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 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. Provided by Wikipedia