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Jun 26, 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 61 years old
American game designer
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About Richard Garfield
- 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 modern collectible card game (CCG).
- Magic debuted in 1993 and its success spawned many imitations.
- Garfield oversaw the successful growth of Magic and followed it with other game designs.
- Included in these are Keyforge, Netrunner, BattleTech(CCG), Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, Star Wars Trading Card Game, The Great Dalmuti, Artifact, and the board game RoboRally.
- He also created a variation of the card game Hearts called Complex Hearts.
- Garfield first became passionate about games when he played the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, so he designed Magic decks to be customizable like roleplaying characters.
- Garfield and Magic are both in the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame.
