My Favorite Game Designers and Interactive Artists

a list of my favorite game designers and interactive artists

My favorite game designers and interactive artists are:

• Richard Garfield

• Alan R. Moon

• James Ernest

• Chris Crawford

• Kris Burm

• Oskar van Deventer

• Greg Stafford

• Karl-Heinz Schmiel

• Sid Sackson

• Eric Solomon

• Andy Looney

• Miguel Sicart

• Roger Caillois

• Bernard Suits

• Eric Goldberg

• Glenn Drover

• Wolfgang Kramer

• Alex Randolph

• Reinhard Staupe

• Tom Jolly

• Tom Wham

• Lewis Pulsipher

• Peter Olotka

• Bill Eberle

• Jack Kittredge

• Warren Spector

• David “Zeb” Cook

• Leo Colovini

• Greg Costikyan

• (Everyone who contributed to the world of Slobbovia)

• James Kyle

• Ron Hale-Evans

• Stephan Hand

• Stephan Baker

• Stefan Dorra

• Richard Halliwell

• Bob Harris

• Richard Hamblen

• Ronald Wettering

• Rick Priestley

• Nigel Stillman

• Michael Schacht

• Mike Hayes

• Dominique Ehrhard

• The Boston Logical Society, or W. W. Swilling

• Joli Quentin Kansil

• Bruno Faidutti

• Spartaco Albertarelli

• Allan B. Calhamer

• Albert Lamorisse

• Dave Williams II

• Fréderic Moyersoen

• David R. Megarry

• Jakob Bonds

• Thomas Fackler

• Dan Glimne

• Kai Haferkamp

• Steve Jackson

• Steve Jackson (The Southern one)

• Ian Livingstone

• Frederick “Fred” Paul Funk III (Fred’s World)

• Gary Dicken

• Steve & Phil Kendall

• Jeffrey Neil Bellinger

• Martin Gardner

• John Horton Conway

• Peter Suber

• Douglas Hofstadter

• Andrew McNeil

• Pierre Cléquin

• Derek Carver

• Urs Hostettler

• Charlie Catino

• Kevin Wilson

• Alan Emrich (his website)

• Robin D. Laws

• James Wallis

• Thomas Liesching

• Douglas Malewicki

• James Koplow

• Reiner Knizia (early)

• Ge Wang

• Miller Puckette

• Jeff Minter

• Andy Jones

• Paul Peterson

• Dirk Liekens

• Corné van Moorsel

• Wil Dijkstra & Ben van Dijk

• Walter Obert

• Doris Matthäus

• Frank Nestel

• Walter Müller

• Franz-Benno Delonge

• Jody Porter

• Bill Payne

• Rudi Hoffmann

• Frank Branham

• Terence Peter Donnelly

• Klaus Palesch

• H. Jean Vanaise

• Knut Müller

• Kai Krause

• George Rhoads

• George S. Parker

• Marvin Glass

• Rube Goldberg

• …and many other unknown designers of our century…

GAMES I LIKE: Cosmic Encounter, Cosmic Wimpout, Ice Pyramids, Heimlich & Co., Illuminati, Borderlands (Gearworld), Junta, Aquire, Dune, Talisman, Dungeonquest, Heroquest, Space Hulk, Kremlin, Zendo, Mertwig’s Maze, I’m The Boss, Niagara, Enchanted Forest, Marrakesh, Warrior Knights, Diplomacy, Classic Warlord, Risk, Torres, Quo Vadis?, Magical Athelte, 10 Days in the USA, Hoax, Democrazy, etc.

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