Bernhard Weber (game designer)
Bernhard Weber (* 3. March 1969 in Cologne ) is a German game designer whose board games , among other things by the company Ravensburger and the Federal Agency for Civic Education are sold. He is a member of the game authors' guild and lives in Bonn .
Life
Bernhard Weber grew up in the Rhineland as the youngest of four siblings. His father was a senior teacher at a vocational school , his mother a housewife. Up to the tenth grade he attended a secondary school in Cologne. In 1988 he passed the Abitur at Are Gymnasium Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler . In his school days he played theater . After completing his basic military service with a radio unit in the Eifel , Weber studied geography in Bonn without completing his studies. According to his own account, his studies inspired him to develop board games. In 2007 he and Jens-Peter Schliemann won the Essen pen for his game Burg Appenzell . In 2013 he took second place in Children's Game of the Year for his game Gold on the Orinoco . The game Glupschgeister , co-developed by Weber, was put on the recommendation list for Children's Game of the Year 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Games overview | Bernhard Weber. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ An interview with game designer Bernhard Weber. In: AMIGO. October 13, 2017, accessed on November 14, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Author details - SAZ. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ State Are-Gymnasium Bad Neuenahr. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ About me | Bernhard Weber. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
- ^ Jörg Lehmann: Appenzell Castle - board games report. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
Web links
- Bernhard Weber in the Luding games database
- Bernhard Weber in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
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SURNAME | Weber, Bernhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German game designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |