- Sid Sackson
Sid Sackson (
February 4 ,1920 , Chicago–November 6 ,2002 ) was a significant Americanboard game designer and collector.His most popular creation is probably the business game "
Acquire ". Other games he designed include "Can't Stop" and "Focus" ("Domination"), which won the prestigious GermanSpiel des Jahres game design award in 1981.Other notable works include his books, especially "
A Gamut of Games " and "Card Games Around the World "; both titles include a large array of rules for games both new and old, and Sackson himself invented a number of the games covered by these works.For several years in the mid-1970s, Sid Sackson wrote a monthly column for
Strategy & Tactics magazine called "Sackson on Games" in which he reviewed games (other than wargames).Sackson collected games throughout his life; at the time of his death, his collection was estimated at over 18,000 titles. Many of those were unique, sent to him by hopeful game developers who wanted Sackson's advice. At one point in his life, Sackson turned down an offer to bring his collection elsewhere for permanent safekeeping; the games were sold at a series of
auction s after his death, breaking up the collection.Games
Some of Sackson's notable games include:
*"Acquire "
*"Bowling Solitaire "
*"BuyWord "
*"Can't Stop"
*"Fields of Action "
*"Focus"
*"Haggle"
*"I'm the Boss! "
*"Poke"
*"The No Game "Links and references
* Sackson, Sid, "Card Games Around the World", ISBN 0-486-27347-4
* Sackson, Sid, "A Gamut of Games", ISBN 0-486-28100-0
* "Sid Sackson Game Collection Auction", http://boardgames.about.com/cs/sacksonauction/
* "The Great Games of Sid Sackson", http://www.webnoir.com/bob/sackson.htm
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