| Designer: | Sid Sackson |
| Homepage: | http://www.webnoir.com/bob/sackson.htm |
| Award Winning Games: | | Acquire | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1979) |
| Acquire | Deutscher Spielepreis ('German Game Award'), Rank: 5 (1993) |
| Deutscher Spielepreis: Essener Feder (1993) |
| Blockade | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1979) |
| Can't Stop | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1981) |
| Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1982) |
| Das Superblatt | à la carte: card game award of the Fairplay magazine, Rank: 2 (1992) |
| Die 1. Million | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1987) |
| Die Bosse | à la carte: card game award of the Fairplay magazine, Rank: 2 (1991) |
| Focus | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1980) |
| Deutscher Spielepreis: Essener Feder (1981) |
| Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) (1981) |
| Gold Connection | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1992) |
| Kohle, Kies & Knete | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1994) |
| Metropolis | Auswahlliste 'Spiel des Jahres' (Selection List for Game of the Year) (1984) |
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| Biography: | Biography of Sid Sackson
by Bernice Sackson
Sid Sackson was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1920. He lived for a short
while in Gary, Indiana, then in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and finally
settled in New York City where he lives now. Sid enjoyed playing games,
especially with his father. At the age of eight, Sid Sackson invented a
pencil and paper war game that eventually became Acquire.
As a teenager, Sid won awards for his ballroom dancing and especially, for
his mastery of the shag. He was an editor of his high school's newspaper.
Sid graduated Magna Cum Laude from the City College (New York City, N.Y.),
earning his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and was offered a
graduate fellowship.
Sid has a wife, Bernice, two children, 2 grandchildren, and a step-
granddaughter.
In the 1960's, 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing) decided to publish
a series of bookshelf games. Thanks to the efforts of Sid's agent,
Felicia Parker, the 3M line included Sid's most popular game, Acquire, as
well as Bazaar, Monad, Venture, Sleuth and Executive Decision. The
marketing effort for these games included a publicity tour by Sid across
the East Coast of the United States and as far west as Chicago.
Sid wrote A Gamut of Games before retiring from Civil Engineering and
Traffic Engineering. From 1966 through the early seventies he and
Bernice took several trips to Europe to sightsee and visit game friends.
Sid, of course, returned home with suitcases crammed with games purchased
from shops across Europe.
In 1970 Sid began working at home as a full time game inventor, collector
and author. He routinely worked 60 hour per week and authored six more
game books.
By 1979, Can't Stop published by Parker Brothers became quite popular.
But Parker Brothers decided to concentrate on its electronic games and
suspended publication of Can't Stop
Sid Sackson has received many honors. Focus was named Game of the Year
in 1981 and was featured in the Game Show in London as well. His book "A
Gamut of Games" was translated into several languages and won Der Goldene
Poppel Award in 1987 in Germany. Sid was guest of honor at the Essener
Spieltage 1989.
Sid's game creations number several hundred. Well over fifty have been
published throughout the world. Today, Sid Sackson goes dancing whenever
possible, but his true love will always be games.
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Some additional informations:
The parents of Sid immigrated from near Minsk into the USA
1946 The game "Poke" is published in the "Esquire" magazine
1962 Development of the game "Acquire"
1963 Development of "Focus"
1969 Writes book "A Gamut of Games"
Birth of daughter Dale
Birth of son Dana
1979 "Acquire" on the selection list of "Spiel des Jahres"
1979 "Blockade" on the selection list of "Spiel des Jahres"
1981 "Focus" is "Spiel des Jahres"
1981 "Can't Stop" on the selection list of "Spiel des Jahres"
1981 "Essener Feder" for the rules of "Focus"
1984 "Metropolis" on the selection list of "Spiel des Jahres"
1987 "Die 1. Million" on the selection list of "Spiel des Jahres"
1992 "Gold Connection" on the selection list of "Spiel des Jahres"
1994 "Kohle, Kies & Knete" on the selection list of "Spiel des Jahres" |
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