Richard Borg Explained

Richard Borg
Birth Date:	1948
Birth Place:	Connecticut
Occupation:	Designer
Nationality:	American

Richard Borg is a game designer who has designed many wargames. In 2010, he was elected to the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame.

Games that Richard Borg has designed or co-designed include the following:

• Liar's Dice, 1993 Spiel des Jahres winner
• 2000 Battle Cry (2001 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player category^[1])
• 2000 Hera and Zeus (2001 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player)
• 2001 Wyatt Earp with Mike Fitzgerald (2001 Meeples' Choice Award^[2])
• 2004 Memoir '44 (2004 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player category^[3] and The Wargamer 2004 Award for Excellence^[4])
• 2006 BattleLore (First Edition) (2007 International Gamers Award winner for General Strategy, 2-Player)
• 2006 (2006 Origins Award winner for Historical Board Game of the Year^[5])
• 2007 Stonehenge designed with prominent game designers Richard Garfield, Bruno Faidutti, James Ernest, and Mike Selinker.
• 2010 Commands & Colors: Napoleonics (2012 Games Magazine Best New Historical Simulation Game Winner)
• 2012 Samurai Battles (2013 Origins Awards, Best Historical Board Game Winner)

Games that he designed with award-winning game designer Alan R. Moon include Warriors, Gracias, and Wongar.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2001 International Gamers Awards Finalists and Recipients . 2008-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070913024718/http://www.internationalgamersawards.net/viewarticle.php?action=more&articleid=7 . 2007-09-13.
2. Web site: Meeple's Choice Award Winners . Meeple's Choice Museum . 2008-02-01.
3. Web site: 2004 International Gamers Awards Finalists and Recipients . 2008-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071104194256/http://www.internationalgamersawards.net/viewarticle.php?action=more&articleid=21 . 2007-11-04.
4. Web site: Memoir '44 (Review) . Gade . Pete . 2004-07-07 . The Wargamer . 2008-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080518030317/http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/memoir_44/Default.asp . 2008-05-18.
5. Web site: Origins Award Winners (2006) . Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design . 2008-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080113212703/http://www.originsgamefair.com/aagad/awards/winners . 2008-01-13.