Dan Glimne


Dan Ejde Gustaf Glimne, is a Swedish games expert, game designer and poker player.

Life

Glimne was born on 27 April 1947. After studying at Lund University of Technology, Glimne became the product development manager at Alga in 1980–1989 and subsequently worked as his own entrepreneur and consultant. He has edited and constructed a very large number of games, and has periodically been Sweden's only professional game designer. He has also written several books about games, participated as a game expert in encyclopaedias, such as Bra Böckers Lexikon, the Nationalencyklopedin and Myggans nöjeslexikon, and commented on poker on television. His game, Ostindiska Kompaniet was Swedish game of the year in 1992.
Glimne has also been politically active and is a candidate for the Moderate Party in the Swedish Parliament. He has been married since 2001 to Ingrid Jerneborg Glimne, local politician for the Moderates in Gnesta municipality. Together they reside in Gnesta.

Designed games (selection)

Board games

  • Batavia
  • Binary Dice
  • Drakborgen
  • Drakborgen II
  • DungeonQuest
  • Emil i Lönneberga - Ett hyss-spel från Alga
  • Fantomen
  • Goliat - En festlig helsvensk figur på äventyr i stenåldern!
  • Geni 2000
  • Gibberish
  • Joakim von Ankas fantastiska affärer
  • Jorden runt på 80 dagar
  • Knorr
  • Kurt Olsson
  • Mika
  • MasterQuiz
  • Microchess
  • Ostindiska kompaniet
  • Personality
  • SportQuiz
  • Stadens nyckel
  • Svea Rike
  • Svea Rike Batalj - Expansion No. 1
  • Sätt sprätt på en miljon
  • Stoppa pressarna
  • Travspelet
  • Årets spel

    Card games

  • Valkampanj - a game of perfect information for 3-6 players
  • Ben Johnsons dopingspel
  • Nasdaq
  • Skattepolitik
  • Korruption
  • Fibonacci-regering
  • Auktionsrummy
  • Blindwhist

    Books (selection)

  • Nya spel
  • Pokerhandboken, 2nd edn. 2002, 3rd edn. 2005
  • Kortspelshandboken,
  • Pirayaklubbens handbok
  • Spel med knappar
  • Trixa med knappar
  • 100 kortspel & trick,
  • Världens största svindlare
  • Kasinohandboken
  • Hur man kör miniracing,

    Biographical source

  • "Medarbetare i Myggans Nöjeslexikon" i Myggans Nöjeslexikon, Vol. 9, page 255.