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Greg Costikyan
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1959
Greg Costikyan, sometimes known under the pseudonym Designer X, is an American game designer and science fiction writer. Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including: hex-based wargames, role-playing games, boardgames, card games, computer games, online games, and mobile games. Several of his games have won Origins Awards. He co-founded Manifesto Games, now out of business, with Johnny Wilson in 2005.
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About Greg Costikyan
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1959
Greg Costikyan, sometimes known under the pseudonym Designer X, is an American game designer and science fiction writer. Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including: hex-based wargames, role-playing games, boardgames, card games, computer games, online games, and mobile games. Several of his games have won Origins Awards. He co-founded Manifesto Games, now out of business, with Johnny Wilson in 2005.
Greg Costikyan is a renowned American game designer born in New York.
His prolific career spans writing novels, essays, and developing role-playing games.
He is widely known in the industry under the pseudonym Designer X.
His work Uncertainty in Games is a fundamental reference for understanding game design theory.
Throughout his career, he has published 18 works exploring the intersection of fiction and computer science.
