Michael Rinella (born 1963) is a wargame designer who is probably best known as the designer of the games Shifting Sands and Monty's Gamble: Market Garden.
In total he has designed ten published games: Monty's Gamble: Market-Garden (2003); Shifting Sands (2006); Not War But Murder (2007); Desert Duel (2008); Counter-Attack! Arras 1940 (2009); Anzio-Casino (2010); Slaughterhouse (2011); Birth of a Legend (2011); Breakthrough: Cambrai (2011); Mercury/Market-Garden (2012).
Contests that he has won at the World Boardgaming Championships include his victory in Breakout: Normandy in 1999 and Monty's Gamble: Market Garden in 2004.
He was interviewed in episode 11 of the podcast Point 2 Point:
http://point2pointsource.com/xoops/modules/news/article.php?storyid=40
His design for ATO Magazine titled Not War But Murder won the 2008 CSR Awards for Best Magazine Wargame and Best Historical Article or Scenario in a Magazine.