Ephraim Hertzano
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Ephraim Hertzano was a Jewish Israeli designer of board games.
Hertzano's most famous game creation is Rummikub.
[edit] About
Hertzano was born in Romania.
Hertzano originally made his living selling toothbrushes and other plastic accessories as well as cosmetics.
Hertzano started developing the tile game Rummikub in the 1940s, in Romania, when card-playing was outlawed under the Communist regime.
Hertzano moved to Israel in the 1940s after after World War II, continuing the development on Rummikub in the backyard of his house in Bat Yam, and eventually became a professional game developer after publishing it to the markets.
Rummikub was the best-selling game in the United States in 1977.
Hertzano founded the company Lemada Light Industries Ltd in 1978.
[edit] Awards
- Game of the Year
- 1980 for Rummikub
Spel van het Jaar
- Game of the Year
- 1983 for Rummikub
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