Richard Borg

American board game designer

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Richard Borg is a game designer who has designed many wargames. In 2010, he was elected to the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame.

Games that Richard Borg has designed or co-designed include the following:

Liar's Dice, 1993 Spiel des Jahres winner
2000 Battle Cry (2001 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player category^[1])
2000 Hera and Zeus (2001 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player)
2001 Wyatt Earp with Mike Fitzgerald (2001 Meeples' Choice Award^[2])
2004 Memoir '44 (2004 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player category^[3] and The Wargamer 2004 Award for Excellence^[4])
2006 BattleLore (First Edition) (2007 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player)
2006 Commands & Colors: Ancients (2006 Origins Award winner for Historical Board Game of the Year^[5])
2007 Stonehenge designed with prominent game designers Richard Garfield, Bruno Faidutti, James Ernest, and Mike Selinker.
2010 Commands & Colors: Napoleonics (2012 Games Magazine Best New Historical Simulation Game Winner)
2012 Samurai Battles (2013 Origins Awards, Best Historical Board Game Winner)

Games that he designed with award-winning game designer Alan R. Moon include Warriors, Gracias, and Wongar.

References

^ "2001 International Gamers Awards Finalists and Recipients". Archived from the original on September 13, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
^ "Meeple's Choice Award Winners". Meeple's Choice Museum. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
^ "2004 International Gamers Awards Finalists and Recipients". Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
^ Gade, Pete (July 7, 2004). "Memoir '44 (Review)". The Wargamer. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2008.
^ "Origins Award Winners (2006)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2008.

Professional
wargaming

Recreational
wargaming

People

19th century	Johann Hellwig (1743–1831) Georg von Reisswitz (1794–1827) Julius von Verdy du Vernois (1832–1910) William McCarty Little (1845–1915)
20th century	H. G. Wells (1866–1946) Jack Scruby (1916–1988) Don Featherstone (1918–2013) Tony Bath (1926–2000) Charles S. Roberts (1930–2010) Allan B. Calhamer (1931–2013) Phil Barker (born 1932) Gary Gygax (1938–2008) Redmond Simonsen (1942–2005) Jim Dunnigan (born 1943) Richard Berg (1943–2019) John Hill (1945–2015) Tom Dalgliesh (born 1945) S. Craig Taylor (1946–2012) Paddy Griffith (1947–2010) Marc W. Miller (born 1947) Larry Harris, Jr. (born 1948) Don Greenwood Frank Chadwick Stephen V. Cole Greg Costikyan (born 1959) Gilbert Roberts (1900–1986)
21st century	Craig Besinque Ty Bomba Richard Borg James M. Day Mike McVey Joseph Miranda Rick Priestley Andy Chambers Mark Simonitch Jerry Taylor Dan Verssen Martin Wallace Matt Ward

Organizations

Groups	Castle & Crusade Society Game Manufacturers Association International Federation of Wargaming International Wargames Federation Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers
Events	Charles S. Roberts Award Gen Con Origins Game Fair Origins Award World Boardgaming Championships