Leslie Scott (game designer)

Leslie Scott (born 1955) is a British board game designer and author,[1] best known as the inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the London Toy Fair 1983.

Leslie Scott
Born (1955-12-18) 18 December 1955
Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika
OccupationGame designer, author
Known forJenga
Partner(s)Fritz Vollrath
ChildrenFrederica & Digby

Early life and education

Born in Tanzania, Scott was raised in East and West Africa, and educated in Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Taunton, England.[2]

Career

Scott is inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the London Toy Fair 1983. She founded Oxford Games Ltd in 1991.[3]

She is a founder trustee of The Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust.[4]

Honours

She is the recipient of the 2010 Wonder Women of Toys Inventor/Designer Award,[5] and the 2012 Tagie award for Excellence in Game Design.[6]

Private life

Scott is married to the Oxford zoologist Professor Fritz Vollrath. They have two children, Frederica and Digby.

Works

Games

Books
gollark: Anyway, how will you maintain that death chance given the mere 99% uptime of the HNode™?
gollark: Just use proportions from 0 to 1.
gollark: More decimal places → INHERENTLY better outcomes.
gollark: 99.70238095238095% uptime according to onstat.
gollark: We have a clear monetization strategy, 99.7% uptime, and many features*.

References
  1. "Radio 4 Woman's Hour – The woman who created a game that became a household name". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009.
  2. Stevens, Interview by Jenny (30 March 2015). "How we made Jenga" – via The Guardian.
  3. Wolfe, Lahle. "Leslie Scott, Inventor of Jenga and Co-Founder of Oxford Games". The Balance Careers.
  4. Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust
  5. Playthings Magazine
  6. The Toy & Game Inventor Awards
  7. Wall Street Journal
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