Reinhold Wittig

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Reinhold Wittig (born 1937) is a prolific award-winning board game designer and geologist [1] from Germany. He is credited as the designer of over 125 board games or game items. [2]

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References

  1. "Reinhold Wittig: luding.org designer entry" . Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. "Reinhold Wittig: boardgamegeek.com designer entry" . Retrieved 2018-05-12.