficult to answer because it actually doesn't arrive in this way for me. The choices you have in a game, and that means the victory conditions, essentially motivate what the different choices are from the mental starting point for the game.
		Reiner Knizia: I've learned over the years that it's a good idea to have a clear aim where the game should go or should be, or what you want to create, but then to stay flexible enough if the game turns out to be something different.
		Reiner Knizia: It's not that it's cluttering or distracting, but I always say that if the mind knows one solution then it's very difficult to find another solution; because whenever I think of how to do something, the one solution that is there springs to mind.
	www.protospiel.org /pdp_knizia.html (4597 words)

	Reiner Knizia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Knizia is highly represented on the Internet Top 100 Games List, with sixteen games rated in the top 100, and six within the top 20.
		Reiner Knizia started developing games for his play-by-mail game zine Postspillion, founded in 1985.
		According to Dr. Knizia, his most successful game (as of 3/05), is Lord of the Rings (published in 17 languages, selling over 1 million copies).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reiner_Knizia (273 words)

	The Labyrinth - Board Games - Reiner Knizia
		While Knizia still hasn't taken home a Spiel des Jahres award, he has seen many of his games on the recommended list; his performance with other awards such as the International Gamer Awards has been more in line with his reputation.
		Knizia designed a masterpiece - a cooperative game that broke much new ground while still providing an experience that could be enjoyed by the mass market audience the game has reached.
		Many of the games are similar to other Knizia games released individually (Ohio and Medici both bear a striking resemblance to games from the collection, for example), but I still find the number and variety of games make the collection a worthwhile choice.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /the-labyrinth/games/authors/rknizia.html (3344 words)

	Gone Gaming: Three Designers: Knizia, Kramer & Teuber
		Reiner Knizia is, in my mind, the father of the modern Eurogames movement.
		The biggest problem with Knizia's designs is that he produces a wide variety of games, from ultra-ultra-light to medium-heavy, and they're for a wide variety of audiences.
		This year Knizia put out at least three games that I think will be enjoyed by gamers for years to come, two medium-light designs, Tower of Babel and Palazzo, and one medium design, Beowulf: The Legend, and they were mostly met with undeserved scorn and derision.
	boredgamegeeks.blogspot.com /2005/12/three-designers-knizia-kramer-teuber.html (2303 words)

	Designer: Reiner Knizia \| BoardGameGeek
		Reiner Knizia is a full-time game designer born in Germany in 1957 and now living in England.
		Knizia was featured twice on BoardGameSpeak, with interviews that can be found here and here.
		News: Boardgame Babylon v31 - Q&A w/ Reiner Knizia at Orccon 2007
	www.boardgamegeek.com /designer/2 (242 words)

	Reiner Knizia interview 2003 - JesWeb - la page des jeux de société
		From the simplest to the most sophisticated, Reiner Knizia covers the whole range of complexity and mechanisms in its boardgames.
		Reiner Knizia - Actually, I do not like games that require a lot of counting or a lot of administration.
		Reiner Knizia's photo courtesy of Greg Aleknevicus from the Games Journal, a major English magazine dedicated to boardgames.
	jesweb.free.fr /coin/knizia/knizia-en.html (1062 words)

	Reiner Knizia @ Convivium - Start Here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A complete listing of all Reiner's games, his many awards and a brief biography.
		Where to meet Reiner at conventions and fairs world-wide over the next few months.
		Many of the pages within Reiner Knizia @ Convivium are presented in pdf format so that they can be easily and safely printed.
	www.convivium.org.uk /kghome.htm (345 words)

	RPGnet: Review of Kingdoms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Reiner Knizia's Kingdoms is one of Knizia's many tile-laying games.
		Most board games tend to be strategic, but Reiner Knizia in particular instead tends to offer up tactical games masquerading as strategy.
		With Knizia's heavy emphasis on abstract strategy, it's not surprising that these abstract games would come to mind.
	www.rpg.net /reviews/archive/9/9518.phtml (2331 words)

	PC VIDEO GAME REVIEWS... Reiner Knizia's Samurai __________\|
		Reiner Knizia's Samurai is a game designed, developed and published by Klear Games.
		If a player has taken two of the three, then he or she is declared the winner, else Samurai looks at other aspects of your gaming style (like your total number of pledges or overall balance) to decide the winner.
		Reiner Knizia's Samurai uses a simple drag and drop method that allows you to focus more on what your next move will be rather than how exactly to implement the particular move.
	www.gamevortex.com /gamevortex/rn_rk_samurai.html (713 words)

	RPGnet: Review of Reiner Knizia's Samurai
		Reiner Knizia's Samurai seems to be the real name of this game, not just Samurai, and so I've used it as the title of the review, to help differentiate it from all the other Samurai games out there.
		Samurai is one of Knizia's "tile laying trilogy".
		These games were all developed between 1997 and 1998 and each feature tile-laying as a prime component, along with some innovative methods for scoring.
	www.rpg.net /reviews/archive/10/10430.phtml (2452 words)

	Dr Reiner Knizia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Having studied Science and Mathematics to PhD level at Universities in Germany and the United States, Reiner has enjoyed a successful career in the IT and financial industries, culminating in his most recent post as General Manager and Director of a large mortgage company in the UK.
		Reiner now acts as a full-time games designer, enjoying the success of more than 100 published games and several games books in many countries and languages.
		Dr Knizia brings this wealth of mathematical and gaming experience to bear in Dice Games Properly Explained, as he undertakes to facilitate the reader's understanding of the games' underlying concepts and mastery of their tactical challenges.
	www.right-way.co.uk /knizia.html (203 words)

