Dan Verssen is an American

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designer who in 2002 founded Dan Verssen Games in

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. Verssen is credited as the designer of over 100 board games or game items. His first game design Modern Naval Battles, which was published by 3W Games in 1989, won several awards including the 1989

Charles S. Roberts Award The Charles S. Roberts Awards (or CSR Awards) is an annual award for excellence in the historical wargaming hobby. It was named in honor of Charles S. Roberts the "Father of Wargaming" who founded Avalon Hill. The award is informally called a "C ...

for "Best Post–World War Two or Modern Game". He started designing games while he was in high school. Verssen has also designed games for companies such as

Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company' ...

GMT Games GMT Games is a California-based wargaming publisher founded in 1990. The company has become well known for graphically attractive games that range from "monster games", of many maps and counters, to quite simple games suitable for introducing new ...

Decision Games Decision Games is a wargaming company founded by Christopher Cummins that publishes ''Strategy & Tactics'' magazine. The company has bought the rights to many Simulations Publications games and is reprinting many of them, as well as creating new, ...

, and

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. His wife Holly is often the developer of his games.

References

External links

Dan Verssen: boardgamegeek.com designer entry

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