Lech Andrzej Pijanowski (; 26 July 1928 – 6 January 1974) was a Polish film critic, broadcaster, director, screenwriter and populiser of games.

Personal life

Pijanowski was born on 26 July 1928 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

and died 6 January 1974 aged 45 in Warsaw. He is buried in Powazki Cemetery.

Games

Pijanowski contributedJuegos para gente de mente, N° 84, p. 12 the game ''Lap'', a development of '' Battleship'', to ''

A Gamut of Games ''A Gamut of Games'' is an innovative book of games written by Sid Sackson and first published in 1969. It contains rules for a large number of paper and pencil, card, and board games. Many of the games in the book had never before been publish ...

'', edited by

Sid Sackson Sid Sackson (February 4, 1920 in Chicago – November 6, 2002) was an American board game designer and collector, best known as the creator of the business game ''Acquire''. Career Sackson's most popular creation is probably the business game ''Ac ...

. In this game each player secretly divides an 8×8 grid of cells into four sectors of exactly 16 contiguous squares. Each player in turn gathers clues by asking their opponent how many cells in a particular 2×2 square belong to each sector. The first player who correctly deduces the opponent's setup wins the game.

Films

Directed: *1950 ''Dzisiejsza gazeta'' *1955 ''Dyspozycja mocy'' *1955 ''Od Wrocławia'' Screenplays: *1961 ''Droga na zachód'' (Road to the West) *1964 ''Barbara i Jan'' (TV series) *1971 ''Kłopotliwy gość'' (troublesome visitor)

References

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