Bruno Faidutti

Faidutti (right) testing a game

Bruno Faidutti (born October 23, 1961 ) is a French game designer .

He is best known in Germany for the game Ohne Furcht und Adel , published by Hans im Glück Verlag . It was on the shortlist for Game of the Year 2000. Bruno Faidutti studied law, economics and history and did a PhD in history on the mythology of the unicorn. He lives and works as a high school teacher in Paris .

Bruno Faidutti's games have a relatively high luck factor . The bluff element is also very important to the avowed poker fan . This can be found for example in his card game Without Fear and Nobility . Faidutti is the author of several card games which, despite the simple game components, have an extraordinary depth of play. Other important and successful titles by Bruno Faidutti are: Bongo , Tal der Mammuts , Tschach , Mission Planete Rouge and Warrior Knights .

Awards

• game of the year
  • Without fear and nobility : nominated in 2000
  • Boomtown : Recommended List 2005
  • Diamant : List of Recommendations 2005
• German Games Prize
  • Without fear and nobility : 6th place 2000
• International Gamers Award
  • Without fear and nobility : nominated 2001
  • Diamond : nominated in 2005
• à la carte card game price
  • Without fear and nobility : 1st place 2000
• Game of games
  • Igloo Igloo : Play Hit with Friends 2004
  • Diamond : Games Hit for Many 2005
• Jeu de l'Année
  • The Queen's Collar : nominated in 2004
• Dutch game award
  • Without fear and nobility : 2001 winner

Ludography (selection)

• 1985: Les Sales mômes (supplement to Jeux & Stratégie magazine )
• 1985: Baston (Jeux Actuels)
• 1989: Tschach
• 1991: The Valley of the Mammoths (published in German in 2001)
• 1995: The Secret of the Abbey
• 1996: China Moon
• 2000: Democrazy
• 2000: Corruption
• 2000: Citadels (in German first as Ohne Furcht und Adel )
• 2000: Castel
• 2000: Bongo!
• 2001: Vabanque
• 2001: Dragon gold
• 2001: The Thief King (with Michael Schacht )
• 2002: Drachenfaust (with Michael Schacht)
• 2003: Terra
• 2003: The Queen's Collar (with Bruno Catalha )
• 2003: Gold and Rum (with Alan R. Moon )
• 2003: Babylon
• 2003: Igloo Igloo (with Bruno Catalha)
• 2004: Boomtown (with Bruno Catalha)
• 2004: Mission: Red Planet (with Bruno Catalha)
• 2005: Double agent (with Ludovic Maublanc )
• 2005: Key Largo (with Paul Randles and Mike Selinker)
• 2005: Diamant (with Alan R. Moon)
• 2006: Warrior Knights (with Derek Carver, Pierre Cléquin and Corey Konieczka)
• 2006: Silk Road (with Ted Cheatham)
• 2007: Chicago Poker (with Bruno Catalha)
• 2008: Red November (with Jef Gontier)
• 2009: Pony Express (with Antoine Bauza )
• 2009: Under the black flag
• 2009: Ad Astra (with Serge Laget )
• 2010: SmileyFace (with Gwenaël Bouquin)
• 2011: Isla Dorada (with Andrea Angiolino, Alan R. Moon and Pier Giorgio Paglia)
• 2011: Lost Temple
• 2011: The King of the Dwarfs
• 2013: Mascarade
• 2013: Formula E (with Sérgio Halaban and André Zatz)
• 2015: Warehouse 51 (with Sérgio Halaban and André Zatz)
• 2015: Raptor (with Bruno Catalha)
• 2015: Departure to the red planet (Second edition of Mission: Red Planet ; with Bruno Catalha)
• 2015: Attila
• 2016: Waka Tanka
• 2016: HMS Dolores (with Eric M. Lang )
• 2016: Argo (with Serge Laget)
• 2017: Secrets (with Eric M. Lang)
• 2017: Use!
• 2017: King's Life (with Gwenaël Bouquin)
• 2017: Kamasutra
• 2017: Junggle (with Anja Wrede )
• 2017: Chawaï
• 2018: Greedy Kingdoms (with Hayato Kisaragi)
• 2018: Dragons

Web links

• Homepage of Bruno Faidutti (French / English)
• Bruno Faidutti in the Luding games database
• Bruno Faidutti in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
• Interview August 2005 at gry-planszowe.pl (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Studio Giochi: Bruno Faidutti
2. ↑ Biographies des auteurs de jeux: Bruno Faidutti ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2014 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. , Center National du Jeu, accessed October 20, 2014 (French)