Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

male, deceased (1911)
Candy Land, National Inventors Hall of Fame, game, Printer, from Maine, the game of life…boardgame, The Checkered Game of Life
Milton Bradley (November 5, 1836 - May 30, 1911) was an American game pioneer, credited by many with launching the board game industry in North...
Klaus Teuber

Klaus Teuber

male, 57 years old
Board game designer, settlers of catan, German, Adel Verpflichtet, Drunter und Drüber, Spiel des Jahres…Game designer, boardgame
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",...
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, Board game designer, boardgame
Wolfgang Kramer (born June 29 1942 in Stuttgart) is a German board game designer. Kramer formerly worked as an operations manager and computer...
Sid Sackson

Sid Sackson

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

Richard Garfield

male, 46 years old
Richard Channing Garfield, Jr, Jyhad, RoboRally, Netrunner, Robo Rally, The Great Dalmuti…Star Wars Trading Card Game, collectible card game, card game, Game designer, Board game designer
Richard Channing Garfield, Jr. (born 26 June 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a mathematics professor and game designer who created the card...
John Kovalic

John Kovalic

male
Dork Tower, Out of the Box Publishing, D, graphic design, business owner, CARtoons Magazine, party game, munchkin…board, boardgame, role-playing game, card game
USA TODAY called John Kovalic a "Hot Pick." His creations include the hit comic book DORK TOWER, as well as DR. BLINK: SUPERHERO SHRINK,...
Friedemann Friese

Friedemann Friese

male, 39 years old
German, boardgame, Board game designer, bremen, absurd, Trademarks
Friedemann Friese is a German board game designer, currently residing and working in Bremen. Born June 5, 1970 in Germany, his trademarks are his...

Charles Darrow

male, deceased (1967)
boardgame, heater, from Pennsylvania, Salespeople, Board game designer, English American
Charles Brace Darrow (August 10, 1889-August 29, 1967), has been credited, erroneously, as having invented the "Monopoly" board game. Darrow was a...
Tom Wham

Tom Wham

male
Search for the Emperor's Treasure, TSR, Inc., The Awful Green Things From Outer Space, King of the Tabletop, Kings and Things, Snit's Revenge…Board game designer, Game designer, Game artist, boardgame
Tom Wham is a designer of board games. He also produced the artwork for his own games with simplistic but whimsical illustrations. He's primarily...

David Parlett

male
boardgame, card game, board games, Spiel des Jahres, Hare and Tortoise, Card games
David Parlett is a games scholar who has studied both card games and board games. His published works include many popular books on games and the...