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Francis Tresham

British board game designer

  • Fame39.3
  • Momentum3.5
  • Wikipedia156
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Lived 1936–2019, aged 83United Kingdom
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  • Era
    1936–2019
    Aged 83
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Updated 2026-08-13

Francis Tresham was a British board game designer who produced board games since the early 1970s. Tresham founded and ran games company Hartland Trefoil, a company well-known for its Civilization board game, until its sale to MicroProse in 1997. His 1829 game was the first of the 18xx board game series and some of his board games inspired Sid Meier computer games such as Railroad Tycoon.

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Momentum3.5
Historical5.0
Source confidence30.0
Completeness50.0
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