13Mann publishing and wholesale company
| 13Mann Verlags- und Großhandelsgesellschaft mbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | April 24, 2007 |
| Seat | Dusseldorf |
| management | Christian Loewenthal |
| Branch | Publishing and wholesale |
The 13Mann publishing and wholesale mbH (short: 13Mann) is a publishing company based in Dusseldorf.
Companies
13Mann-Verlag was founded in 2007 in Düsseldorf. The focus of the published products is on role-playing games and novels in the fantasy and science fiction genres .
As a licensee of Iron Crown Enterprises, the publisher has been publishing the German-language edition of the role-playing game Rolemaster since 2007 . In 2008, the German version of the traveler role-playing game followed under license from Mongoose Publishing . In addition to the licensed products mentioned, 13Mann-Verlag also publishes its own productions, such as B. the role-playing games ABOREA (until 2016) and Heredium .
In September 2018 the publishing house was taken over by Prometheus Games and continued under the new managing director Christian Loewenthal.
In June 2019, the publisher announced that the license of the traveler role-playing game with Mongoose Publishing would not be renewed and the product line would be discontinued.
License partners and authors
License partner
- Iron Crown Enterprises (Rolemaster)
- Mongoose Publishing (Traveler)
- Sebastian Witzmann (ABOREA, until 2016)
Authors
- Andreas Schnell
- Ulli Schwan
program
13Mann has the following product lines in its range:
Role play
- ABOREA (until 2016)
- Heredium
- Rolemaster
- Traveler (until 2019)
Novels
- Andreas Schnell: New banks. Heredium Roman 1. 13Mann Verlag, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3941420816 .
- Andreas Schnell: Brothers in spirit. Heredium Roman 2.13Mann Verlag, Düsseldorf 2011, ISBN 978-3941420823 .
- Ulli Schwan: The blood of the moonwalkers. 13Mann Verlag, Düsseldorf 2012, ISBN 978-3941420830 .
Web links
- Publisher website (from 2018)
- Old publisher's website ( Memento from April 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (until 2018)
- 13man at Luding
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Since the 4th edition, the role-playing game is no longer distributed by 13Mann-Verlag, but by Sebastian Witzmann as an independent, registered brand and game world (see announcement about the move of the ABOREA forum ).
- ↑ Prometheus Games acquires 13 Mann Verlag (August 13, 2018).
- ↑ Blog entry from October 5, 2018 on the new publisher's website (accessed October 9, 2018).
- ↑ a b blog entry from June 28, 2019 on the new publisher's website (accessed on July 2, 2019).