Franz-Benno Delonge
Franz-Benno Delonge (born May 13, 1957 in Munich ; † September 2, 2007 there ) was a German game designer and author from Munich. His father was the lawyer and local politician Franz Josef Delonge .
Life
Franz-Benno Delonge was a judge at the Munich Higher Regional Court . In 1999 he released his first game, Big City . In 2002 he made the nomination list for the game of the year with the train game Trans America . Dos Rios made it onto the recommendation list in 2004 .
In 1996 Delonge also published the book Deutsch für Schaumschläger . The second edition in 2000 is entitled Unreserved Enlightenment - Politician-German for Beginners ( ISBN 978-3-8218-3573-0 ).
On September 2, 2007, Franz-Benno Delonge died of cancer at the age of 50.
Games
- 1999 Big City
- 2001 Iron Road
- 2002 payday
- 2002 Trans America (nominated for Game of the Year 2002; Game of Games : Spiele Hit für Familien 2002; German Games Prize 2nd place 2002)
- 2002 Hellas
- 2004 Dos Rios ( Game of the Year - Recommended list 2004)
- 2004 Goldbräu
- 2004 close!
- 2005 Fjords ( International Gamers Award Two Player Nominees 2005)
- 2005 Manila ( German Games Prize 3rd place 2005)
- 2005 Trans Europa ( Game of Games 2005)
- 2006 art market
- 2007 Zanzibar
- 2007 container
Web links
- Franz-Benno Delonge in the Luding games database
- Benno Delonge in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Interview June 2005 at poeppelkiste.de
- Interview August 2004 at thegamesjournal.com (English)
- Interview June 2005 at thedicetower.com (English) ( Memento from November 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delonge, Franz-Benno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German game designer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2007 |
| Place of death | Munich |