BOARD GAME DESIGNERS ASTRO PROJECT
Birth Data of 200 successful Designers (with 39 Astrological Charts) Patrice Guinard, CURA, Jan. 2021 |
I did my research mainly on Internet at the best sources that can be found in free access, neglecting magazine articles or information given in game boxes, with few exceptions. Any designer (or authorized relative) who would complete his birth date/place/time or correct any error or typo is invited to contact me. Also, as anyone who would let me know any serious information or link to complete this page.
The B.G.D.A.P. is related to board game designers only, not video game designers nor role playing game designers (with one or two exceptions). I've been interested in boardgames for ... ever: in its historical evolution since the Game of Goose (Gioco dell' Oca) to figurative and thematic modern games, and highly, for more than 30 years, in a real classification of boardgames by types oriented not only by mechanisms but also by feelings. In total 124 main categories: that project is in progress and will be published here within some years.
As a player: for one part I'm firstly a player of abstract games, a rather good one in some of them (Dvonn, Medina, Penguin, Ponte del Diavolo, Lines of Action) and mainly interested in creative refined and streamlined process of these games, but a mediocre Chess player too since November 1967 and a far more mediocre one in Go since July 1984 ; for another part I'm interested in historical and cultural simulation as they are elaborated in wargames, not so much by the fight itself than by the reproduction of historical conflict situations as they are represented into the game ; and for a medium part I'm finally convinced by heavy strategic boardgames and by their underlying mechanisms. So I roughly divided the games into these three categories: abstract games ca. 10%, wargames ca. 12%, the third and main category including some lighter, "family", or "thematic" but significant games.
A game and its rules could be considered as a true legislative corpus involving the free will of the human mind in its capacity to take decisions. It is a true creative body of rules engaging the liberty of each one, although a liberty framed, including that one to commit himself in such a game or in another. Games are pieces of creative thinking but also pieces of art, and some of them can be considered as real artistic objects. From this perspective, the German school has perhaps not been overstepped (Franckh/Perlhuhn, Theta, then LudoArt games), but see, recently, Trickerion (2015) by Mindclash Games, Kingdom Death: Monster (2015) by Kingdom Death, Mechs vs. Minions (2016) by Riot Games, and Lisboa (2017) by Eagle-Gryphon Games. However I will not give here any light on graphism, just focusing on selected designers for their inventiveness in mechanisms and game sequences.
This database of designers via their games is a mixture of four criteria : the games I've played, the games I own in my collection, the games I like, and the games historically important relatively to my knowledge. The result is a selection of 200 designers (including 26 deceased ones) out of the 32,500 or so in the BGG database, i.e. about 0.6%. A second table shows a selection of about 800 games whose I've played to more than half of them.
And I decided which designer will appear in the database before receiving or not (when I was able to have a contact) a positive feedback or an agressive skeptic one for some of them (in fact only one). The game designer may be curious in astrology or not "believing" in it : it's definitively not the question nor my problem. Personnally I do not believe either in common astrology nor in the main part of what can be found in books or on internet, but only in the astral philosophy that I've defended in my doctoral thesis on March 19, 1993 at 9:30 in room 113 of the Sorbonne University in Paris.
On one side, people (and many board game designers) generally do not have a correct idea of what is astrology but some are aware of what lies in magazine horoscopes or in skeptic/zetetic propaganda. They ignore that Kepler has been one of the main reformer of astrology (see Kepler's Astrology). On another side, people (and most of the astrologers) are not aware of the huge development of boardgames for fifty years, except some party games that could be found on supermarket shelves, and do not consider boardgame designing as a real creative activity of thinking. On the two main professionals birth databases on internet (the Gauquelin one on Cura, and the Astrodatabank) whose birth data end up being on the wikis, one can find only one designer: the inventor of Magic The Gathering. So, honestly, I do not know who could be interested in this study, except some very few people involved in history of boardgaming or some others, curious about serious natal astrology. On my side, I do "believe" in games and I see the acts of creating games, of playing, of thinking about invention and mechanics of gaming as real positive activities. I personally designed about 30 card and board games, but not having any time nor testing team for just trying to develop then promote them.
The borderline between author's games and industrial/commercial games is not so evident, and remains more difficult to establish in this field than for cinema or music. Commercial games, taking up proven game mechanisms but transposed to another thematic universes, can prove to be excellent games and nice to play in the end. On the other hand, author's games may not work and leave the player's playful thirst dissatisfied. And what ultimately matters in a game is the feeling produced by the act of playing and in the player's desire to renew his experience by restarting a game play.
Many of the pages on board games that can be found on the internet are mainly promotion of games, opinions of players, industry and business, and it's really hard to find any place where games are involved in historical and comparative studies, except for ancient and classic games (see The World of Abstract Games by João Pedro Neto, Card Games and Tile Games from around the World by John McLeod, or Board and Pieces by James J. Bond), in collectors pages (see Giochi dell'Oca e di percorso by Luigi Ciompi & Adrian Seville, and Collection de jeux anciens by Alain Rabussier), in the rather good historical summary by Marco Hirt too, the Kleines Spiele-Museum, and perhaps in some rare personal pages posted on BGG. I must add that I have not been authorized there to use my main account to contact designers.
Some designers who were not selected but nevertheless are the inventors of at least one excellent game published in the last 10/15 years, could be added to the database if ever they would inform me about their birth details:
Martin Ebel (DE) for Ponte del Diavolo (2007) ; Gordon Lamont and Fraser Lamont (US) for Snow Tails (2008) ; Colby Dauch (US) for Summoner Wars (2009)
Fran Diaz (ES) for Polis: Fight for the Hegemony (2010) ; Touko Tahkokallio (FI) for Eclipse (2011) ; Matt Calkins (US) for Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan (2011)
Greg Daigle (CA) for Hawaii (2011) ; Alain Epron (FR) for Vanuatu (2011) ; Brian Mayer (US) for Freedom: The Underground Railroad (2012)
Jim Pinto (US) for Dominare (2012) ; Yeon-Min Jung and Jun-Hyup Kim (KR) for Patchistory (2013) ; József Dorsonczky (RO) for Six Making (2013)
Etienne Espreman (BE) for Bruxelles 1893 (2013) ; François-Stanislas Thomas (FR) for Napoleon against Europe (2013)
Cody Miller (US) for Xia: Legends of a Drift System (2014) ; Shimpei Sato (JP) for Onitama (2014) ; Matúš Kotry (SK) for Alchemists (2014)
Adam Poots (US) for Kingdom Death: Monster (2015) ; Hervé Rigal (FR) for Shakespeare (2015) ; Koota Yamada (JP) for IKI (2015)
Alexander Huemer (AT) for Lignum (2015) ; Ole Steiness (DK) for Champions of Midgard (2015) ; Eros Lin (TW) for Burano (2015) and Round House (2016)
Tim Puls (DE) for The Colonists (2016) ; Frédéric Henry (FR) for Conan (2016) ; David Short (US) for Automobiles (2016)
François Vander Meulen (FR) for Tenkatoitsu (2016) ; Eric Reuss (US) for Spirit Island (2017) ; Marc Neidlinger (US) for Vindication (2018)
David Ausloos (BE) for Dreamscape (2019) ; Eric Dubus and Olivier Melison (FR) for Dominations: Road to Civilization (2019)
The information provided in the database are in free access on internet, and as such they are not private. I can give the links for each of them. For birth date and place, those that can be found on de.wikipedia (Spieleautor), en.wikipedia (Board game designers), fr.wikipedia (Auteur de jeux de société), it.wikipedia (Autori di giochi) and boardgamegeek.com (Designers Notices) are marked by white cells. Other ones were communicated to me by the designers themselves, specifically for this project, and I thank them all warmly, even those who are not aware about their birth time (read "p.c." as personal communication and "b.c." as birth certificate in Source column of the first table). The fact that these game authors let me know their birth hours does not imply in any way that they believe in astrology, but only that they were kind enough to give them to me.
