- Alex Randolph
Alexander Randolph (4 May 1922 – 10 May 2004) was a designer of board games. Randolph's game creations include
TwixT , Inkognito, Raj,Ricochet Robot , and Enchanted Forest.Personal and early Life
Randolph was born in a ranch at the
Colorado River inArizona . He attended school as a Swiss boarder, studyingPhilosophy andSemantics . [ [http://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/cgi-bin/luding/AuthorData.py?f=00Q%5EE4W&authorid=104] ]Career
Early Careers
Randolph spent many of his early years in various occupations, including military intelligence and as an advertising copy editor in Boston.
Game Developer
In 1961, Randolph moved to
Japan and became a professional game developer, performing initial work onTwixT . During this time, he became a black belt inShogi .Randolph moved to
Venice ,Italy in 1968, continuing his career as a game developer.Death
Randolph died in Venice on 10 May 2004.
Awards
Spiel des Jahres :"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
References
External links
* [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/designer/24 Alex Randolph's games] at
BoardGameGeek
* [http://www.brettboard.dk/lib/alex.htm A Talk with Alex Randolph (1988 interview)]
* [http://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/cgi-bin/luding/AuthorData.py?f=00Q%5EE4W&authorid=104 An extremely brief biography and a comprehensive list of created games]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.franjos.de/autoren/ddautd.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.franjos.de/autoren/ddautd.htm%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Biography translated into English]
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