Catan

Klaus Teuber, the game designer who developed Settlers of Catan, has passed away at age 70. A statement on his death was released on Twitter by Catan Studios. According to the German Catan site, Teuber passed away on April 1 after a “short, severe illness.” Teuber was most well known for Settlers of Catan, but he also helped design and create the games Barbarossa, and Drunter and Drüber (renamed Wacky Wacky Wacky for the English language publication) among others. He won the Game of the Year award four times.What Was Your…

Klaus Teuber, who created the board game sensation Settlers of Catan, has passed away at the age of 70. According to the , Teuber died on April 1st after a “brief and severe illness.” He is survived by his wife Claudia and their two sons, Guido and Benny, all of which are involved with publisher Catan Studios. It is hard to do justice to how important Catan was (and is) to the board game space. Teuber invented the multiplayer resource-trading game in 1995 and is one of the first European board games to achieve massive…

Klaus Teuber, a pioneer game designer and creator of the Catan board game, has died at the age of 70. The news was confirmed by Catan Studio, which announced through its website that Tauber had died following a “brief and severe illness” on April 1 (via Dicebreaker). “It is with profound sadness that we at Catan Studio acknowledge the passing of Klaus Teuber, legendary game designer and creator of the beloved board game Catan,” the studio posted on Twitter. “Our hearts go out to Klaus’ family during this incredibly…

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Catan, one of the most critically acclaimed board games ever made and one that averages over a million copies sold per year, is about to leap off the tabletop thanks to a unique augmented reality gaming system that’s been in development for over a decade now. Tilt Five, a startup founded by a former Valve engineer, has just announced that a 3D holographic version of the game, dubbed Catan — Tilt Five AR, will arrive in spring 2023. Unfortunately, the video below doesn’t really give us a look at the game, but the…