Game Designer

Klaus Teuber

Klaus Teuber, German game designer active 1988–2018, best known for trading and modular-board games such as Catan.

68 Games

Biography

Klaus Teuber is listed with 68 games in our database and was active as a designer from 1988 to 2018. His most notable works appeared in the 1990s and 2000s, including Catan (1995). Personal birth, death or birthplace details are not provided in the source data.

Career

Teuber became established with titles that combine trading, modular boards and network/route building. His portfolio frequently features mechanics like Dice Rolling, Trading, Hand Management and Modular Board. He produced family-oriented and children's variants as well as expansions, with several key releases between 1995 and 2005.

Most Famous Games

His top games include Catan (1995), Catan Card Game (1996) and Elasund: The First City (2005). Other notable titles in the list are The Kids of Catan (2003), Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons (2001) and The Settlers of the Stone Age (2002). Several of these games received awards or nominations such as Meeples Choice Award and Spiel des Jahres mentions.

Design Style

Teuber's style emphasizes trading/negotiation with modular boards and route-network elements; dice and hand management often appear as supporting mechanics. He frequently collaborated with co-designers including Benjamin Teuber.