Freddy Hansen is a game designer living in the San Francisco Bay area. He has hosted regular game nights for his friends for over 25 years and has designed his own games since high school. When he is not playing or designing board games, Freddy works as a research physicist. He has experience in plasma and nuclear physics, astrophysics, air and space tech, medical tech, robotics, and more. He’s the author of dozens of peer-reviewed papers and patents, and the co-creator of a popular college-level physics textbook.