Bruno Cathala

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Bruno Cathala 2017 in Essen.

Bruno Cathala (* 1963 ) is a French game designer .

Cathala began developing games in the early 2000s. In an interview with The Dice Tower , the game designer explained that luck played a major role in the beginning of his career: his first game design, the card game Lawless! , was published in 2002 by the game publisher Eurogames / Descartes (published in Germany in 2003 under the title Das war der Wilde Westen ). The publisher immediately expressed interest in other games and within a few months Cathala developed the games War & Sheep , Drake & Drake and Tony & Tino , all of which were also published by Eurogames / Descartes .

Cathala's ludography now comprises more than 30 titles, most of the games were created in cooperation with other game authors: Bruno Faidutti (including Boomtown ), Serge Laget (including Shadows over Camelot ), Ludovic Maublanc (including Mr. Jack , Dice Town ) and Sébastien Pauchon and Malcolm Braff (et al. Jamaica , Animalia ).

The author's games have been on the recommendation list for Game of the Year five times, and many have been nominated for further awards. In particular, the Shadow over Camelot (2005, Days of Wonder ), developed in collaboration with Serge Laget, garnered a lot of critical acclaim. Among other things, in 2005 it was awarded the Austrian Game Prize for Games in the category "Hit games for experts" and in 2006 it received the "Special Prize Fantastic Game" from the Game of the Year Critics' Prize.

Cathala has lived in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny in the Haute-Savoie département in eastern France since 1986 .

Ludography (selection)

  • 2002: Lawless! (Eurogames / Descartes, published in Germany 2003 under the title Das war der Wilde Westen )
  • 2002: War & Sheep (Eurogames / Descartes)
  • 2002: Drake & Drake (Eurogames / Descartes)
  • 2002: Tony & Tino (Eurogames / Descartes)
  • 2003: The Queen's Collar (Days of Wonder), with Bruno Faidutti
  • 2004: Boomtown (Face to Face Game), with Bruno Faidutti
  • 2004: Igloo Iglu ( Goldsieber ), with Bruno Faidutti
  • 2005: Shadows over Camelot (Days of Wonder), with Serge Laget
  • 2006: Mr. Jack (Hurrican Games), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2006: Cleopatra and the Builders (Days of Wonder), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2006: Animalia (GameWorks), with Sébastien Pauchon and Malcolm Braff
  • 2007: Jamaica (GameWorks), with Sébastien Pauchon and Malcolm Braff
  • 2007: Flinke Feger (Pro Ludo), with Serge Laget
  • 2008: Mow (Hurrican Games)
  • 2009: Dice Town (Matagot), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2009: Mr. Jack in New York (Hurrican Games), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2009: Cyclades (Asmodee), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2010: Sobek (Asmodee / GameWorks)
  • 2010: Mr. Jack Pocket (Hurrican Games), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2011: Mundus Novus (Asmodee), with Serge Laget
  • 2011: Dice Town extension (Matagot), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2012: Shadows over Camelot - The Card Game (Days of Wonder), with Serge Laget
  • 2012: Noah (Asmodee), with Ludovic Maublanc
  • 2012: Okiya (Blue Orange, Pegasus)
  • 2013: The Little Prince - My Home Is Too Small (Ludonaute), with Antoine Bauza
  • 2014: Five Tribes - The Djinns of Naqala (Days of Wonder)
  • 2015: 7 Wonders Duel (Repos Production, Asmodee) with Antoine Bauza
  • 2015: Raptor (board game) (Matagot, Pegasus) with Bruno Faidutti
  • 2016: Kingdomino (Le Grand Massif, Pegasus)
  • 2016: Kanagawa (Iello) with Charles Chevallier
  • 2017: Yamataï (Days of Wonder, Asmodee)
  • 2017: Queendomino (Le Grand Massif, Pegasus)
  • 2018: Micropolis (Pegasus)
  • 2018: Loser
  • 2018: Krobs
  • 2018: Kiwara
  • 2018: Jurassic Snack (The Flying Games)
  • 2018: Imaginarium (with Florian Sirieix; Bombyx)
  • 2019: Nagaraja (with Théo Rivière; Hurrican)
  • 2019: Kingdomino Duel (with Ludovic Maublanc; Blue Orange)
  • 2019: Ice Team (with Matthew Dunstan ; The Flying Games)

Awards

  • game of the year
    • Boomtown : Recommended List 2005
    • Shadows over Camelot : Special Prize "Fantastic Game" 2006
    • Flinke Feger : Recommendation list 2008
    • Jamaica : Recommended List 2008
    • Mow : list of recommendations 2009
    • Kingdomino : Game of the Year 2017
  • German Games Prize
    • Shadows over Camelot : 7th place in 2005
    • Jamaica : Essen Spring 2008
    • Kingdomino : 6th place 2017
  • Game of games
    • Igloo Igloo : Play Hit with Friends 2004
    • Shadows Over Camelot : The Expert Game 2005
    • Cleopatra and the Builders : Play Hit With Friends 2006
  • Gamers Choice Awards
    • Shadows Over Camelot : Multiplayer - Nominees 2005
    • Mr. Jack : Two Player Winner 2007
  • As d'Or
    • Nimble sweeps : Jeu de l'Année 2007
    • Kingdomino : Jeu de l'Année 2017, nominated
  • Japan Boardgame Prize
    • Shadows over Camelot : 1st place Best Advanced Game 2005
    • Boomtown : 14th place Best Advanced Game 2005
    • Cleopatra and the Builders : 6th place Best Advanced Game 2006
  • Dutch game award
    • Mr. Jack : 2007 nomination list

Web links

Commons : Bruno Cathala  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Bruno Cathala from June 16, 2005 at The Dice Tower (English) ( Memento from August 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ User profile at BoardGameGeek (English)
  3. ↑ 2017 award winners ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , spiel-essen.com, accessed October 8, 2017  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spiel-essen.com
personal data
SURNAME Cathala, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French game designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963