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Redmond Simonsen
Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 – March 9, 2005) was an American graphic artist and game designer best known for his work at the board wargame company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Simonsen was considered an innovator in game information graphics, and is credited with creating the term "game designer". As art director at SPI Simonsen supervised the release of over 400 game titles, and had game design or development credit for over twenty games. In addition, he variously held positions of executive art editor and co-editor or executive editor for the SPI magazines '' Strategy & Tactics'', ''MOVES'' and ''Ares''. Simonsen was the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame inductee for 1977. He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo's 2008 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck. Early life Simonsen was born and raised in Inwood, Manhattan, the second son of Astri Nordlie Simonse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famous Game Designer Trading Cards
''Famous Game Designer Trading Cards'' are a series of trading cards first published by Flying Buffalo in 1992 that feature well-known game designers. Contents In 1992, Rick Loomis of Flying Buffalo put together a deck of low-budget trading cards featuring seven contemporary game designers who had been inducted into the GAMA Hall of Fame: * himself * Frank Chadwick * Jim Dunnigan * Steve Jackson (the American game designer, not the British game designer) * Marc Miller * Redmond Simonsen * Greg Stafford. When asked how he had chosen the seven designers, Loomis replied, "This first batch was selected by taking the first seven who sent me a photo!" The 2½" x 3½" cards were originally printed in black and white and packaged in a ziplock bag. The front features a photo of the game designer, year of induction into the GAMA Hall of Fame, hometown, best- and worst-designed games, the person's favorite game designed by someone else, and a quote from the individual. The back of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |