Kris Burm

Kris Burm ( * 1957 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian game designer. He has specialized in the reinvention of abstract strategy games. In 1991 he published his first game inverse, which was in the same year on the selection list for the game of the year. The games series Gipf project is his most successful project; the games have been internationally awarded. He has lived since 2005 with his four children in shields at Antwerp.

Awards

Game of the Year

• Inverse: Selection List 1991
• Gipf: Selection List 1998
• Zèrtz: Selection List 2000
• Dvonn: Selection List 2002
• Yinsh: Recommendation List 2004
• Tzaar: Recommendation List 2008

International Gamers Award / Gamers Choice Awards

• Zèrtz: nominated two-person games in 2001
• Dvonn: Winner two-person games in 2002
• Yinsh: nominated two-person games in 2004
• Pünct: nominated two-person games in 2006
• Tzaar: nominated two-person games in 2008

Mensa Select

• Zèrtz: 2000
• Dvonn: 2002
• Yinsh: 2004

Dutch Games Price

• Dvonn: nominated in 2002
• Yinsh: named in 2004
• Tzaar: nominated in 2008

Games Magazine

• Dvonn: Game of the Year 2003
• Tzaar: Game of the Year 2009

Ludographie