The man who’s designed over 700 board games: Meet Reiner Knizia
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- Reiner Knizia is like royalty in the board game community. With more than 700 published games, spanning a 25-year career, he is one of, if not the most prolific board game designer in the world.
00:00 Meet Reiner Knizia
00:39 How to create a board game
01:52 Having creative ideas
02:56 Future of board games
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Well that was a bit of a shock ... spotting myself doing a one handed 'I am not worthy' wave at Doctor Knizia as he walked past me at Essen this year ...
That was a really cool wave!
Last time I was at Essen I spotted Uwe Rosenberg and wanted to go over and say hello but my board game group who are big fans of his was like "nooooo" but still made me take a picture of them with Rosenber like 10m in the background 😅 shy weirdos!
lmaoo this is brilliant
was a nice gesture :)
The man is an absolute legend. Highly respected for a reason
definitely in the top 10 board game designers of all time and arguably the greatest
This is not just some guy. This is the godfather of high quality euro-style board games.
Heard his name mentioned countless times on boardgame YT channels. First time seeing and hearing him. Thanks for posting this.
He is one of the massive pillars that boardgaming hobby was built on.
He is not my favorite game designer, but I respect him A LOT. Our hobby wouldn't be the same without him. Kudos.
As a game maker who's been making games since I was 5 or 6 and now being 31 I know what he means by the "curse of the ideas".
LOTR: The Confrontation is my favourite game. Highly respect Reiner Knizia.
I got "only" 100 of his games. Knizia is my favourite designer. A genius.
Great words from Master Reiner Knizia. Thanks for what you bring and have brought to the hobby for so many decades !
What a great video about an amazing and humble creator. Thank you!
For y’all that don’t know, this man is on the board game Mt. Rushmore!
Though it’s my first time hearing his voice 🎉
Out of curiosity, who else is on it?
What a happy man.
I love a lot of board game designers but there is no one better than the great Dr. Reiner Knizia. His real testament is the FACT that games he designs are not only just 'respected' but played and beloved even 20+ years later after they were designed. Rulesets that are very simple yet house a DEEP level of strategy that is no other designer can even come close. I generally don't bother anyone at conventions such as designers or content creators, but if I had the chance to meet Dr. Knizia and even just give him a "we're not worthy" salutation: I'd do it in a heartbeat. He's my favorite designer and along with Sid Sackson, the father of modern board games: he's a pillar to this hobby. We owe him a LOT.
A true legend!
This man is legendary. Keep rocking!
Thank you for all your games! What a wonderful creator!
Been playing Knizia’s since 1994 … and still auto-purchase any of his new designs. Simply the best. And … where can I get those cushion covers 😊
He's one of my favorite designers. I know that with his prolific output, a lot of gamers consider to be hit-or-miss. However, I think gamers still recognize that he has put out some absolutely brilliant designs. I love his simple games that focus on one innovative mechanic. I especially love his many different takes on bidding.
The downside of creating a lot: some things will inevitably not be so good.
The upside of creating a lot: you have a lot of opportunities to learn and improve!
Reiner Knizia clearly has refined his design sensibilities, and there are some new games of his you can easily compare to his old games and see how he’s iterated on his work.
@@DeyaViewsSuch as? I'm genuinely curious 😊
@@9Nails His newer games Babylonia, Blue Lagoon and Yellow & Yangtze are newer iterations on Through The Desert, Samurai and Tigris & Euphrates. Huang is a further iteration on Yellow & Yangtze. He's got a bunch of older auction games (Modern Art, Ra, Medici, High Society, Dream Factory, Merchants of Amsterdam, Amun-Re) where you can see how bits of them are iterations on previous games. The upcoming Zoo Vadis is an iteration on his 30+ year old Quo Vadis, re-themed and now with variable player powers. Schotten Totten got iterated on by Battle Line 20+ years ago, and in 2017 there was Battle Line Medieval and in 2020 there was Schotten Totten 2.
Those are all the ones I know of, perhaps mostly more obvious ones, but I'm sure there's more!
@@DeyaViews Interesting. Do you know when Huang will be available for purchase? Do you recommend Babylonia btw? Been looking at that one for a while
@@9Nails I haven't kept up with Huang, so I don't know. I certainly recommend Babylonia! It's a little tricky to remember what all the powers do that you can activate when you surround a ziggurat (and how to apply all those powers effectively), but it's a great combination of little rules of the older games, fairly easy to learn, and pretty tricky as you go along through a game of it.
Living legend. Some of my favorite games he made: Battle Line, Lost Cities, Quest for El Dorado for 2 players (although the last one can be played with 3 and 4 as well), Modern Art and Dream Factory are great auction games, Tigris and Euphrates is one of his heavier games and Blue Moon City is a hidden gem. Most of his games have very clear, simple rules but offer a lot of possibilities.
This is a man who is not afraid to play the odds for a hit.
Insane, didn't realize he made so many games
That's more games than I will probably ever play in my life, and I consider myself a gamer!
An epic designer.
I love Knizia’s games! He’s a good of the board game industry!
