Thomas Braunlich, son of Frank H. Braunlich Jr. and Phyllis Braunlich, is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a journalism graduate.^[1]^[2] Braunlich and Rollie Tesh were world champions of Pente, a game originally published by Parker Brothers, and later by Decipher.^[3] In 1993, Braunlich and Tesh approached Decipher with their idea for a licensed collectible card game, the result of which they published as Star Trek: The Next Generation Customizable Card Game (1994).^[3]^[4]^[5]

Tom Braunlich worked for Decipher. He helped create the Star Wars Customizable Card Game which was Decipher's most monetarily successful CCG and their second-most successful game in terms of longevity.

Braunlich is also a writer on games, including Pente^[2] and chess,^[6]^[7] and organizer of chess tournaments.^[8]^[9] Braunlich holds a USCF Life Master rating in chess.^[10] On numerous occasions Braunlich has served as the director for the Jerry Spann Memorial Tournament, also known as the Oklahoma Open tournament.^[11]

Braunlich is also the author of Weather Knight: A World War II Biography of Frank H. Braunlich Jr.^[12]

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