Robert Abbott
Robert Abbott (March 2, 1933 - February 20, 2018 ) was an American game designer .
Robert Abbott invented games from the age of 14. During his studies at the University of Colorado in 1956 he invented the card game Eleusis , which was made famous in 1959 by an article in Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games column in the June 1959 issue of the American science magazine Scientific American . In 1963 Abbott's book "Abbott's New Card Games" was published, in which he introduced seven other novel card games in addition to Eleusis. Abbott worked as a computer programmer in New York ; he lived in Florida since his retirement . He also made up puzzles, some of which could be found on his homepage.
Ludography (selection)
- 1956: Eleusis
- 1960: What's That on My Head?
- 1969: Crossings
- 1974: Egghead (German edition of What's That on My Head? )
- 1975: Epaminondas , Game of the Year - 1980 shortlist
- 1986: Code 777 (variant of What's That on My Head? Which was developed by Alex Randolph ), Game of the Year - selection list 1986
literature
- Robert Abbott: Card Game as Art. Langewiesche-Brandt , Ebenhausen near Munich 1975, ISBN 978-3-7846-0073-4
- Robert Abbott: Card Game as Art. DTV , 1983, ISBN 978-3-423-10165-3
- Robert Abbott: Mad Mazes: Intriguing Mind Twisters for Puzzle Buffs, Game Nuts and Other Smart People , Adams Media Corporation , 1990, ISBN 978-1-55850-142-3
Web links
- www.logicmazes.com Homepage of Robert Abbott (English)
- Robert Abbott in the Luding games database
- Robert Abbott at Franjos
- Robert Abbott in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary accessed on April 25, 2019
- ↑ Games I Did Not Invent But Which Have My Name on Them at logicmazes.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abbott, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American game writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1933 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th February 2018 |