Michael Kiesling

Michael Kiesling (born 1957 in Bremen, Germany) is a game designer who frequently collaborates with game designer Wolfgang Kramer. He is also a manager of a software company in Bremen. For many years, Kramer and Michael Kiesling worked on games together by telephone and fax correspondence despite never having met. They have continued to produce games together, and Kiesling’s more notable earlier work was generally that which he has produced with Kramer, including Spiel des Jahres winners Tikal and Torres. However, his solo-authored economic game, Vikings, from 2007 is highly sought after, and well-regarded. More recently, his abstract tile laying game series, Azul, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra and Azul: Summer Pavilion, from 2017-2019 are highly awarded and well thought of. (2018 Spiel des Jahres, Deutscher Spiele Preis, As d’Or, Juego del Año)