List of game designers

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A game designer is a person who invents games at the conceptual level. [1] Outstanding board game designers are recognized annually by awards such as the Spiel des Jahres and the As d'Or. [2] In addition, the Origins Awards are presented by Game Manufacturers Association for outstainding work in the tabletop gaming industry. [3] The Charles S. Roberts Award and the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame recognize excellence in manual, tabletop games, with a focus on conflict simulations. [4]

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The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design, a division of the Game Manufacturers Association, inducts outstanding individuals into the Hall of Fame. [5] Mensa Select is an annual award given by American Mensa to five board games that are "original, challenging and well designed". [6] [7] In addition pinball game designers are recognized by the Pinball Expo Hall of Fame. [8]

Tabletop game designers

DesignerNotable gamesHonorsRef.
Robert Abbott Baroque chess, Crossings, and Epaminondas
Peter Adkison The Primal Order ; founder and CEO Wizards of the Coast Hall of Fame [5]
F. O. Alexander Monopoly [9]
Aaron Allston Autoduel Champions , Dungeons & Dragons , and Star Wars Hall of Fame [5]
Suburbia and Werewords [10]
Terry K. Amthor Shadow World, Rolemaster , and Kult Hall of Fame [5]
Robert Angel Pictionary [11]
Dave Arneson Dungeons & Dragons ; Antoine Bauza, 7 Wonders, and Hanabi Hall of Fame [5] [12] [13] [14]
Spiel des Jahres (2)
Rich Banner Europa
Antoine Bauza Hanabi, 7 Wonders, Mia London, Ghost Stories,and Takenoko Kennerspiel des Jahres [15] [16] [17]
Deutscher Spiele Preis
Spiel des Jahres
As d'Or Jeu de l'Année
Michael Bennighof U.S. Navy Plan Orange, Celtic Age, Survival of the Witless , Panzer Grenadier , Great War at Sea ;and Panzer General II Origins Award (3) [18]
Richard Berg War of the Ring and The Campaign for North Africa Hall of Fame [5]
Jolly Blackburn HackMaster Hall of Fame [5]
Christophe Boelinger Dungeon Twister Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary [19] [20]
Ty Bomba When Dragons Fight and The Sedan Campaign of 1870: An Analysis Charles S. Roberts Award (2) [21]
Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
Rob Bontenbal Um Reifenbreite Spiel des Jahres
Richard Borg Call my Bluff Spiel des Jahres
Milton Bradley The Checkered Game of Life [22]
Gerald Brom Dark Sun Hall of Fame [5]
Darwin Bromley Empire Builder Hall of Fame [5]
James Cooke Brown Careers [23]
Kris Burm GIPF , ZÈRTZ , DVONN , TAMSK , YINSH , and PÜNCT [24]
Alfred Mosher Butts Scrabble [25]
Allan B. Calhamer Diplomacy [26]
Mike Carr Fight in the Skies, Don't Give Up the Ship, In Search of the Unknown [27]
Bruno Cathala Kingdomino , Shadows Over Camelot, and Five Tribes Hall of Fame [5] [13] [28]
Spiel des Jahres (2)
Frank Chadwick En Garde! , Twilight: 2000 , Europa, and Traveller Hall of Fame [5] [29]
Robert N. Charrette Bushido and BattleTech Hall of Fame [5]
Troy Christensen Phantasm Adventures, Advanced Phantasm Adventures [30]
Vlaada Chvátil Codenames, Space Alert, and Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization Hall of Fame [5] [13]
Spiel des Jahres (2)
Naomi Clark Consentacle , Sissyfight 2000 IndieCade Impact Award [31] [32]
Stephen V. Cole
Leo Colovini Clans , Cartagena , and Inkognito Hall of Fame [33]
Monte Cook Dungeons & Dragons and Numenera Hall of Fame [5] [34]
Miles Copeland Jr.
Greg Costikyan Star Wars role playing games and Paranoia Hall of Fame [5]
Liz Danforth Tunnels & Trolls , Magic: The Gathering , and Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game Hall of Fame [5]
Charles Darrow
Rob Daviau Pandemic Legacy - Season 1 As d'Or Grand Prix
Franz-Benno Delonge TransAmerica and Fjords Spiel des Jahres [35]
Marco Donadoni Zargo's Lords, Iliad, Magic Wood Spiel des Jahresc (2)
Rüdiger Dorn Dragonheart, Istanbul , Luxor, Los Mampfos, and Karuba Spiel des Jahres [36] [2]
Jim Dunnigan over 100 wargames, including PanzerBlitz Hall of Fame [37] [38] [5]
Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
Jeff Easley Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame [5]
Allen Eldridge
Mike Elliott Duel Masters Trading Card Game, Battle Spirits , and Thunderstone Hall of Fame [5]
Larry Elmore Dungeons & Dragons , Dragonlance , and Traveller Hall of Fame [5]
Alan Emrich
James Ernest Kill Doctor Lucky, Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond, and Tak Hall of Fame [5] [39]
Bruno Faidutti Citadels and Mystery of the Abbey Spiel des Jahres [40]
Stefan Feld The Castles of Burgundy, Trajan, and CivolutionHall of Fame [5] [12] [13]
As d'Or Grand Prix
Nigel Findley Shadowrun Hall of Fame [5]
