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Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (born 1963 in Meschede, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German board game creator, the creator of the best-selling ''Carcassonne (board game), Carcassonne'' and ''Downfall of Pompeii''. Early life Born to music-teacher parents in Meschede, Germany, Wrede grew up in the town of Arnsberg, Germany. He attended college in Cologne, learning music and theology. Game career While on a vacation Wrede created ''Carcassonne'' which was published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and Rio Grande Games in English. ''Carcassonne'' has become one of the most popular games at BoardGameGeek; , of the thousands of games on the website, only ''Catan'' has more user ratings. As a child he played games such as ''Monopoly (game), Monopoly'' and chess. He later played games such as ''Kremlin (board game), Kremlin'', ''Civilization (1980 board game), Civilization'', ''Age of Renaissance'', ''Tikal (board game), Tikal'', ''Ra (board game), Ra'', and ''Tigris and Euphrates''. His favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meschede
Meschede () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Hochsauerlandkreis. Education One of the five branches of South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (also: Fachhochschule Südwestfalen (FH SWF)) is located here. Geography Meschede is situated in the Ruhr (river), Ruhr valley, near to the Hennesee, south of the nature-park Arnsberger Wald. Major towns in the vicinity of Meschede are Paderborn (51 km), Kassel (85 km), Siegen (57 km), Hagen, Dortmund (60 km) and Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamm (49 km). Neighbouring municipalities * Arnsberg * Bestwig * Eslohe * Schmallenberg * Sundern * Warstein Division of the town After the local government reforms of 1975 Meschede consists of these districts and villages: History Meschede was founded as a settlement around a convent, the ''Walpurgis-Stift'' , in the 10th century. In 1572, it became a member of the Hanseatic Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civilization (1980 Board Game)
''Civilization'' is a board game designed by Francis Tresham, published in the United Kingdom in 1980 by Hartland Trefoil and in the United States in 1981 by Avalon Hill. The ''Civilization'' brand is now owned by Hasbro. It was out of print for many years, before it saw republication in 2018, by Gibsons Games. The game typically takes eight or more hours to play and is for two to seven players. ''Civilization'' is widely considered to be one of the most influential games in the strategy genre, cited as foundational to both the grand strategy and 4X subgenres. The game is also first in incorporating a technology tree (or "tech tree"), a common feature in subsequent board and video games, which allows players to gain certain items and abilities only after particular other items are obtained. Overview The ''Civilization'' board depicts areas around the Mediterranean Sea. The board is divided into many regions. Each player plays a historic civilization and starts in the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Meschede
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 now renowned for developing many highly-acclaimed strategy games, such as ''Agricola'' and '' A Feast for Odin''. As of May 2025, six of his games are on BoardGameGeek.com's top 100 board games of all time, the most of any designer. Works Born in Aurich, Germany, Rosenberg first began to occupy himself with the development and mechanisms of games at the age of 12. He published a number of play-by-mail games during his school years. While he was still in college, Amigo published his first major success, ''Bohnanza''. Since finishing his statistics studies in Dortmund (the subject of his thesis was "Probability distributions in Memory"), his main occupation is the development of games. In 2000, he and a few other game designers founded the publishing company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Teuber
Klaus Wilhelm Heinrich Teuber (25 June 1952 – 1 April 2023) was a German board game designer best known as the creator of ''Catan''. Originally working as a dental technician, he began designing games first as a hobby then as a full-time career. Four of his games won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award: ''Barbarossa (game), Barbarossa'' (1988), ''Adel Verpflichtet'' (1990), ''Drunter und Drüber'' (1991) and ''The Settlers of Catan'' (1995). The latter sold over 40 million copies, was translated into 40 languages and spawned a family of expansions and versions. Teuber founded the games company Catan GmbH in 2002, and his sons now direct the family business. Teuber was inducted into the Origins Awards, Origin Awards Hall of Fame by the Game Manufacturers Association, AAGAD (Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design) in 2004. In 2010, he received a special As d'Or in recognition of his lifetime achievement at the Festival International des Jeux in France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan R
Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Kurdish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name ** List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * Alan (Chinese singer) (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in both China and Japan * Alan (Mexican singer) (born 1973), Mexican singer and actor *Alan (wrestler) (born 1975), a.k.a. Gato Eveready, who wrestles in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración * Alan (footballer, born 1979) (Alan Osório da Costa Silva), Brazilian footballer * Alan (footballer, born 1998) (Alan Cardoso de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *Alan I, King of Brittany (died 907), "the Great" * Alan II, Duke of Brittany (c. 900–952) *Alan III, Duke of Brittany(997–1040) * Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (c. 1063–1119), a.k.a. Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) * Alan of Tewkesbury, 12th century abbott * Alan of Lynn (c. 1348–1423), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiner Knizia
Reiner Knizia () is a prolific German-style board game designer. He was born in West Germany in 1957 and earned a doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Ulm before designing games full time. He is frequently included on lists of the greatest game designers of all time. Many of his hundreds of designs are considered modern classics, and many have won or been nominated for significant gaming awards, including the Spiel des Jahres and the Deutscher Spiele Preis. His notable designs include Amun-Re (board game), Amun-Re, Blue Moon City, Ingenious (board game), Ingenious, Keltis, Lord of the Rings (board game), Lord of the Rings, Medici, Modern Art (game), Modern Art, Ra (board game), Ra, Taj Mahal, Tigris and Euphrates, and Through the Desert. Many of his designs incorporate mathematical principles, such as his repeated use of auction mechanics. Early life and education Knizia was born in Illertissen, West Germany, in 1957. During his childhood, the small town of Illertissen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Kramer
Wolfgang Kramer (born 29 June 1942 in Stuttgart) is a German board game designer. Early life As a young child, Wolfgang Kramer used to play games with his grandmother, and said he developed a positive attitude about games because "she always used to let me win." Although he started buying games in his teens, he found there wasn't much variety, so he started to modify some rules. His friends enjoyed the new rules and suggested he design his own games. Part-time games designer While studying commercial science, Kramer started to develop a racing game that didn't use dice for movement. While working as an operations manager and computer scientist, he developed his new movement system into an abstract game called ''Tempo'', and published it in 1974. He later modified this game into a car racing game called ''Formel Eins'' (''Formula One''). While still working full-time, he designed and published several more games, two of which won the Spiel des Jahres. Full-time games designer K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigris And Euphrates
''Tigris and Euphrates'' () is a tabletop eurogame designed by Reiner Knizia and first published in 1997 by Hans im Glück. Before its publication, it was highly anticipated by German gamers hearing rumors of a "gamer's game" designed by Knizia. ''Tigris and Euphrates'' won first prize in the 1998 Deutscher Spielepreis. A card game version was released in 2005. The game is set as a clash between neighboring dynasties at the dawn of civilization and is named after the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, in the region now called the Middle East. The rivers together formed natural borders for an area which harboured several grand ancient civilizations, including Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. The Greeks called this area Mesopotamia, which literally means "between the rivers". Gameplay The game can be played by two, three, or four people. Play offers both tactical and strategic objectives. As with many games, short-term objectives gain prominence when more players participate, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ra (board Game)
''Ra'' is a board game for two to five players designed by Reiner Knizia and themed around Ra, the sun-god of Heliopolis in ancient Egyptian culture. It is one of three auction games designed by Knizia, the others being ''Medici'' and ''Modern Art''. Originally published in Germany, it was republished in an English language translation by Rio Grande Games. Subsequent English language editions have been published by Überplay and again by Rio Grande Games. The last of these increased the number of players from the original 3-5 to 2-5, but otherwise all editions have used the same rules. ''Ra'' won the 2000 International Gamers Award and placed 2nd in the 1999 Deutscher Spiele Preis. Gameplay ''Ra'' is an auction game, in which the players compete for the same resources. The game is played in three rounds, called Epochs, reflecting the history of ancient Egypt. Players use their sun tokens to bid against each other on auctions for tiles. At the end of an epoch, points wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
