Game Designer

Greg Costikyan

Greg Costikyan — game designer active 1976–1988, known for science-fiction and fantasy wargames emphasizing dice and hex-grid mechanics.

13 Games

Biography

Greg Costikyan is a designer with 13 titles listed in our database, active from 1976 to 1988. unsere Datenbank notes his work across media (boardgames, RPGs, PC/online games). Specific birth or nationality details are not provided in the source data.

Career

Costikyan's credited period runs from 1976 to 1988, with a focus on wargames, science-fiction and fantasy themes. His designs frequently employ Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Simulation, Grid Movement and Ratio/Combat Results Table mechanics. He collaborated multiple times with co-designers such as Doug Kaufman and worked on licensed properties including Star Trek. The source lists awards within the Charles S. Roberts family.

Most Famous Games

Notable titles include The Creature That Ate Sheboygan (1979), Swords & Sorcery: Quest and Conquest in the Age of Magic (1978) and Web and Starship (1984). Other listed games are Dark Emperor (1985), Star Trek: The Adventure Game (1985) and The Willow Game (1988). Several of these received Charles S. Roberts-related awards.

Design Style

His style is rules- and simulation-driven, often combining dice-based resolution with hex-grid maps. The intersection of wargame structure and sci-fi/fantasy themes is a defining trait, reinforced by repeated collaborations like Doug Kaufman.