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  Richard Garfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Garfield (born 1966) is a mathematics professor and a former game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (originally known as Jyhad), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, and the board game RoboRally.
Garfield studied under Herbert Wilf and earned a Ph.D. in combinatorial mathematics from Penn in 1993.
Garfield was also a primary play tester for the Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition bookset.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Garfield   (676 words)

  
 Columbia News ::: Nursing School's Garfield Examines Iraqi Civilian Deaths
Richard Garfield is a professor of nursing and coordinator of a WHO/PAHO Nursing Collaborating Center at Columbia University and visiting professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Garfield is also a consultant to the Volker Committee, evaluating the humanitarian impact of the Oil for Food Program.
Garfield represented his team at the hearing and reports that the two-hour, all-committee meeting in Parliament was a success, if only because it represents the open ears of United Kingdom officials.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/05/01/iraqi_deaths.html   (731 words)

  
 Richard Garfield
'''Richard Garfield''' (born 1966) is a game designer who created the card games, Netrunner, BattleTech, (originally known as ''Jyhad''), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, and the board game Robo RallyRoboRally.
Garfield studied under Herbert Wilf and earned a Doctor of PhilosophyPh.D. in combinatoricscombinatorial mathematics from Penn in 1993.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr174 Richard has personally created three Magic cards celebrating events in his life: One for his marriage proposal (this was done by pasting a color photocopy onto another card) and one for the birth of each of his two children (both professionally printed).
www.territoriopc.com /eng/richard_garfield.php   (424 words)

  
 Richard Garfield - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
However, the truth is that, in Hebrew, "Richard Garfield" becomes "dleifraG drahciR," the incantation used to rip a whole in reality, and, if used in conjunction with the proper rituals, to cause Ayn Rand to return to the corporeal world, signaling the apocalypse.
Although the true events of this conflict are still under dispute, and many of the relevant documents were classified or destroyed by Margaret Thatcher, it is known that Richard Garfield was a participant.
Garfield realized that, do to the dangerous nature of Magic: The Gathering, and its high capability for addiction, that he would face both severe legal and personal threats were he public associated with it.
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 Science Fair Projects - Richard Garfield
Richard Garfield (born 1966) is a game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, The Great Dalmuti and the board game RoboRally.
Richard believed that game design would not offer a steady living and became a professor of mathematics at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
Garfield left academics to join Wizards of the Coast as a full-time game designer in June 1994.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Richard_Garfield   (515 words)

  
 M:TG Archive - Proposal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Richard was planning on proposing marriage to his girlfriend Lily Wu, and wanted to do it in a special way.
Richard asked Howell to create a card which he could put into a deck and then cast while the two played.
Richard had already contacted Lily's favorite artist Quinton Hoover to create an original piece to be used on the card.
mtgarchive.net /wiki/Proposal   (436 words)

  
 M:TG Archive - Richard Garfield
Richard Garfield, Ph.D. Richard Garfield, Ph.D. is a mathematician and game designer, best known for creating collectible card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle and the board game RoboRally.
Garfield's collaboration with Wizards of the Coast began in 1993 when he met with the founder, Peter Adkison.
Garfield says he drew his inspiration for Magic from the board game Cosmic Encounter, which incorporated a shared deck of cards with various game-changing effects.
www.mtgarchive.net /wiki/Richard_Garfield   (231 words)

  
 Pojo's Magic The Gathering Card of the Day
Richard Garfield, Ph.D. This doctor makes house calls, turning a deck filled with bad spells costing 1U into a deck filled with Time Walk, Arcane Denial, Memory Lapse and other useful spells.
Richard Garfield, P.H.D. Obviously the fun factor in getting to treat your deck as a mental magic deck is high, but it's powerful as well.
Richard Garfield, Ph.D. Well, he does have a big enough effect to be worthy of his title.
www.pojo.com /Magic/COTD/2004/Nov2004/25.html   (566 words)

