Greg Foertsch is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts with a concentration in illustration. While attending MICA, Greg worked as a freelance illustrator, creating images for several national magazines. In his senior year, Greg began an internship at Microprose Software as a computer artist. Greg was with Microprose for two years and then left to join Firaxis Games. Since 1995 Greg has contributed art in the form of character and environmental modeling, interface design, and 3D cinematics to over 13 games, such as Civilization and Pirates. Greg just finished his role as the Lead Artist on Sid Meier?s Railroads!, and has been an adjunct teacher at MICA for the past ten years.

Greg is an original member of the Firaxis team and has been in the industry since 1995. He began his career at MicroProse as an intern working for Jeff Briggs and has worked on Sid Meier-branded products his entire career. Greg is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, with a concentration in illustration. Greg is adjunct instructor at the Maryland Institute and a member of the Advisory Board of Eastern Technical High School.

Greg's Game History

• Sid Meier's Railroads!
• Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
• Sid Meier's Civlization IV
• Sid Meier's Pirates! for Xbox
• Sid Meier's Pirates!
• Sid Meier's Civilization III
• Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World
• Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests
• Sid Meier's SimGolf
• Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
• Magic the Gathering
• Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
• CIVNet
• Virtual Karts
• European Airwave
• M1 Tanks Platoon 2