The best games by Alex Randolph 🇨🇿👨 2024

Looking for a really good game from game designer Alex Randolph 👨? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Alex Randolph games 2024.

Who is Alex Randolph anyway?

Alex Randolph has been designing dice, card & board games since 1960. The game designer is from Bohemia, Czech Republic🇨🇿, was born in 1922 and lived in Venice, Italy 🇮🇹 since 1968. He is also known as L. W. Bones, P. Halvah, F. Phompy, J. Phumby or I. Phumpy.

Career of Alex Randolph

Randolph was a self-described "son of rich parents" who attended a private school in Switzerland. He spent his early years in various jobs, including military intelligence and as a copywriter in Boston.

First game was published in 1960

Randolph's first game, Pan-Kai, was published in 1960 when he was 38 years old - he designed games until his death in 2004 - over 44 years. Famous Randolph games are for example Enchanted Forest, Twixt or What the Heck?.

Professional game developer since 1961

In 1961, Randolph moved to Japan and became a professional game developer, first working on Twixt. During this time he became a dan player in Shogi.

In 1962, Randolph (along with Sid Sackson) was hired to start a new game division for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (also known as 3M). Through 3M, Randolph developed and published games such as Breakthru, Evade, Oh-Wah-Ree, and Twixt.

In Venice since 1968

Randolph moved to Venice, Italy in 1968 and continued his career as a game developer with Venice Connection, a company he co-founded with Dario De Toffoli and Leo Colovini.

Randolph died in Venice at the age of 82 on April 28, 2004.

How good are "Alex Randolph" games?

There are 1 games by Alex Randolph included in our Top1000 games list, making Randolph the 273rd best game author out of 708 authors in our database.

More information about Randolph

For more information about Randolph, see the Wikipedia article for Randolph.

List of best games by Alex Randolph 👨 2024

In this list we have listed the best board games that Alex Randolph either designed himself - or was involved in designing.

Unfortunately, not all of Alex Randolph's games are currently available. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Alex Randolph that you can buy 2024:

This list was last updated on November 20, 2024. We compared 118 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. What the Heck?

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  2. Mahé

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • 2 - 7 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  3. Good & Bad Ghosts

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • 2 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  4. The Piggyback Brigade

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    Nominated for 5 awards.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2001

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    • 2 - 7 Players
    • 15 - 25 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  5. Figure It

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    Nominated for 2 awards.

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  6. Ricochet Robots

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    Ricochet Robots offers a unique blend of puzzle and game, challenging players to find efficient solutions in a dynamic board setup. The game features a modular board representing a room filled with walls and targets, where the main objective is to maneuver color-coded robots to their corresponding targets using the least number of moves possible.

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    • 1 - 99 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  7. In Teufels Küche

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  8. Square Off

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    • 2 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 9+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  9. Ciao, Ciao...

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  10. Xe Queo!

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    • 2 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  11. Banda

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    • 1 - 2 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 9+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  12. Worm Up!

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    Nominated for 1 award.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2009

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    • 3 - 5 Players
    • 15 - 20 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  13. Leinen los!

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1997

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 - 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Leinen los!

    • YouTube Review for the game "Leinen los!" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  14. Big Shot

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  15. Sagaland Mitbringspiel

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  16. Inkognito

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    Inkognito is an intriguing board game that combines deduction, secret identities, and espionage in a vibrant setting. Players take on the roles of secret agents with hidden missions, navigating a world of intrigue as they try to identify their allies and complete their objectives without knowing who they can trust from the start.

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1988

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    • 3 - 5 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  17. Enchanted Forest

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    Enchanted Forest is a captivating family board game that combines memory, strategy, and a dash of luck. Set in a magical forest, the game's objective is to discover treasures hidden under each tree and recall their locations to win the favor of the king.

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1982

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  18. Code 777

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  19. Baggage Claim

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  20. Jagd der Vampire

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  21. Oh-Wah-Ree

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  22. Chess Race

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  23. Gute Freunde

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    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1989

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  24. Snail's Pace Race

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 3+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  25. Top Secret

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  26. Venice Connection

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    ⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1996

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    • 2 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  27. Die Osterinsel

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    • 3 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  28. Sisimizi

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  29. Halunken & Spelunken

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    • 3 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  30. Twixt

    All details for the board game Twixt and similar games
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn

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