Andreas Seyfarth (born 6 November 1962) is a

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designer, who is most famous for creating ''

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'', which is highly ranked on

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. In 2002, the game was awarded first place for the prestigious

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(German for ''German Game Prize''). Seyfarth also received the crown jewel of German-style board-game awards, the

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(German for ''Game of the Year'') in 1994 and 2006 for his games ''

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'' and ''

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'' respectively. 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 ''

''. Seyfarth works as a financial controller at

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Games

* ''Zorro: The Fight Against Alcalde'' (1990) * ''Zorro'' (1993) * ''Spiel des Friedens'' (1993) * ''Waldmeister'' (1994) * ''

'' (1994) * ''

'' (2002) * ''Puerto Rico Expansion'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006, with Karen Seyfarth) * ''

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'' (2007)

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