Leslie Scott (game designer)
Leslie Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 December 1955 |
| Occupation | Game designer, author |
| Known for | Jenga |
| Spouse(s) | Fritz Vollrath |
| Children | Frederica & Digby |
Leslie Scott (born 1955) is a British board game designer and author,[1] best known as the inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the 1983.
Early life and education[]
Born in Tanzania, Scott was raised in East and West Africa, and educated in Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Taunton, England.[2]
Career[]
Scott is the inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the 1983. She founded Oxford Games Ltd in 1991.[3]
She is a Senior Associate of Pembroke College, Oxford and a founder trustee of The Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust.[4]
Honours[]
She is the recipient of the 2010 Wonder Women of Toys Inventor/Designer Award,[5] and the 2012 Tagie award for Excellence in Game Design.[6]
Private life[]
Scott is married to the Oxford zoologist Professor Fritz Vollrath. They have two children, Frederica and Digby.
Works[]
Games[]
- Jenga
- Ex Libris, the game of first lines and last words
- The Great Western Railway Game
- Anagrams, the game of juggling words
- Tabula, the Roman game
- Bookworm, the game of reading and remembering
Books[]
References[]
- ^ "Radio 4 Woman's Hour – The woman who created a game that became a household name". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009.
- ^ Stevens, Interview by Jenny (30 March 2015). "How we made Jenga" – via The Guardian.
- ^ Wolfe, Lahle. "Leslie Scott, Inventor of Jenga and Co-Founder of Oxford Games". The Balance Careers.
- ^ Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust
- ^ "Women Of Distinction". Playthings Magazine
- ^ The Toy & Game Inventor Awards
- ^ Wall Street Journal
- 1955 births
- British inventors
- Women inventors
- Living people
- Board game designers
- Tanzanian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- British designers