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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
Word game designers
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 )
See also
References