Jay Tummelson

Jay Tummelson is the founder of Rio Grande Games.

Career

Jay Tummelson was the top-ranked RPGA Judge, when Don Bingle and Linda Bingle brought him on as a third owner of their company 54°40' Orphyte after they purchased the product rights for Pacesetter Ltd's games.[1]: 199  Tummelson met Darwin Bromley of Mayfair Games through his connection with 54°40' Orphyte, and joined Mayfair Games in 1995, and for the next two years was involved with licensing German games under the direction of Bromley for the company to produce American versions; under Tummelson in 1996 alone, German games such as Grand Prix, Modern Art, Manhattan, Streetcar, and The Settlers of Catan were finally published in the United States.[1]: 170  Tummelson was laid off from Mayfair, and founded Rio Grande Games in 1998, which became the major United States Eurogame publisher for many years,[1]: 170 [2] by taking the approach of using the same artwork and components as the original games and sharing the cost of printing with the European publishers.[3][4] Tummelson sold his shares in 54°40' Orphyte after founding Rio Grande Games, leaving the Bingles solely in charge of their company.[1]: 199 

References

1. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
2. Welch, Lynn (2006-02-24). "Big Game Time: Out of the Box expands titles, distribution". The Capital Times. p. D8.
3. Arneson, Erik (2000-01-23). "Changing the Board Game Market". About.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
4. Glenn, Stephen (Winter 1999). "Interview with Jay Tummelson". Funagain.com.^[permanent dead link‍]