Joris Wiersinga
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Joris Wiersinga

27 games 60 3D models Designed 27 games Art for 2 games

Joris Wiersinga was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, in ~1974. He has been designing games since he was a kid, selling his first computer game at age 14 and his first card- and board games a few years later. Together with Jeroen Doumen, Tamara Jannink and Herman Haverkort he founded Splotter Spellen, which has published a number of games listed on the Geek. Joris' main board game interest lies in complex economic…

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board games. His favourite non-splotter game is probably still 1830, although it's been a long time since he played it... Outside of Splotter, Joris creates computer games for physical rehabilitation of elderly people with his company SilverFit (www.silverfit.com). He has also created a number of games for professional use in change management and lean operations transformations. Distinctions for game design include: Nederlandse Spellenprijs, shortlisted (Cannes, 2005). International Gamers Award finalist (Antiquity, 2005; Indonesia, 2006). Dutch Game Awards: 1st place Best Serious Game (SilverFit, 2009). European Innovative Games Award: best of category (SilverFit, 2009), Golden Elephant (Food Chain Magnate, 2016), Goblin Magnifico (Food Chain Magnate, 2016)

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Designed and illustrated 2 games

Bus box cover Bus · 1999
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1 more without a cover yet
Kiek 1999 0

Designed 25 games

Food Chain Magnate box cover Food Chain Magnate · 2015
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Indonesia box cover Indonesia · 2005
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The Great Zimbabwe box cover The Great Zimbabwe · 2012
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Antiquity box cover Antiquity · 2004
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Roads & Boats box cover Roads & Boats · 1999
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Horseless Carriage box cover Horseless Carriage · 2023
14
Greed Incorporated box cover Greed Incorporated · 2009
1
Cannes: Stars, Scripts and Screens box cover Cannes: Stars, Scripts and Screens · 2002
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Duck Dealer box cover Duck Dealer · 2008
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Ur: 1830 BC box cover Ur: 1830 BC · 2001
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VOC! Founding the Dutch East Indies Company box cover VOC! Founding the Dutch East Indies Company · 2002
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D'raf box cover D'raf · 1997
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Web box cover Web · 1997
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Food Chain Magnate: Deluxe Edition box cover Food Chain Magnate: Deluxe Edition · 2025
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Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas box cover Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas · 2019
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Roads & Boats: 20th Anniversary Edition box cover Roads & Boats: 20th Anniversary Edition · 2019
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9 more without a cover yet
Kiek: 20 years of Splotter 2017 0
Oraklos 1997 0
Beest 2001 0
Bailiff of Boscoop 2026 0
Cannes: Stars, Scripts and Screens – Mini Expansion 2003 0
Roads & Boats: Planes & Trains 2001 0
Spöl 1999 0
Gossip 1998 0
Chameleo Chameleo 1998 0