Klaus Teuber
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Klaus Teuber | |
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.jpg) Teuber in 2017 | |
| Born | June 25, 1952 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Game designer |
| Known for | Board game developer |
Klaus Teuber (born June 25, 1952[1]) is a German former dental technician and designer of board games. He is best known for designing the strategy board game Catan.
Career
Teuber won the Spiel des Jahres ("Game of the Year") award four times: for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet.[citation needed] By Hook or Crook by Teuber was published in the American market by Avalon Hill in 1991, making it an early German style board game import.[2]
Personal life
Teuber retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. As of 2007[update], he lives in Darmstadt with his wife Claudia. They have two sons, Guido and Benny.[3]
Games
- The Settlers of Catan (and its many expansions, as well as the video game version, Catan)
- The Settlers of Canaan, a legally licensed and biblically-oriented version of Catan. It is not clear whether Teuber or someone else developed this edition.
- Löwenherz or Domaine
- Entdecker
- Drunter und Drüber
- Adel Verpflichtet (var.: Hoity Toity, Hook or Crook, Fair Means or Foul)
- Barbarossa
- Timberland, a German-style board game based on woodland management that came in ninth in the Deutscher Spiele Preis (German Game Prize).[4][when?]
- Pop Belly Pigs[5]
See also
- Going Cardboard, (documentary; includes an interview with Teuber)
- List of Klaus Teuber games
References
- ^ "Klaus Teuber feiert 65er". Spielwiese.at. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "H@LL9000: Infos zum Roman "Siedler von Catan"". www.hall9000.de. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ "Timberland". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ^ Pop Belly Pigs
External links
- "Special K", article on Klaus Teuber's impact on the game industry
- "Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre", article on the process through which Klaus Teuber refined Settlers of Catan
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