One of the proper cornerstones of the hobby is coming back. Reiner Knizia's Tigris and Euphrates, the 1997 tile-laying civilisation game that turned a generation of gamers into euro fans, is being reprinted by 25th Century Games with brand new artwork from Ian O'Toole. The Kickstarter is set for Q1 2026, and a follow-page is already collecting backers.
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Find events near youKnizia broke the news himself on a BGG live stream, confirming the game is coming back with "wonderful new graphics" by O'Toole. For anyone unfamiliar, O'Toole is the illustrator behind Lisboa, The Gallerist and On Mars, three of the best-looking euros of the last decade. The thought of his colour-saturated, museum-piece style applied to ancient Mesopotamia is enough to get long-time Knizia fans booking the date.
This is a faithful reprint, with no rules changes. Tigris and Euphrates plays 2 to 4, runs 60-90 minutes, and casts you as a leader trying to build kingdoms across the cradle of civilisation while everyone else's empires keep crashing into yours. It won the inaugural Deutscher Spielepreis in 1998 and spent years inside BoardGameGeek's top 100, sliding only as the hobby's tastes shifted toward heavier and more thematic euros. Plenty of designers, including Cole Wehrle and Vital Lacerda, point to it as a foundational text.
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See how it works25th Century Games is on a Knizia tear. They are following up recent reprints of RA: The Dice Game and Rheinländer with affordable and deluxe versions of Tigris and Euphrates, so you can pick your spend. UK backers should clock the campaign date carefully, since shipping zones and customs handling matter on a heavy euro reprint. If the new edition lands the way the artwork suggests it will, expect Tigris nights to fill local game cafés all over again. Find a euro game group near you and start lining up the first session.
Sources: Wargamer | BoardGameGeek | 25th Century Games on X
