Richard de Rijk
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Richard de Rijk

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Richard de Rijk is a game designer who founded the Dutch game company The Realm of Fantasy and the webstore Spelkopen.nl in 1996. Since his fulltime boardgame design job started in 2015, The Realm of Fantasy and Spelkopen.nl closed. From 2000 to 2009 he selfpublished 6 games and several expansions. His best selfpublished title is Atta Ants (2003), declared the Hidden Pearl at Spiel that year. This game is still a…

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browsergame at yucata.de. From 2015 to this current day, he developed over 50 games in the serious boardgaming market. Find Richard at LinkedIn to find out more. The cardgame "Thieves!", released in 2015 by 999 Games, is his come-back game as a game author. The game is now published by seven publishers in 11 languages and sold over 85,000 copies worldwide. Two of his designs made it to the Premio Archimede final (Pattaya in 2016 and Pond Salad in 2023). In 2025 the social activity cardgame "Yatta!" is selfpublished. The series start with the Home Edition (blue), followed by the Scouts Edition (green), to be released in March 2026. More theme decks tba.

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Designed and illustrated 2 games

Pond Salad 2025 0
Cinco 2009 0

Designed 11 games

Thieves! box cover Thieves! · 2015
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Atta Ants box cover Atta Ants · 2003
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9 more without a cover yet
Black Molly 2004 0
Anera's Arena 2001 0
Spelauteurs Nederland 2006 0
Spy 2006 0
Atta Ants: Expansion 2 2005 0
Aaargh ! 2005 0
Atta Ants: Expansion 2004 0
Anera's Arena uitbreiding #1 2002 0
Anera's Arena uitbreiding #2 0