Mike Bennighof is a Fulbright Scholar, and holds a doctorate in history from Emory University.
[1] He has played and coached semi-pro football, taught college, worked as a newspaper reporter, and shoveled gravel professionally.
[1] Bennighof is president of Avalanche Press, Ltd., a publisher of traditional board wargames.
[1] He has won Origins Awards both for wargame design (U.S. Navy Plan Orange) and role-playing game design (Celtic Age).
[1] He scripted the Panzer General II (for which he also designed the maps[2]) and Destroyer Commander computer games, among others; designed such games as Survival of the Witless, Panzer Grenadier, and Great War at Sea; and was the author of the infamous book, Black Flags.