Don Eskridge

Don Eskridge is an author and game designer, best known for being the creator of The Resistance and Avalon series of social deduction card games. These have been published in over twenty languages and are played worldwide, including at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. With the success of this series, Don continued game design work as a freelance designer and publisher. He has developed for major IPs such as Dune and Stratego, with the releases of Dune: Betrayal and Spies & Lies: A Stratego Story respectively. Hailing from Oklahoma in the United States, Don has lived in Chicago, Dresden Germany, and most recently on the island of Jeju in South Korea. He remains active in the design community and is regularly working on new games. In 2020 during the pandemic lockdown, Don had the idea to create new hand games for families to play, even when there were no games on hand. Thus Hand Games 21 was born, a set of free hand game images released online in 2021 (thus the 21). This project developed into what would become his first book release in the form of Hand Games 21: New Games for Friends & Families, published in 2023. Don is thrilled with this release and hopes to see the hand games genre continue to grow in breadth and depth. Don is always available to chat about making new experiences for everyone. Check his personal website or the Hand Games 21 website to get in touch.