The Reiner Knizia Alphabet – The Letter ‘W’

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 ‘W’.

W – Whoowasit? (2007)

The thing about using the alphabet as a structure by which to reflect on Knizia's career as a game designer is that it’s uneven. This list is lumpy because some letters contain many great games whilst other letters are a touch lacking. (And look out for how we tackle the Letter ‘X’ next time!)

There are plenty of ‘best of Knizia' lists out there; we've read a lot of them. The problem with most lists is that the same titles come up again and again. Tigris & Euphrates, Ra, Modern Art,

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