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词条 Paul Randles
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Health

  4. References

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Paul Joseph Randles (December 16, 1965 – February 10, 2003[1][2]) was an American game designer who designed German-style board games.

Early life

Paul Randles was a native of Seattle, Washington.[3]

Career

Randles began his game development career Wizards of the Coast, where he worked on board games and card games including RoboRally, The Great Dalmuti and Xena & Hercules.[3][4] He worked as a brand manager at Wizards.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} Randles left Wizards to found his own game design firm, Randles Games, where he developed a number of games.[3] He designed Pirate's Cove with Daniel Stahl.[3][8] In 2000 Randles sold his first game, Pirate's Cove, to Amigo, the first company he and Stahl showed it to, and he became a respected game designer in the European market within two years.[5] His games Pirate's Cove and Key Largo (with Bruno Faidutti and Mike Selinker) were published first in Europe and then in the United States.

Health

About a year after leaving Wizards of the Coast, Randles was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.[6] He died on February 10, 2003.

References

1. ^"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JG9V-6M9 : accessed 3 February 2015), Paul J Randles, 10 Feb 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ^{{cite news |title=King County deaths |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=2003-02-14 |page=B5}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.daysofwonder.com/piratescove/en/content/authors/|title=Authors - Pirate's Cove - Days of Wonder|website=Daysofwonder.com|accessdate=19 July 2018}}
4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.thegamemechanics.com/freebies/helpware_paul.asp# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204074520/http://www.thegamemechanics.com/freebies/helpware_paul.asp# |archive-date=2015-02-04 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Tinsman |first=Brian |year=2003 |title= The Game Inventor's Guidebook |publisher=Krause Publications |ISBN=0-87349-552-7|pages=133–134|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUBDtfVcGwIC&pg=PA133}}
6. ^{{Cite book | contribution=Pirate's Cove | title=Hobby Games: The 100 Best | last=Wiker | first=JD | authorlink=JD Wiker | editor-last=Lowder | editor-first=James | editor-link=James Lowder | publisher=Green Ronin Publishing | year=2007 | pages=240–243 | isbn=978-1-932442-96-0}}
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