	GameDev.net - Klear Games
		Reiner Knizia's Samurai is one of the Independent Games Festivals finalists for 2003.
		Reiner Knizia did not see Klear Games version of Samurai until the product was one-year into development.
		"Reiner has seen the game and likes what we've done with it," said Charles Grant.
	www.gamedev.net /reference/articles/article1887.asp (1943 words)

	Special Guest Reiner Knizia \| KublaCon
		For board game fans, Reiner Knizia is synonomous with awesome board games.
		Reiner is one of the, if not THE, foremost German game designers, with over 100 published games.
		Reiner's coming all the way from Germany just to hang with the Kublaconians!
	www.kublacon.com /guests/sg_knizia.html (374 words)

	Reiner Knizia's Samurai - Reviews - Stratos Group
		Reiner Knizia's Samurai falls somewhere in the middle, featuring both a simple rule set and complicated strategic depth.
		Because of this, it lends itself well to an online implementation, and the version put together by the folks at Klear is just about everything you could hope for in a boardgame adaptation.
		Part of the credit needs to go to Reiner Knizia, whose design is the basis for this excellent electronic implementation.
	www.stratosgroup.com /reviews/games.php?selected=0305rkns (1074 words)

	Reiner Knizia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		All that said, Knizia is not my favorite game author. Like all of the authors who I'm covering, he's among my favorites - but compared to many in the hobby I feel like a detractor.
		Ferkelei is perhaps the strangest game of Knizia's that I've played, being nominally about pigs but as abstract as any of his games. It also has some of the weakest mechanics I've seen in a Knizia game, with few real choices to be made. Flinke Pinke (Funagain, $9) (a.k.a.
		Players have unlimited choice as to how far they move; while this could lead to a very long game with the wrong, we've always found the game to move right along. It's also one of the better three player games I've played.
	hjem.get2net.dk /Svellov/Bio6.html (634 words)

	Samurai
		To become a Samurai, one had to be supported by one of these forces and have strong connections to the other two.
		To win, players must skillfully position their forces to gain the majority surrounding the cities and villages to capture the figures.
		A typical Reiner Knizia game, in that the theme is lightly pasted onto what is essentially an abstract strategy game.
	www.germangames.com /game.asp?gameID=422 (359 words)

	GameSpy.com - Article
		Based on the board game of the same name, Reiner Knizia's Samurai looks to win big at this year's IGF.
		The company's first game, Reiner Knizia's Samurai, will be exhibited at the "Game Developers Conference" (GDC) in San Jose on March 6-8.
		"We came up with the concept for Reiner Knizia's Samurai following discussions regarding the types of games that we liked to play, and whether those games were represented within the "mainstream" of current computer game development," said David Adams, president of Klear Games.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/january03/igf2003/RKS (592 words)

	German Game Authors Revisited - #6 - Reiner Knizia
		Euphrat & Tigris represents, in my opinion, Knizia's best job of weaving together the game mechanics and the theme; as such, it is my favorite of his games.
		Since Euphrat & Tigris is often considered as part of Knizia's tile-laying trilogy, it only makes sense to note the other two presently.
		This article may be reproduced in whole either mechanically or electronically provided the copyright notice is included and I am notified of the use before publication.
	www.gis.net /~pldr/Huber06Knizia.html (3587 words)

	Game Review - Durch die Wüste (Through the Desert) by Reiner Knizia
		As many gamers on the internet have pointed out, this game is part of a informal series of tile-placement games by Reiner Knizia having similar features and mechanisms.
		Like many of Knizia's games, the scoring system is honed to a fine balance.
		DDW has such a balanced and tested feel to it, that I imagine moving mountains would be difficult even for Knizia.
	www.io.com /~beckerdo/games/reviews/DurchDieWuesteReview.html (1129 words)

	Reiner Knizia's Poison - PLE 14100
		The mad doctor has cooked up something evil in Reiner Knizias Poison, a clever strategy card game.
		Players choose a potion card from their hand to add to one of three colored cauldrons, being careful not to let the pot go over a total value of 13.
		Be the player with either the most or none of any potion and youre safe - otherwise take the risk of receiving a deadly dose
	www.thecompleatstrategist.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=5283&HS=1 (99 words)

	eBay - reiner knizia, Games, Trading Card Games items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation by Reiner Knizia
		Reiner Knizia’s Samurai Board Game By Rio Grande BNIB
		Amun Re by Reiner Knizia from Rio Grande £28
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=reiner+knizia&newu=1&... (397 words)

	Funagain Games: Samurai
		When we learned a couple of years ago that Reiner was working on a "gamer's game", I, like many another, got very excited.
		It is not a similarity that you can push too far, because one of the characteristics of Reiner's work is that he doesn't recycle his ideas to anything like the extent that other prolific designers do, but there is a common thread of inspiration, even though there is no overlap in the actual mechanics.
		Hans im Glück were giving Franz Vohwinkel almost equal billing with Reiner in the pre-Essen publicity and he deserves it.
	www.funagain.com /control/product/~product_id=004487/~affil=SUBV (2450 words)

	ConsimWorld.COM - Avalanche Press and Reiner Knizia Join Forces (10/27/98) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Avalanche Press, Ltd., today announced the signing of an agreement with famed game designer Reiner Knizia to produce a series of family-style games.
		"I am delighted!" said Dr. Knizia, winner of the German game of the year award, held to be the world's most prestigious game honor.
		Reiner Knizia is known for many well-loved game designs, including MODERN ART, TITAN: THE ARENA, THROUGH THE DESERT, MEDICI and many, many more.
	www.consimworld.com /newsroom/archives/updates/avlch.19981027.upd.html (342 words)

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