The creator of the classic board game Settlers of Catan has died at the age of 70, his family has announced.
Klaus Teuber created the hugely popular Catan board game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island.
The board game, originally called The Settlers of Catan when introduced in 1995 and based on a set of hexagonal tiles, has sold tens of millions of copies and is available in more than 40 languages.
Teuber died after a brief illness, 일산 치과 his family said in an announcement on the board game company's websit
>>A statement from the Catan's social media honouring Teuber described him as a 'kind and selfless human being' who was 'most importantly, as a friend
>> Klaus Teuber on October 10, 2003 with his game Settlers of Catan at the Frankfurt Book Fa
>> Klaus Teuber poses with a prototype of his classic board game Settlers of Catan during the International Toy Fair Press Preview in Nuremberg, Germany, January 28, 20
>>'It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that the Teuber family announces their beloved husband and father Klaus Teuber passed away at the age of 70 on April 1, 2023 after a short and serious illness,' said the statement posted on the German-language Catan website.

The family requested privac
>>A statement from the Catan studio team on social media announced: 일산 치과 'It is with profound sadness that we at Catan Studio acknowledge the passing of Klaus Teuber, legendary game designer and creator of the beloved board game Ca
r>p>'Our hearts go out to Klaus' family during this incredibly difficult ti
r>p>The statement also noted that 'While Klaus' contributions to the board gaming industry are immeasurable, we will remember him most as a kind and selfless human being, an inspirational leader, and most importantly, as a frie
r>p>Teuber was born in June 1952 in the German town of Rai-Breitenbach and later worked as a dental technician in the industrial city of Darmstadt.

Away from his job, he took up designing board games in his basem
r>p> Klaus Teuber presents his game The Settlers of Catan, Friday, September 29, 1995, in Frankfurt, Ger
r>p>He told The New Yorker magazine in 2014.

'I had many problems with the company and the profession,' he said. 'I developed games to escape. This was my own world I creat
r>p>In the multi-player game, competitors use five resources to build their colonies, or settlements: wool, grain, 일산 치과 lumber, brick, an
br>/p>Teuber never thought his game would become so successful; he finally left his dental technician job in 1998 'when I felt like Catan could feed me and my family,' he told the New Yorker.

The game became a family bus
br>/p>In the first five months of the pandemic in 2020, sales skyrocketed as people played games in quarantine, the company tol
br>/p>The Catan studio team urged those mourning Teuber to 'honor Klaus' memory by being kind to one another, pursuing your creative passions fearlessly, and enjoying a game with your loved
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