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  1. Richard Channing Garfield (born June 26, 1963) is an American mathematician, inventor and game designer. Garfield created Magic: The Gathering, which is considered to be the first collectible card game (CCG). Magic debuted in 1993 and its success spawned many imitations.

  2. Richard Channing Garfield, Jr., Ph.D. (born 1966) is a mathematics professor and a game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (originally known as Jyhad), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, Keyforge, and the board games RoboRally and King of Tokyo.

  3. Aug 28, 2018 · In his youth, Richard Garfield, the mathematician who created Magic: The Gathering, liked to play and invent games. Before his family settled in Oregon, in the mid-seventies, he spent...

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  5. Sep 4, 2023 · In 1982, inspired by Cosmic Encounter, Garfield developed Five Magics, which applied the rule-breaking principle to a card game. And in 1985, he largely completed the design for a board game, RoboRally, which proved popular with his friends, including, most crucially, Mike Davis.

  6. Nov 9, 2023 · Richard Garfield has been the godfather of trading card games since reinventing the idea of a card game with Magic: The Gathering 30 years ago.

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  7. Richard Channing Garfield (born June 26, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a game designer and mathematics professor who is known for creating the very popular card game Magic: The Gathering. He also is the great-great-grandson of U.S. President James A. Garfield.

  8. Feb 20, 2014 · The creator of Magic is a man named Richard Garfield, a game designer with a PhD in combinatorial math. Though Magic is still his most popular design, Garfield is responsible for numerous other...

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