Michael Gray (game designer) explained

Michael Gray is an American game designer from rural Massachusetts^[1] known for his board game designs for Milton Bradley. He eventually became the Senior Director of Global Concept Acquisition for Hasbro's games division.^{[2] [3]} Game reviewer Tom Vasel has called him "the wisest man in all of board gaming."^[1]

Gray is credited as the designer of over 25 board games or game items^[4] including two of the most popular board game for young teenage girls, Mall Madness^[5] and Electronic Dream Phone. Games that Gray has designed or co-designed include:

• 1975 Dungeon!, credited as a co-designer as he worked on a version of this game^[2]
• 1980 Fantasy Forest, a TSR game with artwork by Larry Elmore
• 1986 Shogun, also known as Samurai Swords or Ikusa (1987 Charles S. Roberts Best Pre-World War II board game nominee)
• 1986 Fortress America (1986 Charles S. Roberts Best Twentieth Century game winner)
• 1992 Omega Virus, an electronic talking board game
• 1993 13 Dead End Drive, a MiltonBradley game

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome Mike to Restoration, You Will. 2018-05-24.
2. Web site: The Big Game Hunter. 2018-05-24.
3. Book: Tinsman, Brian . 2008 . The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-Playing Games, & Everything in Between . Chapter 6: Interview With A Publisher.
4. Web site: Michael Gray: boardgamegeek.com designer entry. 2018-05-24.
5. Web site: Board game:Electronic Mall Madness: The Shopping Spree Game that Talks - Milton Bradley Company. Google Arts & Culture. en. 2019-04-19.