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List of game designers

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:This page primarily is meant to list non-video game designers. Please see list of computer and video game industry people for a list of well-known video game designers.

A game designer is a person who invents games at the conceptual level. Most game designers are "unsung"; for example, no one knows who invented Chess or Hearts.

However, many public figures in game design, include commercial game developers and game-inventing mathematicians.

Some game designers include:

Role-playing game designers

  • Dave Arneson - Co-designer of Dungeons & Dragons, an early influential role-playing game
  • Frank Chadwick - Co-founder of Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) and designer of over 50 war and role-playing games, including Twilight 2000 and the Assault series
  • Troy Christensen - Designer of Phantasm Adventures, a 1980s role-playing game published in Japanese and English
  • John Horton Conway
  • Monte Cook
  • Jim Dunnigan - Founder of SPI Games and designer of over 100 wargames, including the PanzerBlitz/Panzer Leader system
  • James Ernest - president and lead game designer for Cheapass Games
  • Richard Garfield - collectible card game (Magic: The Gathering) and board game designer
  • Andrew Greenberg
  • Ed Greenwood
  • Gary Gygax - Co-designer of Dungeons & Dragons, an early influential role-playing game
  • Larry Harris
  • Stieg Hedlund - Started in pen-and-paper games before moving on to electronic games
  • Steve Jackson (UK)
  • Jeff Kinney
  • Albert Lamorisse
  • Andrew Looney
  • Marc Miller Co-founder of GDW and designer / writer of Traveller and several board games
  • Mark Rein-Hagen
  • Mike Selinker
  • C.A. Suleiman
  • Jonathan Tweet
  • Michael J. Varhola
  • Mark H. Walker
  • Jordan Weisman
  • Tom Wham
  • Skip Williams

Word game designers

  • Erik Agard
  • Will Shortz, puzzle designer for the New York Times crossword

Board game designers

  • William Attia (Caylus, Caylus Magna Carta)
  • Alfred Butts (Scrabble)
  • Milton Bradley (The Checkered Game of Life), founder of Milton Bradley Company
  • Inka Brand (Rajas of the Ganges, Village, Exit Series)
  • Markus Brand (Rajas of the Ganges, Village, Exit Series)
  • Richard Breese (Aladdin's Dragons, Keythedral, Reef Encounter)
  • Kris Burm (Batik, GIPF, ZÈRTZ, DVONN, TAMSK, YINSH, PÜNCT)
  • Allan B. Calhamer (Diplomacy)
  • Leo Colovini (Clans, Carolus Magnus, Cartagena, Doge, The Bridges of Shangri-La, Magna Grecia, Inkognito)
  • Julian Courtland-Smith (Escape from Atlantis)
  • Franz-Benno Delonge (Big City, Manila, Dos Rios, TransAmerica, Fjords)
  • Rudiger Dorn (The Traders of Genoa, Louis XIV, Goa)
  • Stefan Dorra (For Sale, Pick Picnic, Medina, Tonga Bonga, Linie 1, Turn the Tide, Intrige)
  • Bruno Faidutti (Citadels, Mystery of the Abbey, Terra)
  • Friedemann Friese (Power Grid, Fearsome Floors, Fresh Fish)
  • Mac Gerdts (Imperial, Antike)
  • Paul J. Gruen
  • Elizabeth Hargrave (Wingspan)
  • Dirk Henn (Alhambra, Atlantic Star, Metro, Wallenstein, Timbuktu)
  • Steve Jackson (Ogre, The Fantasy Trip, Car Wars, GURPS, Hacker, Illuminati)
  • Philippe Keyaerts (Evo, Vinci)
  • Michael Kiesling (Azul, Heaven & Ale, Tikal, Vikings)
  • Reiner Knizia (Ra, Modern Art, Tigris and Euphrates, Samurai, Lost Cities, Schotten Totten, Blue Moon, The Lord of the Rings)
  • Wolfgang Kramer (El Grande, Java, Mexica, Tikal, Princes of Florence, Torres)
  • Alan R. Moon (Capitol, Elfenland, Union Pacific, Ticket to Ride)
  • Christian T. Petersen (Twilight Imperium, A Game of Thrones (board game), World of Warcraft (board game))
  • Paul Randles (Pirate's Cove, Key Largo)
  • Alex Randolph (Twixt, Raj, Geister, Enchanted Forest, Inkognito, Ricochet Robots)
  • Ken Rolston, part of the core team at West End Games
  • Charles S. Roberts (Tactics II (first commercial board wargame)), founder of Avalon Hill
  • Uwe Rosenberg (Agricola, Bohnanza)
  • Sid Sackson (Acquire, Can't Stop, Kohle, Kies & Knete)
  • Michael Schacht (Web of Power, Dschunke, Industria, Hansa)
  • Karl-Heinz Schmiel (Attila, Die Macher)
  • Emiliano Sciarra (Bang!)
  • Andreas Seyfarth (Manhattan, Puerto Rico)
  • Daniel Stahl (Pirate's Cove)
  • Vital Lacerda (Vinhos, Kanban EV, CO2: Second Chance, The Gallerist)
  • Gertrude Strohm ("Popping the Question"; "Novel Fortune Telling")
  • Jerry Taylor (Hammer of the Scots, Crusader Rex)
  • Klaus Teuber (The Settlers of Catan, Adel Verpflichtet, Entdecker, Löwenherz)
  • Martin Wallace (Liberte, Age of Steam, Struggle of Empires, Princes of the Renaissance)
  • Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (Carcassonne)
  • Cole Wehrle (Root, Pax Pamir, Arcs, John Company, Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile)
  • Rob Cramer (Turbo Drift, Grand Carnival, Zebra)

References

References

  1. Hiltner, Stephen. (2017-08-01). "Will Shortz: A Profile of a Lifelong Puzzle Master". The New York Times.
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