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Rob Daviau

Rob Daviau is an American game designer known for creating legacy board gaming.

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Career edit

He has guest lectured at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and New York University on game design and has been a visiting professor of game design at Hampshire College.[1] In 1998, Daviau joined Hasbro as a writer for text-heavy games like Trivial Pursuit and Taboo.[2]

Daviau is a co-founder of Restoration Games which "specializes in resurrecting older games and giving them new life".[3]

Bibliography edit

Games that Rob Daviau has designed or co-designed include the following:

  • 2000 Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit with Alan Roach and Craig Van Ness (2001 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player category)
  • 2001 Axis & Allies: Pacific with Stephen Baker and Larry Harris Jr. (2001 Origins Awards Best Historical Board Game Winner)
  • 2001 Risk 2210 A.D. with Craig Van Ness (2001 Origins Awards Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Winner)
  • 2004 Betrayal at House on the Hill with Mike Selinker, Bruce Glassco, Bill McQuillan, and Teeuwynn Woodruff (2004 Origins Awards Gamers' Choice Award Winner; 2005 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Advanced Game Nominee)
  • 2004 Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie with Stephen Baker and Craig Van Ness
  • 2011 Risk Legacy with Chris Dupuis (2012 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Winner)
  • 2015 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 with Matt Leacock (2015 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Winner; 2016 SXSW Tabletop Game of the Year Winner; 2016 Dragon Awards Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Winner)
  • 2016 SeaFall with JR Honeycutt
  • 2017 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 with Matt Leacock (2018 Spiel des Jahres Special Prize Winner)
  • 2018 Betrayal Legacy with Avalon Hill
  • 2020 Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 with Matt Leacock
  • 2021 Return to Dark Tower with Isaac Childres and Restoration Games.[4]
  • 2023 Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn with Stephen Baker[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Rob Daviau bio at robdaviau.com". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  2. ^ "The Legacy of Rob Daviau, the man who helped flip boardgames on their head". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  3. ^ a b Hall, Charlie (2022-04-21). "New Dragonlance board game was designed by Rob Daviau and Stephen Baker". Polygon. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  4. ^ Dohm-Sanchez, Jeffrey (January 15, 2020). "Classic Game 'Return to Dark Tower' Gets a Makeover". ICv2. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

External links edit

  • Rob Daviau: boardgamegeek.com designer entry


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