Uwe Rosenberg (born 27 March 1970) is a German

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and the co-founder of

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. He initially became known for his card game ''

Bohnanza ''Bohnanza'' is a German-style board game, German-style card game based on the game mechanics of Trade, trading and politics, designed by Uwe Rosenberg and released in 1997 (in German) by Amigo Spiele and (in English) by Rio Grande Games. It i ...

'', which was successful both in Germany and internationally. He is known for complex economic strategy games, including ''

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'' and '' A Feast for Odin.''

Works

Born in

Aurich Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Auerk'', West Frisian: ''Auwerk'', stq, Aurk) is a town in the East Frisian region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both i ...

, Germany, Rosenberg first began to occupy himself with the development and mechanisms of games at the age of 12. He published a number of

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s during his school years. While he was still in college,

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published his first major success, ''Bohnanza''. Since finishing his statistics studies in

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(the subject of his thesis was "

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s in

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"), his main occupation is the development of games. In 2000, he and a few other game designers founded the publishing company

. It published a number of expansions to ''Bohnanza'', partly in cooperation with Hanno Girke. Larger projects were at first published at other publishers, such as Amigo and Kosmos. Since 2005, Rosenberg has concentrated mostly on complex strategy games with an economic theme: his first,'' Agricola'', was released in October 2007, went on to win a Spiel des Jahres special award for the best complex game of 2008, and has become a staple in the European game subgenre of worker placement games. It dethroned ''

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'' as the highest rated game on

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in September 2008 and stayed at the top of the rankings until March 2010. A second game in this series, ''

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'', was published in October 2008, as well as '' Caverna'' in 2013. His highest rated game is currently '' A Feast for Odin'', which was rated twenty second on

as of December 2020. Many of Rosenberg's designs have also been recognized as being excellent for solitary play. He married Susanne Balders on 18 May 2007. He lives in

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and works at his studio in Dortmund.

Games

* ''

'' (1997) * '' Mamma mia'' (1998) * ''

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'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2008) * '' At the Gates of Loyang'' (2009) * '' Merkator'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small'' (2012) * '' Le Havre: The Inland Port'' (2012) * '' Caverna'' (2013) * '' Glass Road'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Fields of Arle'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' A Feast for Odin'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''Caverna: Cave vs. Cave'' (2017) * ''Indian Summer'' (2017) * ''Nusfjord'' (2017) * ''Reykholt'' (2018) * ''Spring Meadow'' (2018) * ''Caverna: Cave vs. Cave - Era II'' (2018) * ''Robin Von Locksley'' (2019) * ''Nova Luna'' (2019) *''Fairy Trails'' (2020) *''New York Zoo'' (2020) *''Hallertau'' (2020) *''Sagani'' (2020) *''Armonia '' (2021) *''Tulpenfeiber'' (2021) *''Atiwa'' (2022)

References

External links

Uwe Rosenberg's designer page at BoardGameGeek
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