David G. Watts is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 games designer and publisher. Originally a school geography teacher at Milford Haven Grammar School, he designed Railway Rivals

Railway Rivals

Railway Rivals is a railroad-themed board game designed by Glynn and David Watts and popularised by Games Workshop in 1985. Players build railways and then run trains along them.- Gameplay :...

, his most popular game, to teach the geography of Wales and upon retirement published it under the imprint Rostherne Games. His games have been published worldwide with his greatest successes in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Most use transportation as a theme but he has also designed abstract games, chess variants and a variety of race games.

Published games

• Railway Rivals (Rostherne Games, Games Workshop
  Games Workshop
  Games Workshop Group plc is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop has published the tabletop wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000...
  
  , Schmidt Spiele
  Schmidt Spiele
  Schmidt Spiele is a German games publisher for a wide variety of games, most notably board games .Founder Josef Friedrich Schmidt developed Mensch ärgere dich nicht in 1907/1908, based on antique forerunners. Five years later his new publishing firm began the game's serial production...
  
  , Laurin, and Queen Spiele
• Pirate Island (Rostherne Games, and Schmidt Spiele)
• Bus Boss
• Send
• Winchester
• Scramble for Africa

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