This guy is a champ. My favorite designer.
LEGEND.
Love the instrumental
What a wonderful charming man
Did anyone else notice the guy in the chair behind him just holding a huge stack of games?
He's the man
What a legend! Tigris & Euphrates is simply a masterpiece!
Has someone compiled a list of his top 25 most loved games? I've only tried a few, like Tigris & Euphrates, and some 2 player games from 20 years ago.
Living legend!
I have Sofa King many of his games. First was The Lord Of The Rings from 2002 with Jown Howe's art. That got me back into board gaming. Ingenious was next. Have 20 now.
Lovely man!
Legend and hero
Danke für die tollen Spiele
Now I want a Knizia game where bridges are being thrown at you.
Legends in the modern boardgaming world. Wishing that the industry will continue to grow to a level that can compete with computer games so he can get better recognition. Good game, just like good music, will stay on long, often outliving the creator.
Are you sure? Might destroy the board game industry and bring us companies like EA an such we do not like ...
I think mostly the industry is fine, maybe boardgame need more recoginition, but thats it. At least from my point of view.
@@justus8675 There will always be companies that just want to profit rather than building the community. This is true for any hobbies. But the exposures will still help to elevate the industry. Case in point: kickstarter games. It is just a glorified pre-order, often focusing more on components than gameplay. But, we cannot deny that it has elevated the boardgame industry.
A good 6 or 7 of them are pretty good too.
Thank you, Doctor! :)
Simply put: he is my favourite author. I have 400+ board games and some 120 are by Knizia, I even hold a Knizia-Index of 30. It means that I played at least 30 of his games 30 times each (for a total of more than 900 games just here...)
His games just are perfect for my mindset: simple rules, and a lot of depth.
He was considered one of the best authors at the beginning of the Century. Now, tastes have shifted. He once had several games in the top 100 on BoardGameGeek and now I think he has 1 or even none. He's not as popular anymore as he used to be, because people now are more interested in the number of minis and pieces in a box than they are interested in the real rules of the game. Currently, people just aim for "more", whatever "more" is: pieces, rules, complexity. I am still on the side of cleanliness and simplicity.
I still appreciate his games so much! Among his 700 games, let's be honest, there are a lot of repetitions (a game Like Botswana has other 4 or 5 names...), and there are a lot of games that are really sub-par... on the other hand, his best games are absolutely fantastic and anyone who wants to approach modern board games, should try his best works.
I once had him sign one card of my copy of one of his games (Colossal Arena), hoping that some good influx would help me in the board gaming world... so far it didn't help much but... I think it's better to follow the suggestions he is mentioning here.
I interupted my board game design session for this :)
The GOAT.
He even had a pretty good DS game back in the 2000s
This is my first time seeing Knizia, and hearing him talk, he neither looks nor sounds like I expected him to! Knowing that he was an expert mathematician, I didn't expect such a friendly and loving looking and sounding man.
Lol, mathematicians must not be reknown for being friendly and loving.
Awesome designer! Would love to meet him for a beer sometime for a chat :)
I've played many of his games. They're usually not my top favourites but always good for a change of scenery. The main critique if his games is that the game mechanics are detached from the theme which I agree with but don't mind personally. My favourite game of his is the original version of Lost Cities (two player game). The theme is "expeditions" but if you think about it it's just a row of numbers and betting cards that you have to play in order. You can actually play this game with two sets of regular playing cards if you mark some of the cards from one set. I think Knizia is a master of inventing game mechanics (like in Ingenious). Very few people can make a living solely on being a board game designer and he is one of the chosen few. Props to him and his career! I remember listening to an interview with him once and his original professional was in the sciences if I remember! Was it physicist or statistician or engineer? A very smart man.
Curious what games are in his top 10.
I wonder if non gamers really know the extent of influence Kinzia has on board game design and the industry as a whole. I can put it bluntly that as important as Ali is to boxing, Kinzia is to board games.
I love his style of games. Simple, effective but whacky. Sad that it's overtaken by gigantic clockwork-like games or dice-chuckers these days. Abstracts are still around, but they seem to stuck in certain specific mechanics like drafting or tile-laying.
I have no doubt that his games are well crafted and well play-tested. If only they weren't so complicated, though! Chess shows how simple a game can be and still be deep.
Just finished a Explorers play with my kid.
This dude is such a rock star in the bg world. I'm surprised more people aren't wilding out as he walks around the convention. Would love a longer video with him. Should have a Masterclass.
I have seen him multiple time during conventions. It is just a matter of respect not to bother him all day long.
The Isaac Asimov of board games.
Hmm, not sure to what degree you mean that as a compliment.
@@eyflfla The Legend degree I suppose.
My only Knizia game is Lotr Confrontation but that one is a hoot. Should probably try some other ones.
Get Ra!
Especially if you play with your family or friends who aren't too deep into the hobby. It's not super light, but very easy to teach and you play off each other which is always fun. The art of the latest reprint is gorgeous.
We are all equal around the table.
