Redmond A. Simonsen | |
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 Simonsen posthumously honored as the King of Clubs in Flying Buffalo's Famous Game Designer Trading Cards, 2008 | |
| Born | Redmond Aksel Simonsen June 18, 1942 Inwood, Manhattan, United States |
| Died | March 9, 2005 (aged 62) Garland, Texas, US |
| Resting place | Saint Johns Union Cemetery (Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania) |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Wargames |
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Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 – March 9, 2005)[1] was an American graphic artist and game designer best known for his work at the board wargame company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Simonsen was considered an innovator in game information graphics,[2] and is credited with creating the term "game designer".[3]: 98 [4]
As art director at SPI Simonsen supervised the release of over 400 game titles,[5] and had game design or development credit for over twenty games. In addition, he variously held positions of executive art editor and co-editor or executive editor for the SPI magazines Strategy & Tactics, MOVES and Ares. Simonsen was the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame inductee for 1977.[6] He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo's 2008 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.[7]
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP9S-MYZ : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Redmond A Simonsen, 9 March 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ^ "Redmond Simonsen". February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-02-02.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Fox, Margalit (March 16, 2005). "Redmond A. Simonsen, 62, Maker of Strategic Board Games, Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ "1977". Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ "Poker Deck". Flying Buffalo. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2014.