Mandela Fernandez-Grandon
Mandela Fernández-Grandon is a scientist and board game designer from Glasgow, Scotland. His first design, Glasgow, was published by Lookout Spiele in 2020. He primarily designs games for the hobby market but also has an interest in designing games which often don’t appear in specialist shops and may bring a taste of modern gaming to a wider audience. The latter are published under the name Mandela…
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F-G. Published and Upcoming: Hobby Games2020 - Glasgow (Designer diary here and an addendum here) 2022 - Overstocked (Designer diary here) 2024 - Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa with Fabio Lopiano (Designer diary here) 2025 - Ayar: Children of the Sun with Fabio Lopiano (Designer diary here) 2027 - TBA Mid-Weight Euro with Fabio Lopiano Less-hobby games2022 – The Shakespeare Game with Ellie Dix 2024 – Hire Me with Ellie Dix 2024 – The Jane Austen Game with Ellie Dix 2026 – Green City with Fabio Lopiano 2026 – TBA Literary-based family game with Ellie Dix 2027 – TBA Thematic Skill & Action game with Denholm Spurr 2027 – TBA Family-weight card game with Ellie Dix Related Work Consultant entomologist for Brilliant Bugs playing cards from Quarto (2025) Consultant for Hero Slam from Laurence King (2025) Consultant for Pandora's Box from Thames & Hudson (2025) Teaches a board game design to young people, aged 13-17 (2025,2026...)
Biography and credits from BoardGameGeek.
Designed 8 games
| Green City | 2026 | 0 | |
| The Shakespeare Game | 2022 | 0 | |
| The Jane Austen Game | 2024 | 0 | |
| Hire Me | 2023 | 0 |