I'm not sure if he had anything to do with that. Wikipedia only credits a single game to him under Zynga, and that's "The Pioneer Trail". Perhaps someone else

I'm not sure if he had anything to do with that. Wikipedia only credits a single game to him under Zynga, and that's "The Pioneer Trail". Perhaps someone else can comment on whether that game followed the same pattern of rip-offs as many of the others, but from the description, it seems to be a plain rewrite of the Oregon Trail. Anyways, Reynolds seems to have been (despite the credit generally going to Sid Meier) the lead designer of Civ 2 and Alpha Centauri, both of which are classics. Personally, I thought Rise of Nations was an even greater achievement, it successfully marries the style of Civ with Age of Empires.