Friedemann Friese Power Grid , Fearsome Floors , Fauna, and Fresh Fish Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary [41]
Anthony J. Gallela
Richard Garfield Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame [5] [12]
Super As d'Or
Mac Gerdts Imperial, Concordia, and Antike Hall of Fame [42]
Suzanne Goldberg Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Spiel des Jahres
Donald Green
Andrew Greenberg Vampire: The Masquerade , Fading Suns , Emperor of the Fading Suns , and Mall Tycoon Hall of Fame [5] [43]
Ed Greenwood Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting and City System Hall of Fame [5] [44] [45]
Rebecca Guay Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons Hall of Fame [5]
E. Gary Gygax Dungeons & Dragons Hall of Fame [5] [46]
Daryl Hannah
Elizabeth Hargrave Flügelschlag (Wingspan) Spiel des Jahres [47] [48] [49]
David A. Hargrave
Larry Harris Axis & Allies [50]
Jeb Havens
Stieg Hedlund Comix Zone , The Ooze , Diablo , StarCraft , Diablo II , Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath , and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter [51]
Dirk Henn Alhambra , Metro , and Wallenstein Spiel des Jahres [52] [53]
Shane Lacy Hensley
Ephraim Hertzano Rummikub Spiel des Jahres
John Hill Squad Leader and Johnny Reb Hall of Fame [5]
Thomas Hill Halma
Maureen Hiron Continuo Hall of Fame [5]
Steve Jackson Ogre , The Fantasy Trip , Car Wars , GURPS , Hacker . and Illuminati Hall of Fame [5] [54]
Justin D. Jacobson
Jennell Jaquays Dark Tower, Age of Empires, Dark Tower, and The Caverns of Thracia Hall of Fame [5]
John Jefferys A Journey Through Europe [55]
Tom Jolly
Lucian Kahn
William H. Keith Jr.
Philippe Keyaerts Evo, Vinci, and OlymposAs d'Or Grand Prix [56] [57]
Michael Kiesling Azul, Asara,Die Paläste von Carrara (The Palaces of Carrara),Heaven & Ale, and Tikal Spiel des Jahres (2) [13]
As d'Or Jeu de l'Année
Reiner Knizia Ra , Modern Art, Samurai, Lost Cities , Schotten Totten , Blue Moon , FITS, Mmm!, L.A.M.A. (L.L.A.M.A.), My City, and The Lord of the Rings Spiel des Jahres [5] [13] [58]
Hall of Fame
Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary
Kinderspiel des Jahres
John Kovalic Dork Tower and Munchkin Hall of Fame [5]
Wolfgang Kramer El Grande , Java , Mexica , Tikal , Princes of Florence , Blox, Asara,Die Paläste von Carrara (The Palaces of Carrara), Auf Achse, Top Secret Spies, Princes of Florence, and Torres Hall of Fame [5] [13] [59]
Spiel des Jahres (5)
As d'Or Prix du Jury
Vital Lacerda The Gallerist [12] [60]
Albert Lamorisse La Conquête du Monde, 'Conquest of the World' [61]
Eric M. Lang A Game of Thrones , Blood Rage , Rising Sun , and Bloodborne: The Card Game Hall of Fame [5] [12] [13]
Serge Laget Schatten über Camelot (Shadows over Camelot) and Du Balai Spiel des Jahres
As d'Or Jeu de l'Année
Ryan Laukat Above and Below and Near and Far [62]
Matt Leacock Pandemic and Im Wandel der Zeiten: Das Würfelspiel – Bronzezeit (Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age), Pandemic Legacy - Season 1, and Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 As d'Or Grand Prix [5] [63] [64]
Spiel des Jahres
Hall of Fame
Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary
Tom Lehmann Res Arcana, Race for the Galaxy, To Court the King As d'Or Grand Prix [65] [66]
Ted Leonsis
Sam Lewis
Paul Lidberg
Andy Looney Fluxx [67]
Rick Loomis pioneer in play by mail games; Starweb Hall of Fame [5]
Gene Mackles
Lizzie Magie The Landlord's Game [68]
Gérard Mathieu SupergangSuper As d'Or
Edmund McMillen
Samaira Mehta
Tom Meier Thunderbolt MountainHall of Fame [5]
Heinz Meister Galloping Pigs (German title: Schweinsgalopp) and Karambolage Kinderspiel des Jahres (2)
Michael Menzel Die Legenden von Andor (Legends of Andor) and Die Abenteuer des Robin Hood (The Adventures of Robin Hood) Spiel des Jahres
As d'Or Jeu de l'Année
Marc Miller Traveller and Double Star Hall of Fame [5]
Joseph Miranda
Ryo Mizuno Sword World RPG Hall of Fame [5]
George Howard Monks Halma and Basilinda [69]
Alan R. Moon Elfenland and Ticket to Ride Spiel des Jahres (2) [5] [70] [71]
Hall of Fame
Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary
John Forbes Nash Jr.
John Nephew Dungeons & Dragons , Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms , and Castle Greyhawk Hall of Fame [5]
Greg Novak
Philip Orbanes
David Parlett Hare and Tortoise Spiel des Jahres
Christian T. Petersen Twilight Imperium , A Game of Thrones , and World of Warcraft [13]
Sandy Petersen Age of Empires , Chaosium , RuneQuest , Call of Cthulhu , Doom , and Quake Hall of Fame [5] [13]
Alexander Pfister Broom Service Spiel des Jahres
Lawrence Pinsky
Michael Pondsmith Cyberpunk, Castle Falkenstein, and Teenagers from Outer Space Hall of Fame [5]
Fletcher Pratt
Jim Prentice
Lewis Pulsipher
Jack Radey
Paul Randles Pirate's Cove and Key Largo [72] [73]
