Tom Werneck
Tom Werneck (* 1939 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a German game expert and author.
Life
Werneck studied law and traveled to Africa , Japan and the USA during his studies . After setting up and running a training institute, he switched to the electronics industry, where he held leading positions in training, sales, human resources and public relations. He wrote a number of articles for newspapers, magazines and radio programs and authored around 40 books. These include solutions for the magic cube , the magic pyramid , the tower and the devil's barrel . Before joining the “ Game of the Year ” jury, which he co-founded and significantly influenced, he also developed games himself. Today he lives in Haar (near Munich) and works as a journalist, management trainer and communications consultant.
Werneck heads the Bavarian Games Archive in Haar , which collects and documents board games and games literature.
Works (selection)
Books
- Management training and personal development
- with Frank Ullmann: Dynamic Reading , Heyne Verlag , Munich 1972
- Calculation training , Heyne Verlag, Munich 1974
- with Clemens Heidack: Gedächtnistraining , Heyne Verlag, Munich 1975
- with Reinhard Grasse: Formulation training , Heyne Verlag, Munich 1978
- Game and entertainment literature
- Thinking games , Heyne Verlag, Munich 1978
- The Rubik's Cube with foreword by Ernö Rubik , Heyne Verlag, Munich 1981
- with Pat Lauer: PokerParty , Gondrom Verlag , Bindlach 2008, ISBN 3811231405
- Games
- with Frank Ullmann: Blockade , Heyne Verlag 1972
- with Klaus Palme: Sing Sing , Heyne Verlag 1975
- Word vortex , Ravensburger 1984
- Translator, editor
- Edwin Schlossberg , John Brockman : Fun and games with the calculator. Mosaik-Verlag, Munich 1976 (translation)
- Team of authors " Game of the Year " jury : The winning games 1991. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1991 (editing with Bernward Thole , also 1992 and 1997)
- Ivan Moscovich : Form puzzle. Fleurus Idea, Cologne 2007 (translation)
Ludography
- 1972: blockade
- 1972: Canyon
- 1972: Phalanx
- 1972: Word Wexel
- 1972: attack
- 1973: topology
- 1973: Spectrum
- 1973: Cristallo
- 1973: Contactic
- 1973: Combinato
- 1974: Xenophon
- 1974: Word vortex ( re-released as Wordz in 2016 )
- 1974: Maxo-Mino
- 1974: Hops
- 1975: Sing-Sing
- 1977: Fantastic balloon trip
- 1985: The wild boar game
Web links
- Bavarian Games Archive Haar
- Literature by and about Tom Werneck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tom Werneck in the Luding games database
- Tom Werneck in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Werneck on the homepage of the Bruckmann publishing house
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werneck, Tom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German game expert and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |