Kory Heath
An American board game designer, born in 1970 in San Jose, California. A former programmer, he left his job at the end of 1999, moved to Maryland, and became one of the central designers of Looney Labs' pyramid (Icehouse) games. His signature work Zendo (2003) is a game of inductive reasoning, guessing the rule behind a master's arrangement of pieces. It received an Origins Award and a Mensa Select. He pursues abstract games with beautiful logical structure. With John Cooper he later turned poker into a cooperative game in The Gang (2024).