From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franz-Benno Delonge
Franz-Benno Delonge
Franz-Benno Delonge the size and type of building, with bonuses for location,
and the adjacent buildings. Players also have an opportu-
Born 1957 nity to build a streetcar line, which also provides bonus
Died September 2, 2007 points for buildings.
Nationality German
TransAmerica
Known for Game Designer Main article: TransAmerica
TransAmerica (published 2001), was Delonge’s greatest
Franz-Benno Delonge (1957-September 2, 2007) was a de- success, and also won a Mensa Best Mind Game award.
signer of German-style board games. He has been nomi- Players have to build track to connect their five random-
nated for multiple best game awards, including Spiel des ly and secretly assigned cities. Delonge attributed much
Jahres and International Gamers Awards. TransAmerica of its success to the simplicity of the rules.
won the Mensa best mind game award for 2003. He died
of cancer on September 2, 2007. Fjords
Main article: Fjords
Early life Fjords (2005)
Delonge started boardgaming as a child, often spending
extended periods of time with his grandmother and her TransEuropa
sisters. These three widows enjoyed all kinds of card and Main article: TransEuropa
board games, and the most popular card game in Bavaria TransEuropa (2005)
was for four players. Although quite hard, they made
sure he could play by the time he was eight. Other games
• Hellas (2002)
Thoughts on game design • Zahltag (2002)
• Goldbräu (2004)
While enjoying the success of TransAmerica, he would • Dos Rios (2004)
prefer to play other games he designed, like Dos Rios, Hel- • Nah Dran! (2004)
las or Big City. He considered his best work to have been • Manila (2005)
Manila. TransAmerica was the game he thought was easi- • Kunstmarkt (2006)
est for him to design, and found that even simple rules • Zanzibar (2007)
can have unexpected consequences. • Container (2007)
Dos Rios, on the other hand, he felt was clearly the
hardest game to work to completion, which took around
5 years to improve from basic design to publishable prod- External links
uct. • Franz-Benno Delonge Interview by Dave Shapiro, The
Game Journal.
Works • Luding Entry for Franz-Benno Delonge.
• Franz-Benno Delonge at BoardGameGeek
Big City Persondata
Big City (published 1999) is a game with a modular board, Name Delonge, Franz
each board section representing a neighbourhood of a Alternative names
new and growing city. Players draw cards representing Short description
development lots on those neighbourhoods, and then
Date of birth 1957
turn the cards in to build residences, offices, and other
special buildings. If a building is larger than a single Place of birth
space, then multiple cards must be turned in, represent- Date of death September 2, 2007
ing the adjacent lots. Some buildings have restrictions on Place of death
where they can be placed, and points are scored based on
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