Reiner Knizia

Reiner Knizia

male, 52 years old
PhD, Postspillion, Bretton Woods, BoardGameGeek, Spiel des Jahres, play-by-mail game…German-style board game, Boardgamedesigner
Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany in 1957, he developed his first game at the age of six. He has a PhD...
Sid Sackson

Sid Sackson

male, deceased (2002)
domination, board game, Can't Stop, A Gamut of Games, Card Games Around the World, Spiel des Jahres…game developer, Boardgamedesigner
Sid Sackson (February 4, 1920, Chicago-November 6, 2002) was a significant American board game designer and collector. His most popular creation is...

Steve Jackson

male, 57 years old
Discordians, munchkin, Car Wars, lego, gurps, Evil Stevie's Pirate Game…Role-playing game designer, BrickWiki Evil Stevie's Pirate Game, Boardgamedesigner, Game designer, video game
Steve Jackson (born ~1953) is an American game designer. After working for many years at Metagaming designing such games as "Ogre" and "The Fantasy...
Bruno Faidutti

Bruno Faidutti

male, 48 years old
historian, Knightmare Chess, Mystery of the Abbey, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, board games, author…Game designer, Boardgamedesigner
Bruno Faidutti (23 October 1961) is an historian and sociologist, living in France, who is best known as an author of board games. His best known...
Alan R. Moon

Alan R. Moon

male
Boardgamedesigner, Ravensburger, travelling salesman problem, Avalon Hill, Days of Wonder, German-style board game…board games, Game designer
Alan R. Moon is an author of board games, born in Southampton, England, and currently living in the United States. Despite his nationality, he is...
Wolfgang Kramer

Wolfgang Kramer

male, 67 years old
designer, From Stuttgart, computer scientist, Heimlich & Co, The Palace of Mysteries, The Mysteries of the Pyramid…German-style board games, game design, Boardgamedesigner, board game
Wolfgang Kramer (born June 29 1942 in Stuttgart) is a German board game designer. Kramer formerly worked as an operations manager and computer...
Andrea Angiolino

Andrea Angiolino

male
Boardgamedesigner, orlando furioso, fantasy, encyclopaedia, ulysses, Games Workshop
Andrea Angiolino was born in Rome, Italy, the 27th of April 1966. He is a game designer: among his last boardgames Dragonball - Alla ricerca delle...
Klaus Teuber

Klaus Teuber

male, 57 years old
Boardgamedesigner, settlers of catan, German, Adel Verpflichtet, Drunter und Drüber, Spiel des Jahres…designer, Game designer, board game
Klaus Teuber is a well-known German designer of board games. He has won the Spiel des Jahres award four times, for "Settlers of Catan",...
Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax

male, deceased (2008)
role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, TSR, Inc., Role-playing game designer, Dungeons & Dragons author, From Lake Geneva, Wisconsin…Boardgamedesigner, game design
Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering ro...
Dirk Henn

Dirk Henn

male, 49 years old
Bendorf, Germany, Aachen, Germany, German-style board game, alhambra, Deutscher Spiele Preis, Spiel des Jahres…Boardgamedesigner
Dirk Henn (1960-) is a German-style board game designer who was born in Bendorf, Germany Dirk Henn is best known for his game Alhambra, which won...