Hexagames was a German game publisher in Dreieich, which existed from 1982 to 1992.[1] It was one of the most famous German game publishers of the 1980s, notable for publishing games such as Lines of Action (1988) and Cosmic Encounter (1992).

Hexagames
IndustryBoard games
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Defunct1992 (1992)
HeadquartersDreieich, Germany
Key people
  • Langden Hensley
  • Jürgen Hagedorn
  • Joe Nikisch

History

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Hexagames was created by Langden Hensley, with the trademark being registered by the German Patent and Trademark Office in late 1982.[1] In 1982, he and Jürgen Hagedorn released the game Long Short, developed by Hensley.[2]

After the game publisher Bütehorn went bankrupt around 1982, Hexagames included several of their games in its program.[3][4] Hagedorn retired from Hexagames in 1988. Joe Nikisch, the founder of the board game company Abacusspiele [de], was responsible for the product range of Hexagames as product manager beginning in 1986.[5][6][7] After the dissolution of Hexagames in 1992, the Berlin games manufacturer Sala took over some of the games under the Salagames label.[8] Salagames also disappeared from the market after about two years and in 1994 some Hexagames games were republished by Abacusspiele.[5]

In 1994, Hensley lost the "Hexagames" trademark, which was re-registered by the publishers "BOB Marketing & Sales GmbH" in Langen.[9] Some Hexagames games were later published by other publishers: Osiris (1995),[10] and Karriere Poker (1996).[11]

Awards

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Several Hexagames games received various awards or been nominated for Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year):

Other notable games

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References

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  1. ^ a b "DPMAregister | Marken - Registerauskunft". register.dpma.de. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  2. ^ "Die Hexagames-Story". www.fairplay-online.de. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  3. ^ "Infos zu 'Hexagames / TST-Enterprises'". luding.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  4. ^ "Le Retoir de Seti". Jeux & Strategie (31): 13. February 1985 – via archive.org.
  5. ^ a b "Abacus Spiele". 2010-10-23. Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  6. ^ a b Walker, Brian (October 1988). "McMulti". Games International (1): 13 – via archive.org.
  7. ^ a b c Wittig, Reinhold (1988). Spielecollection No. 1 Spiele zur Schatzinsel. München Hugendubel. pp. 142–144. ISBN 9783880343559.
  8. ^ Rühle, Rudolf (2003). "Vom Luxus zum Dumping". Spielbox. 5: 40–41.
  9. ^ "DPMAregister | Marken - Registerauskunft". register.dpma.de. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  10. ^ "Infos zu Osiris". luding.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  11. ^ "Infos zu Karrierepoker". luding.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  12. ^ a b Gros, Pascal (April 1989). "L'originalité comme leimotiv". Jeux & Stratégie (57): 11 – via archive.org.
  13. ^ Depaulis, Thierry (December 1986). "Uisge". Jeux & Stratégie (42): 17 – via archive.org.
  14. ^ "Dino". Spiel des Jahres. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  15. ^ Moon, Alan (December 1989). "Christmas Games". Games International (11): 12.