Susan McKinley Ross

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Susan McKinley Ross is an American toy designer and game writer . She was best known for developing the game Qwirkle , which received international awards and the jury award Game of the Year 2011 in Germany.

biography

The Qwirkle placement game was internationally successful and awarded.

Susan McKinley Ross was an associate and toy developer at toy retailer HeartSong and founded Idea Duck in 2002 in Petaluma , north of San Francisco, as a toy manufacturer after HeartSong moved its headquarters from Northern California to Virginia . Her first own product was a Decorate a Great Snowman Set , which has been in production since 2003. In 2006 she developed the game Qwirkle based on Scrabble as one of the first games, and published it with the American game publisher MindWare. The game was added to the Mensa Select selection list in 2007 ; after translation and publication in German-speaking countries, it was awarded the Game of the Year Award in 2011 and the German Games Award in the “Games for Families” category. She worked on other games, especially for children. In 2011, for example, the game Fly with me, little owl! ( Hoot Owl Hoot! ), She also worked on different versions of her Qwirkle concept and implemented it as a Cubes variant with laying dice and as a card game Qwirkle Cards .

Ludography (selection)

Susan McKinley Ross developed a number of board games as well as several variants of the Qwirkle game :

  • 2006: Qwirkle
  • 2009: Qwirkle Cubes
  • 2010: Skippity
  • 2011: Fly with me, little owl! ( Hoot Owl Hoot! )
  • 2012: Qwirkle Trio
  • 2015: Qwirkle Cards

Awards

The game Qwirkle was added to the recommendation list Mensa Select in 2007. After translation and publication in German-speaking countries, it was awarded the Game of the Year Prize and the German Games Prize : Games for Families in 2011 .

supporting documents

  1. ^ "Qwirkle": genes of a future classic. Neue Zürcher Zeitung March 12, 2011, accessed January 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b The Story Of Idea Duck on the website of Idea Duck , accessed on 16 January 2017th
  3. ↑ Interview with Susan McKinley Ross on Garrett's Games & Geekiness podcast, accessed January 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Qwirkle on the website of the Spiel des Jahres eV ; accessed on January 16, 2017.

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personal data
SURNAME McKinley Ross, Susan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American game writer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century