30 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Patrick and Eric bow tie one on.

Patrick and Eric return to their designer spotlight series - Reiner Knizia

Reiner Knizia

• Recent Plays
  • My City
  • Tutankhamun
• Auction Games
  • Ra 
  • Modern Art
• "Numbers on Art"
  • En Garde
  • Shotten Totten
  • Lost Cities
  • Llama

“Reiner Knizia is also criticized that his games are all dry, mathematical affairs, and unfortunately, he can't dodge the bullet completely on this one.” - Some person on BGG

How does theme impact his games?

• Abstracts
  • Ingenious
  • Tigris and Euphrates

"Kenizia scoring" i.e. lowest track scores.

Misc games

• Star Trek Expeditions
• Through The Desert (or Dessert if you eat the camels)
• Quest of El Dorado
• Age of War/Risk Express
• En Garde in detail

Awards and nominations -

• Kinder - Who Was It?
• Speil - Keltis

Co-operative games

• Lord of the Rings

"Remember: When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning..."