In the following table, designers can be listed by Name, Year of Birth, Country of birth ... Reload the page to return to the original table.
In the last column, an index of the designers' notoriety as indicated by the "fans" mention in BGG database at Christmas 2020. In the fourth column, one can access to the charts (CH) of designers whose birth time is now known. Another annexed page, Board Game Designers Charts, is regrouping the charts that are calculated with OCTOTOPE (8 Houses System), Longitudes and ALTITUDES for significant planetary bodies, and TRUE MC (the real ecliptic point of highest altitude at birth) : See my doctoral thesis (VIII.7-15) on the question about "How to draw a right astrological chart".
NUM NAME FORNAME COD YEA MON DAY HOU PLACE NAT SOURCE BGG 7 Lamorisse Albert Emmanuel CH 1922 01 13 21:00 Paris 14e FR (b.c. acte 5.1), d 02/06/1970 Karadj, Iran 1 24 Parlett David CH 1939 05 18 02:12 London, University College hospital GB (p.c. from his mother) 30 28 Dalgliesh Tom CH 1945 08 24 06:10 Aberdeen GB (p.c. James Eisert, Columbia Games) 19 30 Eberle William "Bill" Caveny CH 1945 10 29 11:20 Syracuse, NY US (p.c.) 25 34 Freeling Christian CH 1947 02 01 05:15 Enschede NL (p.c.) 19 50 Hostettler Urs CH 1949 08 14 20:30 Bern CH (p.c.) 15 37 Donadoni Marco Alberto CH 1951 11 08 09:30 Milano IT (p.c.) 12 67 Herman Mark CH 1954 11 18 12:00 Brooklyn, NY US (p.c. from b.c.) 228 39 Nédelec François Xavier CH 1954 12 03 12:15 Suresnes FR (b.c. acte n° 2.16), d 15/06/2009 Paris 1 69 Breese Richard CH 1956 06 20 15:00 London GB (p.c.) 120 73 Burm Kris CH 1957 08 26 05:15 Wilrijk near Antwerp BE (p.c. from his mother) 97 60 Knizia Reiner Walter CH 1957 11 16 06.00 Illertissen, BAY DE (p.c. Karen Easteal, "around 06:00") 1116 70 Ehrhard Dominique CH 1958 03 05 05:15 Mulhouse FR (b.c. acte n° 8.1) 16 93 Fraga Roberto CH 1960 12 11 11:30 La Coruña ES (p.c.) 38 89 Bey Frédéric CH 1961 04 20 01:20 Issy-les-Moulineaux FR (b.c. acte n° 4.2) 29 78 Garfield Richard Channing CH 1963 06 26 05:00 Philadelphia US (Selma Schepel, from mother, Data News 66) 434 61 Looney Andrew J. CH 1963 11 05 03:24 Washington US (p.c. from b.c.) 50 110 Cathala Bruno CH 1963 11 22 15:20 Belley FR (b.c. acte n° 4.1) 898 116 Meglio (di) Roberto CH 1966 03 29 13:00 Pisa IT (p.c. from his mother) 25 140 Lacerda Vital CH 1967 06 01 06:45 Lisboa PT (p.c.) 918 117 Boelinger Christophe CH 1967 07 16 02:50 Nice FR (p.c. and b.c. acte n° 2.51) 94 136 Gigli Virginio CH 1968 02 24 13:00 Roma IT (p.c. "about 13.00") 56 128 Matthews Jason CH 1970 07 14 19:55 Los Angeles, Queen of the Angeles hosp. US (p.c. from b.c.) 122 130 Feld Stefan CH 1970 10 02 10:00 Karlsruhe DE (p.c. "around 10:00 in the morning") 1483 166 Zizzi Pierluca CH 1970 12 17 12:00 Torino IT (p.c. "about 12:00 am") 21 127 Pauchon Sébastien CH 1971 06 04 14:00 Montreux CH (p.c. "around 2 pm") 65 170 Soledade Paulo CH 1975 11 12 06:00 Leiria PT (p.c.) 55 152 Brand Markus CH 1975 10 01 19:43 Beckum, NRW DE (p.c.) 51 151 Brand Inka CH 1977 03 19 16:15 Aurich, NDS DE (p.c.) 61 171 Fowers Tim CH 1977 12 18 05:46 Ithaca, NY US (p.c.) 130 189 Matejka Keith CH 1978 02 16 03:15 Corpus Cristi, TX US (p.c.) 39 160 Bauza Antoine CH 1978 08 25 12:15 Valence FR (b.c. acte n° 1.89) 985 131 Bonnessée Régis CH 1979 03 15 12:55 Levallois-Perret FR (b.c. acte n° 1.6) 38 190 Amundsen Østby Kristian Roald CH 1980 02 23 05:00 Stavanger, Rogaland NO (p.c.) 38 178 Bizarro Sentieiro Nuno CH 1980 02 26 16:00 Leiria PT (p.c.) 69 176 Kanai Seiji CH 1980 03 06 18:25 Kanagawa district JP (p.c.) 179 192 Childres Isaac CH 1982 04 24 14:20 Bakersfield, CA US (p.c. Chris Kessler, Cephalofair Games) 331 194 Péter Viktor CH 1985 10 19 02:30 Budapest HU (p.c. "during the early morning hours") 27 191 Chiacchiera Martino CH 1993 03 10 10:30 Perugia IT (p.c. "between 10 and 11 a.m.") 17 1 Magie Elizabeth "Lizzie" 1866 05 09 Macomb, IL US d 02/03/1948 Arlington, VA 4 2 Parker George Swinnerton 1866 12 12 Salem, MA US d 26/09/1952 Boston 5 3 Darrow Charles Brace 1889 08 10 Cumberland, Allegany, MD US d 29/08/1967 Ottsville, Bucks, PA 3 4 Butts Alfred Mosher 1899 04 13 Poughkeepsie, NY US d 04/04/1993 Rhinebeck, NY 2 6 Pratt Anthony Ernest 1903 08 10 Birmingham GB d 09/04/1994 Birmingham 1 5 Hein Piet 1905 12 16 Copenhagen DK d 17/04/1996 Middelfart, Funen 6 13 Sackson Sid 1920 02 04 Chicago US d 06/11/2002 New York 149 14 Randolph Alexander 1922 05 04 Dobrohost, South Bohemia CZ d 27/04/2004 Venezia 68 15 Soucie Claude 1923 06 14 Québec CA d 15/11/1996 Ridgewood, NY 1 18 Hoffmann Rudi 1924 08 30 Höxter, NRW DE d 18/07/2008 Bensheim, HES 7 8 Glonnegger Erwin 1925 05 19 Aulendorf, BW DE d 06/02/2016 Ravensburg 2 9 Roberts Charles Swann 1930 02 03 Baltimore, MD US d 20/08/2010 Baltimore 14 16 Fallon Michel 1931 11 30 Bruxelles BE d 03/03/2015 Fosses-la-Ville, NAM 1 10 Calhamer Allan Brian 1931 12 07 Hinsdale, IL US d 25/02/2013, La Grange, IL 12 19 Watts David Gwyn 1932 09 03 Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex GB 1 11 Abbott Robert 1933 03 02 St. Louis, MO US d 20/02/2018 Jupiter, FL 20 20 Benge Donald 1933 11 04 Chicago, Ravenswood Hospital US d 06/04/2007 Los Angeles 12 21 Solomon Eric William 1935 03 03 Royal Sutton Coldfield GB d 03/04/2020 Ilford 12 22 Tresham Francis George 1936 04 Northampton GB d 23/10/2019 Leighton Buzzard 87 12 Wittig Reinhold 1937 01 02 Göttingen DE 17 23 Gygax Ernest Gary 1938 07 27 Chicago US d 04/03/2008 Lake Geneva, WI 73 25 Chadwick Frank 1940 08 06 US 80 44 Kramer Wolfgang 1942 06 29 Stuttgart DE 373 26 Berg Richard Harvey 1943 03 10 New York US d 26/07/2019 Charleston, SC 124 17 Dunnigan Jim (James F.) 1943 08 08 * Spring Valley, NY US (p.c. time unknown) 93 72 Neuwahl Niek 1944 04 24 Zoeterwoude NL 7 45 Kobbert Max Jürgen 1944 05 28 Königsberg (Kaliningrad) DE 9 32 