Matt Ruggiero
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Matt Ruggiero

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Matt Ruggiero designed his first board game, Bus Company, at the age of 9. Shortly after, he contributed ideas to his brother’s board game, Hags and Geezers. Both games achieved moderate success during Board Game Day in Matt’s third grade class. Growing up, he enjoyed playing Risk and the MAD Magazine Game. Matt was well into his adult years when he discovered that Parker Brothers was not the only board game…

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publisher out there. He was introduced to a game called Catan in 2006 and was immediately hooked. Matt in turn introduced as many people to Catan as he could, including his friend Brandon Byler. It didn’t take long for the student to become the master, as Brandon began introducing Matt and their friends to game after game after game. Matt has been continually impressed by the evolution of board games and the innovation in game mechanics introduced through games like Dominion, Scythe, Pandemic, and T.I.M.E. Stories. He has recently helped Brandon in the creation of the ‘80s cop-themed board game Code 3 published by Black Key Games.

Biography and credits from BoardGameGeek.

Designed 4 games

3 more without a cover yet
Code 3: The Hill Valley Maniac 2020 0
Code 3: The Breaking Point 2020 0
Code 3: The Corrupt Mayor 2020 0