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:
What the Heck?
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
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*Mahé
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Mahé- 2 - 7 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Good & Bad Ghosts
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Good & Bad Ghosts- 2 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Piggyback Brigade
Nominated for 5 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2001
More details for The Piggyback Brigade- 2 - 7 Players
- 15 - 25 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Figure It
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Figure It- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ricochet Robots
More details for Ricochet RobotsRicochet 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.
- 1 - 99 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
In Teufels Küche
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Square Off
- 2 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ciao, Ciao...
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Ciao, Ciao...- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Xe Queo!
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Banda
- 1 - 2 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Immediately playable
Worm Up!
- 3 - 5 Players
- 15 - 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Leinen los!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Leinen los!
Big Shot
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sagaland Mitbringspiel
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Inkognito
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
More details for Inkognito- 3 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Enchanted Forest
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
More details for Enchanted Forest- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Code 777
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Baggage Claim
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Jagd der Vampire
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Oh-Wah-Ree
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Chess Race
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Gute Freunde
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Snail's Pace Race
- 2 - 6 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 3+ years old
- Immediately playable
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- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Venice Connection
- 2 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Die Osterinsel
- 3 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sisimizi
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Halunken & Spelunken
- 3 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Twixt
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
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