[citation needed] Randles left Wizards of the Coast and started his own game design company, Randles Games.
[3] He designed his first game Pirate's Cove with Daniel Stahl under his own firm.
[3][5][6] Randles and Stahl showed Pirate's Cove first to Amigo, and Amigo purchased the game in 2000 which helped Randles become a respected game designer in the European market in less than two years.
[6] His games Pirate's Cove and Key Largo (with Bruno Faidutti and Mike Selinker) were published first in Europe and then in the United States.
About a year after leaving Wizards of the Coast, Randles was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.