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Jeffrey D. Allers
Jeffrey D. Allers has played and designed games since he was a child. After moving to Berlin in 1994, he was introduced to modern German board games and joined a gaming group in 2004 where published designers regularly tested their prototypes. Soon after, he was bringing his own ideas to the group, and has had his games published around the world since 2008. From 2005-2014, he also wrote a series of online…
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articles titled "Postcards From Berlin," first on GameWire, then BoardgameNews and now, the Opinionated Gamers and on his blog Berlin Game Design. He enjoyed writing about game design and his experiences as an American expatriate living in the midst of the Berlin boardgame culture. In 2006, together with friend and co-designer Bernd Eisenstein, he founded a game designers' meet-up at the newly-opened Spielwiese gaming cafe. Over 60 designs tested there have been published by the international group that meets every Monday night. Jeff is an advocate for new game designers, serving on the Advisory Council of the international Game Designers Association (Spieleautorrenzunft, or SAZ), as a mentor for the Tabletop Mentorship Program, and as a judge for the Cardboard Edison Award. He has also taught game design workshops in schools and has spoken on the topic as a guest lecturer at Berlin's Technical University as well as visiting university groups from the United States. He has worked as an architect, youth pastor, TESL teacher and director of a Christian community center and refugee aid worker in partnership with the German free evangelical church. Jeff now lives with his wife and two sons in southwestern Germany near the borders with France and Switzerland. INTERVIEWS & LINKS: Video Interview at the Spielwiese gaming cafe in Berlin, showing Berlin designers testing their prototypes "The Prototype Architect" Podcast Interview with zuspieler.de in German Postcards From Berlin article series about culture, gaming and game design from the perspective of an American in Berlin Designer Interview on Cloudy with a Chance of Meeples Berlin Con 2016 panel AWARDS & NOMINATIONS: Pioneer Rails: 2024 UK Games Expo Best Card Game (Strategic) People's Choice Award Winner Pioneer Rails: 2024 UK Games Expo Best Card Game (Strategic) Judges Award Winner Gunkimno: 2019 Mensa Select Winner Donut Shop: 2025 Mensa Recommended New York Slice: 2017 Mensa Recommended Alea Iacta Est: 2009 Meeples Choice Award Nominee Caty Mini: 2020 Boardlive Awards 2020 Children's Game Winner (South Korea) Caty Mini: 2021 EducaFlip 2021 Winner - The Best Educational Game (France) Caty Mini: 2021 Jokers 2021 - The Best Game for age 6+ Nominee (Belgium) Caty Mini: 2021 Palme de Bronze for Best Educational Game Piece o' Cake: 2009 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee Piece o' Cake: 2009 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee Circus Maximus: 2009 Fairplay À la carte Runner-up Wampum: 2010 Fairplay À la carte Runner-up Wampum: 2nd Place 2009 Hippodice Game Design Competition Artifact: Finalist 2009 Hippodice Game Design Competition Microbadge: - Jeffrey D. Allers fan
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Designed and illustrated 1 game
| War Game: A Prototype for Peace | 2011 | 0 |
Designed 41 games
| Reef Gardens | 2025 | 0 | |
| Circus Maximus | 2008 | 0 | |
| Caty Mini | 2019 | 0 | |
| Jedzie pociąg z daleka | 2017 | 0 | |
| Rolnicy | 2018 | 0 | |
| Pizzeria | 2020 | 0 | |
| Wampum | 2010 | 0 | |
| Artifact | 2013 | 0 | |
| Pandoria: Artifacts | 2019 | 0 | |
| Pandoria: Realms | 2019 | 0 | |
| New York Slice: Dipping Sauce | 2019 | 0 | |
| Pandoria: Extra Realms Tableaus | 2018 | 0 | |
| New York Slice: Extra Cheese | 2017 | 0 | |
| New York Slice: 2017 Specials | 2017 | 0 | |
| New York Slice: You're Full | 2017 | 0 | |
| New York Slice: King Size Meal | 2017 | 0 | |
| New York Slice: Lick a Slice | 2017 | 0 | |
| Citrus: New Landscape Tiles | 2015 | 0 | |
| Street Basketball | 2011 | 0 | |
| Skyways | 0 |