Ralph Querfurth


Ralph Querfurth is a German board game editor and board game designer. He is one of the creators of the board game series Exit - The Game. This series of Escape Room style board games has been sold over 18 million times worldwide since 2016.

Life

Querfurth studied IT in Coburg. After his studies he began to work as a board game editor at the publisher Kosmos.
After learning about one of the first Escape Rooms in the city he lives in he had the initial idea to transfer the Escape Game idea to board games. He developed the concept for the board game series Exit - The Games, supported by Sandra Dochtermann. Kosmos hired the couple Inka and Markus Brand as designers for Exit - The Game, who developed the games together with Querfurth. Later Querfurth also became co-designer for several Exit games.

Achievements

; Board Game Tournaments
  • 2x German Champion in the board game Carcassonne 2006& 2023.
  • 1x Online Team European Champion in the board game Carcassonne 2020.
  • 4x World Champion in the board game Carcassonne 2006, 2008, 2009& 2010.
  • 1x German Champion in the card game Tichu 2008.
; Board Game Awards

Games

Star Wars - Attack of the Rebels, gemeinsam mit Sandra Dochtermann, Kosmos, 2011Star Wars - Anakin's Podrace, gemeinsam mit Sandra Dochtermann, Kosmos, 2012Star Wars - Combat against Darth Maul, gemeinsam mit Sandra Dochtermann, Kosmos, 2012Exit - The Game: The Sinister Mansion, together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2018Exit - The Game: The Mysterious Museum, together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2018Exit - The Game: The Catacombs of Horror, together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2018Exit - The Game: Theft on the Mississippi, together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2019Exit - The Game: The Gate Between Worlds, together with Inka und Markus Brand, Kosmos, 2020 Roll'em Fold'em, together with Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Schmidt Spiele, 2021Echt Spitze, together with Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Schmidt Spiele, 2022