Wham Thomas "Tom" 1944 08 28 Chester, IL US 78 27 Olotka Peter 1944 11 18 US 39 29 Hamblen Richard 1945 02 02 Albuquerque, NM US 66 46 Brunnhofer Bernd 1946 07 27 Graz AT 45 84 Schlegel Martin 1946 09 20 Ahlen, NRW DE 13 33 Besinque Craig 1946 CA 26 48 Borg Richard 1948 02 30 Connecticut US 246 47 Schmiel Karl-Heinz 1948 11 28 DE 30 35 Petit Jean-Jacques 1949 06 17 FR 4 49 Mathieu Gérard 1949 Versailles FR 3 65 Sohre Michael 1949 Radebeul, SAX (Spielbox 06/2011) DE d 17/10/2011 Kleinmachnow, BB 2 51 Greenwood Don 1950 04 27 US 52 36 Bromley Darwin Paul 1950 10 23 Huntington, WV US d 02/01/2019 Jacksonville, FL 15 38 Pulsipher Lewis Errol 1951 01 22 Detroit US 14 64 Moon Alan Richard 1951 11 18 Southampton GB 244 56 Teuber Klaus 1952 06 25 * Breuberg (Rai-Breitenbach), HES DE (p.c. time unknown) 146 40 Siegers Roland 1952 10 02 Verviers BE 2 81 Vasey Charles 1952 Edinburgh GB 12 52 Leroy Claude 1952 FR 6 63 Zoch Klaus 1953 04 30 Zell am Harmersbach, BW DE 7 31 Jackson Steven "Steeve" Gary 1953 Tulsa, OK US 154 42 Jolly Thomas "Tom" 1954 04 08 Los Angeles US 37 88 Yianni John 1954 12 GB 48 41 Vitale Duccio 1954 IT 7 125 Eklund Phil 1955 03 31 US 328 54 Launius Richard 1955 05 04 US 219 85 Delonge Franz-Benno 1957 05 13 München DE d 02/09/2007 München 39 74 Simonitch Mark 1957 12 30 Ross, CA US 135 121 Kiesling Michael 1957 Bremen DE 248 68 Lehmann Thomas "Tom" 1958 07 01 US 286 71 Dorra Stefan H. 1958 07 30 * Soltau, NDS DE (p.c. time unknown) 75 86 Raicer Ted Samuel 1958 08 17 New Jersey US 59 43 Rowland Harry Grant 1958 10 05 * Townsville, Queensland AU (p.c. time unknown) 17 53 Laget Serge 1959 02 13 Oloron-Sainte-Marie FR 38 55 Johnson Jervis 1959 06 12 London GB 37 111 Simmons Bowen "Rachel" 1959 07 14 US 98 115 Steere Mark 1959 08 02 Palo Alto, CA US 13 91 Pallières (des) Philippe 1959 12 04 Paris FR 11 87 Keyaerts Philippe 1959 BE 60 92 Tavitian Bernard 1960 03 03 FR 6 146 Elliott Mike 1960 10 11 US 71 76 Cornett Günter 1960 Flensburg, SH DE 13 75 Henn Dirk 1960 Bendorf, RP DE 73 66 Faidutti Bruno 1961 10 32 Avignon FR 368 97 Burkhardt Günter 1961 DE 10 165 Stockhausen Reiner 1962 03 07 Aachen DE 68 98 Ruhnke Volko 1962 04 26 US 195 90 Wallace Martin 1962 07 10 * Romsey, Hampshire GB (p.c. time unknown) 889 77 Seyfarth Andreas 1962 11 06 München DE 112 118 Gerdts Walther "Mac" 1962 Hamburg DE 299 137 Beach Edward "Ed" 1963 02 23 US 39 109 Albertarelli Spartaco 1963 03 19 Milano IT 25 94 Wrede Klaus-Jürgen 1963 08 19 Meschede, NRW DE 118 95 Colovini Leo 1964 11 19 * Venezia IT (p.c. time unknown) 75 96 Schacht Michael 1964 Wiesbaden DE 174 59 Baker Stephen 1964 GB 47 112 Drover Glenn 1965 07 01 US 59 62 Nestel Frank 1965 10 12 Backnang, BW DE 8 143 Stein Dieter 1965 DE 27 113 Browne Cameron Bolitho 1966 06 16 * Brisbane, Women's hospital AU (p.c. no time recorded) 24 79 Chambers Andy 1966 10 20 Nottingham GB 10 119 Rieneck Michael 1966 Kiel, SH DE 58 124 Jensen Chad Erik 1967 04 16 San Francisco Bay Area US d 14/11/2019 Santa Rosa, CA ? 179 99 Nepitello Francesco 1967 12 29 Venezia IT 33 141 Eisenstein Bernd 1967 Speyer, RP DE 22 164 Alspach Ted 1968 02 01 New York US 132 102 Staupe Reinhard 1968 09 20 * Kassel, HES DE (p.c. time unknown) 15 142 Vaccarino Donald X. 1969 01 04 New York US 340 80 Dorn Rüdiger 1969 07 30 * Ibbenbüren, NRW DE (p.c. Maja Dorn, time unknown) 233 122 Drögemüller Jens 1969 10 19 DE 58 123 Sivél Richard 1969 DE 46 145 Cramer Matthias 1969 11:50 DE (Helvetia) 142 100 Rosenberg Uwe 1970 03 27 Aurich, NDS DE 1872 108 Daviau Robert "Rob" 1970 04 24 Maine US 267 104 Friese Friedemann 1970 06 05 Stadthagen, NDS DE 562 129 Chiarvesio Andrea 1970 07 19 Torino IT 47 148 Georges Xavier 1970 BE 112 147 Leacock Matt 1971 08 10 St. Paul, MN US 519 120 Chvátil Vladimír "Vlaada" 1971 09 14 * Jihlava CZ (p.c. Lena, time unknown) 1855 187 Pfister Alexander 1971 10 18 Bludenz, Vorarlberg AT 585 168 Roudy Ludovic 1971 FR 20 101 Petersen Christian Thomas 1972 04 04 Washington US 168 150 Lang Eric M. 1972 09 11 Montreal, Quebec CA 934 200 Hargrave Elizabeth 1972 12 31 US 166 103 Moorsel (van) Corné 1972 NL 33 149 Romeral Andrés Néstor 1972 ES 44 126 Ornella Emanuele 1972 IT 29 169 Chaboussit Cédrick 1973 FR 19 106 Wiersinga Joris 1974 Arnhem NL 49 163 Fryxelius Jacob 1974 SE (birth year, p.c.) 109 188 Matsuuchi Yukinori "Emerson" 1975 08 04 Los Angeles US 95 135 Chudyk Carl 1975 10 12 US 231 138 Oracz Michal 1975 PL 108 107 Doumen Jeroen 1975 NL 74 154 Trzewiczek Ignacy 1976 09 23 Gliwice PL 681 134 Attia William 1976 FR 50 157 Torbey Shadi 1976 Siegburg, NRW DE 142 153 Dubarry Philip 1977 01 24 US 35 158 Bentley Nick 1977 07 16 US 28 156 Mori Paolo 1977 07 04 Parma IT 97 105 Casasola Merkle Marcel-André 1977 08 10 Nürnberg DE 37 175 Carlson Adam 1977 09 19 US 16 167 Luciani Simone 1977 09 07 * Porto San Giorgio, Fermo IT (p.c. time unknown) 286 132 Wilson Kevin 1979 02 14 US 229 183 Gilmour Jonathan 1979 12 23 US 79 161 Marcussen Christian 1980 01 22 GB 85 193 Warsch Wolfgang 1980 02 19 Steyr AT 182 180 Stegmaier Jamey 1981 01 09 New York US (born in the evening) 869 159 Walker-Harding Phil 1981 Wollongong, New South Wales AU 244 155 Konieczka Corey 1982 02 18 US 629 197 Phillips Shem 1984 NZ 216 179 Al-JouJou Juma 1985 09 30 * Sharjah, United Arab Emirates AE (p.c. time unknown) 44 172 Laukat Ryan 1985 11 11 US 511 195 Wehrle Cole 1986 10 03 US 301 181 Almes Scott 1987 07 31 US 183 196 Dunstan Matthew 1987 11 15 Sydney AU 17 174 Hayashi Hisashi ? JP 78 177 Hawthorne Jerry ? US 105 199 Thompson David ? US 52 139 Bleasdale Sebastian ? GB 36 186 Dujardin Sébastien ? Tournai BE 80 184 Risthaus Stefan ? DE 24 185 Odendahl Andreas ? DE 21 162 Orgler Leonhard "Lonny" ? AT 26 82 Ernest James ? US 81 83 Zeimet Jacques ? LX 15 133 Czarnetzki Frank ? DE 2 173 Tascini Daniele ? Porto San Giorgio, Fermo ? IT 244 57 Poël (du) Jean ? DE 7 58 Riedesser Wolfgang ? DE 3 198 Turczi David ? HU 185 144 Suchý Vladimír ? Praha CZ 139 182 Canetta Marco ? IT 9 114 Steding Andreas ? Göttingen DE 65
