About me

My name is Karel and I am in love with board games since the early 80s, and I have been completely obsessed with board games since the board game revival of the early 2000s.

My first “new” game was the cooperative Lord of the Rings game by Reiner Knizia in 2001. Then I bought the then completely unknown game ‘Carcassone’ and I liked it. Then Citadels and from then on my girlfriend (now my wife) and I regularly visited our local board game store to buy a new game.

25 years later I have more than 300 games, and I freaking love the hobby.

Since 2018, I have also been quite busy with solo games. I love playing games with friends, but I also love solving the puzzle that is a solo game against an artificial opponent. I playtest and develop solo prototypes of new games and expansions for Stonemaier Games. I have also done a number of fan solo projects.

Since 2022, I have been the lead developer and designer for expansions for Rolling Realms for Stonemaier Games. I also do graphic design work for Stonemaier.

You can find my complete portfolio on BoardGameGeek

In addition to my board game work, I am active as an IT specialist and Dutch tech blogger at Tech45.

Through my company BortBortBort, I offer graphic design and prepress services, board game development and solo design for board games.

Interested? Feel free to contact me for a chat. If I can be of service to you, I will quickly provide you with a fair quote.