Kris Burm

Kris Burm

Kris Burm is a Belgian game designer specializing in abstract board games. He is best known for his award-winning GIPF series of games. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1957 and moved to nearby Schilde in 2005.

Ludography

• Invers (1991)
• Oxford (1993)
• Balanx (1994)
• Flix (1995)
• Orient (1995)
• Tashkent (3x3) (1995)
• Quads (1996)
• GIPF (1996)
• Batik (1997)
• Tashkent (5x5) (1997)
• Bi-litaire (1997)
• Dicemaster (1997)
• TAMSK (1998)
• ZÈRTZ (2000)
• DVONN (2001)
• Elcanto (2001)
• YINSH (2003)
• PÜNCT (2005)
• TZAAR (2007)
• LYNGK (2017)
• MATRX GIPF (upcoming, late 2024)

Games that are part of the GIPF Project in bold. All his published games are abstract, except Dicemaster, which is a collectible dice game.

External links

• Bruno Faidutti on Burm (from archive.org)
• Gipf.com short piece on Burm
• Homepage of Kris Burm (Dutch)
• Homepage of the GIPF Project games