Erwin Glonnegger

Erwin Glonnegger (born May 19, 1925 in Aulendorf ; † February 6, 2016 in Ravensburg ) was a German game designer . For decades he was program manager for parlor games at the largest German game publisher Ravensburger .

biography

Children playing a memory game

Glonnegger first worked as a trained bookseller in the "Rieck'sche Buchhandlung" in Aulendorf before he was drafted into military service in 1943. After the war he was taken prisoner by the Americans for two years. In 1949 Glonnegger came to Ravensburger Verlag and stayed there for 36 years until he left in 1985. Between 1959 and 1969 he built up an archive there, in which the history of board games was discussed for the first time. In the early 1960s he took over the management of the entire program of the game publisher. During this time, the classics Memory (1959), Malefiz (1960), as well as the Ravensburger Hobby (from 1961) and paperbacks (from 1962) were created under his direction . The appearance of the company's first puzzles also fell under his initiative in 1964.

Glonnegger recognized the trend towards an early internationalization of the game market and came into contact with numerous authors whose ideas he implemented with them, such as Alex Randolph and Max Kobbert . Later he successfully launched the games Börsenspiel , Erstes Rechnen , Deutschlandreise , Handel und Wandel and Emil und die Detektiven, which appeared in large editions . He also acted as publisher for the casino series games, which are coveted by collectors . The first award of the game of the year game award for rabbits and hedgehogs went to the publishing house in Ravensburg in 1979, also because of his commitment.

His first published in 1988 when Hugendubel publishing cultural history textbook The game book is considered a standard work.

Books (selection)

• Playbook for everyone . Maier, Ravensburg 1963
• Play with . Maier, Ravensburg 1965
• The golden game book . Maier, Ravensburg 1967
• Fun and games when we travel . Maier, Ravensburg 1970, ISBN 3-473-37028-2
• The big Ravensburger game book . Maier, Ravensburg 1974, ISBN 3-473-42600-8
• Play with. Puzzles, games, etc. Jokes outdoors, while traveling, in the room . Maier, Ravensburg 1976 (Ravensburger Taschenbücher vol. 47), ISBN 3-473-39047-X
• Games, games, games . Maier, Ravensburg 1977
• Games, games, games . Maier, Ravensburg 1986 (Ravensburger Taschenbücher vol. 413), ISBN 3-473-39413-0
• The game book. Board u. Placement games from all over the world. Origin, rules, etc. Story . Hugendubel , Munich 1988, ISBN 3-88034-357-8
• The game book . Three Magician Games 1999, ISBN 3-980-67920-9
• At home with us. Stories from Aulendorf . Aulendorf et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-89089-151-4
• The game book . Ravensburger 2009, ISBN 978-3-473-55654-0

Games

Own games

• 1956: Trade and Change
• 1959: Find me - catch me
• 1962: Summy
• 1969: Emil and the detectives

Editing of individual games

• 1954: Don't say anything about Pulok
• 1959: Memory
• 1960: Maleficent
• 1960: oil for all of us
• 1962: trip to Germany
• 1966: Stock market game

Game collections

Various game collections and series were edited by Glonnegger and published by Ravensburger.

• 1955: Ravensburger game magazine
• 1963: Nice old games
• 1966: 4 first games
• 1972: Casino series
• 1972: Traveler series
• 1974: Ravensburger family games

Awards

Glonnegger received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon on November 29, 1985 . In the laudation at the award ceremony it was said: The "Nestor" of the parlor game will receive this honor because of his outstanding public commitment to the world of games ... With his extensive specialist knowledge, his numerous publications, including games he developed himself, Erwin Glonnegger now has an internationally recognized place in current game history. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, an exhibition on his life and work was organized by the German Games Archive in Marburg as part of the Süddeutsche Spielemesse in Stuttgart in October 2005 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Erwin Glonnegger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Glonnegger exhibition at the Süddeutsche Spielemesse 2005 on the "Game of the Year" homepage ( Memento from November 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Flyer (PDF; 1.53 MB) for the exhibition Erwin Glonnegger - A life for games at Spiel des Jahres

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ravensburger game inventor died: Mourning for Erwin Glonnegger , SWR ( Memento from February 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ The Ravensburger Casino series at alte-spiele.de
3. ↑ Photo and speech on the occasion of his 80th birthday on the Spiel des Jahres homepage ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Mourning for Erwin Glonnegger , Hall9000 from February 9, 2016, accessed February 19, 2016
5. ↑ Information from the Federal President's Office
6. ↑ Flyer (PDF; 1.6 MB) for the exhibition Erwin Glonnegger - A Life for Games ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Short report on the special exhibition 2005 on the Spiel des Jahres homepage ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )