Stefan Feld (born 1970 in

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designer who lives in

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. Feld is considered one of the most prominent designers of the

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genre. He is particularly known for the ingenious use of dice in his games, using them to add variety and different options without excessive randomness. Three of the games he has designed, ''Strasbourg'', ''Bruges'', and ''Carpe Diem'' have been nominated for the prestigious award

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in Germany. Many of his games feature artwork from game artist Harald Lieske.

Games designed by Stefan Feld

*''Roma'' (2005) *''Rum and Pirates'' (2006) *''In the Year of the Dragon'' (2007) *''Notre Dame'' (2007) *''The Name of the Rose'' (2008) *''Arena: Roma II'' (2009) *''Macao'' (2009) *''The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel'' (2009) *''Luna'' (2010) *''The Speicherstadt'' (2010) *''Spiel mit Lukas: Dribbel-Fieber'' (2010) *''It Happens'' (2010) *''

The Castles of Burgundy ''The Castles of Burgundy'' is a board game for two to four players, set in Mediaeval, Medieval Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy. It was designed by Stefan Feld and illustrated by Julien Delval and Harald Lieske, and was published in 2011 by Ravensbu ...

'' (2011) *''Strasbourg'' (2011) *''

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'' (2011) *''Kaispeicher'' (2012) *''Bora Bora'' (2013) *''Rialto'' (2013) *''Bruges'' (2013) *''Amerigo'' (2013) *''La Isla'' (2014) *''Aquasphere'' (2014) *''The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game'' (2016) *''Jórvík'' (2016) *''The Oracle of Delphi'' (2016) *''Merlin'' (2017) *''Carpe Diem'' (2018) *''Forum Trajanum'' (2018) *''Bonfire'' (2020) *''Kokopelli'' (2020) *''The Castles of Tuscany'' (2020) *''Hamburg (re-implementation of Bruges)'' (2021) *''Amsterdam (re-implementation of Macao)'' (2021) *''New York City (re-implementation of Rialto)'' (2022) *''Marrakesh'' (2022) *''Vienna (re-implementation of La Isla)'' (2023) *''Cuzco (re-implementation of Bora Bora)'' (2023)

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