Andreas Seyfarth
German-style board game designer (born 1961)
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Andreas Seyfarth (born 6 November 1962) is a German-style board game designer, who is most famous for creating Puerto Rico, which is highly ranked on BoardGameGeek.[1] In 2002, the game was awarded first place for the prestigious Deutscher Spiele Preis (German for German Game Prize). Seyfarth also received the crown jewel of German-style board-game awards, the Spiel des Jahres (German for Game of the Year) in 1994 and 2006 for his games Manhattan and Thurn and Taxis respectively.
Andreas Seyfarth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 November 1961 |
| Occupation | Game designer |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
| Notable work | Puerto Rico, Max and Moritz, Manhattan, Thurn und Taxis |
Seyfarth married his wife Karen in 1988. He credits her with playtesting and helping design most of his games. Additionally, she is the co-author of Thurn and Taxis. Seyfarth works as a financial controller at Deutsche Telekom.[2]
Games
- Zorro: The Fight Against Alcalde (1990)
- Zorro (1993)
- Spiel des Friedens (1993)
- Waldmeister (1994)
- Manhattan (1994)
- Puerto Rico (2002)
- Puerto Rico Expansion (2004)
- San Juan (2004)
- Thurn and Taxis (2006, with Karen Seyfarth)
- Airships (2007)
