Bernie DeKoven was an American game designer, author, lecture and fun theorist. Over the course of his 45-year career he explored how fun and playfulness can positively affect every aspect of personal and interpersonal, community and institutional health. He authored The Well-Played Game (originally published by Doubleday in 1978 and reissued in 2013 by MIT Press) as well as Junkyard Sports, A Playful Path (over 654,000 downloads), and a CD Recess for the Soul, demonstrating how to have more fun in your inner playground.