Hartmut Kommerell

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Hartmut Kommerell (born May 25, 1966 in Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German game designer.

Life

Hartmut Kommerell was born in Stuttgart and spent his childhood and youth in Stuttgart , Moers and Owen . He completed his mathematics studies at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and at the Humboldt University in Berlin . He graduated from the Technical University of Berlin in 1998 . Since 1998 he has been working full-time in Berlin in the calculation of locking systems .

He has been enthusiastic about board games since childhood, and there was always a lot of games in the family environment. At the age of 16 he published problem chess exercises in print media, later several "games in a book" followed by the Berliner Spieleanzeiger and the Spielbox . The first box game, The Silk Road, was published by Schmidt Spiele in 1998. The author's focus is on abstract 2-person tactical games, but he has also published several children's games.

Kommerell is an active member of the game authors' guild (SAZ) and has been on the board since 2015, from 2015 to 2017 he was deputy chairman, since 2017 he has been the first chairman.

Awards

  • 1997: Hippodice Spieleclub eV - 4th place with " Pictures at an Exhibition " -> published in 2000 first as " online ", then renamed to " offline " ( Franjos )
  • 1998: Hippodice Spieleclub eV - 5th place with " Fette Beute "
  • 1998: Hippodice Spieleclub eV - final round with " Elefanten des Maharajas " -> published in 1999 as " Störrisches Muli " ( Klee Spiele ) & 2002 as " Trampelfanten " ( HABA )
  • 1999: Hippodice Spieleclub eV - final round with " Claim "
  • 2005: Japan Board Game Prize - 3rd place children's game with " Pick A Dilly " ( AbacusSpiele )
  • 2010: State Prize for Play Culture (AT / Styria) - 1st place adult game with " Sunny Side "
  • 2018: The golden rocking horse 2018 - " Cookies " - Nominated in the category "For the whole family"

Ludography

Single games (including new editions from other publishers)
year Game title along with graphic publishing company player Age regulate
2008 Babbela HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 10+ de
2004 The little king - bathing day Hedwig Munck Schmidt Games 2 - 5 5+ de
1999 Bambuti Jürgen Martens Adlung games 2 12+ de
2018 Cookies Annette Nora Kara

Sabine Kondirolli

Ouch! 2 - 4 5+ de / en / fr / nl
2017 Tulum Cecilia Botta Djeco (F) 2 - 4 5+ de / dk / en / fr / it /

nl / p / ru / se / sp

2008 Finito! Rayhle design Schmidt Games - Easy Play 2 - 4 8+ de / en / fr / it / sp
2009 First around the World (Australia) Quiz questions:

+ Robert Pryor,
Peter Dockrill,
Peter Göbel

Robyn Latimer

Carole Orbell

Amy Laker

Schmidt Games & Rader's Digest (Australia) 2 - 6 12+ en
2008 Travel bug Quiz questions:

+ Peter Göbel

Matthias Catrein

Christian Dekelver

Schmidt Games & Reader's Digest 2 - 6 12+ de
2010 Quiz pyramid - the original Quiz questions:

+ Birgit glasses

Martin Hoffmann

Claus Stephan

Schmidt Games & Reader's Digest 2 - 6 de
2010 Quiz Pyramid - Family Edition Quiz questions:

+ Birgit glasses,
Jens C. Bey

Claus Stephan Schmidt Games & Reader's Digest 2 - 4 de
2011 Race to the top (Australia) Quiz questions:

+ Birgit Gläser,
Robert Pryor,
Peter Dockrill

Kristina Giannikos Schmidt Games & Reader's Digest (Australia) 2 - 6 en
2015 Indukto RomBol 2 7+ de
2009 jUX HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 8+ de
2016 Loophole with loophole RomBol 2 de
2001 The little polar bear and the clod hop Hans de Beer Schmidt Games 2 - 5 4+ de
2001 Kleine IJsbeer gaat schotsjespringen (Dutch) Hans de Beer Selecta Spel en Hobby 2 - 5 4+ nl
2001 The little polar bear - mail for you! Hans de Beer Schmidt Games 2 - 3 4+ de
2003 The little polar bear and the snow igloos Hans de Beer Schmidt Games 2 - 4 5+ de
2003 Plume construit un igloo (Dutch) Hans de Beer Selecta Spel en Hobby 2 - 4 5+ nl
2003 Ludoviel + Friedemann Friese

+ Thorsten Gimmler ,
Andrea Meyer,
Martina Hellmich

Lars-Arne "Maura" Kalusky Drübberholz eV 1 - 8 10+ de / en
2000 Offline Franz-Josef Schulte Franjos 2 - 4 10+ de
2000 On-line

(was
renamed to "Offline" shortly after it was released )

8+ Franz-Josef Schulte Franjos 2 - 4 10+ de
2010 Orado HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 de
2009 Orthogo HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 10+ de
2006 Pajonk HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 10+ de
2006 Pajonk extreme HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 10+ de
2004 Penki HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 8+ de
2005 Pick a Dilly Christof table Abacus Games 3 - 7 7+ de / en / fr / it
2007 Quint-X HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 8+ de
1998 The silk road Schmidt Games 2 - 7 10+ de
2014 Slow Fox RomBol 2 7+ de
2003 Square dance HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 10+ de
1999 The stubborn mule Anke Pohl,

Thilo Rick,
Dusan Senkerik,
Bluguy

Clover games 3 - 5 8+ de
2002 Trample Edda Skibbe HABA / Habermaaß GmbH 2 - 5 6+ de
2008 Wantu HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 8+ de
2006 Who's got it Sascha Wiechert Adlung games 3 - 5 (4+)

6+

de / en / fr / it / nl /

sp

2016 Penki Gerhard's game & design 2 8+ de
2014 Quint-X Gerhard's game & design 2 8+ de
2014 Wantu! Math Kangaroo / kangoeroe.org 2 8+ be
2014 WanToe - een tactical ruilspel Math kangaroo / w4kangoeroe.nl 2 8+ nl
2013 Katalon - strategy game for forward thinkers Math kangaroo 2 8+ de
2013 Catalonia - een strategiespel Math kangaroo / w4kangoeroe.nl 2 8+ nl
2014 Wantu Math kangaroo 2 8+ de
2007 Catalonia HiKu / Hiegemann & Kumparnaß 2 8+ de
2016 Florentine puzzle Ferdinand Hein F-Hein games 1 7+ de
Games in print media / game in the magazine:
year Game title Number of players Age along with regulate graphic publishing company series Issue number
2003 Dominance 2 de Christof table SpielBox / W.Nostheide Verlag Edition game box No. 60 1/2003
2005 Cauldron 2 8+ de Christof table SpielBox / W.Nostheide Verlag Edition game box No. 73 6/2005
1999 Lonely Heart 2 de Doris Matthew SpielBox / W.Nostheide Verlag Edition game box No. 40 4/1999
2009 Mission Luna 2 - 4 6+ + Martina Hellmich de Christof table Spielböxchen / W.Nostheide Verlag Game in the notebook 5
1998 Salvatore and the donkey 2 12+ de Franz Vohwinkel SpielBox / W.Nostheide Verlag Edition game box No. 33 2/1998
1998 Square dance 2 10+ de Franz Vohwinkel SpielBox / W.Nostheide Verlag Edition game box No. 32 1/1998
1996 Word structure any de Berlin player gazette / Martina Hellmich 3
1997 Hugh 2 de Berlin player gazette / Martina Hellmich 6th
1998 Dominance 2 de Berlin player gazette / Martina Hellmich 7th
1998 Stopgap 3 - 6 de Berlin player gazette / Martina Hellmich 8th
Contributions to game collections:
year Collection title Game title Number of players Age along with regulate graphic series publishing company
2010 Easy Play XXL Finito 2 - 4 8+ de / en / fr / it / sp Rayhle design Easy play Schmidt Games
2009 domino Dominance,

Castle dominoes,
hectic dominoes

2

2 - 4,
2 - 4

de Classic Line Schmidt Games
2003 Ludoviel 1 - 8 10+ + Friedemann Friese

+ Thorsten Gimmler ,
Andrea Meyer,
Martina Hellmich

de / en Lars-Arne "Maura" Kalusky Drübberholz eV

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kommerell, Hartmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German game designer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart , Germany