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Ralph Querfurth (game designer)

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Ralph Querfurth (born 1979 in Erlangen, Bavaria[citation needed]) is a German board game editor and board game designer. He is one of the creators of the board game series Exit - The Game. This series of Escape Room style board games has been sold over 18 million times worldwide since 2016.[1]

Life

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Querfurth studied IT in Coburg.[2] After his studies he began to work as a board game editor at the publisher Kosmos.

After learning about one of the first Escape Rooms in the city he lives in (Stuttgart, Germany) he had the initial idea to transfer the Escape Game idea to board games.[citation needed] He developed the concept for the board game series Exit - The Games,[3] supported by Sandra Dochtermann (board game editor at Kosmos).[4] Kosmos hired the couple Inka and Markus Brand as designers for Exit - The Game, who developed the games together with Querfurth (Querfurth as editor, Inka and Markus Brand as designers). Later Querfurth also became co-designer for several Exit games.[5]

Achievements

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Board Game Tournaments
  • 2x German Champion in the board game Carcassonne 2006[6]& 2023.[7]
  • 4x World Champion in the board game Carcassonne 2006,[8] 2008,[9] 2009[10]& 2010.[11]
  • 1x German Champion in the card game Tichu 2008.
Board Game Awards
  • German Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year for Exit – The Game: The Abandoned Cabin, The Secret Lab, The Pharao's Tomb 2017[12]

Games

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  • Star Wars - Attack of the Rebels,[13] gemeinsam mit Sandra Dochtermann, Kosmos, 2011
  • Star Wars - Anakin's Podrace[14], gemeinsam mit Sandra Dochtermann, Kosmos, 2012
  • Star Wars - Combat against Darth Maul,[15] gemeinsam mit Sandra Dochtermann, Kosmos, 2012
  • Exit - The Game: The Sinister Mansion,[16] together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2018
  • Exit - The Game: The Mysterious Museum,[17][18] together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2018
  • Exit - The Game: The Catacombs of Horror,[19] together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2018
  • Exit - The Game: Theft on the Mississippi,[20] together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2019
  • Exit - The Game: The Gate Between Worlds,[21] together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2020[22]
  • Roll'em Fold'em[23], together with Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Schmidt Spiele, 2021
  • Echt Spitze,[24] together with Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Schmidt Spiele, 2022[25]

References

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  1. ^ "Article about Ralph Querfurth and Exit - The Game on Zeit.de". Die Zeit (in German). 14 April 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ Bögelein, Margareta (2009-06-23). "Hervorragende Leistungen Ausgezeichnet" [Excellent Performance Awarded] (in German). Coburg University of Applied Sciences. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. ^ Opel, Jennifer (2022-12-18). "Der Mann hinter den Exit-Games" [The man behind the Exit Games]. Fränkischer Tag [de] (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  4. ^ "Exit Games als Standbein der Spielebranche" [Exit Games as a mainstay of the games industry]. Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung (in German). 2023-04-14. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  5. ^ Sebastian (2021-06-23). "[Podcast] Exit – Das Spiel – Eine Erfolgsgeschichte - Escape Maniac" (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  6. ^ "Carcassonne - Meisterschaft 2006" (in German). 2013-10-21. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  7. ^ "Carcassonne - Meisterschaft 2023" (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  8. ^ "Carcassonne - World Championships 2006". 2012-04-04. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  9. ^ "Carcassonne - World Championships 2008". 2013-10-21. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  10. ^ "Carcassonne - World Championships 2009". 2017-06-11. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  11. ^ "Carcassonne - World Championships 2010". 2016-03-28. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  12. ^ "EXIT – Das Spiel". Spiel des Jahres. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  13. ^ "Star Wars: Angriff der Rebellen". BoardGameGeek.
  14. ^ "Star Wars: Anakins Podrace". BoardGameGeek.
  15. ^ "Star Wars: Kampf gegen Darth Maul". BoardGameGeek.
  16. ^ "Exit: The Game – The Sinister Mansion". BoardGameGeek.
  17. ^ "Exit: The Game – The Mysterious Museum". BoardGameGeek.
  18. ^ "Exit the Game: The Mysterious Museum". Double Helix. No. 65. CSIRO. 2023-07-15. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  19. ^ "Exit: The Game – The Catacombs of Horror". BoardGameGeek.
  20. ^ "Exit: The Game – Theft on the Mississippi". BoardGameGeek.
  21. ^ "Exit: The Game – The Gate Between Worlds". BoardGameGeek.
  22. ^ Stretch, Andrew (2021-08-17). "EXIT The Game: The Gate Between Worlds Review". TechRaptor. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  23. ^ "Roll 'em Fold 'em". BoardGameGeek.
  24. ^ "Echt Spitze". BoardGameGeek.
  25. ^ Otterbein, Sandra (2023-01-12). "Test: Echt Spitze" [test: Really great]. Brettspiel News (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
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