Special mentions for the obvious choice: Inka Brand. Too many brilliant designs like Rajas of the Ganges, Village, Encore, the Exit games or one of the few coop-games I actually enjoy: The coop variant of Orleans.

5. Sophia Wagner - German designer. Her first game Noria I explained on the fair in Essen for 2 days. Since then she shifted to simpler and more family style games and got many more under her belt! Like Krazy Pics, Razzia or Lecker Lava

4. Julia Thiemann. German designer. Designs games together with her husband. Not so many designs pubslihed by now. Kunterpunkt, Algae, Inc, Fossilium amongst them. But I can assure you there are many more to come!

3. Stefania Niccolini - also italian designer. Some brilliant designs like Railroad Revolution or Zhan Guo

2. Flaminia Brasini - Italian designer. Started out as a part of the team Acchittoca. She has so many brilliant designs. Most famous are probably Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Egizia, Coimbra, Golem...

This past by me obviously last year... Let's see!

1. Sheila Santos - Spanish game designer. Co-designs all her games with her husband. E.g. Red Cathedral, White Castle, Flatiron, and many more...

I like climbing games! Can you recommend it?

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