  
 Magic Rarities > Ultra Rare Cards > Garfield Event Cards > Index
Richard Garfield has used this privilege thrice, celebrating different aspects of his life.
The legend goes that it took four games for Richard to draw the card, but when he finally played it, she accepted.
The other cards were given to members of the Garfield family and are kept in privacy, as Richard Garfield does not want images of this card to appear in public.
www.magiclibrary.net /rarities-garfield.html   (296 words)

  
 Interview - Garfield Reminisces on the Jyhad
Richard was kind enough to take a few moments from his day to answer a few questions about our favorite game...
Garfield: Several of these mechanics I use regularily in my informal and exploratory game design, which is done for my own amusement and education.
Garfield: I think there were a lot of strong ideas there - in particular for a time when I was really just coming to terms with how much diplomacy was good for a game.
www.vtesinla.org /articleGarfield.htm   (1358 words)

  
 Richard Garfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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Garfield earned a Ph.D. in combinatorial mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993.
Most of his work with game design has been with the publisher Wizards of the Coast.
www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Richard_Garfield   (102 words)

  
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 Gorseth Kernow - The Gorseth of Cornwall: Richard Garfield Jenkin, 1925-2002
Gorseth Kernow - The Gorseth of Cornwall: Richard Garfield Jenkin, 1925-2002
Both Richard and Ann clearly had considerable influence on them all, as can be seen by their children's involvement in Cornish culture, politics and the environment.
We all knew Richard as a leader, but perhaps many did not realise that he was in fact very reserved, a reluctant leader, and was never altogether happy in the public eye.
www.gorsethkernow.org.uk /english/news/rgjobit.htm   (1639 words)

  
 Garfield Irked As No One Grasps Shahrazad Analogy - MiseTings
Garfield had noted in the column that the Shahrazad Magic card was his favorite in the Arabian Nights Magic set.
Garfield said he was so peeved at the failure of Magic players to see what he called a blatant metaphor that he may disassociate himself from the game altogether.
Garfield said Friday that both the educational level and reading comprehension of Magic players is in question.
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 Richard Garfield
Richard Garfield (born 1966) is a game designer who created...
Richard Garfield and Herbert S. Wilf* Richard Garfield and Herbert S. Wilf* If p is a prime, a is a primitive root modulo p, and n is a positive integer, let r i (n) be the number of k such that 0 k n and modulo p, and let r i (n)x be their...
Richard Garfield is the legendary game designer that created the entire...
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 Magic Rarities > Richard Garfield Event Cards (Index)
Richard Garfield has created three cards celebrating aspects of his life.
Richard was planning to propose to his girlfriend, Lily.
Richard Garfield has indicated that this is a very private card, and that no pictures of it be published.
magic.flaminio.com /rarities-ultra-garfield.html   (457 words)

  
 Deltoid: Tim Blair claims Richard Garfield criticised Lancet study
Garfield is probably aware of this because he was one of the authors of the study.
They were the words of Richard Garfield, whom Lambert believes (based on his previous quote) is supportive of the Lancet study.
Garfield is saying the estimate is shocking but that it is the best estimate we have.
scienceblogs.com /deltoid/2006/10/tim_blair_claims_richard_garfi.php   (2961 words)

  
 Richard Garfield Patent Inventor Seattle, WA, US
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The patent applicatons displayed about Richard Garfield's patent applications are for a recent sample of patent applications.
If Richard Garfield filed recent patent applications under another name, spelling or location then those applications could be listed on an alternate page.
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 Amazon.com: "Richard Garfield": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Richard Garfield In 1990 Richard Garfield was an unknown mathematician and part-time game designer.
These studies and claims were evaluated by Richard Garfield, professor of Clinical International Nursing at Columbia University and chair of the Human...
Richard Garfield, a Professor of Nursing at Columbia University, in his study of mortality among Iraqi children found that, between 1991 and...
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 World Hunger Notes -- The Impact of War in Iraq by Richard Garfield
Richard Garfield, RN DrPH, Is Professor of Clinical International Nursing, School of Nursing, Columbia University and Visiting Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Health/Medical Advisor to the International Medical Corps.
Garfield R. Changes in malnutrition levels in Iraq, 1990 1999.
Garfield R. Health and Well-Being in Iraq: Sanctions and the Impact of the Oil for Food Program.
www.worldhunger.org /articles/03/global/garfield.htm   (1961 words)

