List of card game designers

A game designer is a person who invents games at the conceptual level.^[1] Outstanding game designers are recognized annually by awards such as the Spiel des Jahres and the As d'Or.^[2] The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design, a division of the Game Manufacturers Association, inducts outstanding individuals into the Hall of Fame.^[3] Mensa Select is an annual award given by American Mensa to games that are "original, challenging and well designed".^[4]^[5]

Card games can use a pack of standard playing cards or a dedicated deck. Following are some notable card game designers.

Designer	Notable work	Honors	Ref.
Dave Allsop	Magic: The Gathering		^[6]
Antoine Bauza	Hanabi	Spiel des Jahres	^[7]
Michael Bennighof	Survival of the Witless		^[8]
Tom Braunlich	Star Trek Customizable Card Game		^[9]
Timothy Brown	Spellfire		^[10]
Coleman Charlton	Middle-earth Collectible Card Game		^[11]
Rob Dougherty	Star Realms	Origins Award	^[12]^[13]
Skaff Elias	Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, Fallen Empires, Ice Age, and MetaZoo		^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Mike Elliott	Duel Masters Trading Card Game, Battle Spirits, and Thunderstone	Hall of Fame	^[3]
James Ernest	Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond	Hall of Fame	^[3]^[18]
Bruno Faidutti	Citadels	Spiel des Jahres	^[19]^[20]
Andrew Finch	Lorwyn		^[21]
Matt Forbeck	WildStorms: The Expandable Super-Hero Card Game		^[22]
Richard Garfield	Magic: The Gathering	Hall of Fame	^[3]^[23]^[24]
		Super As d'Or
		Mensa Select
Rob Heinsoo	Three-Dragon Ante		^[25]
Steve Jackson	Hacker and Illuminati	Hall of Fame	^[3]^[26]
Darwin Kastle	Star Realms	Origins Award	^[12]^[13]
Reiner Knizia	Lost Cities, Schotten Totten, and Blue Moon	Hall of Fame	^[3]^[27]^[28]
Wolfgang Kramer	6 nimmt!	Mensa Select	^[24]
Charlie Krank	Mythos	Origins Award	^[29]
Eric M. Lang	A Game of Thrones and Bloodborne: The Card Game	Hall of Fame	^[3]^[23]^[27]
Tom Lehmann	Race for the Galaxy	As d'Or Grand Prix	^[30]^[31]
Andy Looney	Fluxx		^[32]
Gene Mackles	Iota	Mensa Select	^[24]^[33]
Edmund McMillen	The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls		^[34]
Mike Mearls	Magic: The Gathering		^[35]
Heinz Meister	Galloping Pigs	Kinderspiel des Jahres	^[36]
Michael Menzel	Dominion		^[37]
Celia Pearce	Friendship Adventure Cards for Girls		^[38]
Uwe Rosenberg	Bohnanza	Hall of Fame	^[3]^[23]^[27]
Mark Rosewater	Magic: The Gathering and Lorwyn	Hall of Fame	^[3]^[21]
Mike Selinker	Harry Potter Trading Card Game		^[39]
David Sirlin	Yomi		^[40]
Gertrude Strohm	Popping the Question and Novel Fortune Telling		^[41]
CA Suleiman	Vampire: The Requiem and Mummy: The Curse		^[42]^[43]
Donald X. Vaccarino	Dominion	Spiel des Jahres	^[44]^[24]
Donald X. Vaccarino	Dominion	Mensa Select	^[44]^[24]
Teeuwynn Woodruff	Netrunner, Duel Masters Trading Card Game, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Netrunner, and Magic: The Gathering (7th edition)		^[45]

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