About: Redmond A. Simonsen

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Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 – March 9, 2005) was an American graphic artist and game designer best known for his work at the board wargame company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Simonsen was considered an innovator in game information graphics, and is credited with creating the term "game designer".

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  • Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 – March 9, 2005) was an American graphic artist and game designer best known for his work at the board wargame company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Simonsen was considered an innovator in game information graphics, and is credited with creating the term "game designer". As art director at SPI Simonsen supervised the release of over 400 game titles, and had game design or development credit for over twenty games. In addition, he variously held positions of executive art editor and co-editor or executive editor for the SPI magazines Strategy & Tactics, MOVES and Ares. Simonsen was the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame inductee for 1977. He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo's 2008 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck. (en)
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  • Redmond Aksel Simonsen (en)
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  • 2005-03-09 (xsd:date)
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  • 1942-06-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Redmond Aksel Simonsen (en)
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  • Inwood, Manhattan, United States (en)
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  • Simonsen posthumously honored as the King of Clubs in Flying Buffalo's Famous Game Designer Trading Cards, 2008 (en)
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  • 2005-03-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Garland, Texas, US (en)
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  • American (en)
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  • Saint Johns Union Cemetery (en)
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  • Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 – March 9, 2005) was an American graphic artist and game designer best known for his work at the board wargame company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Simonsen was considered an innovator in game information graphics, and is credited with creating the term "game designer". (en)
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  • Redmond A. Simonsen (en)
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