Alex Randolph Enchanted Forest , Inkognito , Gute Freunde, and Ricochet Robots Kinderspiel des Jahres (2) [5] [74] [75]
Hall of Fame
Mark Rein-Hagen Ars Magica , Vampire: The Masquerade , and World of Darkness [76] [77]
David J. Ritchie [5]
Charles S. Roberts Tactics II Hall of Fame [78] [79]
Ken Rolston Paranoia , RuneQuest , Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay , Advanced Dungeons & Dragons , and Dungeons & Dragons
Uwe Rosenberg Agricola, Nova Luna, and Bohnanza Spiel des Jahres [5] [12] [13]
Hall of Fame
Mark Rosewater Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame [5]
Alex Randolph Gute Freunde Kinderspiel des Jahres
Christopher Rush Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame [5]
Sid Sackson Acquire , Can't Stop , Kohle, Kies & Knete, Focus, and I'm the Boss Hall of Fame [5] [80]
Spiel des Jahres
Kenneth St. Andre Tunnels & Trolls Hall of Fame [5]
John Scarne Teeko [81]
Michael Schacht Zooloretto Spiel des Jahres
Craige Schensted
Roger Schlaifer
Mike Selinker Pirates of the Spanish Main, Axis & Allies: D-Day, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Fightball, Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game, Risk Godstorm, Stonehenge, Harry Potter Trading Card Game Origins Awards
Duke Seifried creator and seller of military and fantasy miniatures for wargames and fantasy role-playing gamesHall of Fame [5]
Mike Selinker Pirates of the Spanish Main , Axis & Allies: D-Day , and Betrayal at House on the Hill Origins Awards (3 x) [82]
Andreas Seyfarth Manhattan, Thurn and Taxis, and Puerto Rico Spiel des Jahres (2) [83] [84]
Bruce Shelley 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons [85]
Kevin Siembieda Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game , Heroes Unlimited , Robotech , and Rifts Hall of Fame [5]
Redmond Simonsen best known for his work at Simulation Publications Hall of Fame [5]
David Sirlin Yomi, Puzzle Strike, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Michael A. Stackpole Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes Hall of Fame [5]
Greg Stafford Glorantha and Pendragon Hall of Fame [5]
Daniel Stahl Pirate's Cove [86]
Jamey Stegmaier Scythe As d'Or Grand Prix [87]
Lisa Stevens Ars Magica and Vampire: The Masquerade Hall of Fame [5]
Gertrude Strohm Popping the Question and Novel Fortune Telling [88]
CA Suleiman Vampire: The Requiem and developer of the Mummy: The Curse [89] [90]
Jerry Taylor Hammer of the Scots and Crusader Rex [91]
Bernard Tavitian Blokus Super As d'Or [92]
Klaus Teuber Catan, Adel Verpflichtet , Entdecker , Drunter und Drüber l, The Settlers of Catan, Spinnengift und Krötenschleim, Barbarossa, and Löwenherz Hall of Fame [2] [93] [5]
Spiel des Jahres (4)
Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary
David A. Trampier Dungeons & Dragons and Titan Hall of Fame [5]
Ignacy Trzewiczek Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island Hall of Fame [13]
Don Turnbull wargame and RPG designerHall of Fame [5]
Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
Jonathan Tweet Dungeons & Dragons , Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game , and Everway Hall of Fame [5]
Richard Ulrich El Grande and Princes of Florence Spiel des Jahres [94]
As d'Or Prix du Jury
Donald X. Vaccarino Kingdom Builder and Dominion Spiel des Jahres (2) [95]
Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary
Dan Verssen 7th Sea Charles S. Roberts Award [96]
Martin Wallace Age of Steam Hall of Fame [13] [5]
James M. Ward Gamma World , Metamorphosis Alpha , and Deities & Demigods , Pool of Radiance Hall of Fame [5]
David G. Watts Railway Rivals Spiel des Jahres [97]
Cole Wehrle Root , Pax Pamir , Arcs , John Company , and Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile [98]
Margaret Weis Dragonlance Hall of Fame [5]
Jordan Weisman Mage Knight and HeroClix Hall of Fame [5]
David Wesely Braunstein [99]
Tom Wham The Awful Green Things from Outer Space [100]
Skip Williams Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition [101]
Kevin Wilson 7th Sea, Spycraft, A Game of Thrones, Doom: The Boardgame, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, World of Warcraft: The Board Game, and Arkham Horror [102]
Loren Wiseman GURPS Traveller , Caesar's Legions , Twilight: 2000 , Traveller, and Going Home Hall of Fame [103] [104]
Reinhold Wittig Spiel, Wir füttern die kleinen Nilpferde, Kula Kula, and Doctor FaustHall of Fame [5]
Spiel des Jahres (4)
Christian Wolf Tutankhamen, Klondik, and Toutankhamon Kinderspiel des Jahres [105]
Super As d'Or
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Carcassonne Spiel des Jahres [106]
Erick Wujcik Amber Diceless RPG, Palladium, Rifts, and Paranoia Hall of Fame [5]
Lou Zocchi Zocchihedron die, How to $ell Your Wargame , The General Hall of Fame [5]

