Mike Selinker

Mike Selinker ( [1]) is an American game designer, puzzle maker, and the founder and president of Lone Shark Games.

Credits

Selinker's design credits include Pirates of the Spanish Main and Fightball with James Ernest, Axis & Allies Revised Edition with Larry Harris, the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game, Risk Godstorm,[2][3] Gloria Mundi, Key Largo, Stonehenge,[4] Thornwatch,[5] and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game.[6] He was a creative director for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons and the Harry Potter Trading Card Game.

Lone Shark Games

Selinker founded the Lone Shark Games design studio with James Ernest,[9] and is the company's president.[10] In March 2010, in conjunction with Wired magazine and Universal Pictures, the company announced plans to release a group of "Runners" to go "on the lam", as promotion for the film Repo Men.[11] The Runners were to be hunted by anyone in the United States who desired to find them. Anyone that caught a Runner would receive a US$7,500 "bounty".[11] Of the contest, Selinker said, "Our Runners are out there hiding among 300 million people. Of course, that's 300 million people who might turn them in ..."[11] After a longtime employee accused Selinker of creating an abusive and toxic work environment,[12]

Awards

Selinker won three 2004 Origins Awards for Pirates, Axis & Allies: D-Day, and Betrayal at House on the Hill.[14] His game Alpha Blitz was Games Magazine's 1998 Word Game of the Year.

Personal life

Selinker is a member of the National Puzzlers' League under the nickname "Slik".[15]

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