David G. Watts

David Gwyn Watts ( born September 3, 1932 in Purfleet, Essex ) is a British game designer and former publisher of rust Herne games. His biggest success was the excellent 1984 Game of the Year Strategy Game Dampfross.

Life

Watts grew up in South Wales and worked from 1957 as a teacher of geography in an elementary school in Milford Haven, Wales and tried connected to a railway game to his students the landscapes of Wales ' almost bring by yourself drawn maps. From 1973, he sold his game, particularly in schools, they used as an aid in the history and geography lessons. His publisher Rostherne Games was named after the name of his home in Milford Haven, this then drove the game as Railway Rivals empty hexes cards, where the players had to draw in the cities, rivers and mountains themselves. The German company Bütehorn acquired the license in 1979 and came with steam Ross and prefabricated cards for the first time on the market. After the bankruptcy of Bütehorn marketed in 1983 Schmidt Spiel Freizeit the game. When Watts was offered an early retirement in the same year, he has accepted this and continued working as a freelance game designer. Until 1992, he has designed over 70 Dampfross cards.

1998 Watts sat to rest and sold Rostherne games. Watts is married since 1958 and has three children.

Games (selection)

Dampfross was also in several other countries out successfully and Watts made ​​some additional cards, including a geography of China. In addition to this success, he invented numerous other games: