GAME DESIGNER NIEK NEUWAHL
Niek Neuwahl, Bauhaus game; background is EXCLUSIVE, in which you create spaces surrounded only by your own pieces or edge of the board
CURRICULUM
1944 born in Zoeterwoude, Holland
1968 degree in Architecture, Technical University of Aachen , Germany
1968-2006 work as business consultant and as a designer, till 1973 in Germany, than in Italy
1981 founded the company NFFX, creating games for games business and as promotional gifts
2011 till now published 54 games in 101 editions with 40 companies in 11countries
AWARDS (GotY = Game of the Year)
1993 OTTO+BRUNO selected for à la Carte (Card Game of the Year, Germany)
1995 Game ARCHIMEDES (EG-Spiele): Special mention Jury GotY, Italy
1995 Guest of Honour “Spieltage” Salzburg, Austria
1997 Game AZTEC(Zoch-Verlag): Special Award “Schönes Spiel” Jury GotY, Germany
1998 Game TOCCATO (Felsberger): Award “spiel gut”
1999 Game Ta-Yü (Kosmos): One of the 11 best games of 1999 Jury GotY, Germany
2001 Game Toscana (Piatnik): Award “spiel gut”
2001 Game Toscana (Piatnik): Award “Spiele Hits für zwei” Jury Austria
2002 Honorary Member Spiele-Akademie, Vienna, Austria
2002 Honorary Exposition at “Expotrade”, Florence, Italy
2004 Game 1Stein+Co: Award “spiel gut”
2004 “Goettinger Spatz” Award to the career, city of Goettingen, Germany
Niek Neuwahl with wife Vanna
FUNCTIONS
1994-…… Member of jury “Premio Archimede”, Italy, from 2004 as president
1997-1999 President of the SAZ, the international Games Designer Association
1999-2003 SAZ: member of the board
1999-201.. Member of SAZ-Workgroup “Contracts”
CONFERENCES, ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS
1993 Organiser of the exhibition “il Giro del mondo in 80 giochi”, Florence, I
1999 Organiser of 4-days-colloquium “Board Games Studies” Florence/Italy, as well as editor of the colloquium-proceeding;
participant in Leiden (NL) 1995 and 1997, Fribourg(CH), 2001, Barcelona (SP) 2002, Marburg (D) 2003, Pennsylvania (USA) 2004,
Oxford (GB) 2005, St. Poelten (AU) 2007, Lisboa (P) 2008, Paris (F) 2010
2000 Workshop “Communication is a Game” Trade Fair “Sale” Amsterdam/NL
2002 Workshop “games-intelligent communication” marketing workshop, Köln, D
2002 Interview with “La Vanguardia”, Barcelona, SP
2002 Honorary Partecipation at “PROMOTIONTRADE”, Florence I
2003 Workshop “total motiviert”, Kunstverein, München, D
2003 Opening conference “Goethe und das Spiel”, Goethe Museum, D
2004 Article “How games are born” in the 180-years-memorial book Piatnik, AU
2005 Conference in the Zürich Design Museum (Exhibition “play”)
2005 Interview with “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”, Zürich, CH
2005 Collaboration and opening conference “Gott würfelt nicht”, Göttingen, D
2005 Article in “Schule konkret”(CH) 7/05: “Wie entsteht ein Spiel”
2005 Article in „Spel“ 9/2005
2006 Messe Nürnberg: Moderation Round-Table-Discussion : „Game-Awards“
2006 Swiss Radio DRS1: Live 1-hour-Interview in “Treffpunkte”
2006 “Spielen ist Training für den Geist”, article in “keep in touch” Univ. Aachen
NFFX, 02/2011
Niek Neuwahl playing Bauhaus with game of 3-2-1-0, ARCTIC with triangular base, in lower right; box on right is INVERSE, same as BAUHAUS
LUDOGRAPHY NICOLAAS (NIEK) NEUWAHL – NFFX
Year N° N° Name Editor Type Awards (07/2010)
1981 01 01 45 Chiarugi&C/I dice
1982 02 02 POMPEI XV Chiarugi&C/I puzzle
1983 03 03 BLACK 7 Chiarugi&C/I dice
1984 04 04 Kaukasus Chiarugi&C/I dice
1984 05 01 Shut the Box MB/UK dice
1985 06 05 Stubborn as a Mule MB/UK goose
1985 07 03 Black 7 Magazin B/D dice
1986 08 06 Railway Philips/I tiles
1986 09 03 Black 7 Philips/I dice
1986 10 07 Vita nel mondo Clementoni/I educ.
1986 11 01 45 Philips/ I dice
1989 12 08 L’inglese Clementoni/I educ.
1989 13 09 Bowling AGMüller/CH dice
1989 14 10 VEGAS AGMüller/CH cards
1989 15 11 Roulette AGMüller/CH cards
1989 16 05 Goose Game AGMüller/CH cards
1989 17 04 Rocky Hill Piatnik/AU dice
1989 18 12 Ranch Poker Piatnik/AU dice
1989 19 01 Game 45 Piatnik/AU dice
1989 20 03 Black 7 Piatnik/AU dice
1990 21 13 Lavita Zanker/D prom.
