S. Craig Taylor
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Born | S. Craig Taylor Jr. March 1946[citation needed] |
Died | June 2012[citation needed] |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Game designer |
Years active | 1962–? |
S. Craig Taylor Jr. was an American game designer who has worked primarily on board games and wargames.
Career[]
S. Craig Taylor Jr. first had a playtest credit on the 1962 version of Avalon Hill's version of Bismarck.[1] and Craig Taylor worked for wargame company Battleline Publications, which later merged into Heritage USA to speed its growth; when that did not work out Peek and Taylor took the opportunity to form Yaquinto Publications, a new wargame publisher.[2] Taylor has been a playtester, designer, developer, researcher, rules writer, and producer for well over 100 board, miniature, card, and computer games for such publishers Battleline, Yaquinto, Avalon Hill, Microprose, Imagic, SouthPeak Games, TalonSoft, , and .[1] Taylor's credits include such designs as Wooden Ships and Iron Men, , , Battle, , , , ,[1] and Gettysburg: Leading the Killer Angels.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Taylor Jr., S. Craig (2007). "A House Divided". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
- ^ Walters, Eric M. (December 1989). "Board Wargames In Review". Marine Corps Gazette. 73 (12): 49–50.
- 1946 births
- 2012 deaths
- Board game designers