Richard Garfield
Moby ID: 48592
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For his first game, Magic: The Gathering, Richard Garfield was granted the patent on trading card games--now a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. Since that time, he has produced many award winning trading card games and board games including Netrunner, Robo Rally, What Were You Thinking, and Filthy Rich.
In the realm of computer gaming he has been a game designer and consultant for Electronic Arts and Microsoft. Richard was a professor of mathematics at Whitman College before he left to help start Wizards of the Coast, the original publisher of Magic, now currently owned by Hasbro. He is currently with Three Donkeys, a studio working with Mind Control Software on Mind Twist, an online strategy game.
Garfield holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Credited on 20 games
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| Roguebook (2022, Stadia) | Creative Directors |
| Artifact: Foundry (2021, Windows) | Valve |
| Crucible (2020, Windows) | Special Thanks to |
| Artifact (2018, Windows) | Valve |
| EverQuest: Empires of Kunark (2016, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes (2016, iPhone) | Special Thanks |
| Magic Duels (2015, Xbox One) | Original Magic Game Design |
| Card Hunter (2015, Windows) | Design Consultants |
| Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers (2014, Windows) | Original Magic Game Design |
| Heroes of Dragon Age (2013, Android) | Special Thanks to Three Donkeys |
| Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers (2013, Windows) | Original Magic Game Design |
| Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 (2012, iPad) | Original Magic Game Design |
| Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 (2011, Windows) | Original Magic Game Design |
| Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers (2009, Xbox 360) | Original Magic Game Design |
| Schizoid (2008, Xbox 360) | Developed by |
| Magic: The Gathering Online (2002, Windows) | Original Magic Game Design |
| Magic: The Gathering (2001, Dreamcast) | Magic® designed by |
| Magic: The Gathering (1997, Windows) | Special Thanks to |
| Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (1995, SEGA CD) | Special Thanks to |
| SimCity 2000: CD Collection (1995, Windows) | Special Thanks to |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Lisa Stevens
- 8 games with Michael Komarck
- 7 games with Mark Rosewater
- 7 games with Worth Wollpert
- 7 games with Mark L. Gottlieb
- 7 games with Jesper Myrfors
- 7 games with Christopher Rush
- 7 games with Svetlin Velinov
- 7 games with Kekai Kotaki
- 7 games with Chris Rahn
Companies
- 8 games with Valve Corporation
- 8 games with Wizards of the Coast LLC
- 6 games with Stainless Games Ltd.
- 3 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 3 games with PitStop Productions Ltd
- 3 games with VMC Game Labs
- 2 games with Formosa Interactive, LLC
- 2 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 2 games with Firelight Technologies Pty. Ltd.
- 2 games with Asterion Press s.r.l.
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