Best Known For:
Donald X. Vaccarino is best known as the designer of Dominion (2008, Rio Grande Games), the numerous expansions for Dominion, and Nefarious (2011, Ascora Games).
Other Games:
Vaccarino also designed Kingdom Builder (2011, Queen Games), Monster Factory (2012, Rio Grande Games), and Toho Shisoroku: Toho Komakyo-hen (2011, Hobby Japan). Toho Shisoroku: Toho Komakyo-hen is based on the mechanics of Dominion.
First Published Game:
Dominion (2008), published by Rio Grande Games, was Vaccarino's first published game.
Awards:
Dominion won the 2009 Spiel des Jahres, the 2009 Deutscher Spiele Preis, and a 2008 Meeples Choice Award. It was also my pick as the best card game published in 2008.
Background:
According to BoardGameGeek.com, Vaccarino was born in 1969.
