of his most successful designs use auctions as a vehicle to price risk, as in Ra, Medici, and Modern Art. Games Some of Knizia's games are: Abandon Ship Age of War/Risk Express Amun-Re Winner, Deutscher Spiele Preis 2003 Nominee, International Gamers Awards—General Strategy; Multiplayer Amphipolis Auf Heller und Pfennig (released in English as Kingdoms) Winner, Origins Award for Best Abstract Board Game of 2002 Battle Line (released as Schotten-Totten in Germany) Beowulf: The Legend Blue Moon/Blue Moon Legends Blue Moon City Clickbait (released by Big Potato Games) Drahtseilakt (released as Tightrope and Relationship Tightrope in the US) Dream Factory (released as Traumfabrik in Germany and Hollywood Blockbuster) Winner, Arets Spel for Best Adult Game Einfach Genial (released as Ingenious in the US and Mensa Connections in the UK) Winner, Schweizer Spielepreis Best Strategy Game 2004 High Society (card game) Indigo (board game) Ivanhoe Keltis Winner, Spiel des Jahres 2008 LEGO Ramses Pyramid Loot Looting London (card game) Lord of the Rings Winner, Spiel des Jahres 2001 special prize for best use of literature in a game Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Lost Cities Winner, International Gamers Award 2000 for Best 2-player strategy game Medici Modern Art Winner, Deutscher Spiele Preis 1993 Winner, Finnish Game of the Year 2008 My City (board game) My Word! Orongo Pickomino/Heckmeck Prosperity Co-designed with Sebastian Bleasdale Qin (board game) Ra Nominee, 2000 International Gamers Awards—General Strategy; Multi-player Samurai (Do You Know) Shakespeare? Star Trek: Expeditions Star Wars VII - Galaxy Rebellion Taj Mahal Winner, Deutscher Spiele Preis 2000 Winner, Essen Feather 2000 Through the Desert Tigris and Euphrates Winner, Deutscher Spiele Preis 1998 for Best Family/Adult Game Recommended, Spiel des Jahres 1998 Tower of Babel Winner, Schweizer Spielepreis best strategy game 2005 Vampire Wer war's/Who Was It? Winner, Kinderspiel des Jahres 2008 Winner, Deutscher Kinderspiele Preis 2008 Wettlauf nach El Dorado/The Quest for El Dorado Nominee, Spiel des Jahres 2017 Winner's Circle (board game) See also Going Cardboard (Documentary, includes an interview with Reiner Knizia) References External links Knizia Games Reiner Knizia video interview at Submarine Channel, 15 November 2011 Postspillion (includes complete list of games) Reiner Knizia at Math Genealogy Project Reiner Knizia by the Numbers, interview with Reiner Knizia, 12 April 2006 Living people Board game designers 1957 births People from Illertissen