Paul Reiche III

Paul Reiche III
Paul Reiche in 2008
Born	(1961-02-17) February 17, 1961 (age 56) Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Education	University of California Berkeley
Occupation	Toys for Bob Game Studio President, Game Creative Director, Game designer
Spouse(s)	Laurie Lessen-Reiche
Children	Devin Lessen-Reiche (Son) Arianna Reiche (Daughter)
Parent(s)	Paul Reiche (Father) Georgiann Feltz (Mother)

Paul Reiche III (born February 17, 1961) is an American game designer, particularly known for his work on computer games. Reiche is best known for being the co-creator, together with Fred Ford, of the Star Control universe.

Reiche was a childhood friend of early Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) artist Erol Otus, and became interested in gaming as a teen. He and Otus played role-playing games together and released a few small games in the genre. Eventually, both wound up at TSR (the then publisher of D&D). They made contributions to the evolving game and other games by TSR, Otus with artwork, Reiche with game design (primarily on D&D and Gamma World). Reiche's credits as developer include Isle of Dread, Slave Pits of the Undercity and Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords, and The Ghost Tower of Inverness, and he also contributed to Gary Gygax's Legion of Gold for Gamma World. Reiche also invented the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons race of Thri-kreen Mantis warriors, which debuted in the second set of Monster Cards.

Eventually Reiche left TSR to work on computer games with Electronic Arts (EA). Reiche worked on Mail Order Monsters, the Archon series and the Starflight series of computer games. Reiche was one of the co-founders of Free Fall Associates, the co-developer of the Archon series of games.