Erwin Glonnegger (19 May 1925, Aulendorf - 6 February 2016, Ravensburg) [1] was a German writer and game designer for the company Ravensburger; he was the inventor of the game Concentration.
Scotland Yard is a board game in which a team of players, as police, cooperate to track down a player controlling a criminal around a board representing the streets of London, first published in 1983. It is named after Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Scotland Yard is an asymmetric board game, with the detective players cooperatively solving a variant of the pursuit-evasion problem. The game is published by Ravensburger in most of Europe and Canada and by Milton Bradley in the United States. It received the Spiel des Jahres award in 1983.
A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct or fun solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, relational puzzles, and logic puzzles.
Martha Elenor Maguire is an American musician who is a founding member of both the all-female alternative country band The Chicks and country bluegrass duo Court Yard Hounds. She won awards in national fiddle championships while still a teenager. Erwin is accomplished on several other instruments, including the mandolin, viola, double bass and guitar. She has written and co-written a number of the band's songs, some of which have become chart-topping hits. She also contributes her skills in vocal harmony and backing vocals, as well as orchestrating string arrangements for the band.
Top Secret Spies is a spy-themed German-style board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and published in 1984 by Ravensburger. The game, also known as Under Cover or Detective & Co, won the Spiel des Jahres award in 1986.
1999 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as Mario Party, Sonic Adventure, Pokémon Snap, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver', Heroes of Might and Magic III, Super Smash Bros., Pokémon Stadium, Donkey Kong 64, Ape Escape, Mario Golf 64 and Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation.
Ravensburger AG is a German game and toy company, publishing house and market leader in the European jigsaw puzzle market.
Mensch ärgere Dich nicht is a German board game, developed by Josef Friedrich Schmidt in 1907/1908. Some 70 million copies have been sold since its introduction in 1914. It is played in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, and Iran.
Labyrinth is a board game for two to four players, published by Ravensburger in 1986.
Hare and Tortoise is a German-style board game designed by David Parlett in 1974 and first published by Intellect Games. In 1978 it was released by Ravensburger in Germany, where the game became a huge hit. It has since sold some 2 million units in at least ten languages, including several known pirated editions. The current edition is published by Gibsons Games in the UK, Ravensburger in Germany and Rio Grande Games in the United States.
Rivers, Roads & Rails is a matching game similar to dominoes, but with 140 square tiles and in some respects similar to Bendomino. The game consists of square card pieces featuring different coloured tracks. The game was created by Ken Garland and Associates and first published in 1969 under the name Connect. Since 1982 it has been produced by Ravensburger, first in an abstract form, and since 1984 under the current theme with artwork by Josef Loeflath. It has also been known under the name Contact.
Aulendorf is a town in the district of Ravensburg, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 20 kilometres southwest of Biberach an der Riß, and 19 kilometres north of Ravensburg.
The Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's basketball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference.
Erwin Mulder is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Swansea City. He is a former Netherlands U20's international and also received a call up to the senior Netherlands side in 2012.
Enchanted Forest is a board game designed by Alex Randolph and Michel Matschoss that requires players to remember the locations of fairytale treasures. The first edition of the game was published by Ravensburger in Germany in 1981 under the original name Sagaland.
Malefiz is a strategy board game, invented by Werner Schöppner and published by Ravensburger since 1960. It is a non-circular descendant of the ancient Indian board game Pachisi.
Gregory "Greg" Erwin is an American who currently serves as the crew chief for Wood Brothers Racing driver Matt DiBenedetto in the NASCAR Cup Series. In 2013, he was crew chief for Penske Racing driver Sam Hornish Jr. in the Nationwide Series. In 2015, Erwin was the crew chief for the No. 22 car of Team Penske in the Xfinity Series. Erwin became the team manager of Team Penske in the Xfinity Series in 2016. In the Sprint Cup Series, Erwin served as crew chief for Greg Biffle. Erwin and Biffle made the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2009 and recorded Ford's first win of 2010 at Pocono Raceway. Erwin has also worked as crew chief for Robby Gordon Motorsports.
Daedalic Entertainment GmbH is a German video game developer and publisher based in Hamburg. They are best known for developing point-and-click adventure games. Daedalic operates two subsidiary studios: Daedalic Entertainment Studio West and Daedalic Entertainment Bavaria.
Lee Harry Erwin is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Ross County as a striker. He is a Scottish youth international, having played at the under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels.
The Castles of Burgundy is a board game for two to four players, set in Medieval Burgundy. It was designed by Stefan Feld and illustrated by Julien Delval and Harald Lieske, and was published in 2011 by Ravensburger/alea. It is considered a classic of the eurogame genre, and is cited as one of the most influential board games of the last decade. It uses dice rolling and dice placement, a modular setup, and set collection as its mechanics. The dice and the ability to change them give players a wide range of options.
Arno Steinwender is an Austrian board game designer and teacher. In his free time he develops board games, for which he has won several awards.
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