AboutDaniel Skjold Pedersen
Born in 1981, Daniel is living in Copenhagen with his partner Julie and their two kids, Ellen and Otto. Games and play have been a big part of his life, first as a child and then again in his adult life since he re-discovered board games a decade ago.
His childhood was spent in a Danish small town where he was always finding ways to compete and impose (some would say make up) rules on the go, much to the regret of his younger brother who kept thinking he had a chance to win a game of Guess Who? or lawn croquet.
In retrospect it is not a huge surprise to find Daniel working with games today, though it took a few detours to arrive here. He used to play soccer professionally and has a political science degree from the University of Copenhagen and Sciences Po in Paris before taking his first steps into game design in 2013. It took one visit to Spiel in Essen to be bitten by the bug which has led to games like the Kinderspiel des Jahres nominee Panic Mansion, the historical 13 Days and the adventurous cooperative Deep Blue.
