Guido Hoffmann (game designer)

Guido Hoffmann (* 1960 in Bremen ) is a German game designer and illustrator .

Life

Guido Hoffmann is the son of the renowned game inventor Rudi Hoffmann . He grew up in Frankfurt am Main and learned product design in Offenbach am Main . In 1983 he moved to Vienna, where he studied painting with Maria Lassnig at the University of Applied Arts . After completing his studies in 1989, he worked with short films and storyboards and exhibited his paintings in several galleries.

In 1996 he began to invent his own games and equip them with graphics he designed himself. In 1999 his first game Siesta was published by Goldsieber . Since then he has designed several other games. He designed the graphics for the card placement game Ogallala . According to his own statement, "everything that makes it a total work of art" drives him when making games. Hoffmann lives and works in Austria.

Movement principle using bellows in the Black Pirate

Ludography

• 1999: Siesta (Goldsieber)
• 2002: Hallelujah ( Piatnik )
• 2003: Passado ( Logo Lernspielverlag )
• 2004: Akaba ( HABA )
• 2005: Next ?! ( 25PEACES )
• 2006: The Black Pirate (HABA)
• 2007: The Black Pirate: The Duel (HABA)
• 2008: Suitcase detectives (HABA)
• 2011: Gary Gouda (HABA)
• 2014: Ghostry (Three Magicians Games)
• 2014: Holterdipolter with Jens-Peter Schliemann (moses. Verlag)
• 2014: The Infinite River (Three Magicians Games)
• 2015: The Secret of the Magician with Jens-Peter Schliemann (Mattel)
• 2016: Flatterstein Castle (Three Magicians Games)
• 2017: Burg Flatterstein The Travel Game (Three Magician Games)
• 2018: Tricky Wave with Jens-Peter Schliemann and Elliot Rudell (Game Factory)
• 2019: Voles with Jens-Peter Schliemann (Three hares in the evening sun)

Illustrations (selection)

• 2001: Ogallala (Amigo)
• 2001: King Laurin ( Piatnik )
• 2002: In the Shadow of the Sun King (Amigo)
• 2003: Igloo Igloo (Goldsieber)
• 2003: The Game ( Abacus )
• 2003: Ogallala (PC game) (Amigo)
• 2003: Mimosa
• 2004: The fall of Pompeii (Amigo)
• 2004: Akaba (HABA)
• 2005: Arithmetic Pirates, German Learning Game Award (HABA)
• 2005: Lari Safari (HABA)
• 2005: Montanara (Abacus)
• 2005: 55 (Abacus)
• 2006: Game of the Towers (Pro Ludo)
• 2006: The Black Pirate (HABA)
• 2006: Pirate ABC (HABA)
• 2006: Knight of the Numbers Round (HABA)
• 2007: The Black Pirate - The Duel (HABA)
• 2007: The Black Pirate - The Mini Game (Children's Chocolate)
• 2008: Sioux (Amigo)
• 2008: Suitcase detectives (HABA)
• 2008: arithmetic pirate mini (HABA)
• 2009: Pirate ABC mini (HABA)
• 2009: Geometry Pirates (HABA)
• 2009: Arithmetic Pirates - The Card Game (HABA)
• 2009: Geometry Pirate mini (HABA)
• 2010: A great day at the Pirate Book (HABA)
• 2011: arithmetic pirate book (HABA)
• 2011: Pirate ABC book (HABA)
• 2012: Sioux - The Legacy of the Ogallala (Mac game) (Amigo)
• 2013: Downfall of Pompeii (Mayfair Games)
• 2013: Bohniläum (Amigo)
• 2013: Sherlock Kids (HABA)

Prizes and awards

• Game of games - Hit games simply the best for children for Burg Flatterstein : 2016
• Children's game of the year - Recommended list for Flatterstein Castle : 2016
• German educational game award for The Infinite River : 2015
• Game of games - hit games for kids for ghosting : 2014
• Children's game of the year - Recommended list for suitcase detectives : 2009
• ((Boardgames Australia Awards Best Children's Game Nominee)): 2008
• Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee : 2007
• Japan Boardgame Prize Best Childgame Nominee : 2007
• Children's game of the year for The Black Pirate : 2006
• Play Well for The Black Pirate : 2006
• German Children's Games Award for Akaba : 2005
• Toy Innovation Award for Akaba : 2005
• The Golden Rocking Horse for Aqaba : 2005
• Good game for Aqaba : 2005
• Nominated for the As d'Or-Jeu de L'Année , Cannes 2006 for Akaba : 2005

Web links

• Author profile in the game designers guild
• Guido Hoffmann in the Luding games database
• Guido Hoffmann in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
• Article June 2000 ( memento of November 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) in the Wiener Zeitung
• Interview October 2005 at hall9000.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview October 2005 at hall9000.de
2. ↑ Article December 2006 ( Memento from August 15, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ) at WirtschaftsBlatt
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.