Donald X. Vaccarino

Donald X. Vaccarino (born 1969) is an American board and card game designer. He published the card game ''Dominion'' in 2009, which won the ''Spiel des Jahres'' award along with many others, and has had 15 expansions, 2 of which have been combined into one. ''Dominion'' and its expansions have sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide, as of 2017. His 2012 game ''Kingdom Builder'' also won the ''Spiel des Jahres'' award.

With ''Dominion'', Vaccarino has been credited with pioneering the genre of deck-building games. ''Dominion'' has been studied academically as a test-bed for how evolving game rules can create balanced play.

Vaccarino became self-employed as a game designer in 1994. He lives in California and is a trained programmer. Before his success as a game designer, Vaccarino was influenced by Magic: The Gathering and was credited with contributing to the game in the ''Comprehensive Rules of Magic''. Vaccarino's games have been published by companies including Rio Grande Games and Queen Games. Provided by Wikipedia