Klaus Teuber
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Klaus Teuber | |
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.jpg) Teuber in 2017 | |
| Born | June 25, 1952 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Game designer |
| Known for | board game developer |
Klaus Teuber (born June 25, 1952[1]) is a German former dental technician and designer of board games.
Career[edit]
Teuber won the Spiel des Jahres ("Game of the Year") award four times: for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet. Teuber's By Hook or Crook, published by Avalon Hill in 1991, was an early import of a German-style game into the American market.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Teuber retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. As of 2007[update], he lives in Darmstadt with his wife Claudia. They have two sons, Guido and Benny.[3]
Games[edit]
- The Settlers of Catan (and its many expansions, as well as the video game version, Catan)
- The Settlers of Canaan, a legally licensed and biblically-oriented version of Catan. It is not clear whether Teuber or someone else developed this edition.
- Löwenherz or Domaine
- Entdecker
- Drunter und Drüber
- Adel Verpflichtet (var.: Hoity Toity, Hook or Crook, Fair Means or Foul)
- Barbarossa
- Timberland is a German-style board game based on woodland management that came in ninth in the Deutscher Spiele Preis (German Game Prize).[4][when?]
- Pop Belly Pigs[5]
See also[edit]
- Going Cardboard, (documentary; includes an interview with Teuber)
- List of Klaus Teuber games
References[edit]
- ^ "Klaus Teuber feiert 65er". Spielwiese.at. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "H@LL9000: Infos zum Roman "Siedler von Catan"". www.hall9000.de. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ "Timberland". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ^ Pop Belly Pigs
External links[edit]
- "Special K", article on Klaus Teuber's impact on the game industry
- "Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre", article on the process through which Klaus Teuber refined Settlers of Catan
