Rüdiger Dorn (born 1969) is a

German-style board game A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game (generally just referred to as board games in Europe), is a class of tabletop games that generally feature indirect player interaction, lack player elimination, ...

designer who is married and has three children. He lives in Pfofeld near Nuremberg.

Career

Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...

published Rüdiger Dorn's fantasy-themed ''Dragonheart'' (2010). He was nominated for the 2005

Spiel des Jahres The Spiel des Jahres (, 'Game of the Year') is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the purpose of rewarding family-friendly game design, and promoting excellent games in the German market. It is thought that the existence an ...

award for his game '' Jambo'', which also placed 8th for the

Deutscher Spiele Preis __NOTOC__ The Deutscher Spielepreis (, ''German Game Prize'') (DSP) is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine ''Die Pöppel-Revue'', which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, profes ...

award. He was also nominated for the 2007

award for his game '' Die Baumeister von Arkadia'' (released in English as simply ''Arkadia'') and in 2012 for Las Vegas. He also won the 2014 Kennerspiel des Jahres award for his game ''

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

''. In 2016, he was once again nominated for the Spiel des Jahres with his game '' Karuba''. In 2018 ''Luxor'' was also nominated for Spiel des Jahres.

Working as a certified trade teacher

In addition to his career, Rüdiger Dorn works as a board game developer at the Gunzenhausen business school . He teaches the subjects: BSK, economic geography , people and the environment.

Games

* ''Treehouse Diner (2022)'' * ''My Farm Shop'' (2020) * ''Las Vegas Royale (2019)'' * ''Rune Stones (2019)'' * ''Such a crap (2019)'' * ''Expedition Luxor (2018)'' * ''Luxor'' (2018) * '' Karuba'' (2015) * ''Steam Time'' (2015) * ''Istanbul'' (2014) * ''

Las Vegas Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...

'' (2012) * '' Waka Waka'' (2012) * '' Il Vecchio'' (2012) * ''Dragonheart'' (2010) * ''

Diamonds Club Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond is tasteless, odourless, strong, brittle solid, colourless in pure form, a poor conductor of electricity, and insol ...

'' (2008) * '' Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' (2008) * '' Die Baumeister von Arkadia'' (2007) * ''

Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

'' (2005) * '' Robber Knights'' (2005) * ''

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

'' (2004) * '' Jambo'' (2004) * ''

Traders of Genoa Trader may refer to: * Merchant, retailer or one who attempts to generally buy wholesale and sell later at a profit * The owner of a trading post, where manufactured goods were exchanged with native peoples for furs and hides. * Trader (finance), ...

'' (2001) * ''Magic Hill'' (2001) * '' Cameo'' (1992)

Awards

** ''The Merchants of Genoa'' : Shortlist 2001 ** ''Jambo'' : nominated 2005 ** ''The Builders of Arkadia'' : nominated 2007 ** ''Now it strikes 13!'' : Recommendation List 2007 ** ''Las Vegas'' : nominated 2012 ** ''Karuba'' : nominated 2016 ** ''Luxor:'' nominated 2018 *

Kennerspiel des Jahres The Spiel des Jahres (, 'Game of the Year') is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the purpose of rewarding family-friendly game design, and promoting excellent games in the German market. It is thought that the existence an ...

** 2014: ''Istanbul'' *

Kinderspiel des Jahres The Spiel des Jahres (, 'Game of the Year') is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the purpose of rewarding family-friendly game design, and promoting excellent games in the German market. It is thought that the existence an ...

** ''Los Mampfos'' : nominated 2006 *

(German Games Award) ** ''The Merchants of Genoa'' : 3rd place in 2001 ** ''Goa'' : 3rd place 2004 ** ''Louis XIV'' : 1st place 2005 ** ''Jambo'' : 8th place 2005 ** ''The Builders of Arkadia'' : 6th place 2007 * Spiel der Spiele ** ''The Builders of Arkadia'' : hit games for families 2007 *

Schweizer Spielepreis The Schweizer Spielepreis is a Swiss board game award, awarded since 2002 in three categories: Family games, Children's games and Strategy games. The game is awarded yearly at the ''Schweizer Spielmesse'' in October. Awards 2006 ;Family games: ...

(Swiss game Award) ** ''Jambo'' : 3rd Place Strategy Games 2005 *

International Gamers Awards The International Gamers Awards (IGAs) is an award for strategy board games and historical simulation games History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and in ...

** ''The Merchants of Genoa'' : nominated multiplayer games 2002 ** ''Goa'' : Nominated Multiplayer Games 2004 ** ''Louis XIV'' : nominated multiplayer games 2005 ** ''Jambo'' : nominated two-person games 2005 ** ''The Builders of Arkadia'' : nominated multiplayer games 2007 * Niederländischer Spielepreis (Dutch Game Award) ** ''Goa'' : nominated 2005 ** ''The Builders of Arkadia'' : nominated 2007 ** ''Istanbul'' : nominated Expert Game 2015 * à la carte Kartenspielpreis ** ''Gargon'' : 6th place in 2002 ** ''Jambo''

References

External links

*
Rüdiger Dorn
at Alea Board game designers 1969 births Living people {{board-game-stub