Klaus Palesch

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Klaus Palesch (born May 1961 in Stuttgart ) is a German game designer . He gained fame through his original card games and his mail order games company "Spieleschachtel".

Life

Klaus Palesch grew up in the north Swabian village of Sersheim . After graduating from secondary school, he first trained as a plumber, and then later as an industrial clerk. From 1991 onwards he set up the “Spieleschachtel” game mail order business as a garage startup. After expansion, he moved the company headquarters to Metzingen .

Socially, Palesch emerged as the organizer of the Ludwigsburg board game championship. The winner's podium there qualifies for participation in the German championship, which in turn qualifies for a competition on an inter-European level. In 1990 Palesch took part successfully with the “Pöppel-Company” team and achieved second place in the “Eurogames”.

From the end of the 1980s, Palesch started to create his own game. His card game Sticheln was ready for production in 1989, but was not released until 1993 by the Amigo Spiele game publisher . At almost the same time, Hattrick was born, which became a minor market success two years later.

With “ Beim Zeus ” and “ Fossil ”, the author brought two board games to the game market for renowned publishers at the end of the 1990s . In this segment he had only mediocre success. With other card games (" Remmi Demmi ", "Mit List und Tücke", "Cash", " Combit ") he was able to build on his good reputation as a game inventor. It is also well represented overseas, i.e. in English-speaking countries - see “Board Game Geek”. However, with over 50,000 copies sold, “Sticheln” is still his greatest market success as a game designer.

Today Klaus Palesch lives again in Sersheim near Ludwigsburg.

Awards

  • "At the Zeus!" - German Games Award , place: 9 (1997)
  • “Hattrick” - a la carte card game award from Fairplay magazine , place: 2 (1995); German Games Prize, place: 8 (1995); Canteen Select (1997)
  • "With cunning and trickery" - à la carte: card game award of the magazine Fairplay, place: 5 (1999); Gamers Choice Awards : Multiplayer Nominees (2000)
  • “Sticheln” - à la carte: Fairplay magazine's card game award, place: 1 (1993); German game award, place: 8 (1993)

Ludography

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Board Game Geek: Profile of Klaus Palesch
  2. ↑ Spielbox portrait July 1995
personal data
SURNAME Palesch, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German game designer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart