There are at least a few dozen people around the world doing research on games. This page will feature some of them and offer some photos. The page will be added to as people submit information and pictures.
Be sure to visit the Board Game Studies page. Most academic researchers in the games area are involved in this group.
Gejus van Diggele and Geert Bekkering
Gejus van Diggele (left), from the Netherlands (the photo is taken at his home) is a collector and researcher of games made during World War II. Gejus holds exhibits of his special collection at various museum around Europe. He is also an expert on the secondary use of playing cards.
Gejus van Diggele and his game cards
Geert Bekkering, also from the Netherlands, is actually a jigsaw puzzle historian, but his intensive research continues to uncover the histories of European game companies. Read about Geert on the Collectors – Games & Puzzles page.
Geert & wife Betsy doing an Escher puzzle
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Bernward Thole at the entrance to the former Deutsches Spielearchiv
Bernward Thole, left, takes challenge by Fred Horn to play Fred's Fianco game
Bernward Thole is an avid German collector and historian of games and the former director of the Deutsche Spiele Archive / German Games Archive. Across from him is collector / historian Fred Horn, who has done research on European games, especially those of his native The Netherlands. He is also a game inventor, and you can read his entire story here.
Viktor Bautista (right), Mind Sports Olympiad, 1998
Viktor Bautista, a Catalan game enthusiast is an avid player and researcher, especially of games in the Mancala family.
