Game Designers

Since the original Panzer Grenadier was released back in the year 2000, the collective talent and efforts of 15 people have created the 70 games that make up the Panzer Grenadier Series.

Timeline of Designer Activity
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Bennighof															Bennighof
Cheever															Cheever
de Vita															de Vita
Friedrichs															Friedrichs
Knipple															Knipple
Leonard															Leonard
Lubsky															Lubsky
McNair															McNair
Murray															Murray
Perryman															Perryman
Phythyon															Phythyon
Ricchi															Ricchi
Stafford															Stafford
Striuli															Striuli
Townsend															Townsend
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013

A brief overview of each Panzer Grenadier designer's history is presented below. Designer rankings have a 50 vote minimum requirement, though overall average ratings are listed for every person. If you have additional information or would like to offer a correction, as always, please contact the Site Admin.

Name	Dr. Michael Bennighof	Game Design History
Dates Active	2000-03 to 2013-01	2000-03 2001-09 2001-10 2002-07 2002-07 2003-02 2003-06 2003-07 2003-12 2004-03 2004-05 2005-09 2006-03 2006-04 2006-06 2006-09 2006-11 2007-02 2007-08 2007-08 2007-10 2007-11 2007-12 2008-04 2008-06 2008-07 2008-12 2008-12 2009-01 2009-03 2009-04 2009-05 2009-05 2009-08 2009-08 2009-10 2010-07 2010-08 2010-10 2011-04 2011-04 2011-05 2011-07 2012-05 2012-06 2013-01
Games	46
Average Rating	3.28 from 4,054 votes
Rating Rank	9 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	Co-founder and president of Avalanche Press

Name	Dave Cheever	Game Design History
Dates Active	2009-04 to 2009-04	2009-04
Games	1
Average Rating	3.12 from 58 votes
Rating Rank	12 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Mauro de Vita	Game Design History
Dates Active	2002-07 to 2002-07	2002-07
Games	1
Average Rating	3.18 from 267 votes
Rating Rank	10 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Dave Friedrichs	Game Design History
Dates Active	2003-12 to 2003-12	2003-12
Games	1
Average Rating	2.96 from 26 votes
Rating Rank	--- of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Brian L. Knipple	Game Design History
Dates Active	2001-06 to 2011-07	2001-06 2001-09 2002-07 2003-02 2003-06 2004-05 2004-10 2005-09 2006-04 2006-06 2006-09 2011-07
Games	12
Average Rating	3.15 from 2,039 votes
Rating Rank	11 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	Co-founder of Avalanche Press

Name	Philippe Leonard	Game Design History
Dates Active	2009-08 to 2009-08	2009-08
Games	1
Average Rating	3.44 from 363 votes
Rating Rank	7 of 12
Location	Europe, Belgium, Brussels
PG-HQ Alias	leonard
In Real Life	I'm a physicist and currently director of Brussels' physics museum. As a wargame designer, my first major contribution was KG Peiper I and II for ASL and later "Croix de guerre" and "Doomed battalions" still for ASL.

Name	Konstantin Lubsky	Game Design History
Dates Active	2011-08 to 2011-08	2011-08
Games	1
Average Rating	3.17 from 12 votes
Rating Rank	--- of 12
Location	Germany, Bavaria, Munich
PG-HQ Alias	Konstantin
In Real Life	Junior Lawyer

Name	Doug McNair	Game Design History
Dates Active	2007-08 to 2010-09	2007-08 2008-06 2008-12 2009-01 2009-02 2009-03 2009-04 2009-10 2009-10 2010-03 2010-07 2010-08 2010-09
Games	13
Average Rating	3.5 from 455 votes
Rating Rank	6 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	upintheattic
In Real Life	Freelance Editor and Writer

Name	David Murray	Game Design History
Dates Active	2008-12 to 2011-05	2008-12 2009-04 2009-05 2009-07 2011-05
Games	5
Average Rating	3.53 from 437 votes
Rating Rank	5 of 12
Location	U.K., East Yorkshire, Nafferton
PG-HQ Alias	Trotsky
In Real Life	I'm currently a primary school teacher in a small rural school. I've had many jobs, including teaching children with behavioural and emotional problems, IT consultant, bricklayer, fork truck driver, social worker, running an organic market garden and living in a commune.

Name	Mike Perryman	Game Design History
Dates Active	2003-12 to 2012-05	2003-12 2006-09 2008-03 2009-02 2009-03 2009-04 2009-06 2009-07 2009-08 2009-10 2009-10 2010-07 2010-09 2011-04 2011-05 2011-07 2012-05
Games	17
Average Rating	3.55 from 634 votes
Rating Rank	4 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	mike perryman
In Real Life	N/A

Name	John R. Phythyon Jr.	Game Design History
Dates Active	2009-05 to 2009-05	2009-05
Games	1
Average Rating	3.24 from 17 votes
Rating Rank	--- of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Ottavio Ricchi	Game Design History
Dates Active	2007-06 to 2011-05	2007-06 2011-05
Games	2
Average Rating	3.67 from 67 votes
Rating Rank	3 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	otto
In Real Life	N/A

Name	John Stafford	Game Design History
Dates Active	2011-05 to 2013-04	2011-05 2011-07 2012-06 2012-07 2013-04
Games	5
Average Rating	3.38 from 156 votes
Rating Rank	8 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Lorenzo Striuli	Game Design History
Dates Active	2007-06 to 2007-06	2007-06
Games	1
Average Rating	3.68 from 57 votes
Rating Rank	2 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	not a member
In Real Life	N/A

Name	Jay Townsend	Game Design History
Dates Active	2011-08 to 2012-11	2011-08 2012-11
Games	2
Average Rating	3.97 from 112 votes
Rating Rank	1 of 12
Location	N/A
PG-HQ Alias	JayTownsend
In Real Life	N/A