Philip E. Orbanes

Philip "Phil" E. Orbanes (* in Somers Point , New Jersey ) is an American game writer , game publisher and Monopoly expert.

Life

Orbanes graduated from the Case Institute of Technology . In 1965 Orbanes founded the games publisher Gamescience to publish his conflict simulation Vietnam . After three years he sold the publishing house to the toy manufacturer Renwal . Orbane then developed conflict simulations for SPI . He then worked for the publisher Gamut of Games , where he a. a. together with Sid Sackson brought out some games. From 1976 Orbanes was responsible for the games division of the Ideal Toy Company , the second largest American toy manufacturer at the time.

He joined Parker Brothers three years later , where he was head of game development for eleven years. During this time he held back as a game designer. He has published various Monopoly variants and is considered one of the greatest Monopoly experts in the world; from 1979 to 1992 he was chief referee at the US and the World Cup. He has edited various books on Monopoly and Parker Brothers.

In 1990 he published the game Trumpet , which was Game of the Year at Games Magazine in 1991.

In 1995 Orbanes founded the game publisher Winning Moves together with Tom Kremer, Alex Randolph and Mike Meyers .

Orbanes and his wife Anna have two sons; the eldest son, Philip C. Orbanes, is vice-president of Winning Moves.

Ludography

• 1965: Vietnam at Gamescience
• 1967: Confrontation at Gamescience
• 1967: Confrontation Expansion Kit at Gamescience
• 1971: The Next President (together with Jim Dunnigan , Terence M. Holland ) at Reiss Games
• 1972: 1812 (together with John Michael Young ) at SPI
• 1972: The Franco-Prussian War (together with Jim Dunnigan , Redmond A. Simonsen ) at SPI
• 1973: Cartel at Gamut of Games
• 1973: Realm (together with Sid Sackson ) at Gamut of Games
• 1974: The 6 Pack of Paper and Pencil Games (together with Sid Sackson ) at Gamut of Games
• 1974: Infinity at Gamut of Games
• 1974: Ta Kai (together with Joli Kansil ) at Gamut of Games
• 1974: The War of the Worlds II at Rand Game Associates
• 1975: Diamond Head Game at Gamut of Games
• 1976: Build Puzzle Town at Gamut of Games
• 1976: Strike it Rich at Gamut of Games
• 1976: Surprise Attack! at Gamut of Games
• 1978: Doctor, Doctor! at ideal
• 1979: Electronic Detective at Ideal
• 1982: Monopoly Playmaster at Parker Brothers
• 1990: Trumpet at Mattel et al
• 1996: Priceless (together with Tom Kremer ) at Winning Moves
• 1997: Ultimate Backgammon (together with Charles Phillips , Steven Strumpf ) at Winning Moves
• 2000: Canasta Caliente at Parker Brothers / Winning Moves
• 2000: Monopoly - The Card Game at Winning Moves
• 2001: Rummy 21 (together with Daniel Samoilovich ) at Winning Moves
• 2002: Clue - The Card Game at Winning Moves
• 2002: Monopoly - The Card Game Deluxe at Winning Moves
• 2005: Forbidden at Winning Moves
• 2006: 25 Words or Less - People, Places and Things Edition at Winning Moves
• 2006: Conquest of Pangea at Immortal Eyes
• 2006: Conquest of Pangea: Atlantis at Immortal Eyes
• 2006: Monopoly - Mega Edition at Winning Moves
• 2009: Cir Kis at Hasbro / Winning Moves

literature

• Orbanes, Philip: The Monopoly Companion , First. Edition, Bob Adams, Inc., 1988, ISBN 1-55850-950-X .
• Orbanes, Philip: The Monopoly Companion: The Players Guide , Second. Edition, Adams Media Corporation, 1999, ISBN 1-58062-175-9 .
• Orbanes, Philip E .: Rook in a Book . Winning Moves, Inc., 1999, ISBN 1-891056-25-5 .
• Orbanes, Philip E .: The Canasta Story . In: The Games Journal . August 2000. Retrieved September 13, 2006.
• Orbanes, Philip E .: Acquiring Game Rights . In: The Games Journal . September 2000. Retrieved September 13, 2006.
• Orbanes, Philip E .: The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit , First. Edition, Harvard Business School Press, 2004, ISBN 1-59139-269-1 .
• Orbanes, Philip E .: Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game - And How it Got that Way , First. Edition, Da Capo Press, 2006, ISBN 0-306-81489-7 .
• Orbanes, Philip: The Monopoly Companion: The Players Guide , Third. Edition, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007, ISBN 978-1-4027-5406-7 .

Web links

• Phil Orbanes: From Vietnam to Monopoly (PDF file; 76 kB) by Knut-Michael Wolf in Spielbox 7/2009, page 5
• Philip Orbanes in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
• Philip Orbanes in the Luding games database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Down the Shore with ... Philip E. Orbanes of January 13, 2008 (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Philip Orbanes ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at The Literary Group International (English) 
3. ↑ Winning Moves: Company  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at winningmoves.de  
4. ↑ Remembering Sid Sackson ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at gamersalliance.com (English)