As coincidences, there are three designers who have their aniversaries on April 24, three others on November 18, and even four on August 10, but as expected, the distribution of Board Game Designers in the Zodiac (Solar Sign) does not appear as significant as Chess Champions one. Nevertheless the Summer and Fall quarters are more represented than the Spring and Winter ones (41-41 vs 31-35), probably because Spring is the area of Social/Work activity and Winter that one of Mental/Scientific thinking while Summer and Fall are related to Imaginary Worlds. More specically, well below average, Gemini/Jupiter represents legislative Law and Capricorn/Saturn Scientific Law, while the acts of creating and playing games are related to free and extra-social activities often condemned by legislations over the centuries (prohibition of gambling, practice of Morris attested by lines engraved on the stone at paved forecourts of cathedrals when women went to pray, the sulphurous reputation of role-playing games in the 1980s...). Gaming is both a convivial and "trans-social" phenomenon in that it invites to go beyond the usual social cogs and precedences, and to distance from them. Thus the Moment of Gaming is a privileged piece of time that is to be shared and allows to escape from the locks, subordinations and sometimes humiliations that could be experienced in one's factories, companies or offices.
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1 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Magie 1903 the inventor of The Landlord's Game (1903), the very first prototype of Monopoly (Parker Brothers, 1933), designer of Bargain Day (1937) and King's Men (1937) 2 George Swinnerton Parker 1888 founder of Parker Brothers Company, designer of Chivalry (1888) aka Camelot (1930), Pit (1903), Rook (1906) 3 Charles Brace Darrow 1933 the reinventor of Monopoly (1933) after Lizzie Magie 5 Piet Hein a 1933 mathematician, physicist and "gruking" poet, inventor of a solid dissection puzzle, the Soma Cube (1933), and connection game Hex (1942) 4 Alfred Mosher Butts 1938 the inventor of Scrabble (1938) 6 Anthony Ernest Pratt 1949 the inventor of Clue or Cluedo (1949) 9 Charles Swann Roberts w 1954 the father of modern Board Wargaming with Tactics (1954), Tactics II (1958), Bismarck (1962), Afrika Korps (1964) 11 Robert Abbott a 1956 Eleusis (1956), Epaminondas (1975), Code 777 (1985), Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War (1992) 7 Albert Emmanuel Lamorisse 1957 film-maker and designer of La Conquête du Monde (1957), the very first version of the successful Risk (1959) 10 Allan Brian Calhamer 1958 the designer of Diplomacy (1958) 8 Erwin Glonnegger 1959 editor for Ravensburger during 35 years, author of "Das Spiele-Buch" (1988 ; 2009), designer of Memory aka Concentration (1959) 12 Reinhold Wittig 1959 Piratenbillard (1959), Das Spiel (1980), Corda (1982), Cubus (1987), Maritim (1987), Volta (2003) 14 Alexander Randolph 1962 American designer: Twixt (1962), Code 777 (1985), Raj (1988), Inkognito (1988), Orbit (1993), Ricochet Robots (1999), Big Shot (2001) 13 Sid Sackson 1963 author of "A Gamut of Games" (1969) ; designer of Focus (1963), Acquire (1964), Sleuth (1971), Can't Stop (1980), Samarkand (1980), I'm the Boss! (1994) 16 Michel Fallon 1966 baron and engineer, designer of Magellan (1966) 17 Jim (James F.) Dunnigan w 1967 Jutland (1967), PanzerBlitz (1970), Panzergruppe Guderian (1976), Empires of the Middle Ages (1980) 15 Claude Soucie a 1969 Lines of Action (1969), Zen l'initié (1997) 20 Donald Benge a 1972 Conquest (1972), Grand Conquest (2006) 28 Tom Dalgliesh w 1972 Quebec 1759 (1972), Napoléon: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (1974), EastFront (1991), Wizard Kings (2000), Hammer of the Scots (2002), Crusader Rex (2005), Richard III (2009) 18 Rudi Hoffmann 1973 Tally Ho! (1973), Janus (1975), Café International (1989), Ramparts (1993) 19 David Gwyn Watts 1973 Railway Rivals aka Dampfross (1973-79), Chessington (1990) 21 Eric William Solomon a 1973 Aggression (1973), Black Box (1977), Hyle (1979), Billabong (1992) 24 David Parlett 1973 Hare & Tortoise (1973) ; author of several books on abstract and card games including a "History of Board Games" (1999 ; 2018) 22 Francis George Tresham 1974 1829 (1974), Civilization (1980), 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons (1986), Revolution: The Dutch Revolt 1568-1648 (2004) 23 Ernest Gary Gygax r 1974 the designer of the renowned fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (1974), then Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1977-79) 26 Richard Harvey Berg w 1976 Conquistador (1976), Terrible Swift Sword (1976), Blackbeard (1991), SPQR (1992), Successors (1997-2008), Pax Romana (2006), Onward, Christian Soldiers (2006) 25 Frank Chadwick w 1977 Imperium: Empires in Conflict (1977), A House Divided (1981), Fire in the East (1984), The Third World War: Battle for Germany (1984) 27 Peter Olotka 1977 Cosmic Encounter (1977), Dune (1979) and Borderlands (1982) with Bill Eberle and Jack Kittredge 29 Richard Hamblen w 1977 Victory in the Pacific (1977), Magic Realm (1979), Gunslinger (1982), Merchant of Venus (1988) 30 William "Bill" Caveny Eberle 1977 poet, programmer and database developer, designer of Cosmic Encounter (1977), Dune (1979) and Borderlands (1982) with Peter Olotka and Jack Kittredge 31 Steven "Steeve" Gary Jackson w 1977 Ogre (1977), Melee (1977), G.E.V. (1978), Car Wars (1981), Illuminati (1987), Munchkin (2001) 32 Thomas "Tom" Wham 1979 The Awful Green Things From Outer Space (1979), Kings & Things (1986), Iron Dragon (1994), Feudality (2011) 37 Marco Alberto Donadoni w 1979 the main designer of famous "International Team": Zargo's Lords (1979), Colonisator: The Twelve Planets' War (1979), VII Legio (1982), The Game of Medici (1982) 39 François Xavier Nédelec r 1979 designer of the Space Opera role-playing game Empire Galactique (1984) ; Colonisator: The Twelve Planets' War (1979), Mai 68 (1980), El Dorado (1981) 34 Christian Freeling a 1980 the creator of MindSports The ArenA ; Havannah (1980), Emergo (1986), Grand Chess (1987), Dameo (2000) 35 Jean-Jacques Petit w 1980 RPG designer and a pioneer of French wargame after Jean-Pierre Défieux ; Bataille de Fleurus (1980), Bataille de Valmy (1981), Bataille de la Marne 1914 (1982), Les Aigles (1990) 41 Duccio Vitale 1980 French designer: Mai 68 (1980) with François Nédelec, Condottiere (1995) and Serenissima (1996) with Dominique Ehrhard, Fief 2 (1989), Kharkov 1943 (1992) 33 Craig Besinque w 1982 Rommel in the Desert (1982), EastFront (1991), Hellenes: Campaigns of the Peloponnesian War (2009), Triumph & Tragedy (2015) 36 Darwin Paul Bromley 1982 Empire Builder (1982), Eurorails (1990), Iron Dragon (1994) 38 Lewis Errol Pulsipher 1982 Dragon Rage (1982), Britannia (1986) 40 Roland Siegers a 1983 Uisge (1983), Abilene (1983), Restaurant (1987), Pyramidis (1988), Cabale (1999) 42 Thomas "Tom" Jolly 1983 Wiz-War (1983), Diskwars (1999), Cave Troll (2002), The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire (2016), Battle for Rokugan (2017) 43 Harry Grant Rowland w 1983 Empires in Arms (1983), World in Flames (1985), 7 Ages (2004) 53 Serge Laget 1984 Le Gang des Traction Avant (1984), Mystery of the Abbey (1995), Mare Nostrum (2003), Shadows over Camelot (2005), Ad Astra (2009), Nidavellir (2020) 44 Wolfgang Kramer 1985 Wildlife adventure (1985), Forum Romanum (1988), El Grande (1995), Tikal (1999), Torres (1999), Java (2000), Princes of Florence (2000), Mexica (2002), Raja (2004), Palaces of Carrara (2012), Nauticus (2013) 46 Bernd Brunnhofer 1985 Greyhounds (1985), Saint Petersburg (2004) and Stone Age (2008) under the pen name of Michael Tummelhofer, Pantheon (2011) 49 Gérard Mathieu 1985 SuperGang (1985), Full Metal Planète (1988), Les Dessous de la ville (1990) 51 Don Greenwood w 1985 Advanced Squad Leader (1985), The Republic of Rome (1990), Breakout: Normandy (1992), Age of Renaissance (1996) 52 Claude Leroy a 1985 Gygès (1985), Mana (1987) 45 Max Jürgen Kobbert 1986 Labyrinth (1986), Master Labyrinth (1991) 47 Karl-Heinz Schmiel 1986 co-founder of Hans im Glück with Bernd Brunnhofer ; Die Macher (1986), A la carte (1989), Extrablatt (1991), Was sticht? (1993), Tribune: Primus Inter Pares (2007) 50 Urs Hostettler 1986 Kremlin (1986), Tichu (1991), Anno Domini (1998) 55 Jervis Johnson 1986 Blood Bowl (1986), Necromunda (1995) 48 Richard Borg 1987 Liars Dice (1987), Battle Cry (2000), Wyatt Earp (2001), Memoir '44 (2004), Commands & Colors: Ancients (2006), BattleLore (2006) 63 Klaus Zoch 1987 Bausack (1987), Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke (1998), Zapp Zerapp (2000), Neue Heimat (2007) 54 Richard Launius 1987 Arkham Horror (1987-2005-2018), Defenders of the Realm (2010), Elder Sign (2011) 57 Jean Poël (du) 1987 Ben Hur (1987), Mare Mediterraneum (1989), Wettstreit der Baumeister (1994), Carabande aka PitchCar (1995), Aeronautika (1996) 58 Wolfgang Riedesser 1989 Ave Caesar (1989), Ausgebremst (1993) 59 Stephen Baker 1989 HeroQuest (1989), Space Crusade (1990), Battle Masters (1992), Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie (2004) 61 Andrew J. Looney a 1989 Icehouse (1989), Fluxx (1997), Chrononauts (2000), Zendo (2001) 56 Klaus Teuber 1990 Adel Verpflichtet (1990), Drunter und Drüber (1991), Catan (1995), Entdecker (1996), Löwenherz (1997) 62 Frank Nestel 1990 Igel Ärgern (1990), Mü & More (1995), Primordial Soup (1997), Frank's Zoo (1999), Urland (2001) 66 Bruno Faidutti 1990 anti-astrology activist (p.c.) ; Alpages: La guerre des moutons (1990), Tempête sur l'Echiquier (1991), Vallée des Mammouths (1991), Citadelles (2000) 60 Reiner Walter Knizia 1992 Modern Art (1992), Medici (1995), Tigris & Euphrates (1997), Samurai (1998), Through the Desert (1998), Ra (1999), Schotten Totten (1999), Lost Cities (1999), Taj Mahal (2000), Amun-Re (2003), The Quest for El Dorado (2017) 64 Alan Richard Moon 1992 Elfenroads (1992), Elfenland (1998), Union Pacific (1999), Santa Fe Rails (2001), San Marco (2001), Capitol (2001), New England (2003), Ticket to Ride (2004), Oasis (2004) 75 Dirk Henn 1992 The Rose King (1992), Timbuktu (1993), Show Manager (1996), Wallenstein (2002), Alhambra (2003), Shogun (2006) 80 Rüdiger Dorn 1992 Cameo (1992), Genoa (2001), Goa (2004), Louis XIV (2005), Arkadia (2006), Dragonheart (2010), Istanbul (2014), Karuba (2015) 67 Mark Herman w 1993 We the People (1993), For the People (1998), Empire of the Sun (2005), Washington's War (2010), Churchill (2015) 78 Richard Channing Garfield 1993 Magic: The Gathering (1993), RoboRally (1994), Netrunner (1996), King of Tokyo (2011), Android: Netrunner (2012), Bunny Kingdom (2017) 79 Andy Chambers 1993 Warhammer 40,000: 2nd-3rd-4th Eds. (1993-2004), Necromunda (1995), Space Hulk 2nd Ed. (1996), Blood Red Skies (2017) 65 Michael Sohre 1994 Cubicado (1994), Tri-Ba-Lance (1995), Fire (1996) 68 Thomas "Tom" Lehmann 1994 Age of Exploration (1994), 1846: The Race for the Midwest (2005), Race for the Galaxy (2007), Roll for the Galaxy (2014), Res Arcana (2019) 77 Andreas Seyfarth 1994 Manhattan (1994), Puerto Rico (2002), San Juan (2004), Thurn and Taxis (2006) 72 Niek Neuwahl a 1995 Aztec (1995), Pitagoras (1996), Ta Yü (1999) 69 Richard Breese 1995 Keywood (1995), Keydom (1998), Morgenland (2000), Keythedral (2002), Reef Encounter (2004), Key Market (2010), Keyflower (2012), Keyper (2017), Key Flow (2018) 70 Dominique Ehrhard 1995 painter and designer of Condottiere (1995), Serenissima aka Méditerranée (1996), Marrakech (2007), Sylla (2008), Boomerang (2010), Panic Lab (2012) 71 Stefan H. Dorra 1995 Linie 1 (1995), Yucata (1996), MarraCash (1996), For Sale (1997), Land Unter (1997), Nyet! (1997), Medina (2001), Die Sieben Siegel (2003), Kreta (2005) 76 Günter Cornett a 1995 The Bottle Imp (1995), Kahuna (1998), Autoscooter (1999), Kanaloa (2002), Penguin aka Hey, That's My Fish! (2003) with Alvydas Jakeliunas, Chinagold (2004) 81 Charles Vasey w 1995 The Flowers of the Forest (1995), Chariot Lords (1999), Unhappy King Charles (2008) 73 Kris Burm a 1996 the master of abstract games: Gipf (1996), Zèrtz (1999), Elcanto (2000), Dvonn (2001), Yinsh (2003), Pünct (2005), Tzaar (2007), Lyngk (2017) 74 Mark Simonitch w 1996 Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage (1996), Successors (1997-2008) 82 James Ernest 1996 Kill Doctor Lucky (1996), Brawl (1999), Pirates of the Spanish Main (2004), Lords of Vegas (2010), Tak (2017) 83 Jacques Zeimet 1996 Bamboleo (1996), Hamsterrolle (2000), Ghost Blitz (2010) 100 Uwe Rosenberg 1997 Bohnanza (1997), Mamma Mia (1998), Agricola (2007), Le Havre (2008), Loyang (2009), Merkator (2010), Ora et Labora (2011), Glass Road (2013), Caverna (2013), Patchwork (2014), Fields of Arle (2014), A Feast for Odin (2016) 101 Christian Thomas Petersen 1997 Twilight Imperium (1997-2000-05-17), Battlemist (1998), A Game of Thrones (2003), Star Wars: Armada (2015) 89 Frédéric Bey w 1998 the French maestro of wargames: Rivoli 1797 (1998), Au fil de l'épée (2002), Aspern-Essling 1809 (2009), Fuentes de Onoro 1811 (2011) 90 Martin Wallace 1998 Liberté (1998), Volldampf (2001), Age of Steam (2002), Struggle of Empires (2004), Railways of the World (2005), Brass (2007), Steam (2009), God's Playground (2009), London (2010), A Few Acres of Snow (2011), Brass: Birmingham (2018) 102 Reinhard Staupe 1998 Colorado County (1998), Basari (1998), Edel, Stein & Reich (2003), Havana (2009), 7 Steps (2014) 103 Corné Moorsel (van) 1998 Nasca (1998), Isi (1999), Morisi (2000), StreetSoccer (2002), Logistico (2003), Factory Fun (2006), Habitats (2016), Nova Luna (2019) 105 Marcel-André Casasola Merkle 1998 Verräter (1998), Meuterer (2000), Attika (2003), Taluva (2006) 85 Franz-Benno Delonge 1999 Big City (1999), TransAmerica (2001), Dos Rios (2004), Manila (2005), Container (2007) 86 Ted Samuel Raicer w 1999 Paths of Glory (1999), Reds! The Russian Civil War 1918-1921 (2001), World War II: Barbarossa to Berlin (2002), The Dark Valley (2013) 87 Philippe Keyaerts 1999 Vinci (1999), Evo (2001), Small World (2009), Olympos (2011), Twin Tin Bots (2013) 106 Joris Wiersinga 1999 Bus (1999), Roads & Boats (1999), Ur: 1830 BC (2001), Antiquity (2004), Indonesia (2005), Greed Incorporated (2009), The Great Zimbabwe (2012), Food Chain Magnate (2015) with Jeroen Doumen 107 Jeroen Doumen 1999 Bus (1999), Roads & Boats (1999), Ur: 1830 BC (2001), Antiquity (2004), Indonesia (2005), Greed Incorporated (2009), The Great Zimbabwe (2012), Food Chain Magnate (2015) with Joris Wiersinga 84 Martin Schlegel 2000 M (2000), Aqua Romana (2005), Bangkok Klongs (2010), Atacama (2013), Adiós Calavera (2017) 88 John Yianni a 2000 Hive (2000), Army of Frogs (2007), Tatsu (2016) 92 Bernard Tavitian a 2000 Blokus (2000), Blokus Trigon (2006) 93 Roberto Fraga 2000 French designer: Les Dragons du Mékong aka River Dragons (2000), Dancing Eggs (2003), Captain Sonar (2016) 94 Klaus-Jürgen Wrede 2000 Carcassonne (2000), Carcassonne: The Castle (2003), The Downfall of Pompeii (2004), Rapa Nui (2011) 95 Leo Colovini 2000 Cartagena (2000), Carolus Magnus (2000), Vabanque (2001), Clans (2002), The Bridges of Shangri-La (2003), Go West (2005), Masons (2006) 96 Michael Schacht 2000 Web of Power (2000), Serengeti (2001), Dschunke (2002), Magna Grecia (2003), Richelieu (2003), Coloretto (2003), Felinia (2010) 108 Robert "Rob" Daviau 2000 Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit (2000), Betrayal at House on the Hill (2004), Heroscape Master Set (2004), Risk Legacy (2011), Pandemic Legacy 1 (2015), Pandemic Legacy 2 (2017), Cthulhu: Death May Die (2019) 91 Philippe Pallières (des) 2001 Les Loups-Garous de Thiercelieux (2001), La Guerre des Moutons (2002), Shazamm (2003) 97 Günter Burkhardt 2001 Kupferkessel Co. (2001), Maori (2009), Seeland (2010), Ulm (2016) 98 Volko Ruhnke w 2001 Wilderness War (2001), Labyrinth: The War on Terror (2010), Andean Abyss (2012), Cuba Libre (2013), A Distant Plain (2013), Fire in the Lake (2014), Falling Sky (2016), Pendragon (2017) 99 Francesco Nepitello 2001 X-Bugs (2001) with Marco Maggi, War of the Ring (2004), War of the Ring: 2nd Ed (2012) and The Battle of Five Armies (2014) also with Roberto di Meglio 104 Friedemann Friese 2001 Funkenschlag (2001), Fearsome Floors (2003), Power Grid (2004), Mégawatts (2008), Friday (2011), Faiyum (2020) 109 Spartaco Albertarelli 2002 Dice Run (2002), Coyote (2003), Dust (2007), VektoRace (2018) 113 Cameron Bolitho Browne a 2002 Akron (2002), Margo (2006), Yavalath (2007) ; author of "Connection Games" (Wellesley, MA, 2005) 131 Régis Bonnessée 2002 Himalaya (2002), Seasons (2012), Dice Forge (2017) 112 Glenn Drover 2003 Age of Mythology (2003), Conquest of the Empire (2005), Railways of the World (2005), Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery (2007), Raccoon Tycoon (2018) 114 Andreas Steding 2003 Kogge (2003), Hansa Teutonica (2009), Firenze (2010), Norenberc (2010), Gùgōng (2018) 132 Kevin Wilson 2003 A Game of Thrones (2003), Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2005), Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game (2010) 110 Bruno Cathala 2004 Drôles de Zèbres (2004), Mission: Red Planet (2005), Mr. Jack (2006), Jamaica (2007), Cyclades (2009), 7 Wonders (2010), Five Tribes (2014), Kingdomino (2016), Yamataï (2017) 116 Roberto Meglio (di) 2004 War of the Ring (2004), War of the Ring: 2nd Ed (2012), The Battle of Five Armies (2014) with Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi 117 Christophe Boelinger 2004 Dungeon Twister (2004), Earth Reborn (2010), Sarena (2011), Archipelago (2012), Living Planet (2019) 122 Jens Drögemüller 2004 The Scepter of Zavandor (2004), and with Helge Ostertag: Terra Mystica (2012) and Gaia Project (2017) 123 Richard Sivél w 2004 Friedrich (2004), Maria (2009), Wir sind das Volk (2014) 126 Emanuele Ornella 2004 Oltre Mare (2004), Il Principe (2005), Hermagor (2006), Assyria (2009), Pioneers (2017) 133 Frank Czarnetzki 2004 graphic designer and game designer: Master Thieves (2004), Black Elephant (2004), Marquis (2005), Gangster (2006), Fragile (2006) 111 Bowen "Rachel" Simmons w 2005 Bonaparte at Marengo (2005), Napoleon's Triumph (2007), The Guns of Gettysburg (2013) 118 Walther "Mac" Gerdts 2005 Antike (2005), Imperial (2006), Hamburgum (2007), The Princes of Machu Picchu (2008), Navegador (2010), Antike Duellum (2012), Concordia (2013) 128 Jason Matthews w 2005 Twilight Struggle (2005), 1960: The Making of the President (2007), 1989: Dawn of Freedom (2012), Imperial Struggle (2020) 134 William Attia 2005 Caylus (2005), Spyrium (2013) 135 Carl Chudyk 2005 Glory to Rome (2005), Innovation (2010), Red7 (2014) 115 Mark Steere a 2006 Cephalopod (2006), Dipole (2007), Atoll (2008), Monkey Queen (2011) 119 Michael Rieneck 2006 The Pillars of the Earth (2006), Palastgeflüster (2007), Cuba (2007) and World Without End (2009) with Stefan Stadler, Santiago de Cuba (2011), Merlin (2017) 120 Vladimír "Vlaada" Chvátil 2006 Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization (2006), Galaxy Trucker (2007), Space Alert (2008), Dungeon Lords (2009), Mage Knight Board Game (2011), Dungeon Petz (2011), Tash-Kalar (2013), TTA: A New Story of Civilization (2015), Codenames (2015) 124 Chad Erik Jensen w 2006 Combat Commander: Europe (2006), Combat Commander: Pacific (2008), Dominant Species (2010) 127 Sébastien Pauchon 2006 pool player, author of a book on billiards (2001), designer of Yspahan (2006), Jamaica (2007), Metropolys (2008), Jaipur (2009), Corto (2013) 136 Virginio Gigli 2006 Leonardo da Vinci (2006), Egizia (2009), Lorenzo il Magnifico (2016), Coimbra (2018) and Terramara (2019) with Flaminia Brasini, Grand Austria Hotel (2015) 137 Edward "Ed" Beach w 2006 Here I Stand (2006), Virgin Queen (2012), also designer of video game Civilization VI 138 Michal Oracz 2006 Neuroshima Hex (2006), This War of Mine (2017), Etherfields (2020) 139 Sebastian Bleasdale 2006 On the Underground (2006), Keyflower (2012), Black Fleet (2014), Lemminge (2014), Key Flow (2018) 121 Michael Kiesling 2007 Vikings (2007), Cavum (2008), Artus (2011), Coal Baron (2013), Porta Nigra (2015), Heaven & Ale (2017), Azul (2017) and many others with Wolfgang Kramer 125 Phil Eklund 2007 Origins: How We Became Human (2007), High Frontier (2010), Pax Porfiriana (2012), Neanderthal (2015), Pax Pamir (2015), Pax Renaissance (2016), Pax Emancipation (2018) 129 Andrea Chiarvesio 2007 Kingsburg (2007), Hyperborea (2014), Signorie (2015) 130 Stefan Feld 2007 Year of Dragon (2007), Macao (2009), Castles of Burgundy (2011), Trajan (2011), Bora Bora (2013), Bruges (2013), Amerigo (2013), Oracle of Delphi (2016), Carpe Diem (2018), Bonfire (2020) 144 Vladimír Suchý 2007 League of Six (2007), Shipyard (2009), Last Will (2011), The Prodigals Club (2015), Pulsar 2849 (2017), Underwater Cities (2018), Praga Caput Regni (2020) 141 Bernd Eisenstein 2008 Pack & Stack (2008), Alea Iacta Est (2009), Peloponnes (2009), PAX (2011), Pandoria (2018) 142 Donald X. Vaccarino 2008 Dominion (2008), Dominion: Intrigue (2009), Kingdom Builder (2011) 147 Matt Leacock 2008 Pandemic (2008), Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age (2008), Forbidden Desert (2013), Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (2015) 151 Inka Brand 2008 A Castle for All Seasons (2008), Village (2011), Murano (2014), Exit (2016), Rajas of the Ganges (2017), Rise of Queensdale (2018) all with Markus Brand 152 Markus Brand 2008 A Castle for All Seasons (2008), Village (2011), Murano (2014), Exit (2016), Rajas of the Ganges (2017), Rise of Queensdale (2018) all with Inka Brand 155 Corey Konieczka 2008 Battlestar Galactica (2008), Runewars (2010), Eldritch Horror (2013), Star Wars: Imperial Assault (2014), Star Wars: Rebellion (2016) 159 Phil Walker-Harding 2008 Cannonball Colony (2008), Sushi Go! (2013), Cacao (2015), Imhotep (2016), Bärenpark (2017), Gizmos (2018), Imhotep: The Duel (2018) 160 Antoine Bauza 2008 Ghost Stories (2008), 7 Wonders (2010), Hanabi (2010), Takenoko (2011), 7 Wonders Duel (2015) 146 Mike Elliott 2009 Thunderstone (2009), Battle Spirits: Trading Card Game (2009), Quarriors (2011), Dice Masters (2014), also designer of expansions for Magic (1993) 148 Xavier Georges 2009 Carson City (2009), Ginkgopolis (2012), also Troyes (2010), Tournay (2011) and Black Angel (2019) with Sébastien Dujardin and Alain Orban 149 Néstor Romeral Andrés a 2009 Adaptoid (2009), Onager (2012), Quantum Leap (2013), Pent-Up (2014), Flink (2016), Ni-Ju (2016), Greener (2017) 150 Eric M. Lang 2009 Chaos in the Old World (2009), Quarriors (2011), Arcadia Quest (2014), Blood Rage (2015), The Godfather: Corleone's Empire (2017), Rising Sun (2018) 153 Philip Dubarry 2009 Revolution (2009), Courtier (2012), Kingdom of Solomon (2012), Spirits of the Rice Paddy (2015), Black Orchestra (2016) 154 Ignacy Trzewiczek 2009 Stronghold (2009), Prêt-à-Porter (2010), The New Era (2011), Robinson Crusoe (2012), Imperial Settlers (2014), Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game (2018) 156 Paolo Mori 2009 Vasco da Gama (2009), Libertalia (2012), Augustus (2013), Dogs of War (2014), Ethnos (2017) 176 Seiji Kanai 2009 Chronicle (2009), Love Letter (2012), Unicornus Knights (2016) 140 Vital Lacerda 2010 Vinhos (2010), CO2 (2012), Kanban (2014), The Gallerist (2015), Lisboa (2017), Escape Plan (2019), On Mars (2020) 143 Dieter Stein a 2010 Volo (2010), Mixtour (2011), Fendo (2014), Tintas (2016), Urbino (2017) 145 Matthias Cramer 2010 Glen More (2010), Lancaster (2011), Helvetia (2011), Rococo (2013), Kraftwagen (2015), Glen More II: Chronicles (2019), Watergate (2019) 157 Shadi Torbey 2010 Belgian opera bass singer, designer of Onirim (2010), Sylvion (2015), Aerion (2019) 158 Nick Bentley a 2010 Catchup (2010), Stinker (2015), Circle of Life (2015), Blooms (2018), Oceans (2020) 161 Christian Marcussen 2010 Danish designer: Merchants & Marauders (2010), Clash of Cultures (2012) 162 Leonhard "Lonny" Orgler 2010 Poseidon (2010) and Russian Railroads (2013) with Helmut Ohley, 18CZ (2017) 186 Sébastien Dujardin 2010 Troyes (2010), Tournay (2011) and Black Angel (2019) with Xavier Georges and Alain Orban, Deus (2014), Solenia (2018) 163 Jacob Fryxelius 2011 Space Station (2011), Terraforming Mars (2016), After The Virus (2017) 164 Ted Alspach 2012 Suburbia (2012), Castles of Mad King Ludwig (2014) 167 Simone Luciani 2012 Tzolk'in (2012), The Voyages of Marco Polo (2015), Council of 4 (2015), Grand Austria Hotel (2015), Lorenzo il Magnifico (2016), Newton (2018), Barrage (2019) 172 Ryan Laukat 2012 Empires of the Void (2012), Above and Below (2015), Islebound (2016), Near and Far (2017) 173 Daniele Tascini 2012 Tzolk'in (2012), The Voyages of Marco Polo (2015), Council of 4 (2015), Teotihuacan: City of Gods (2018), Trismegistus (2019), Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun (2020) 174 Hisashi Hayashi 2012 Trains (2012), Trains: Rising Sun (2014), Yokohama (2016) 175 Adam Carlson 2012 Hoplomachus: The Lost Cities (2012), Too Many Bones (2017), Too Many Bones: Undertow (2018), Cloudspire (2019) 177 Jerry Hawthorne 2012 Mice and Mystics (2012), Stuffed Fables (2018), Aftermath (2019) 168 Ludovic Roudy 2013 8 Masters' Revenge (2013), The 7th Continent (2017), Just One (2018) and The 7th Citadel (2022) with Bruno Sautter 169 Cédrick Chaboussit 2013 Lewis & Clark (2013), Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis and Clark (2015) 170 Paulo Soledade 2013 Madeira (2013), Panamax (2014) and Nippon (2015) with Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro 178 Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro 2013 Madeira (2013), Panamax (2014) and Nippon (2015) with Paulo Soledade 180 Jamey Stegmaier 2013 Viticulture (2013), Euphoria (2013), Scythe (2016), Charterstone (2017), Tapestry (2019) 165 Reiner Stockhausen 2014 Orléans (2014), Altiplano (2017) 166 Pierluca Zizzi 2014 Hyperborea (2014), Signorie (2015), Barbarians: The Invasion (2018), Tang Garden (2020) 171 Tim Fowers 2014 video game designer, and designer of Paperback (2014) and Burgle Bros. (2015) 179 Juma Al-JouJou 2014 German designer: Green Deal (2014), Clans of Caledonia (2017) 181 Scott Almes 2014 Tiny Epic Kingdoms (2014), Tiny Epic Galaxies (2015), Heroes of Land, Air & Sea (2018) 182 Marco Canetta 2014 ZhanGuo (2014) and Railroad Revolution (2016) with Stefania Niccolini 183 Jonathan Gilmour 2014 Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game (2014), Dinosaur Island (2017), Path of Light and Shadow (2017) 184 Stefan Risthaus 2014 Arkwright (2014), Gentes (2017) 185 Andreas Odendahl 2014 La Granja (2014) and Solarius Mission (2016) with Michael Keller, Cooper Island (2019) 187 Alexander Pfister 2015 Mombasa (2015), Isle of Skye (2015), Broom Service (2015), Great Western Trail (2016), Blackout: Hong Kong (2018), Maracaibo (2019) 188 Yukinori "Emerson" Matsuuchi 2015 Specter Ops (2015), Century: Spice Road (2017), Reef (2018) 190 Kristian Roald Amundsen Østby 2015 Escape: The Curse of the Temple (2012), Automania (2015) and Santa Maria (2017), The Magnificent (2019) and Trails of Tucana (2019) with Eilif Svensson 192 Isaac Childres 2015 Forge War (2015), Gloomhaven (2017), Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (2020) 194 Viktor Péter 2015 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (2015), Anachrony (2017) and Cerebria: The Inside World (2018) with Richard Amann 195 Cole Wehrle 2015 Pax Pamir (2015), John Company (2017), Root (2018), Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile (2021) 196 Matthew Dunstan 2015 Elysium (2015), Pioneer Days (2017), Monumental (2020) 197 Shem Phillips 2015 Raiders of the North Sea (2015), Explorers of the North Sea (2016), Architects of the West Kingdom (2018), Paladins of the West Kingdom (2019), Viscounts of the West Kingdom (2020), Raiders of Scythia (2020) 189 Keith Matejka 2016 Roll Player (2016), Herbaceous (2017), Skulk Hollow (2019) 198 David Turczi 2016 specialist of solo modes, designer of Days of Ire: Budapest 1956 (2016), Anachrony (2017), and with Daniele Tascini : Tekhenu (2020) and Tawantinsuyu (2020) 193 Wolfgang Warsch 2018 The Quacks of Quedlinburg (2018), The Mind (2018), That's Pretty Clever! (2018), The Taverns of Tiefenthal (2019) 199 David Thompson 2018 Pavlov's House (2018), and with Trevor Benjamin: War Chest (2018) and Undaunted: Normandy (2019) 191 Martino Chiacchiera 2018 Barbarians: The Invasion (2018), Mysthea (2019), Icaion (2020) 200 Elizabeth Hargrave 2019 Wingspan (2019), Mariposas (2020)
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BOARD GAME DESIGNERS ASTRO PROJECT
Birth Data of 200 successful Designers
http://cura.free.fr/2020/bgdesignersap.html
Nice, 16-01-2021 ; updated 25-02-2021
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