Ricardo Jorge Gomes
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Ricardo Jorge Gomes

Ricardo Jorge Gomes (born 1981, in Setúbal, Portugal) is a portuguese boardgame grandmaster, specialized in eurogames and worldwide respected for his international titles, such as the “Stone Age” World Championship (2015) and the two consecutive Gold Medals for “Catan” (2016 and 2017), at London’s Mind Sports Olympiad - as of 2024, Ricardo has 13 Mind Sports Olympiad Gold Medals. While considering retirement from…

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official tournaments, Ricardo Jorge Gomes started to design his own prototypes. Already published games are Fado (2018), Douro 1972 (2018) and Garum (2019), all by the portuguese publisher "Pythagoras". Many others are still to get published. In March 2019 Ricardo joined the boardgame industry itself and has been Organized Play Manager at Devir Group ever since, conceiving from zero point The Red Cathedral's World Championship, held in Mexico City "Mega XP" convention in 2023 and Essen's "Spiel" in 2024 and 2025. His daughter, Estela Gomes, won 3 Junior Gold Medals at her first attempt in London's Mind Sports Olympiad, in 2022, aged 15. In 2024, aged 17, Estela won 5 Junior Gold Medals: Carcassonne, Dominion, Kingdomino, Splendor and Ticket to Ride.

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