Sid Sackson

Sid Sackson ( born February 4, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois; † 6 November 2002 in New York) was one of the world's most famous and most successful inventor of board games ( several hundred ) and also an author of several acclaimed books, games ( " games unlike other "," card games ").

Life

In childhood he experienced the Great Recession, which uprooted his family and let them go in search of work across the country. Sacksons passion for games and inventing games developed early, at the age of eight years Sackson invented a paper and pencil game that eventually became his world box office success Acquire.

Sacksons studied "Civil and Traffic Engineer" and worked in this profession. The success of " Acquire" and other board game classics from his pen enabled him to hang on a nail this profession and to be full-time game designer. In the cellar and two rooms of his own home in the Bronx, where he lived with his wife and two children, he had a scientific archive for a huge collection of cards and board games and their rules. He had over 20 000 full games and parts of a further 50 000 Sackson was inspired by the study of these games to his own very successful creations. The number of copies sold of some of his games amounted to over 1 million.

In the scene of the demanding friends and inventor of card and board games Sackson still enjoys a legendary reputation as a genius who created complex challenges with simple, subtle rules.

Well-known games in the German speaking

Here is an excerpt from his extensive Spielografie:

  • Acquire - The Golden Pawns 2nd place 1987, 2nd place 1986, 3rd in 1983, 3rd place in 1982, German Games Price: Exemplary Rule 1983
  • Focus - Game of the Year 1981
  • Beer Stock Exchange (1979, original title: Bazaar)
  • Can not Stop (1981 )
  • Metropolis (1984 )
  • Bazaar (1986, aka Bazaar II aka Samarkand )
  • The 1 million (1987, original title: Monad, Publisher: Hexagames, Recorded on the selection list for game of the year )
  • The legacy of Maloney (1988, original title: Maloney's Inheritance )
  • Diamond Hunt (1990, original title: Sleuth )
  • The bosses (1991, original title: Venture )
  • The Super Leaf (1992, aka Buried Treasure )
  • Gold Connection (1992, aka Maverick Country )
  • Wu Hsing (1992, original title: Domino Bead Game from his book " A Gamut of Games " )
  • Coal, gravel and clay (1994, aka I'm The Boss)
  • Maasai
  • Crab fleet
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