Game Designer

Kevin Wilson

Kevin Wilson is a U.S. game designer active since 2003, known for thematic adventure and combat games using modular boards and variable player powers.

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Biography

Kevin Wilson has worked as a game designer and component developer since 2003, with about 17 games in our database. He designed notable titles for publishers such as Fantasy Flight Games and contributed to licensed properties like A Game of Thrones and Arkham Horror. Exact birth or nationality details are not provided in the source data.

Career

Wilson emerged in 2003 with A Game of Thrones and expanded his career mainly at Fantasy Flight Games. His portfolio includes Descent, Arkham Horror and Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game. Recurring design elements in his work are dice rolling, hand management, variable player powers and modular boards; common categories include Fighting, Adventure, Fantasy and Horror. He has collaborated multiple times with designers such as Richard Launius and Christian T. Petersen.

Most Famous Games

Top titles include A Game of Thrones (2003), Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game (2010) and Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition, 2012). Other notable games are Fury of Dracula (Second Edition, 2005), Arkham Horror (2005) and Android (2008). Several of his games have received Golden Geek and Meeples Choice recognitions.

Design Style

Wilson blends strong theme and narrative with competitive mechanics: dice elements are balanced by hand management and variable powers, often on modular boards with team or combat focus.