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 …

Richard Channing Garfield, Jr., Ph.D. (born 1966) is a mathematics professor and a game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: …

Richard Channing Garfield (born June 26, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a game designer and mathematics professor who is known for creating the very popular card game Magic: The …

Oct 11, 2024 · Richard Garfield knows what gamers want. More than any person alive, he’s responsible for how games of all kinds are discussed, thought of, and played.

Nov 9, 2023 · Richard Garfield has been the godfather of trading card games since reinventing the idea of a card game with Magic: The Gathering 30 years ago.

Sep 4, 2023 · During this time, Garfield was juggling game design with what he thought would be his future in academia. He defended his thesis, becoming Richard Garfield, Ph.D. in the …

Feb 20, 2014 · The creator of Magic is a man named Richard Garfield, a game designer with a PhD in combinatorial math.

Mar 12, 2013 · Here the game's creator, Richard Garfield, muses on the design challenges of the collectable trading card game and recounts the game's eventful playtest history.

Richard Garfield, born on June 26, 1963, spent his childhood traversing the globe due to his father's profession as an architect. His passion for puzzles and games ignited after his …

But he’s worked in a variety of genres beyond digital card games, from shmups to auto battlers, the latter of which has become something of a preoccupation for Garfield.