Francis Tresham (game designer)

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Francis Tresham is an United Kingdom based board game designer who has been producing board games since the early 1970's. Francis founded and ran games company Hartland Trefoil ( founded 1971 ) until it's sale to Microprose in 1997. His 1829 game has been credited with inspiring [18xx Designers List on Blackwater Station] the 18xx board game series and some of his board games have inspired Sid Meier computer games such as Railroad Tycoon and Civilisation.

He is currently managing director of Tresham Games and is, as of 2005 , producing 18xx style board games.

Published Board Games

• 1825
• 1829
• 1830
• 1853
• Civilization
• Spanish Main

External Links

• [Current list of available games from Tresham Games]

References