Aaron Weissblum

Aaron Weissblum (* 1964 ) is an American game designer and artist.

Weissblum studied mathematics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and then pottery in North Carolina. He founded a pottery that he ran for a few years. From around 1998 he devoted himself almost exclusively to developing games. In 1999 he published Cloud 9 on FX Schmid and together with Alan R. Moon Knights of the Rainbow . This was followed by several games developed jointly with Alan R. Moon by 2004, which received multiple awards.

In addition to his work as a freelance artist, Weissblum organizes treasure hunts.

Awards

• game of the year
  • The amulet : nomination list 2001
  • Capitol : Shortlist 2001
  • San Marco : shortlist 2001
  • Oase : list of recommendations 2004
• German Games Prize
  • Capitol : 5th place in 2001
  • San Marco : 7th place in 2001
  • The amulet : 10th place in 2001
  • New England : 8th place 2003
• Game of games
  • Lumberjack : Family Hit Games 2002
  • Europa Tour : Games hit for families 2003
• Swiss game award
  • Europe Tour : 2nd place family games
  • New England : 3rd place freak games
• Gamers Choice Award
  • San Marco : Multiplayer Winner 2002
  • Capitol : Nominated Multiplayer 2002
• Games Magazine
  • New England : Game of the Year 2004
• Jeu de l'Année
  • San Marco : nominated in 2003
• Dutch game award
  • San Marco : nominated in 2001
• Select cafeteria
  • Europa Tour / 10 Days in Africa : 2004
• à la carte card game price
  • European Tour : 3rd place 2003
  • Canal Grande : 4th place 2003

Web links

• Aaron Weissblum in the Luding games database
• Aaron Weissblum in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
• Short portrait at alea