Jay Tummelson Explained

Jay Tummelson is the founder of Rio Grande Games.

Career

Jay Tummelson was the top-ranked RPGA Judge, when Don Bingle and Linda Bingle brought him on as a third owner of their company 54°40' Orphyte after they purchased the product rights for Pacesetter Ltd's games.[1] Tummelson met Darwin Bromley of Mayfair Games through his connection with 54°40' Orphyte, and joined Mayfair Games in 1995, and for the next two years was involved with licensing German games under the direction of Bromley for the company to produce American versions; under Tummelson in 1996 alone, German games such as Grand Prix, Modern Art, Manhattan, Streetcar, and The Settlers of Catan were finally published in the United States.[1] Tummelson was laid off from Mayfair, and founded Rio Grande Games in 1998, which became the major United States Eurogame publisher for many years,[1] [2] by taking the approach of using the same artwork and components as the original games and sharing the cost of printing with the European publishers.[3] [4] Tummelson sold his shares in 54°40' Orphyte after founding Rio Grande Games, leaving the Bingles solely in charge of their company.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. 2011. 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. News: Welch, Lynn. 2006-02-24. Big Game Time: Out of the Box expands titles, distribution. The Capital Times. D8.
  3. Web site: Changing the Board Game Market . Arneson . Erik . 2000-01-23 . About.com . 2013-10-29 . 2008-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007061907/http://boardgames.about.com/library/weekly/aa012300a.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: Interview with Jay Tummelson . Glenn. Stephen . Winter 1999 . Funagain.com .