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Redmond A. Simonsen
Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 – March 9, 2005)〔"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP9S-MYZ : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Redmond A Simonsen, 9 March 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).〕 was an American graphic artist and game designer best known for his work at the board wargame company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Simonsen was considered an innovator in game information graphics,〔(Redmond Simonsen )〕 and is credited with creating the term "game designer".〔〔http://www.alanemrich.com/CSR_pages/Museum/Simonsen/CSR_Simonsen_Costikyan.pdf〕
As art director at SPI Simonsen supervised the release of over 400 game titles,〔(The New York Times > Obituaries > Redmond A. Simonsen, 62, Maker of Strategic Board Games, Dies )〕 and had game design or development credit for over twenty games. In addition, he variously held positions of executive art editor and co-editor or executive editor for the SPI magazines ''Strategy & Tactics'', ''MOVES'' and ''Ares''. Simonsen was the Charles S. Roberts Awards Hall of Fame inductee for 1977.〔http://www.alanemrich.com/CSR_pages/CSR1977.htm〕 He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo's 2008 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Poker Deck )〕
== Early life ==
Simonsen was born and raised in Inwood, Manhattan, the second son of Astri Nordlie Simonsen and August Emil Simonsen, an immigrant from Norway. His father was a high ironworker who died in a fall from a building; his mother then worked as a domestic and raised her three children August, Lois, and Redmond.〔http://www.alanemrich.com/CSR_pages/Museum/Simonsen/CSR_Simonsen_Smith.pdf〕 Simonsen attended the Stuyvesant High School from 1956-1960. He served two tours in the United States Air Force, and was accepted for enrollment at Cooper Union, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1964.〔(OSG Forums - View Single Post - Redmond A. Simonsen, 1942-2005 )〕 Subsequent work as a graphic artist included designing the book jacket for ''Is Paris Burning?'' (1965), album covers for London Records, and KOOL cigarette advertisements. He also worked as a photographer, and sold pictures to ''TIME'', ''Newsweek'' and ''The New York Times''.〔(StrategyPage.com - Measure of respect- Obituary: Redmond A Simonsen (1942-2005) )〕
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