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Alexander Randolph (4 May 1922 – 28 April 2004) was an American designer of board games and writer. Randolph's game creations include TwixT, Breakthru, Inkognito (with Leo Colovini),〔part of interview from 1988 http://brettboard.dk/lib/talks/alex6.htm〕 Raj, Ricochet Robot, and Enchanted Forest (with Michael Matschoss).〔Review of enchanted forest from about.com http://boardgames.about.com/od/childrensgamervws/fr/enchantedforest.htm〕 Randolph was a son of self-described "rich parents" who attended private school in Switzerland. 〔()〕 He spent his early years in various occupations, including military intelligence and as an advertising copy editor in Boston. ==Game Developer== In 1961, Randolph moved to Japan and became a professional game developer, performing initial work on TwixT. During this time he became a dan player in shogi. In 1962, Randolph (along with Sid Sackson) was commissioned to start a new game division for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (also known as 3M). Through 3M, Randolph created and published such games as Breakthru, Evade, Oh-Wah-Ree, and TwixT. Randolph moved to Venice, Italy in 1968, continuing his career as a game developer with the company Venice Connection established with Dario De Toffoli and Leo Colovini.〔Game designer page on Studiogiochi website http://www.studiogiochi.com/en/autori/alex-randolph.html〕 Randolph died aged 82 in Venice on 28 April 2004.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Randolph」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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