Alexander Pfister

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Alexander Pfister (right) and Andreas Pelikan at the international game days SPIEL 2016 in Essen.

Alexander Pfister (born October 18, 1971 in Bludenz , Austria ) is an Austrian game designer .

biography

Alexander Pfister grew up in Vorarlberg and began developing his own games as a child. He studied economics and works independently in the financial sector. He came into contact with game publishers through the Vienna game agency White Castle. Its first publication was in 2008 the game Buccaneers of the Caribbean by the publisher Public Solution , followed by other games. In 2014, his game Port Royal was nominated for the à la carte card game award and achieved 4th place. 2015 won it together with Andreas Pelikan developed game Broom service the Games Price Kennerspiel of the year the jury of the game of the year . In the following year, 2016, the game duo was able to achieve this award again with Isle of Skye: From Chief to King , and the Mombasa game was also awarded the German Games Prize .

The game designer lives and works in Vienna.

Ludography (selection)

Awards

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Interview with Alexander Pfister on brettspielbox.de, October 17, 2015; Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c Interview with Alexander Pfister on boardgamejunkies.de, December 9, 2015; Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Prize Winner 2016 ( Memento from August 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), spiel-essen.com, accessed October 8, 2017

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personal data
SURNAME Pfister, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian game designer
DATE OF BIRTH 18th October 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Bludenz , Austria