Lookout Games is a German board and

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. The company published, among other games, the board game

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, which was honored with the ''Complex Game'' award by the German

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jury in 2008.

History

The company was founded in 2000 by Hanno Girke,

Uwe Rosenberg Uwe Rosenberg (born 27 March 1970) is a German game designer and the co-founder of Lookout Games. He initially became known for his card game ''Bohnanza'', which was successful both in Germany and internationally. He is known for complex economic ...

and

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. By this time, especially Rosenberg was already well known for his card game Bohnanza, which was published by a major German game company. The first game of Lookout Games was a small card game called Attribut. The game was originally published online at the gaming website Brettspielwelt. Later, the company started to produce physical copies of the game. In 2003 Attribut was on the shortlist for the German ''Game of the Year'' award. In 2007 the board game Agricola was published. In 2008 Agricola got the special award ''Complex Game'' at the German ''Game of the Year'' awards and the first place at the German Game Prize. Agricola became one of the highest rated games at the board game website

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. 2008 the successor

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was published. In 2009 Le Havre got the second place at the German Game Prize. In 2005 the company started to publish games from

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in Germany.

Published games

Own games

* 2002: '' Attribut'', Game of the Year Awards shortlist * 2004: ** '' Attribut 2'' ** '' Schätzbold'' ** '' The Scepter of Zavandor'' * 2005: '' Spelunke'' * 2006: ** '' Die Drachenbändiger von Zavandor'' ** * 2007: ''

'', Special Award: Complex Game 2008, German Game Prize 2008 * 2008: ''

'', German Game Prize - Second Place 2009 * 2009: ''

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'' * 2010: ** '' Merkator'' ** '' The Mines of Zavandor'' * various Bohnanza expansions * various Agricola expansions * 2013 '' Caverna'' * 2014 '' Murano'' * 2015 '' Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King'' * 2020 ''

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Games by other companies

Games by

, which Lookout Games published in Germany: * 2005: '' The End of the Triumvirate'' * 2009: ' Games by Hartland Trefoil Ltd, which Lookout Games published in Germany: * 2009: ''

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References

External links

Lookout Games website
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