Richard Garfield
Richard Channing Garfield (born June 26, 1963) is an American mathematician, inventor and game designer. Garfield created Magic: The Gathering, which is considered to be the first collectible card game (CCG). Magic debuted in 1993 and its success spawned many imitations.[1] Garfield oversaw the successful growth of Magic and followed it with other game designs.[2] Included in these are Keyforge, Netrunner, BattleTech(CCG), Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, Star Wars Trading Card Game, The Great Dalmuti, Artifact and the board game RoboRally. He also created a variation of the card game Hearts called Complex Hearts.[3] Garfield first became passionate about games when he played the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons,[4] so he designed Magic decks to be customizable like roleplaying characters.[5] Garfield and Magic are both in the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame.[6]
Richard Garfield | |
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.jpg) Richard Garfield at Spiel 2014 | |
| Born | Richard Channing Garfield June 26, 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | Mathematician, inventor, game designer |
| Known for | Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner |
| Relatives | James A. Garfield (Great-Great-Grandfather) |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | On the residue classes of combinatorial families of numbers (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Wilf |
| Website | www |