Thomas Römer (Author)

Thomas Römer (* 1965 ) is a German author and editor in the field of fantasy .

Römer first studied astronomy and physics at the University of Bochum . From 1988 he worked as an author for the pen & paper role-playing game Das Schwarze Auge (DSA) and participated in numerous publications in this series. Between 1992 and 1997 he was also the editor-in-chief for the German edition of the role-playing game Shadowrun , and from 1997 to 2011 editor-in-chief for Das Schwarze Auge at the publishers Fantasy Productions and Ulisses Spiele . He was responsible for editing the rules for the 4th edition of Das Schwarze Auge ( DSA 4 ), which no longer appeared in box form but as hardcover volumes ( Ways of the Sword, Ways of Heroes, Ways of Magic, Ways of the Gods as well as the basic set of rules Das Schwarze Auge ).

Since 2013 Römer has been working as an editor for the fantasy role-playing game Splittermond from Uhrwerk Verlag with responsibility for the game world "Lorakis".

Publications

• with Vera Zingsem and Caryad: Wanderer in the sky. The world of planets in astronomy and mythology. Springer Spectrum, Berlin / Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-55342-4 .

For Shadowrun :

• Germany in the Shadows - Author: Forerunner, History, Overview, Parties, Economy, Matrix, Connections, Equipment, Awakened Beings. Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 1992, ISBN 3-89064-708-1
• Chromium & Dioxin - Author: Foreword, Hardware & Timeline. Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 1996, ISBN 3-89064-727-8

For the black eye :

• The wolf of Winhall. Schmidt Spiele & Droemer Knaur , Munich 1988, ISBN 3-426-30045-1 .
• Dust and stars. Completely revised new edition, Ulisses Spiele, Waldems 2011, ISBN 978-3-940424-58-7 .
• Nightmare without end. 2nd edition with unchanged content, Ulisses Spiele, Waldems 1998, ISBN 3-89064-302-7 .
• Gate of horror. 2nd edition with unchanged content, Ulisses Spiele, Waldems 1999, ISBN 3-89064-314-0 .
• with Hadmar von Wieser : Rohal's promise. Fantasy Productions , Erkrath 1998, ISBN 3-89064-329-9 .
• with Christian Lonsing: Aventurian Arsenal. Ulisses Spiele, Waldems 2008, ISBN 978-3-940424-55-6 .
• with Jörg Raddatz , Anton Weste : Master of the Demons. Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 2005, ISBN 3-89064-383-3 .

Web links

• Thomas Römer in the Luding games database
• Thomas Römer at Wiki Aventurica

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Römer ( memento of February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on gff2014.aau.at (short biography as speaker at the 5th annual conference of the Society for Fantastic Research).
2. ↑ The world team - Thomas Römer. In: splittermond.de. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .