game designer born march american game inventor referred fans official grand old man card games early life worked computer programmer assembly language designing games 1950s popular creations include chess variant baroque chess known crossings later successful appearing card game collections new rules classic games released publication new card games included instructions card games addition baroque chess invented logic appeared mathematical games column october issue prominent originally published book mad game confusion named best new abstract strategy game biography born missouri attended went yale years attended graduated soon moved new_york games discovered book new card games received moderate success got tired poor moved computer programmer moved new_york continued work computer programmer assembly language created card games 1950s starting ending auction soon moved new_york_city rules game published mathematical games column motivated article self published rules card games book new card games sold mail book new card games published day containing rules card games rules chess variant baroque chess publisher published paperback edition new card games slightly modified rules baroque chess changes popular time new card games published sent maze floyd logic maze published appearing mathematical games column created appeared books mad published spanish version book new card games title translates games resemble version spanish translation original date rules games addition rules confusion included cows maze published book cows maze game confusion published game named best new abstract strategy game logic inventor style maze called logic logic maze set rules ranging basic left turns extremely complicated called multi state reason return position traveling different direction change direction different state open different choices example book rolling die maze particular square depends number facing die return square die different state different number different options time floyd logic maze published floyd appeared october issue mathematical games column maze looks like street grid arrows pointing roads intersection comes intersection arrows leading road road followed continue fashion following arrows intersection end reached come intersection direction different options road coming intersection direction defined multi state logic maze cows cows difficult appeared book warns readers difficult solve appeared titular maze book cows maze complexity cows includes self reference changing rules flow charts provoke confusion object red text reference object word red subtle references word word maze ends complicated difficult work let end maze use hands starting different place instructions box box hand boxes left complex combinations better known appeared book mad like cows says hardest maze book fact possible solve different versions appeared following theme paper electronic forms games created games including card games board games equipment game games particular fame unique elements set apart mainstream games instance card game complex trick taking game play game rules change times playing different games baroque chess baroque chess board game book new card games reasoning including non card game card game book chess pieces plentiful playing cards book wanted introduce new games require special equipment friends started teaching began game like publisher preferred title book probably prominent game metaphors use teaching tool invented appeared self published book new card games published book new card games year later wrote mathematical games column june issue basically gameplay consists dealer choosing secret rule cards played players playing cards attempt figure rule reasoning decided improve result considered far better original improvements gameplay making work bit better wrote version october issue self published pamphlet rules improved version titled appeared card game collections new rules classic games confusion initially created game confusion 1970s finished form game published germany satisfied version flaws rules published spanish translation book new card games game published north_america version named best new abstract strategy game game based idea knowing pieces beginning game game uses similar idea know cards played beginning worked commented saying game don know cards played don board game don know pieces gave idea began work soon published work new card games new card games paperback mad auction games resemble translated
Robert Abbott (game designer)