Paper and pen game designers

DesignerNotable workHonorsRef.
Erik Agard crossword puzzle writer for the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times [107]
David Astle creates crosswords puzzles, appearing under the name "DA", for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
Adrian Bell first compiler of The Times crossword
Tracy Bennett edits The New York Times Games products Wordle and Strands
Jacques Bens head of crosswords for L'Express and Lire .
Patrick Berry crossword puzzle creator for the The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Harper's Magazine Merl Reagle MEmoRiaL Award
Harold T. Bers crossword creator for The Atlanta Constitution , The Washington Post , and the New York Herald-Tribune; credited with inventing the themed crossword puzzle while working for The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Hall of Fame
Seth Bisen-Hersh
Joyce Cansfield
Alan Connor crossword editor for The Guardian and sets the Everyman cryptic crossword for The Observer [108] [109]
Nuala Considine
John Horton Conway Sprouts, Hackenbush, and Conway's Game of Life [110] [111]
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Ruth Crisp
Crosaire
Jonathan Crowther
Leonard Dawe crossword compiler for The Daily Telegraph
Colin Dexter crosswords for The Oxford Times .
Tom Driberg compiler of a regular, highly risqué cryptic crossword puzzle for Private Eye as "Tiresias"
Jacques Drillon
Roy Earle
Sam Ezersky
Joel Fagliano
Margaret Farrar Crossword Puzzle Hall of Fame
Jeremiah Farrell
John Finnemore
Vic Fleming
Matt Gaffney
Mangesh Ghogre
Walter B. Gibson
Bernice Gordon
Dave Gorman
John Galbraith Graham
Paul Green
Barbara Hall
John Halpern
Sarah Hayes
Francis Heaney
Tyler Hinman
Henry Hook
Jeremy Howard-Williams
Margaret Irvine
Maura Jacobson
Daniel Larsen
Frank W. Lewis
Wyna Liu
Frank Longo
Aimee Lucido
William Lutwiniak
Derrick Somerset Macnutt
Eugene T. Maleska
Don Manley
Edward Powys Mathers
Andrea Carla Michaels
Jeremy Morse
Stanley Newman
Manny Nosowsky
Pedro Ocón de Oro
Juan Ostoic
Rex Parker
Mike Paterson Sprouts [112]
Trip Payne
Georges Perec
John Pidgeon
Brendan Emmett Quigley
A. N. Prahlada Rao
Adrienne Raphel
Merl Reagle
Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
Uwe Rosenberg Agricola As d'Or Prix du Jury
Mike Selinker
Anna Shechtman
Mike Shenk
Will Shortz crossword puzzle designer for The New York Times Sam Loyd Award [113] [114]
Evelyn E. Smith
Bob Smithies
Stephen Sondheim
Roger Squires
David Steinberg
Robert Egerton Swartwout
Benjamin Tatar
Jan Buckner Walker
Will Weng
Arthur Wynne Crossword Puzzle Hall of Fame

