Designer Jacques Zeimet, best known for the games Cockroach Poker and Ghost Blitz, has passed away.
All that's known publicly about Monsieur Zeimet is that he was from Luxembourg. An editor at Zoch Verlag — which published one of his first designs, Bamboleo, in 1996 — tells me that he preferred not to have his picture or bio on game boxes as he didn't want to be a public person. That said, he has shared his creations with us for three decades, so perhaps you can put Hamster Roll, Do De Li Do, or The Nasty 7 — which is due out in a new edition in 2026 — on the table and enjoy his legacy through play.
