Alexander Randolph (4 May 1922 – 10 May 2004) was a designer of board games. Randolph's game creations include TwixT, Breakthru, Inkognito, Raj, Ricochet Robot, and Enchanted Forest.
Randolph was born in a ranch at the Colorado River in Arizona. He attended school as a Swiss boarder, studying Philosophy and Semantics.
Randolph spent many of his early years in various occupations, including military intelligence and as an advertising copy editor ...
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Alexander Randolph (4 May 1922 – 10 May 2004) was a designer of board games. Randolph's game creations include TwixT, Breakthru, Inkognito, Raj, Ricochet Robot, and Enchanted Forest.
Randolph was born in a ranch at the Colorado River in Arizona. He attended school as a Swiss boarder, studying Philosophy and Semantics.
Randolph spent many of his early years in various occupations, including military intelligence and as an advertising copy editor in Boston.
In 1961, Randolph moved to Japan and became a professional game developer, performing initial work on TwixT. During this time, he became a black belt in Shogi.
Randolph moved to Venice, Italy in 1968, continuing his career as a game developer.
Randolph died in Venice on 10 May 2004.
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