Kari Mannerla
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Kari Mannerla (January 9, 1930, Helsinki, Finland – July 12, 2006, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish board and card game designer. The most famous game designed by Mannerla is the board game Afrikan tähti (the star of Africa), the idea of which he began to develop in 1949. The game was published two years later.[1] Mannerla made up the name of the game when reading an article about the biggest diamond in the world, the Star of Africa, been discovered in South Africa.
Apart from the board game, he also designed the Afrikan tähti card play version. In his last years he designed the board game Inkan aarre (the treasure of the Inca) that was published in 2005. By the idea it is much similar to Afrikan tähti, but located in South America. Earlier Kari Mannerla also designed solitaire card games and adventure party games.
Kari Mannerla made a career in an advertising agency and retired as the chairman of the board of directors. He died of cancer in the age of 76.
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- ^ Helsingin Sanomat July 31, 2006, obituary – Tuomas Kaseva
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