Game design career Precursors and development of Magic: the Gathering He proposed to his second wife, Koni Kim in 2015.

Garfield was married to Lily Wu in the late 90s, and he has at least two children. Shortly thereafter, he became a Visiting Professor of mathematics at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. His thesis was On the Residue Classes of Combinatorial Families of Numbers. in combinatorial mathematics from Penn in 1993. Garfield studied under Herbert Wilf and earned a Ph.D. After college, he joined Bell Laboratories, but soon after decided to continue his education and attended the University of Pennsylvania, studying combinatorial mathematics for his PhD. In 1985, Garfield received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer mathematics. Garfield designed his first game when he was 13. While Garfield always had an interest in puzzles and games, his passion was kick-started when he was introduced to Dungeons & Dragons. He is also the nephew of Fay Jones, who, already an established artist, illustrated one Magic card for him. Garfield and his grand-uncle invented the paper clip. Garfield is the great-great-grandson of U.S. His family eventually settled in Oregon when he was twelve. Garfield was born in Philadelphia and spent his childhood in many locations throughout the world as a result of his father's work in architecture. 2.1 Precursors and development of Magic: the GatheringĮarly life, family and education.Garfield and Magic are both in the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame. Garfield first became passionate about games when he played the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, so he designed Magic decks to be customizable like roleplaying characters. He also created a variation of the card game Hearts called Complex Hearts. Included in these are Keyforge, Netrunner, BattleTech(CCG), Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, Star Wars Trading Card Game, The Great Dalmuti, Artifact and the board game RoboRally. Garfield oversaw the successful growth of Magic and followed it with other game designs. Magic debuted in 1993 and its success spawned many imitations. Garfield created Magic: The Gathering, which is considered to be the first collectible card game (CCG). Richard Channing Garfield (born June 26, 1963) is an American mathematician, inventor and game designer.

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