Michael Schacht (game designer)

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Michael Schacht (* 1964 in Wiesbaden ) is a German game designer, graphic designer and owner of the small publishing house games from Timbuktu .

Life and work

Schacht studied graphic design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences . For around 15 years he worked as a graphic designer in various advertising agencies, where he rose to become art director . It was not until 2005, eleven years after his first commercially marketed game, that he turned his back on the industry and has since been one of the few full-time game developers in Germany who can make a living from it. He is married and currently (2007) lives in Frankfurt am Main .

He came to inventing games through a writers' competition. Its first publication was in 1992 the game Taxi in the game magazine Spielerei . His first award-winning game was the game Kontor in 1999 , published by Goldsieber . It came on the selection list for Game of the Year . The biggest success so far in 2007 was the game Zooloretto , which was named Game of the Year 2007. It is a further development of his game Coloretto , which took 4th place in the German Games Prize in 2003 and was on the selection list for Game of the Year.

“It's not a job where you can be particularly sure of earning your money. There is a lot of risk involved. You have to be very persistent, very persistent, and a little luck is also part of it. "

- Michael Schacht

Ludography (selection)

  • 1997: Blindes Huhn (Berlin playing cards)
  • 1999: Kontor ( Goldsieber , selection list for the game of the year 1999)
  • 1999: Tohuwabohu (Goldsieber, Family Game of the Year in Denmark 1999)
  • 2000: Kardinal & König (Goldsieber, 8th place in the German Games Prize 2000, selection list for the Game of the Year 2000)
  • 2001: Isis & Osiris (Goldsieber, nomination for Toy of the Year Netherlands 2001)
  • 2002: Dschunke ( Queen Games , 3rd place German Games Prize 2002, selection list for Game of the Year 2002)
  • 2002: Mogul (Games from Timbuktu; new edition 2015 at Rio Grande Games)
  • 2002: Potzblitz ( HABA )
  • 2003: Coloretto ( Abacus Games, 9th place in the German Games Prize 2003, shortlist for Game of the Year 2003, Best Card Game 2003)
  • 2003: Industria (Queen Games, Gamers Choice Awards: Multiplayer Nominees 2004)
  • 2003: Magna Grecia ( Clementoni , nomination at the International Gamers Award 2004)
  • 2003: Paris Paris (Abacus Games, 4th place German Games Prize 2003, selection list for Game of the Year 2003)
  • 2003: Richelieu and the Queen! ( Ravensburger , shortlist for Game of the Year 2003)
  • 2004: Hansa (Abacus Games, 9th German Games Prize 2004)
  • 2004: Playing socks (HABA, Spiel gut 2005)
  • 2005: China (Abacus Games ), republication of Kardinal & König with a new topic
  • 2006: California (Abacus Games )
  • 2007: Zooloretto (Abacus Games , Game of the Year 2007)
  • 2007: Patrician ( Amigo , play well 2008)
  • 2008: Aquaretto ( Abacus Games )
  • 2008: Shanghai (Abacus Games)
  • 2009: Citizens, builders & Co. (Abacus games, on the occasion of 150 years of Saalbau GmbH )
  • 2009: Valdora ( Abacus Games , Recommended Game of the Year 2009, 6th place German Games Prize 2009)
  • 2009: The Golden City (Kosmos)
  • 2011: Mondo (Pegasus, Recommended Game of the Year 2011, 6th place German Games Prize 2011, nominations for the Danish and Finnish Games Prize 2011)
  • 2012: Zooloretto: The Dice Game (Abacus Games)
  • 2012: Call to Glory (White Goblin Games)
  • 2012: Africana (Abacus Games)
  • 2013: Scotland Yard Master (Ravensburger)
  • 2014: Hellweg westfalicus (games from Timbuktu)
  • 2014: Han (Abacus Games)
  • 2015: Chef Alfredo (Queen Games)
  • 2016: London Markets (Queen Games)
  • 2017: Smile (Z-Man Games)
  • 2017: The Maharaja's Legacy (Abacus Games)
  • 2017: Extreme blind chicken (Abacus games)
  • 2017: Zooloretto Duel (Abacus Games)
  • 2018: Spirits of the Forest (ThunderGryph Games)
  • 2018: Pizzy Monsters ( Abacus Games )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 3sat report from October 30, 2007: vivo portrait: Michael Schacht
  2. ↑ Valdora on the Game of the Year homepage
personal data
SURNAME Schacht, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German game designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden