Franz Vohwinkel (born 1964 in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

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) is a

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artist and illustrator whose artwork has been featured in

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Works

Vohwinkel drew the cover art for the book ''

Dataware ''Dataware'' is a 1998 role-playing game supplement published by TSR for ''Alternity''. Contents ''Dataware'' is a supplement about computers, artificial intelligence, and robots. Reviews *'' SF Site'' *'' Backstab'' #12 *''Casus Belli A (; ) i ...

'' (1998) for TSR's ''

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'' game, and illustrated cards for the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. He also worked for the German company

Fantasy Productions Fantasy Productions Medienvertriebsgesellschaft GmbH (a.k.a. FanPro) is a German publishing company based in Erkrath. History The company was founded in 1983 by Ulrich Kiesow, Werner Fuchs and Hans Joachim Alpers to produce small metal mini ...

on their version of the ''

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'' game, producing art for the ''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'' (2003), ''Handbook: House Steiner'' (2004), and ''Classic Battletech Master Rules, Revised Ed.'' (2004). Vohwinkel has done interior illustrations on a number of ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' books for

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, including '' Races of Stone'' (2004), '' Monster Manual III'' (2004), '' Complete Arcane'' (2004), '' Stormwrack'' (2005), '' Races of Eberron'' (2005), '' Complete Adventurer'' (2005), '' Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and Truename Magic'' (2006), '' Power of Faerûn'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'' (2006), ''

Player's Handbook II ''Player's Handbook II'' is the title of a third edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'' supplement. It is a handbook of rules and guidelines for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. As the name implies, the book is a supplement to the edition's ...

'', and ''

Drow of the Underdark ''Drow of the Underdark'' is the name of two supplemental rules books for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, providing supplementary game rules focusing on Drow (Dungeons & Dragons), drow culture, equipment and folklore for bo ...

'' (2007). Other RPG work includes ''Realms of Sorcery'' (2005) and ''Old World Armoury'' (2005) for the ''

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' or ''Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play'' (abbreviated to ''WFRP'' or ''WHFRP'') is a role-playing game set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy (setting), Warhammer Fantasy'' setting, published by Games Workshop or its licensee ...

'' game by Black Industries, and ''The Four Winds'' (2005) for ''

Legend of the Five Rings Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated ''L5R'') is a fictional setting created by John Zinser, Dave Seay, Ryan Dancey, Dave Williams, DJ Trindle, Matt Wilson (artist), Matt Wilson and John Wick (role-playing game designer), John Wick and ...

'' by Alderac Entertainment Group. Vohwinkel also illustrated board games, including 1991's '' Drunter und Drüber'', and 1994's ''

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''.

References

External links

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An interview with Franz Vohwinkel

Franz Vohwinkel Interview at Dragon Shield
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