Ira Fay
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Ira Fay

11 games 7 3D models Designed 11 games

Ira Fay got his start in board game design as a contributing designer to three Agricola expansions (Gamers' Deck, World Championship Deck, and Pi Deck). He designed the two player abstract strategy game Ouroboros, and co-designed Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star with Cody Miller, with a particular focus on the solo gameplay in that expansion. He also designed the mini-expansion Xia: Missions and Powers. He also…

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designed the Arcade Mode in Sleeping Gods with Ryan Laukat. He is currently working on Arydia with Cody Miller. Beyond board games, he is currently a learning game designer at MIT, and the CEO of Fay Games, a game development studio focused on games for educational impact. Previously he was a professor of game design for 9 years, and a game designer at EA (Electronic Arts), Activison, and Disney.

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Designed 11 games

Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread box cover Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread · 2025
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Xia: Balanced Economy Promo Card box cover Xia: Balanced Economy Promo Card · 2020 Promo
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Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star box cover Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star · 2017
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Agricola: Pi-Deck box cover Agricola: Pi-Deck · 2012 Promo
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Agricola: World Championship Deck – 2011 box cover Agricola: World Championship Deck – 2011 · 2011
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Agricola: Gamers' Deck box cover Agricola: Gamers' Deck · 2010
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Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread – Epic Hunt 2025 0
Eight Gods 2022 0
Sleeping Gods: Tides of Ruin 2021 0
Xia: Missions and Powers 2018 0
Ouroboros 2012 0

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