Best Known For:
Christian Leonhard is best known for co-designing 1960: The Making of the President (2007), which recreates the 1960 U.S. presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Other Games:
Leonhard also co-designed Campaign Manager 2008 (2009), based on the 2008 U.S. presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain; and Founding Fathers (scheduled to be released in 2010), which focuses on the writing of the United States Constitution.
First Published Game:
1960: The Making of the President, published by Z-Man Games, was Leonhard's first published design.
Awards:
1960: The Making of the President was my pick as the best board game of 2007, and it won a 2008 International Gamers Award.
