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Sam Lewis (game Designer)
Sam Lewis is an American designer of board games and former line developer of the ''Renegade Legion'' line in FASA Corporation. He was also president of FASA for a time. Background He holds an MBA in economics from Northwestern University, which he obtained in 1983. In 1983, he was credited as the designers of Mayfair Games' ''Dragonriders of Pern'' licensed game after a novel by Anne McCaffrey. After Jordan Weisman founded the company which would become Virtual World Entertainment, Sam Lewis became president of FASA. By 1994, ''Renegade Legion'' had been dropped from production, and when Paul Lidberg - president of Crunchy Frog Enterprises - sought a full ''Battletech'' license from FASA, Lewis convinced Lidberg to license ''Renegade Legion'' instead. For FASA, he created the individual combat game '' Battletroops'' in their ''Battletech'' game universe, and is credited for the adaption thereof under the name ''DMZ'' in the ''Shadowrun'' universe. Apart from that, he was res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a competition between two or more players. To show a few examples: in checkers (British English name 'draughts'), a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. '' Pandemic'' is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person. There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as ''Cluedo''. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in snakes and ladders; to deeply complex, as in ''Advanced Squad Leader''. Play components now often include custom figures or shaped counters, and distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
