Richard Garfield
Game designer
1963 –
Who is Richard Garfield?
Richard Channing Garfield is the American game designer who created Magic: The Gathering, the first collectible card game. Magic debuted in 1993, and its success spawned many imitations. Garfield oversaw the successful growth of Magic and followed it with other exceptional game designs. Garfield also designed the CCGs Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, Star Wars Trading Card Game, the card game The Great Dalmuti, and the board game RoboRally. He also created a variation of the game Hearts called Complex hearts. Garfield first became passionate about games when he played the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, and Magic is similar to a roleplaying game in many ways. Garfield and Magic are in the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1963
Philadelphia - Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Science
Computer Science and Mathematics
( - 1985) - Doctorate, University of Pennsylvania
Combinatorial mathematics
- Bachelor of Science
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on July 23, 2013
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