Thomas Lehmann

Tom Lehmann (born July 1, 1958) has worked as an economist, programmer, boardgame publisher, and technical writer, but is best known as a game designer.

Career

Tom Lehmann was the publisher and designer of Prism Games. His works include Fast Food Franchise, Time Agent, 2038 (with Jim Hlavaty), 1846, Magellan/Pizarro & Co., Jericho, To Court the King, Phoenicia, and Race for the Galaxy. Lehmann now designs games for the international market.

Published Games

• Fast Food Franchise (1992, Prism Games)
• Time Agent (1992, Prism Games)
• Suzerain (1993, Prism Games)
• Age of Exploration (1994, Prism Games)
• 2038 - co-designed with Jim Hlavaty (1995, Prism Games)
• Throneworld (1997, Prism Games)
• Magellan/Pizarro & Co. (2002, Hans im Glück, Rio Grande Games)
• Meine Würfel, deine Würfel (My Dice, Your Dice) - a dice game included with 55 (2005, Abacus)
• 1846 - an 18XX game (2005, Deep Thought Games, LLC)
• Jericho (2006, Abacus)
• To Court the King (2006, Amigo Spiele and Rio Grande Games; 2015 Japanese Edition with new art: Cosaic)
• Phoenicia (2007, Rio Grande Games/JKLM Games)
• Race for the Galaxy (2007, Rio Grande Games)
• The Gathering Storm (Race for the Galaxy expansion 1) (2008, Rio Grande Games)
• Middle Kingdom (2008, Z-Man Games)
• New Society (included in the St. Petersburg expansion) (2008, Rio Grande Games)
• Rebel vs Imperium (Race for the Galaxy expansion 2) (2009, Rio Grande Games)
• Pandemic: On the Brink (Pandemic expansion) - co-designed with Matt Leacock (2009, Z-Man Games)
• The Brink of War (Race for the Galaxy expansion 3) (2010, Rio Grande Games)
• The City (2011, Amigo Spiele)
• Outpost Kicker Expansion (included in the 2011 Outpost reprint) (2011, Stronghold Games)
• Starship Merchants - co-designed with Joe Huber (2012, Toy Vault)
• Pandemic: In the Lab (Pandemic expansion) - co-designed with Matt Leacock (2013, Z-Man Games)
• Alien Artifacts (Race for the Galaxy expansion arc 2) (2013, Rio Grande Games)
• Roll through the Ages: the Iron Age (2014, Gryphon Games, Pegasus Spiele)
• Ciúb (2014, Amigo Spiele)
• Roll for the Galaxy - co-designed with Wei-Hwa Huang (2014, Rio Grande Games)
• Pandemic: State of Emergency (Pandemic expansion) - co-designed with Matt Leacock (2015, Z-Man Games)
• Ambition (Roll for the Galaxy expansion) - co-designed with Wei-Hwa Huang (2015, Rio Grande Games)
• Favor of the Pharaoh (2015, Bezier Games)
• Xeno Invasion (Race for the Galaxy expansion arc 3) (2015, Rio Grande Games)

Tom has also contributed design ideas to other published games, including Outpost, San Juan, Pandemic: The Cure, and the revised edition of Pandemic.

External links

• Thomas Lehmann at BoardGameGeek
• Tom Lehmann personal web page