Bertram Kaes
Bertram Kaes (* 1958 ) is a game inventor living in Ravensburg and also organizer of the Ravensburg Plays event .
After working as a commercial employee at Ravensburger Spieleverlag and inventing successful games for internal events, he was commissioned to invent more games. In the years that followed, he invented numerous well-known board games such as the Deutschland-Rallye , Das Hippopotamus in der Achterbahn , Nobody is perfect and a new game plan for the game Malefiz . In 1989 he founded his own company, the Funtasy Factory , in which he still employs other employees and which has been based in Ravensburg since the beginning. Since its inception, he has produced more than 50 other games, not just from theRavensburger AG , but also used by companies like Aldi , BMW , IKEA and Mercedes-Benz for advertising purposes.
Another product of his work is held annually in late summer in Ravensburg Spielefest plays Ravensburg . From the first game festival in 1989 until 2004, the organization was in the hands of Bertram Kaes' company Funtasy Factory.
Games (selection)
1985
- Las Vegas - Georg Appl
1988
- The hippopotamus in the roller coaster (together with Heiner Wöhning) - Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg
- Germany Rally - Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg
1991
- Cha-Do - Dethlefsen & Balk
1992
- Variété Paris - Heye Verlag
- My first nature game: do you know the tree? - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
- Nobody is perfect - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
1993
- Collector ( Deutsche Bundespost )
- A hippopotamus rarely comes alone - (together with Heiner Wöhning) / Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
- Now it hits 13 - our favorite game and aspen leaves
- Dinosaurs - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
1995
- Junior Hippo Party - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
- Mystery - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
- Nobody is perfect 2 - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
- Underground - (together with Virginia Charves) / Theta promotion
1996
- Pack the seven - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH and Mercedes-Benz
- Under The Ground - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
1997
- The hippopotamus in the roller coaster - FX Schmid
1998
- Nobody III - FX Schmid
1999
- The hippopotamus in the roller coaster - FX
2000
- Fix & Foxi: Fat Loot - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
2002
- Lettuce - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
2003
- Nobody's Perfect - Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
Awards
- Die Maulwurf Company ( Game of the Year 1995 shortlist and German Game Prize 4th place (1995) )
Web links
- Funtasy Factory
- Bertram Kaes in the Luding games database
- Bertram Kaes in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kaes, Bertram |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German game inventor and event manager |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |