Mordecai Meirowitz
Israeli board game designer
About Mordecai Meirowitz
Born 1930. Mordecai Meirowitz is a Romanian and Israeli board game designer.
Mordechai Meirovitz (; born 1930 in Costinești, Constanța County, Romania) is an Israeli telecommunications expert and games maker.
Meirovitz invented the code-breaking board game Master Mind. After being rejected by leading games companies, he sparked the interest of a Leicester-based company, Invicta Plastics, which restyled and renamed the game. Released in 1971, the game sold over 50 million sets in 80 countries, making it the most successful new game of the 1970s.
In Israel, the game is marketed as Bul pgi'a .
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Who is Mordecai Meirowitz?
Israeli board game designer
When was Mordecai Meirowitz born?
Mordecai Meirowitz was born in 1930 in Romania.
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Mordecai Meirowitz is a board game designer.
What nationality is Mordecai Meirowitz?
Mordecai Meirowitz is Romanian and Israeli.
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