Rüdiger Dorn

Rüdiger Dorn (* 1969 in Osnabrück ) is a German game designer . The qualified commercial teacher works in Gunzenhausen, is married, has three children and lives in Pfofeld near Nuremberg.

His first publication was the game Cameo in 1992 by the publisher HABA . His first award-winning game was the game The Dealers of Genoa in 2001 , which was published by alea / Ravensburger . It took 3rd place at the German Game Prize and came to the selection list for Game of the Year . In 2005 his game Louis XIV won first place in the German Games Prize and Jambo won first place in the à la carte card game prize .

In 2016 the game Karuba was released , which was nominated for Game of the Year (Critics' Prize).

Ludography (selection)

• 2001: The dealers of Genoa ( alea , Rio Grande Games , Filosofia )
• 2004: Goa ( Hans im Glück , Rio Grande Games, 999 Games )
• 2004: Jambo ( Kosmos Games , Rio Grande Games, Filosofia , Quined Games , White Goblin Games )
• 2004: Louis XIV ( alea , Rio Grande Games)
• 2006: The builders of Arkadia ( Ravensburger , Rio Grande Games)
• 2008: Journey to the center of the earth (Kosmos Spiele)
• 2012: Las Vegas (alea / Ravensburger)
• 2013: Asante (Cosmos Games)
• 2014: Istanbul ( Pegasus Games )
• 2016: Karuba (HABA)
• 2018: Luxor ( Queen Games )
• 2018: Expedition Luxor (Queen Games)
• 2019: What a bummer (abacus)
• 2019: Rune Stones (Queen Games)
• 2019: Las Vegas Royale

Awards

• game of the year
  • Genoa dealers : 2001 shortlist
  • Jambo : nominated in 2005
  • Arkadia's builders : nominated in 2007
  • Now it hits 13! : List of recommendations 2007
  • Las Vegas : nominated 2012
  • Karuba : nominated in 2016
  • Luxor: nominated in 2018
• Expert game of the year
  • 2014: Istanbul
• Children's game of the year
  • Los Mampfos : nominated in 2006
• German Games Prize
  • The dealers of Genoa : 3rd place in 2001
  • Goa : 3rd place 2004
  • Louis XIV : 1st place 2005
  • Jambo : 8th place in 2005
  • The builders of Arkadia : 6th place 2007
• Game of games
  • The Builders of Arkadia : Games Hit For Families 2007
• Swiss game award
  • Jambo : 3rd place strategy games 2005
• International Gamers Award
  • The dealers of Genoa : nominated multi-player games 2002
  • Goa : nominated multi-person games 2004
  • Louis XIV : nominated multi-person games 2005
  • Jambo : nominated two-person games 2005
  • The builders of Arkadia : nominated multi-person games 2007
• Dutch game award
  • Goa : nominated in 2005
  • Arkadia's builders : nominated in 2007
  • Istanbul : nominated expert game 2015
• à la carte card game price
  • Gargon : 6th place in 2002
  • Jambo : 1st place 2005

Web links

• Rüdiger Dorn at alea
• Rüdiger Dorn in the Luding games database
• Rüdiger Dorn in the games database BoardGameGeek (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rüdiger Dorn - Excellent games from Franconia , accessed on January 11, 2016