''Louis XIV'' is a 2005
designer board game by
Rüdiger Dorn Rüdiger Dorn (born 1969) is a German-style board game designer.
Career
Fantasy Flight Games published Rüdiger Dorn's fantasy-themed ''Dragonheart'' (2010).
He was nominated for the 2005 Spiel des Jahres award for his game ''Jambo'', which also p ...
. Players take on roles of members of the
court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco ...
of
Louis XIV of France
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of ...
. The game won the 2005
Deutscher Spiele Preis
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.
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Board games about history
Cultural depictions of Louis XIV
Deutscher Spiele Preis winners
Rio Grande Games games
Board games introduced in 2005
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