Alex Randolph
Alexander Randolph (4 May 1922 – 28 April 2004) was an American designer of board games and writer. Randolph's game creations include TwixT, Breakthru, Inkognito (with Leo Colovini),[1] Raj, Ricochet Robot, and Enchanted Forest (with Michael Matschoss).[2]
Randolph was a son of self-described "rich parents" who attended private school in Switzerland. [3] He spent his early years in various occupations, including military intelligence and as an advertising copy editor in Boston.[citation needed]
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.
In 1962, Randolph (along with Sid Sackson) was commissioned to start a new game division for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (also known as 3M). Through 3M, Randolph created and published such games as Breakthru, Evade, Oh-Wah-Ree, and TwixT.[4]
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.[5]
Randolph died aged 82 in Venice on 28 April 2004.[4]
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
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]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Game designer page on Studiogiochi website http://www.studiogiochi.com/en/autori/alex-randolph.html
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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