Michael Bennighof | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
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Michael Bennighof is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games.
Early life and education
Mike Bennighof is a Fulbright Scholar, and holds a doctorate in history from Emory University. [1] He has played and coached semi-pro football, taught college, worked as a newspaper reporter, and shoveled gravel professionally. [1]
Career
Bennighof has been designing games since the early 1980s, working on over 100 titles as a designer or developer. [1] Bennighof is president of Avalanche Press, Ltd., a publisher of traditional board wargames. [1] He has won Origins Awards both for wargame design ( U.S. Navy Plan Orange) and role-playing game design ( Celtic Age). [1] He scripted the Panzer General II (for which he also designed the maps [2]) and Destroyer Commander computer games, among others; designed such games as Survival of the Witless, Panzer Grenadier, and Great War at Sea; and was the author of the infamous book, Black Flags. [1] Great War at Sea received awards at the Origins Awards in 1998 and 1999. [3] [4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Bennighof, Mike (2007). " PanzerBlitz". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 227–230. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
- ^ Coleman, Terry (August 1997). "Herr General, It Is Time for You to Return to Battle!" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 157. p. 76. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ^ "List of Winners Presented at Origins 1999". Archived from the original on October 31, 2007.
- ^ "List of Winners Presented at Origins 2000". Archived from the original on May 5, 2009.