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Alexander Randolph (4 May 1922 – 10 May 2004) was a designer of board games. Randolph's game creations include TwixT, Inkognito, Raj, Ricochet Robot, and Enchanted Forest.
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Personal and early Life
Randolph was born in a ranch at the Colorado River in Arizona. He attended school as a Swiss boarder, studying Philosophy and Semantics. 1
Career
Early Careers
Randolph spent many of his early years in various occupations, including military intelligence and as an advertising copy editor in Boston.
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 black belt in Shogi.
Randolph moved to Venice, Italy in 1968, continuing his career as a game developer.
Death
Randolph died in Venice on 10 May 2004.
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
References
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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