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Rob Daviau is an American

game designer Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in ...

known for creating legacy board gaming.

Career

He has guest lectured at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern t ...

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

, and

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, ...

on game design and has been a visiting professor of game design at

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mo ...

. In 1998, Daviau joined

Hasbro Hasbro, Inc. (; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of K ...

as a writer for text-heavy games like

Trivial Pursuit ''Trivial Pursuit'' is a board game in which winning is determined by a player's ability to answer trivia and popular culture questions. Players move their pieces around a board, the squares they land on determining the subject of a question ...

and

Taboo A taboo or tabu is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, sacred, or allowed only for certain persons.''Encyclopædia Britannic ...

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

Bibliography

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. ''Risk 2210 A.D.'' is a 2–5 player board game by Avalon Hill that is a futuristic variant of the classic board game ''Risk''. ''Risk 2210 A.D.'' was designed by Rob Daviau and Craig Van Ness and first released in 2001. In 2002, it won the Origi ...

'' with Craig Van Ness (2001 Origins Awards Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Winner) *2004 ''

Betrayal at House on the Hill ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'' is a board game published by Avalon Hill in 2004, designed by Bruce Glassco and developed by Rob Daviau, Bill McQuillan, Mike Selinker, and Teeuwynn Woodruff. Players all begin as allies exploring a haunted hou ...

'' 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 Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the compan ...

*2021 '' Return to Dark Tower'' with Isaac Childres and Restoration Games. *2022 ''Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn'' pcomingwith Stephen Baker

References

External links

Rob Daviau: boardgamegeek.com designer entry
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