Franz Vohwinkel
Franz Vohwinkel (* 1964 in Munich ) is a German graphic artist who has illustrated more than 200 different board and card games and is successful as a fantasy and science fiction draftsman.
Life
After an internship in a photo laboratory, Franz Vohwinkel began training as a photographer in Dachau , which he broke off after 18 months. Vohwinkel then completed an internship in a Munich advertising company, which resulted in a three-year position as a layouter . Since he was unable to study in Bavaria without the Abitur, Vohwinkel studied communication design in Darmstadt from 1985 and received his diploma in 1990.
During his studies he met the game designer Klaus Teuber and in 1991 created his first board game illustration for Teubers Drunter & Drüber . The board game published by Hans im Glück was named Game of the Year in the same year . In 1992 Vohwinkel moved back to Munich and worked there as a freelance graphic designer. After his success with Drunter & Drüber , he illustrated numerous other board and card games, as well as role-playing games such as the German edition of Ork! . In 1996, Wizards of the Coast was the only German who gave him the opportunity to create graphics for the trading card games Magic: The Gathering and BattleTech . Today he lives with his wife Imelda in Seattle , in the northwestern US state of Washington.
Vohwinkel received the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis as best graphic artist in 2008 for the cover picture of Tristopolis and in 2010 for the cover picture of The Kingdom of the Skies .
In 2009 Klaus Teuber dedicated the special card published annually to The Settlers of Catan - The Card Game to him .
Ludography
- 1991: Over and under
- 1992: The Flying Dutchman
- 1993: burins
- 1994: 6 takes!
- 1994: Big Boss
- 1995: Billabong
- 1995: Line 1
- 1995: Medici
- 1995: set!
- 1996: Wizard
- 1997: The Settlers of Catan - The Card Game + Expansions
- 1997: Mississippi Queen
- 1998: Caesar & Cleopatra
- 1998: Cities & Knights
- 1998: Game of Life
- 1998: Fossil
- 1998: Bullhorns!
- 1999: Tikal
- 1999: giants
- 1999: Union Pacific
- 1999: office
- 1999: Vinci
- 1999: Frenzied robots
- 2000: Robo Rally
- 2000: Metro
- 2000: Pig gallop
- 2000: Taj Mahal
- 2000: Cardinal & King
- 2000: The Princes of Florence
- 2000: Halali!
- 2000: Java
- 2000: thunder and lightning
- 2001: hare and hedgehog
- 2001: Isis & Osiris
- 2001: The Star Riders from Catan
- 2001: BattleTech
- 2001: Crimson Skies
- 2002: Starship Catan
- 2002: Mexica
- 2002: Puerto Rico
- 2003: Behind
- 2003: Coloretto
- 2003: King Arthur
- 2003: Lionheart
- 2003: Amun-Re
- 2003: midnight party
- 2004: Blue Moon
- 2004: San Juan
- 2004: Raja
- 2005: Louis XIV
- 2006: Blue Moon City
- 2006: Gloria Mundi
- 2006: Taj Mahal (new edition)
- 2006: Medici vs Strocci
- 2006: Emira
- 2006: bison
- 2007: Medici (new edition)
- 2007: Tsuro
- 2007: Oregon
- 2008: Carcassonne-Mayflower
- 2008: The Witcher of Salem
- 2008: Thor
- 2008: the swarm
- 2008: Diamonds Club
- 2008: Journey to the center of the earth
- 2008: Corsair
- 2008: Strozzi
- 2009: Dominion Black Market
- 2009: ink blood
- 2009: Egizia
- 2009: Ra (new edition)
- 2009: Ra - The Dice Game
- 2009: Finca
- 2009: Samurai - The Cardgame
- 2009: treasure chest
- 2009: Valdora
- 2009: Mamma Mia! plus
- 2010: Asara
- 2010: Zealand
- 2010: Caesar & Cleopatra (new edition)
- 2010: Isis & Osiris (new edition)
- 2011: Fortuna
- 2011: Pantheon
- 2012: The palaces of Carrara
- 2012: Kingdoms
- 2013: Fire Dragons
- 2013: Kashgar
- 2013: Scotland Yard Master
- 2013: La Boca
- 2013: Ugo!
- 2014: The Hohenstaufen
- 2014: RoboRama
- 2014: Orongo
- 2014: Norderwind
- 2014: King Arthur (reissue)
- 2014: hunters and scouts
- 2015: Dragon Lair
- 2016: Exit: The abandoned hut
- 2017: Race to El Dorado
- 2017: Druids
Web links
- Franz Vohwinkel in the Luding games database
- Website of Franz Vohwinkel (English)
- Interview with Franz Vohwinkel from September 2005 with Tom Vasel (English)
- Interview with Franz Vohwinkel from May 2006 at mercadia.de
- Franz Vohwinkel at BoardGameGeek (English)
- Deutscher enchants the gaming world ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (p. 22ff): Brief description by Vohwinkel from 2000 at Amigo (pdf; 448 kB)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vohwinkel, Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist and illustrator |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |