Alex Randolph
Alexander Randolph (4 May 1922 – 10 May 2004) was a designer of board games. Randolph's game creations include TwixT, Breakthru, Inkognito (with Leo Colovini),[1] Raj, Ricochet Robot, and Enchanted Forest (with Michael Matschoss).[2]
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[edit] Personal and early Life
Randolph was born on a ranch by the Colorado River in Arizona. He attended school as a Swiss boarder, studying Philosophy and Semantics.[3]
[edit] Career
[edit] Early Careers
Randolph spent many of his early years in various occupations, including military intelligence and as an advertising copy editor in Boston.
[edit] Game Developer
In 1961, Randolph moved to Japan and became a professional game developer, performing initial work on TwixT. During this time he became a dan player in shogi.
Randolph moved to Venice, Italy in 1968, continuing his career as a game developer with the company Venice Connection established with Dario De Toffoli and Leo Colovini.[4]
[edit] Death
Randolph died in Venice on 27 March 2004.[4]
[edit] Awards
- Game of the Year
- 1982 for Enchanted Forest
- Children's Game of the Year
- 1989 for Gute Freunde
- 1997 for Leinen Los!
- Special Awards
- 1996 Most Beautiful Game for Venice Connection
- 1988 Most Beautiful game for Inkognito
- Hall of Fame
- 2011 induction as a designer
- 2011 induction of TwixT
[edit] References
- ^ part of interview from 1988 http://brettboard.dk/lib/talks/alex6.htm
- ^ Review of enchanted forest from about.com http://boardgames.about.com/od/childrensgamervws/fr/enchantedforest.htm
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b Game designer page on Studiogiochi website http://www.studiogiochi.com/en/autori/alex-randolph.html
[edit] External links
- Alex Randolph's games at BoardGameGeek
- A Talk with Alex Randolph (1988 interview)
- An extremely brief biography and a comprehensive list of created games
- Biography translated into English
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