This, right here, this is what I hold to, it's a good part of why I love tabletop gaming.
Everyone coming together to play, share in the experience and have fun, it's wonderful.
At 3:19 is that a Futurama reference? Surely hope so!
Nah, Futurama didn't invent the concept.
He's epic
"Brains in bottles" - that is a very good inspiration for the next game. Can't wait to play it. Legend.
what a god
Nice to see the mainstream media picked this up
"A lot of things initially start in my mind."
Well, I guess that's a pretty good place for an idea to start.
what games has he made
LEGEND... (having some AP).... DARY!
Oh mais c’est le Shruberry le bar !!!!
> Even the very very deep 3 to 4 hour games ...
Grognards: 🤨
Live his games. Bit strange he now looks like Baron Samedi from Atmosfear
what a chad
What's with the dude standing behind him with the stack of games? They couldn't find a table to stack those on?!
Ima rotting here thinking seven board games I have made is impressive and then I see this 😢
Loll very impressive haha this Notivated me!
Play test = data to experiment
Undu colong nih mantape
We must respectfully say that the San Francisco game shown in the video was a bit boring lol. But I love many of his other games.
i think I'll catch him up on his contributions, given a few years.
My Island pls ;) ;)
700 board games?
I published 6,6K drawings on DeviantArt!
Checked your deviantart. When do you plan to improve or learn the fundamentals?
@@vornamenachname594 No, this isn't necessary.
Thank for the proposal.
Maybe you should collaborate.
Are a big chunk of the 700 ....that 1 game with a bunch of games in it?
Maybe you're thinking of Friedemann Friese?
@@Patronux yup 504, Knizia truly is Prolific!
A kid who forgot to grow up. How wonderful.
Possibly the closest to genius in modern board gaming I can think off. Name another designer that creates so much game with so few rules. I’ll wait…
For as much as I respect mr Reiner, not even his games are "perfect"
Ah yes, the most based board game designer ever
he is a genious and some of his games are my favourite, but I wish he had designed "only" 350 games with more care and testin, rathe than 700, 500 of which are quite forgettable.
Its like any big name artist, once you get the funding, any whimsical idea can be greenlit.
Aren't you board?
Anybody can design 700 boardgames... making a fun boardgame is something totally different though...
So..the Mozart of cardboard 🤔
Better the Mozart of cardboard, than the Stalin of milkshakes, my old grandmother used to say.
There are too many board games these days.
In Arstotzka, we have boardgame 1, boardgame 2, and boardgame for kids.
Respect to the guy who made many great games. But the images supporting his 'diversity' comments really didn't help. Poor job Euro News.
What is he compensating for? 😂
3:40 I disagree with Knizia here. We are not equals if you've brought to the table a game you're good at, and others at the table have never played it before. And this is quite likely. Even an experienced gamer has played only a small fraction of the games that are out there. There are far too many board games. What would be better is quality, not quantity. Better games, not more games.
Yes and 500+ of his games are bad. The man is all about quantity over quality.
Yes and the 200 are very high quality
Big stretch. There are certainly some bad games in there but the vast majority are good to excellent. Also, how many good games have you made?
Well I own more Knizia games than any other game designers games. Guess I have bad taste.
true , but he's made some absolutely classics that will still be played or continue to influence the genre for future decades
I've only recently in past years started getting into solo board gaming. Prior to that I was heavy into Fantasy Flight games. I follow Kickstarters and watch videos on the hottest games and see what is high on BoardGameGeek. I also frequent local game stores. I can say without a doubt, I've never heard of this man nor any of the top 10 games that he has created and that says an incredible amount about quantity over quality. For me to know the name Isaac Childres with so few games as he's made compared to someone who has made over 700 is also saying a lot about the games he creates. These must be very niche games. I'd be interested to see where they fall on BoardGameGeek's top 100, if at all.
700 boring AF board games...
lolol
Could be if you have a short attention span and need to stare at a screen for entertainment.
@@ruleaus7664 ...like what you're doing right now ?
@@xGarrettThiefx I don't spend a lot of time watching movies anymore, and virtually no time playing video games. Also, there's a difference between mindless or unhealthy entertainment of no value and that with value. When I posted my last comment, I was referring to the former.
That sort of intelligence is hard to believe. He really has something special most other humans don't. I can't even PLAY games with a weight higher than about 3.2 without extreme distress. LoL
95% of his games are 2.5 or lower... eh.
Numbers ≠ Quality
Sadly, the Board Game industry has gone crazy W0ke. Thxs, for you keeping it non-W0ke Knizia!
Idk, do you think Exploding Kittens, Cards against Humanity, Wingspan or Ticket to Ride is woke? Or are you just upset that certain tabletop games have become more mainstream and actually have people that shower playing them?
@@MissMoontree Many Devs you just listed are far left activist Educate yourself before opening your child-mouth
And none of them is good!!
I suppose that if you’ve designed over 700 board games, you deserve the right to wear a bow tie like that.
Great words from Master Reiner Knizia. Thanks for what you bring and have brought to the hobby for so many decades !