1991 22 14 Cocoos Peri/AU cards
1991 23 15 Hogeschool TFL/NL cards prom.
1991 24 16 Do it! Bosch/D prom.
1991 25 17 51 Colossus/UK puzzle
1992 26 18 Arctic Piatnik/AU tile-game
1992 27 19 Wer mit wem Ravensb./D Cards/prom.
1993 28 20 Igelrennen (vdBerg) Piatnik/AU goose
1993 29 21 Gurkensolo Peri/AU goose
1993 30 22 Greuz & Gwer Peri/AU words
1993 31 23 Torre Spirale Arte/I dice
1993 32 24 Gioco del 12 Spirale Arte/I dice
1993 33 01 45 Spirale Arte/I dice
1993 34 25 City Life Barclay/NL prom.
1993 35 14 Otto & Bruno Peri/AU cards à la carte ’93: place 10
1993 36 01 No 45 Berliner/D dice
1993 37 09 Bowling Berliner/D dice
1993 38 10 VEGAS Berliner/D cards
1993 39 04 Top eleven Berliner/D dice
1993 40 05 Gänsemarsch ASS/D goose
2/3
1995 41 26 Mc Chain Piatnik/AU party
1995 42 27 Auf Teufel komm r. ASS/D tiles
1995 43 28 Archimedes EG/I strat. Premio Spec. GdA
1995 44 03 Black 7 Laerdal/D dice
1996 45 29 Pitagoras EG/I goose
1996 46 30 Network Valvassori/I tiles
1997 47 31 AZTEC Zoch/D tiles 3D Sonderpr. Schönes Spiel
1997 48 32 Toccato Felsberger/CH strat 3D spiel gut
1998 49 33 Magic Square Troika/D puzzle
1998 50 02 POMPEI XV Schmidt/D math.
1998 51 02 Roman Money Game Troika/D math.
1998 52 01 game 45 Troika/D dice
1998 53 04 Mount Everest Schmidt/D dice
1999 54 23 Wall Street Troika/D dice
1999 55 30 Ta-Yü Kosmos/D tiles Auswahlliste SdJ
1999 56 34 WIN Troika D tiles
2000 57 30 Ta-Yü Rio Grande/USA tiles
2000 58 05 Abent. Märchenland Schmidt/D cards
2000 59 35 Märchenkutsche Schmidt/D cards
2000 60 32 Touch Troika/D strat 3D
2000 61 36 Grab d. Pentacuben Philos/D puzzle
2000 62 17 51 Troika/D puzzle
2000 63 34 Toscana Venice C/I Tiles Spiele Hits /spiel gut
Nom. Gamers Choice ‘02
2000 64 04 Mount Everest Troika/D dice
2002 65 33 magic Square Philos/D puzzle
2003 66 37 Pentamino-Creator Philos/D puzzle
2003 67 38 Tetrader Philos/D puzzle
2003 68 39 BE-YAPS TF1/F tile
2003 69 40 1Stein+Co Holzinsel/D tiles 3D spiel gut
2003 70 41 CrissCross Philos/D Puzzle
2003 71 34 Toscana 3D Philos/D tiles 3D
2004 72 40 Manhattan Lemada/Isr tiles 3D
2004 73 42 Casanova Kidult/I cards
2004 74 43 Exklusive Rombol/D stat.game
2005 75 44 Ultimus Rombol/D strat 3D
Ultimus
2006 76 45 Kastell/Castello Loquai/D tiles 3D spiel gut
Bernard Schweitzer (left) & Niek Neuwahl with his CASTELLO, object of which is to be the last player to be abe to place a piece
2006 77 46 Bauhaus Rombol/D strat 3D
2006 78 38 Pyramid RBA/SP puzzle
2006 79 33 Magic Square RBA/SP puzzle
2006 80 36 Pentacubes RBA/SP puzzle
2007 81 30 Ta-Yü Goliath/NL tiles
2007 82 40 Le Bloq Goliath/NL tiles 3D
2007 83 47 Heart/love-Puzzle Loquai/D puzzle
2007 84 48 Matrix-puzzle Philos/D puzzle
2007 85 41 Criss-Cross RBA/SP puzzle
2007 86 49 Tricky Double Piatnik/AU cards
2008 87 41 Perplexity Familyg.CDN puzzle/game
2008 88 46 Inversé Familyg.CDN strat 3D Seal Excellence
Bauhaus, aka Inverse
2008 89 33 Preposterous Puzzle Familyg.CDN puzzle
2008 90 36 Quantumino Familyg.CDN puzzle
2008 91 43 Zoned Familyg.CDN strat.game
2008 92 32 Touch Loquai/D strat. 3D
2008 93 42 ALL-IN Fundex/USA cards
2009 94 50 IQB Rombol/D puzzle/game
2010 95 50 Sedici Steffen7D puzzle/GAME
2010 96 51 Alex + Co ESG/SAZ/D with M. Ebel
2011 97 52 8-9-10 WinningM/D dice
2011 98 53 66 WinningM/D dice
2011 99 54 Grey&White WinningM/D tiles
2011 100 24 Nubia WinningM/D racegame
2011 101 50 Paradisio Foxmind/CDN PUZZLE/GAME
Total 54 games in 101 editions published by 41 different companies from 11 countries
