The Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors (AGPC), founded in 1985 by Bruce Whitehi ll, is the world’s foremost organization dedicated to the collection and preservation of games and puzzles. As an international, nonprofit association, the AGPC is chartered to conduct research and explore the history of games and puzzles from ancient times up to the present, and to disseminate information about games and puzzles to the broadest audience possible, including the general public, the media, libraries, museums, scholars, and others. Games and puzzles offer a remarkable view of our cultural past and future!
AGPC members’ interests encompass all types of games, jigsaw puzzles, and mechanical puzzles, from all eras and from all around the world. Some of our members specialize in other pastimes and collect related playthings, from toys to tops, and from marbles to architectural blocks. Our membership includes a broad spectrum of individuals and expertise, from interested enthusiasts to novice collectors to some of the world’s most renowned historians, authors, and designers of game & puzzles. Many companies and institutions hold membership in the organization.
Originally known as the American Game Collectors Association (AGCA), the organization’s name was changed to the Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors in 1999 to reflect the broadened scope of its mission and its international nature.
協會內有設立3個獎項 : Bradley-Parker Award(for Game & Puzzle), Spilsbury Award(Special for Jigsaw Puzzle), Sam Loyd Award (Special for Mechanical puzzle).
其中 Spilsbury Award 的獎項是以現知最早商品拼圖(jigsaw Puzzle)設計者 John Spilsbury 所命名的獎項, 該獎項頒發依據其對拼圖(Jigsaw Puzzle)的設計, 收集, 研究, 推廣等領域有傑出貢獻者.
2011年Spilsbury Award 得獎者為 Tom Tyler.
在2003年有日本人 Nob Yoshigahara 得過 Sam Loyd Award.
AGPC 今年(2012)第28屆年會(28th Annual AGPC Convention)將在 Saratoga Springs, New York 於4月底舉行, 看看今年得獎者是哪位.
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