Imagine that your friendly local game store has a sale and you see a great deal on a game by one of your favorite designers. You know nothing about the game besides the designer's name and that it's a decent price. You are in a hurry, no time to research, buy it now or miss out.
Which designer's game would you most likely purchase blindly based only on their name?
Mac Gerdts, I own almost all of his games and it's fascinating how elegant they are.. most of the rules fit in an A4 paper, you can explain them in less than 15 minutes without ambiguities and the gameplay is really interesting, leaving you with a lot of decisions to take..