Pinball game designers

The following is a list of notable pinball game designers (including specialists in visual, mechanical, electronic, programming, and sound design).

DesignerNotable workHonorsRef.
Python Anghelo Pin*Bot , Taxi , Big Guns , The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot, Comet, High Speed, Cyclone, Taxi, Police Force, Bad Cats, Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball, The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot, Hurricane , Fish Tales, and Popeye Saves the Earth [115] [116]
Nolan Bushnell Frenzy Hall of Fame [117]
Larry DeMar Black Knight, Jungle Lord, Space Shuttle: Pinball Adventure, High Speed, Banzai Run, FunHouse, Jack*Bot, The Addams Family, The Twilight Zone, World Cup Soccer, Defender, Stargate, Robotron: 2084, and Blaster Hall of Fame [118] [116] [119]
Brian Eddy Attack from Mars , Medieval Madness , The Shadow, FunHouse, The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot, and Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure [120] [121]
Keith Elwin Godzilla and Jurassic Park Hall of Fame [122] [123]
Dan Forden Black Knight 2000, Bad Cats, Rollergames, Riverboat Gambler, The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot, The Getaway: High Speed II, Star Trek: The Next Generation , No Fear: Dangerous Sports, Medieval Madness, Mousin' Around!, Harley-Davidson , The Party Zone, The Shadow , Attack from Mars, Safe Cracker , Revenge from Mars, The Simpsons Pinball Party, Mortal Kombat, WWF Raw, NBA Ballers, Arch Rivals, and Mortal Kombat II [116] [124]
George Gomez Johnny Mnemonic, NBA Fastbreak, Monster Bash, Revenge from Mars, The Lord of the Rings, Deadpool Hall of Fame [116] [125] [126]
Eugene Jarvis Airborne Avenger, Superman, Firepower,Space Shuttle, High Speed, and F-14 Tomcat [127]
Steve Kordek Grand Prix,Triple Action, Humpty Dumpty, and Vacation America Hall of Fame [128] [8] [129]
Ed Krynski 300 , 2001 , 4 Square , The Amazing Spider-Man, El Dorado City of Gold , Genie , Spirit of 76 , Central Park , and Big Shot Hall of Fame [116] [130]
Pat Lawlor Whirlwind, FunHouse , The Addams Family , Twilight Zone , Red & Ted's Road Show , Dialed In!, Banzai Run, Earthshaker!, No Good Gofers, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hall of Fame [116] [131]
John Popaduik Theatre of Magic, Tales of the Arabian Nights, World Cup Soccer, Star Wars Episode I , and Cirqus Voltaire [116]
Mark Ritchie Taxi , Diner , Fish Tales , Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure, Sorcerer , Big Guns,and Police Force Hall of Fame [116]
Steve Ritchie Black Knight , Firepower , High Speed , Black Knight 2000 , Terminator 2: Judgment Day , Star Trek: The Next Generation , AC/DC, Flash, Hyperball, F-14 Tomcat, Rollergames, and No Fear: Dangerous Sports Hall of Fame [132] [116]
Lyman F. Sheats Jr. The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard , Guns N' Roses, Medieval Madness, Monster Bash, Spider-Man, WWF Royal Rumble, The Walking Dead , and AC/DC Hall of Fame [133]

Video game designers

Some of the most infuencial video game designers are discussed in a books series by Bloomsbury Publishing including Todd Howard, Keiji Inafune, Eugene Jarvis, Jane Jensen, Hideo Kojima, Brenda Laurel, and Shigeru Miyamoto. [134] Ralph H. Baer is notable as an invotor of video games, designing the Magnavox Odyssey home video game system. [135]

See also

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