Michael Bennighof

Michael Bennighof is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games.

Michael Bennighof
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer
Part of a series on:
Wargames
Types
Level of War
Genres
People
19th century pioneers
20th century Pioneers
Groups
Events
Lists

Early life and education

Mike Bennighof, Ph.D., is a Fulbright Scholar, and holds a doctorate in History from Emory University.[1] He has played and coached semi-pro football, taught college, worked as a newspaper reporter, and shoveled gravel professionally.[1]

Career

Mike Bennighof has been designing games since the early 1980s, working on over 100 titles as designer or developer.[1] Bennighof is president of Avalanche Press, Ltd., a publisher of traditional board wargames.[1] He has won Origins Awards both for wargame design (U.S. Navy Plan Orange) and roleplaying game design (Celtic Age).[1] He scripted the Panzer General II (for which he also designed the maps[2]) and Destroyer Commander computer games, among others; designed such games as Survival of the Witless, Panzer Grenadier, and Great War at Sea; and was the author of the infamous book, Black Flags.[1] Great War at Sea received awards at the Origins Awards in 1998 and 1999.[3][4]

References
  1. Bennighof, Mike (2007). "PanzerBlitz". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 227–230. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
  2. Coleman, Terry (August 1997). "Herr General, It Is Time for You to Return to Battle!" (PDF). Computer Gaming World (157): 76. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  3. "List of Winners Presented at Origins 1999". Archived from the original on October 31, 2007.
  4. "List of Winners Presented at Origins 2000". Archived from the original on May 5, 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.