The Reiner Knizia Alphabet – The Letter ‘V’

The year 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of Dr Reiner Knizia’s career as a board game designer – his first published game, Complica, was released in a magazine in 1985 (although he’d self-published games before then as well).

Since then, Knizia has designed and published over 800 games and expansions, many of which are critically acclaimed. Put simply, Reiner Knizia is the landscape on which all other modern designers build their houses.

To celebrate Knizia’s career and back catalogue, Meeple Mountain are taking things back to basics to consider the ABC of Reiner Knizia: one game for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet.

This time: The Letter ‘V’.

V – Viking See-Saw (2021)

Sometimes with our Knizian Alphabet, we've used letters to discuss more than just the specific games associated with those letters. The Letter ‘E’ discussed Knizia’s use of historical themes. The Letter ‘K’ looked at the awards Knizia has and hasn’t won. ‘H’ and ‘M’ dove deep into Knizia’s deployment of satire. The Letter ‘O’ explored how a changing world frames art in a different light. ‘Q’ wove alternative narratives together to consider how we view Knizia’s career and…

The post The Reiner Knizia Alphabet – The Letter ‘V’ appeared first on Meeple Mountain.