David Niecikowski is a published game designer and recognized expert on using traditional games with families and students. Since 2000 over two dozen of his board games, role-playing supplements, books, and articles have been published. David has also worked as a freelance marketing and event consultant with scores of industry companies such as Alliance Game Distributors, Gen Con, Wizards of the Coast, Upper Deck, Mayfair, Rio Grande, AEG, and Out of the Box. David is now in the dissertation stage as a University of Arizona Ph.D. student where his interests include advocacy and research in traditional game literacy.