Executive board

1^st chairman: Friedemann Friese
Friedemann Friese lives in Bremen; he has been a game designer since 1992 and is, with his "2F-Verlag" company, publisher and editor at the same time. FAUNA, released by Huch!&Friends and nominated for the 2009 Game of the Year award, is one of his latest works.
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2^nd chairman: Stefan Risthaus
, LL.D.
Stefan Risthaus lives in Wolfsburg; he has been a game designer since 2004, and he is a lawyer in his main profession, specializing in industrial and intellectual property rights. He represents the SAZ at the expert committee "Intellectual Property Rights" of the German Cultural Council. One of his latest game publications is Monuments, released by Abacus.
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Treasurer: Christian Beiersdorf

Christian Beiersdorf lives in Freiburg. Since 1990, he has been a game designer; he was working for several game companies for a long time and is currently running the service and licensing agency "Projekt Spiel". One of his latest own games is WortMeister, released by W&L.
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Advisor for the working committee "ALEX Media Prize": Jürgen Grunau

Jürgen Grunau lives in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart; he has been a game designer since 1987, and he is a certified psychologist in his main profession. He is a founder member of the SAZ and has already been active in several offices in the SAZ. Just 4 Fun, released by Kosmos, is one of his latest publications.

Advisor for the working group "Cultural Council": Hajo Bücken
Hajo Bücken lives in Berlin, he has been a game designer since 1981 und writes books, too. Furthermore he runs the publishing company Verlag Neues Spielen, which distributes his famous Mimürfel dice. From 1991 to 1993 he was the first chairman of the SAZ after founding. Now he represents our organization in the German Cultural Council. His popular RATZ-FATZ game series, published by Haba is a great success.
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Advisor for the working group "Contracts": Stefanie Rohner

Stefanie Rohner lives in Basel (Switzerland); and she has been a game designer since 1983. Together with Christian Wolf, she is running the "Atelier Rohner + Wolf" for innovative product concepts. Stefanie Rohner was a member of the SAZ board for many years and still is the contact person members can turn to, of the working group "Contracts". One of her latest publications – together with Christian Wolf – is the popular radio game ABC DRS3 that is very successful in Switzerland.

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Advisor for the working group "Public Relations": Steffen Schulz

Steffen Schulz lives in Hannover and Dessau; he has been a game designer since 2003 and is a technical editor in his main profession. He acts in the working group "Public Relations" and is in charge of the SAZ News layout. His first game publication was Hopse Frosch, released by Klee/Kosmos.
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