  
 Richard Garfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Richard Garfield Richard Garfield (born 1966) is a game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (originally known as Jyhad), The Great Dalmuti and the board game RoboRally.
He was also on the design team of the Magic: The Gathering 2005 stand-alone expansion, Ravnica.
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 Reason Magazine - The Politics of Dead Children
Among his many interesting findings was that every sanctions regime except the one imposed on apartheid South Africa led to limitations of food and medicine imports, even though such goods were almost always officially exempt from the embargo.
Garfield concluded that between August 1991 and March 1998 there were at least 106,000 excess deaths of children under 5, with a "more likely" worst-case sum of 227,000.
Garfield's conclusion echoes that of literally every international agency that has performed extensive studies in Iraq.
www.reason.com /news/show/28346.html   (2773 words)

  
 OgreCave.com - Interviews - Richard Garfield
Richard Garfield is the legendary game designer that created the entire collectible card game genre by coming up with a little game called Magic: The Gathering.
Going on to create other classic titles in the CCG field like Netrunner, Jihad (Vampire: The Eternal Struggle), and the BattleTech CCG, as well as board games like RoboRally, Garfield has used his Ph.D in mathematics to excellent effect.
OgreCave field kuo-toa Steve Kani managed to track down Richard Garfield at Magic: The Gathering Worlds 2004 in San Francisco, California for a quick interview.
www.ogrecave.com /interviews/richard_garfield.shtml   (1576 words)

  
 US Presidents: Lists and Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Richard Nixon: defeated in 1960 by John F. Kennedy.
Ulysses Grant was defeated in 1880 in the primary by James Garfield.
Richard Johnson - Martin Van Buren's VP, failed to defeat James Polk in the primary.
www.heptune.com /preslist.html   (1661 words)

  
 E-Media Transcript: Richard Garfield
Garfield had been designing games for a number of years when Wizards of the Coast asked him to create a game that required minimal equipment and could be played in a half hour or less.
Garfield joined Wizards of the Coast full time in 1994 and is now a full-time game designer and coordinator for the Table Games Research and Development team.
I'd like to thank Richard Garfield for being here tonight, and I'd like to thank everyone in the audience for watching and participating.
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 BGG Thread: Interviews by an Optimist # 49 - Richard Garfield
I know playgroups that favor sealed deck, or draft, or limited leagues, or even common deck play; and in all these formats deck construction is less important than in standard or extended Magic.
Garfield is certainly a very important member of the gaming world...though we haven't heard much from him lately.
It will be interesting to see if Mr Garfield does have anything more to offer in the world of game design.
www.boardgamegeek.com /geekforum.php3?action=viewthread&threadid=68709   (5788 words)

  
 Gamasutra - Torpex Enlists Richard Garfield For Next-Gen Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Scott Rigby and Dr. Richard Ryan from think tank Immersyve deconstruct the 'carrot on stick' approach to game motivation, analyzing the basic psychological needs that games can satisfy.
Game developer Torpex Games has revealed, via information on its official website, that it is currently staffing up its studio in the Seattle area, and is now working on the early stages of a "next-generation console game involving great big guns" in conjunction with Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias of Three Donkeys, LLC.
Garfield is the seminal board and card-game designer who is responsible for inventing Magic: the Gathering trading-card game at Wizards Of The Coast, which was acquired by Hasbro in 1999 for $325 million.
www.gamasutra.com /php-bin/news_index.php?story=6016   (516 words)

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