Geoff Engelstein

Geoff Engelstein is an award-winning table-top game designer, whose titles include The Ares Project, Space Cadets, The Fog of War, and Survive: Space Attack, many of which are co-designed with his children Brian and Sydney. He is also a noted podcaster. Since 2007 he has been a contributor to the Dice Tower, the leading table-top game podcast, with GameTek, a series on the math, science, and psychology of games. Since 2011 he has hosted Ludology, a weekly podcast. Geoff is an adjunct professor of Board Game Design at the NYU Game Center. He has spoken at a variety of venues, including Pax, GDC, Gencon, Rutgers, and USC. He has degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is currently the president of Mars International, a design engineering firm.