Lech Pijanowski was a Polish film critic, broadcaster, director, screenwriter and populiser of games.

He is buried in the Powazki Cemetery

Powazki Cemetery

Powązki Cemetery , also known as the Stare Powązki is a historic cemetery located in the Wola district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city, and one of the oldest...

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Games

Pijanowski contributed the game Lap, a development of Battleship

Battleship (game)

The game Battleship is a guessing game played by two people. It is known throughout the world as a pencil and paper game which predates World War I. It was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1931 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy".-Description:The game is...

, to A Gamut of Games

A Gamut of Games

A Gamut of Games, written by Sid Sackson and first published in 1969, contains rules for a large number of paper and pencil, card, and board games. Many of the games in the book had never before been published...

, edited by Sid Sackson

Sid Sackson

Sid Sackson was a significant American board game designer and collector.His most popular creation is probably the business game Acquire...

. In this game each player secretly divides an 8x8 grid cells, into four sectors of exactly 16 contiguous squares. Each players in turn gathers clues by asking their opponent how many cells in a particular 2x2 square belong to each sector. The first player who correctly deduces the opponent's setup wins the game

Films

Directed:

• 1950- Dzisiejsza gazeta
• 1955- Dyspozycja mocy
• 1955- Od Wrocławia

Screenplay:

• 1961- Droga na zachód (Road to the West)
• 1964- Barbara i Jan TV series
• 1971- Kłopotliwy gość (Troublesome Visitor)