Richard Garfield

Richard Garfield is a game designer most notable for creating Magic: The Gathering. While not majorly involved in Magic currently, he still contributes to the design of some sets. He has a BS in Computer Mathematics and a PhD in Combinatorial Mathematics. You can read his thesis here, but if you don't understand it, it's sufficient to say he's good at math. His games tend to have quite a logical bent to them. If you're playing a Richard Garfield game, stack your bonuses.

Genealogy

Richard's great-great-grandfather is 20th U.S. President, James A. Garfield; and Richard's grand-uncle invented the paper clip.

Games Designed

Shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia:

• Magic: The Gathering (1993), collectible card game
• RoboRally (1994), board game
• Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (1994), collectible card game
• The Great Dalmuti (1995), card game
• Netrunner (1996), collectible card game
• BattleTech CCG (1996), collectible card game
• Dilbert: Corporate Shuffle (1997), card game
• Filthy Rich (1998), board game
• Twitch (1998), card game
• Star Wars Trading Card Game (2002), collectible card game
• Pecking Order (2006), board game
• Rocketville (2006), board game
• Stonehenge (2007), board game anthology
• Spectromancer (2008), online card game
• Schizoid (2008), console action game
• Kard Combat (2011), iOS Game
• King of Tokyo (2011), board game
• SolForge (2012), iOS Game
• Android: Netrunner (2012), collectible card game
• Artifact (2018), Valve's Dota2 themed online collectible card game
• Keyforge (2018), a card game with a strange distribution model

Socks

Richard has (or at least had) a tendency to wear mismatching socks [1]

See Also

• Richard Garfield on Wikipedia
• Richard Garfield on Board Game Geek