Reiner Knizia On The Business of Board Games

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🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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There are many faces who could appear on the Mt. Rushmore of Foolish Board Game Designers, but one place is most certainly reserved for Reiner Knizia. Not only for his brilliant games, but also his business acumen, his enthusiasm for life, and his dedication to his purpose of entertaining the people. Select any color but blue; it's your turn!

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0:00.0	Richard Garfield, Jamie Stegmire, Rob Davio.
0:05.2	Now for many in the world, they do not recognize these names,
0:09.4	but for geeky hardcoretop Game Players like me,
0:13.5	maybe you two, you know, people who love board games,
0:16.1	card games.
0:17.1	We recognize each of those names.
0:19.8	Richard Garfield Design Magic the Gathering.
0:22.4	Jamie Steggmeyer Design scythe and mastered another game of sorts,
0:26.0	Kickstarter. He even wrote a book about it.
0:29.0	And Rob Davio invented legacy games,
0:32.0	games that change from one play to the next based on the results of the previous games, a profound innovation.
0:40.0	Another thing unites these three gentlemen, Richard and Jamie and Rob are all past
0:45.4	guests on rule breaker investing. Now I don't know that I'm trying to create a Mount Rushmore
0:50.4	of game designers on this podcast but if there's one face and name that
0:54.1	absolutely should be on a global Mount Rushmore of living game designers, it would be
0:59.5	my guest this week. Again, much of the world that doesn't follow this industry may not
1:04.2	know the name Reiner Canizia. But anyone who does will recognize this many times
1:10.7	award-winning full-time game designer and businessman who's been
1:15.3	bringing enjoyment to the people for more than 20 years which is about how long
1:19.9	I've known him and so I'm delighted to help make you smarter, happier, and richer
1:25.2	with a particular emphasis on happier.
1:28.6	This week on Rule Breaker Investing.
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