Friedemann Friese
German board game designer (born 1970)
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Friedemann Friese (born June 5, 1970) is a German board game designer,[1] known for absurd and humorous games. He is best known for the game Power Grid.[1][2][3]
Friese lives and works in Bremen. He is known for absurd and humour-themed games. The majority, but not all, self-published by his company 2F-Spiele. Many of his games have titles beginning with the letter "F", including his most well known, Power Grid or Funkenschlag.[1][2][3] Many of his games also feature artwork by the artist Harald Lieske.
The game Power Grid (2004) received an honourable mention at the 2005 Spiel des Jahres Awards.[4]
Games designed
- Free Ride[2]
- Findorff (2F-Spiele, Rio Grande Games) (2022)
- Fertig! (also known as Finished!) (2F-Spiele) (2017)
- America (with Ted Alspach) (Bezier Games) (2016)
- 504 (Stronghold Games) (2015)
- Fremde Federn (also known as Copycat) (2F-Spiele) (2012)
- Freitag (also known as Friday) (2F-Spiele) (2011)
- Funkenschlag: Fabrikmanager (Power Grid: Factory Manager) (2F-Spiele) (2009)
- Die 3 Gebote (also known as The 3 Commandments) (with Gordon Lamont and Fraser Lamont) (Rio Grande Games, Bewitched) (2008)
- Fauna (Huch & Friends) (2008)
- Filou - Die Katze im Sack (also known as Felix: The Cat in the Sack) (2007)
- Monstermaler (with Marcel-André Casasola Merkle & Andrea Meyer) (2F-Spiele, Bewitched Spiele, Casasola) (2006)
- Fürchterliche Feinde (Formidable Foes) (2F-Spiele) (2006)
- Fiji (2F-Spiele) (2006)
- Fiese Freunde Fette Feten (with Marcel-André Casasola Merkle) (2F-Spiele) (2005)
- Funkenschlag (2F-Spiele) (also known as Power Grid - Rio Grande Games) (2004)[1][3][5]
- Finstere Flure (Fearsome Floors) (2F-Spiele) (2003)
- Fische Fluppen Frikadellen (2F-Spiele)
- Falsche FuFFziger (2F-Spiele)
- Flickwerk (2F-Spiele)
- Foppen (2F-Spiele)
- Friesematenten (2F-Spiele)
- Frisch Fisch (2F-Spiele) (also known as Fresh Fish - Plenary Games)
- Frisch Fleisch (2F-Spiele)
- Fundstücke (2F-Spiele)
- Ludoviel (with Hartmut Kommerell, Thorsten Gimmler, Andrea Meyer & Martina Hellmich) (Tagungshaus Drübberholz)
- Paparazzo (with Wolfgang Panning) (Abacus)
- Schwarzarbeit (with Andrea Meyer) (Bewitched)
- Wucherer (2F-Spiele) (also known as LandLord - Abacus / Rio Grande Games)
See also
- Going Cardboard (Documentary)