Sid Sackson
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Sid Sackson

148 games 41 3D models Designed 145 games Art for 7 games

Sid Sackson (February 4, 1920 - November 6, 2002) was a significant American board game designer, collector, and writer. At the time of his death, the Chicago-born game designer had a collection of over 18,000 games. He was also known to be an exceptional dancer. "(A good game) should be easy to learn yet have infinite strategic possibilities, give you the chance to make choices, create interaction among players…

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and take a maximum of one and a half hours to play." -- Sid Sackson "A game is a work of art as worthy of being signed as a painting, a book, or a musical composition … the inventor should have the right, and the obligation, to sign his work." -- Sid Sackson Abridged List of Notable Games 1964 Acquire 1967 Bazaar 1980 Can't Stop 1994 I'm the Boss! Interviews See the web links module. Additionally, there's an interview in Games International (Issue 11 – December 1989). Microbadge

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Designed and illustrated 4 games

Can't Stop box cover Can't Stop · 1980
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Can't Stop Express box cover Can't Stop Express · 1989
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Extra! box cover Extra! · 2011
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A Gamut of Games box cover A Gamut of Games · 1969
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Designed 141 games

Acquire box cover Acquire · 1963
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I'm the Boss! box cover I'm the Boss! · 1994
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Sleuth box cover Sleuth · 1971
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Bazaar box cover Bazaar · 1967
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Focus box cover Focus · 1963
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Samarkand box cover Samarkand · 1980
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Venture box cover Venture · 1968
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BuyWord box cover BuyWord · 2004
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Bowling Solitaire box cover Bowling Solitaire · 1969
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Berried Treasure box cover Berried Treasure · 2021
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Metropolis box cover Metropolis · 1984
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Monad box cover Monad · 1968
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Executive Decision box cover Executive Decision · 1971
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The Mother Road: Route 66 box cover The Mother Road: Route 66 · 2022
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I'm the Boss!: The Card Game box cover I'm the Boss!: The Card Game · 2012
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Haggle box cover Haggle · 1963
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Corner box cover Corner · 1974
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Sly box cover Sly · 1975
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Beyond Competition box cover Beyond Competition · 1977
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The Great Races box cover The Great Races · 1974
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New York box cover New York · 1995
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The Sackson Legacy Collection (Red) box cover The Sackson Legacy Collection (Red) · 2023
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The Sackson Legacy Collection (Blue) box cover The Sackson Legacy Collection (Blue) · 2023
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Samarkand Bazaar box cover Samarkand Bazaar · 2022
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Elevenses for One box cover Elevenses for One · 2016
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The Book of Classic Board Games box cover The Book of Classic Board Games · 1991
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Calculate! box cover Calculate! · 1979
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Beyond Words box cover Beyond Words · 1977
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Beyond Solitaire box cover Beyond Solitaire · 1976
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Games of Art box cover Games of Art · 1975
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Gold Connection 1992 0
Buried Treasure 1992 0
Maloney's Inheritance 1988 0
Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S. Patton 1973 0
Wu Hsing 1969 0
Holiday! 1973 0
Business 1998 0
Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur 1974 0
Fish & Chips 1978 0
Saxum 1969 0
Upthrust 1987 0
Can't Stop the Turtles 2002 0
Black Monday 1988 0
Doorways to Adventure 1986 0
The Winning Ticket 1977 0
Die Chinesische Mauer 1994 0
Shanghai 1997 0
Banana Blitz 2023 0
Scope 2023 0
I'm the Boss: The Dice Game 2023 0
Cinema 2023 0
Gaus Company 2018 0
I'm the Boss!: The Card Game – Piece of the Action Expansion 2012 0
Samarkand: Isfahan 1999 0
Gotcha! 1997 0
Wiretap 1996 0
Nummerus Zahlus 1995 0
Pennywise 1995 0
Quinto 1994 0
Massai 1993 0
Camp 1993 0
Max-I-Nim 1992 0
Flotte Krabbe 1991 0
Chain Reaction 1989 0
Cross Currents 1989 0
Doorways to Horror 1986 0
Think Twice 1986 0
Open Whist 1985 0
Game of Solomon 1985 0
Score Five 1983 0
Tele-Fun 1983 0
Break Away 1983 0
Fields of Action 1982 0
Kampf der Gartenzwerge 1982 0
Temptation Poker 1982 0
Loop-the-Loops 1982 0
Wtht Vwls 1982 0
Card Games Around the World 1981 0
Card Football 1981 0
Digit Draughts 1981 0
Last Ditch: A Strategy Game 1980 0
High Finance 1979 0
Invasion 1979 0
XandO 1979 0
Away Across 1979 0
Travels 1979 0
Closing In 1979 0
Run for President 1979 0
Target Number 1979 0
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1978 0
P.E.G.S. (The Parker Electronic Game System) 1978 0
Round 'N' Round 1977 0
Resources 1977 0
Space Explorer 1977 0
Rescue 1977 0
Search 1977 0
Peace Conference 1977 0
Nine Holes 1976 0
The Harry Lorayne Memory Game 1976 0
Chase 1976 0
Giant 30 Game Cube 1976 0
Pushover 1975 0
Mondrian 1975 0
Miro 1975 0
Springer 1975 0
Totally 1974 0
Oil Strike! 1974 0
Financier 1974 0
The 6 Pack of Paper & Pencil Games 1974 0
Spy! 1974 0
Right Connections 1973 0
Fitting & Proper 1973 0
Transformation 1971 0
Tempo 1971 0
Number Strategy Solitaire 1970 0
Interplay 1970 0
Odd or Even 1970 0
Osmosis 1969 0
Patterns 1969 0
All My Diamonds 1969 0
Color Gin 1969 0
Card Baseball 1969 0
Hold that Line 1969 0
Patterns II 1969 0
Tromino Go 1969 0
Paks 1969 0
Network 1969 0
Change Change 1969 0
Suit Yourself 1969 0
Take it Away 1969 0
Cutting Corners 1969 0
Paper Boxing 1969 0
Last Word 1969 0
Property 1969 0
Take Five 1969 0
Mini Golf 1969 0
The Case of the Elusive Assassin 1967 0
High Spirits with Calvin and the Colonel 1962 0
Triad 1957 0
SLAM! 1951 0
Poke 1946 0

Art for 3 games

Realm box cover Realm · 1973
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Surakarta box cover Surakarta
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Origins of World War I box cover Origins of World War I · 1969
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