S. Craig Taylor

S. Craig Taylor
Born S. Craig Taylor, Jr.
March 1946
Died June 2012
Nationality American
Occupation Game designer
Years active 1962–?

S. Craig Taylor, Jr. was an American game designer who has worked primarily on board games and wargames.

Career

S. Craig Taylor, Jr. first had a playtest credit on the 1962 version of Avalon Hill's version of Bismarck.[1] Stephen Peek and Craig Taylor worked for wargame company Battleline Publications, which later merged into Heritage USA to speed its growth; when that did not work out Peek and Taylor took the opportunity to form Yaquinto Publications, a new wargame publisher.[2] Taylor has been a playtester, designer, developer, researcher, rules writer, and producer for well over 100 board, miniature, card, and computer games for such publishers Battleline, Yaquinto, Avalon Hill, Microprose, Imagic, Southpeak, Talonsoft, Lost Battalion Games, and Breakaway Games.[1] Taylor's credits include such designs as Wooden Ships and Iron Men, Air Force, Flattop, Battle, Wings, Gettysburg: Smithsonian Edition, Sergeants, Battlegroup,[1] and Gettysburg: Leading the Killer Angels.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Taylor, Jr., S. Craig (2007). "A House Divided". In Lowder, James. Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
  2. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
  3. ↑ Walters, Eric M. (December 1989). "Board Wargames In Review". Marine Corps Gazette. 73 (12): 49–50.
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