Randy Buehler

Randolph E. "Randy" Buehler Jr. is an American game developer. He was the Vice President of Digital Gaming at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., now a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., as well as the commentator for the Magic Pro Tour. He was formerly a weekly writer for Magicthegathering.com's "Latest Developments" column and former Magic Pro Tour player.

Before Wizards of the Coast Buehler started playing Magic: The Gathering just before the Homelands set came out. After initially playing Magic with roommates at Carnegie Mellon University, Buehler gained a fierce interest in tournament level Magic. Many Pro Tour Qualifier and Grand Prix tournaments provided valuable experience that would lead to Buehler's first Pro Tour win (Pro Tour-Chicago 1997), which was also his first Pro Tour appearance.

While working on his Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, Buehler's interest in school began to fade as his financial successes in Magic: the Gathering yielded a satisfactory lifestyle, so he took a two-year leave of absence from school to pursue his passion. like Dave Noonan and Jonathan Tweet, among others, on December 2, 2008, for Wizards of the Coast to better focus both the digital team on Magic Online and D&D Insider.

At Mind Control Software As of 2009, Randy Buehler was Vice President of Business Strategy at Mind Control Software. There, he was working with Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias on Mind Twist, a free-to-play strategy game. The project generated no news after 2009 and Mind Control closed its doors (as Electrified Software) in 2013.

Personal life Buehler is married to fellow Wizards employee and Magic player Del Laugel, who is the Magic Lead Editor. The couple have a daughter, Kira Elizabeth Buehler.

Accomplishments

Buehler was Pro Tour Rookie of the Year in the 1997–98 season. He was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame in 2007 at the World Championship in New York City.