Schmidt Spiele

Schmidt games is a game publisher in Berlin.

The founder Josef Friedrich Schmidt developed in 1907 based on antique models board game Ludo. Five years later, the game company founded by him took on the series production. The range includes children's, family and adult games and puzzles - including Yahtzee, Spitz pass on, Acquire, the German implementation of the Games Workshop game Talisman and steam Ross. In the 1980s, the fantasy role-playing game The Dark Eye was developed. His son Franz Schmidt made ​​his own and later founded his own company called Schmidt games. Before the Second World War, based in Nuremberg, then in Munich. Both companies maintained a distribution partnership. Under the influence of the Nazis was given, among other things out the game "With Prien ' against England ", which was released following the success of the naval officer and submarine commander Günther Prien.

1970 merged the company of father and son. In the 1970s, a fire destroyed the archive.

1997 came Schmidt Spiele into financial difficulties and was taken over by the Berlin Blatz group. Blatz now offers its products under the brand name of Schmidt games.

The publisher also distributes the multi-award winning games of Hans im Glück Verlag. Including games such as Thurn and Taxis, Dominion, and Carcassonne. Since the late 1990s, the company has in addition to games and puzzles as well as stuffed animals in the program. 2008, the publishing house was taken over Drei Magier Spiele whose products you already had several years in the offer. 2011 Qwirkle received the award Game of the Year.