Alex Randolph (4 May 1922 - 10 May 2004) was a designer of board games. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (131st in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Randolph's game creations include TwixT, Inkognito, Raj, Ricochet Robot, and Enchanted Forest. TwixT is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Alex Randolph. ...

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] The Colorado River from the bottom of Marble Canyon, in the Upper Grand Canyon Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from Desert View The Colorado River from Laughlin The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,330 km) long... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... The philosopher Socrates about to take poison hemlock as ordered by the court. ... Semantics (Greek semantikos, giving signs, significant, symptomatic, from sema, sign) refers to the aspects of meaning that are expressed in a language, code, or other form of representation. ...

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. TwixT is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Alex Randolph. ... Shogi ), or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. ...

Randolph moved to Venice, Italy in 1968, continuing his career as a game developer. Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ...

Death

Randolph died in Venice on 10 May 2004. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (131st in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Awards

Spiel des Jahres The Spiel des Jahres (German for Game of the Year) is arguably the most prestigious board game award for German-style board games. ...

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

External links

• A Talk with Alex Randolph (1988 interview)
• An extremely brief biography and a comprehensive list of created games