Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Marcel-André Casasola Merkle (born August 10, 1977 in Nuremberg ) is a German game designer and illustrator.
biography
Casasola Merkle published more than a dozen games and illustrated over 20. Together with other authors, he has also been active as a game editor on the Annaberg team since 1999 (including for TransAmerica , 2002). He is co-founder (2000) of the small publisher Lookout Games . His games traitors and mutineers were awarded the à la carte card game prize. He is the initiator of the Lexicon of Game Invention, a wiki that deals with the development of author's games .
From 2005 to 2007 Casasola Merkle was first chairman of the game designers guild , the association for game designers. In 2006 Casasola Merkle completed his studies at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne with the animation film “After Midnight” .
Casasola and his brother, the graphic artist Manuel Casasola Merkle , live in Munich. He himself has been a member of the Pirate Party Germany since 2009 and regularly documented the development of the party in the period after the 2009 Bundestag election together with Christopher Lauer in the joint podcast series “Pirate Talks”.
Ludography
Board and card games
- 1997: Elements ( Adlung Games )
- 1998: Traitor (Adlung Games)
- 2000: Lift off ( Queen Games )
- 2000: Mutineers (Adlung Games)
- 2002: Attribute ( Lookout Games )
- 2003: Bakerstreet ( Ravensburger )
- 2003: Attica ( Hans im Glück )
- 2004: Attribute 2 (with Uwe Rosenberg , Lookout Games)
- 2005: Flunkern (with Tobias Biedermann, Ravensburger)
- 2005: Fiese Freunde Fette Feten (with Friedemann Friese , 2F games )
- 2006: Taluva ( Happy Hans)
- 2006: Monstermaler (with Friedemann Friese & Andrea Meyer; Bewitched games , Casasola, 2F games)
- 2006: Julchen and the Monsters (Casasola, 2F games)
- 2008: Curse of the Mummy (Ravensburger)
- 2009: One against one (Sphinx player publisher)
- 2010: Tadaaam! (with Friedemann Friese & Andrea Meyer; Repos)
- 2011: Speed Dating ( Kosmos )
- 2011: one man. A game. ( Süddeutsche Zeitung )
- 2012: a woman. A game (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
- 2012: Santa Cruz ( Hans im Glück )
- 2015: Taluva Deluxe (Hans im Glück)
- 2018: US Telegraph (Super Meeple)
- 2018: GW: s brott (Alga)
Digital games
- Rules! an iPhone / iPad action-puzzle game 2014
- 2 Dreams an iPhone / iPad Story Adventure Puzzle 2013
Web links
- Homepage of the game designer
- Game Designer's Blog
- Lexicon of game invention
- Merkle interview with Tim Pritlove
- Marcel-André Casasola Merkle in the Luding games database
- Marcel-André Casasola Merkle in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Literature by and about Marcel-André Casasola Merkle in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ User profile , PIRATE Wiki
- ↑ Pirate Talks .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casasola Merkle, Marcel-André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German game designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg , Germany |