Leo Colovini

Leo Colovini (* 1964 in Venice ) is an Italian game designer .

Colovini has a doctorate in history. He met Alex Randolph at the age of twelve in a Venetian chess club and became a game tester for its developments. Colovini married in 1990 and had twins in 1993. He quit his secure job at a bank to open a toy store with friends. There are now several shops in Mestre , Venice and Padua . During these years Colovini mainly developed small card games.

In 1995 he founded the Venice Connection publishing house together with Alex Randolph and Dario de Toffoli . After Colovini had completed his history studies with a thesis on Charlemagne ( Carolus Magnus ) and the Lombards in Italy, he developed the game Carolus Magnus from it .

Ludography (selection)

1986: Drachenfels (with Alex Randolph ) 1988: Incognito (with Alex Randolph ) 1990: The magical 7 1993: Lex Arcana , (with Dario de Toffoli , Marco Maggi , Francesco Nepitello ) 1994: Easter Island (with Alex Randolph ) 1996: Mini Incognito (with Alex Randolph ) 1997: Top hats 1998: Dummy / Yummy / Ketch up (with Dario de Toffoli ) 1998: Europe 1945-2030 (with Duccio Vitale ) 1998: Theseus (with Dario de Toffoli ) 1999: Il grande gioco del compleanno 2000: Carolus Magnus 2000: Cartagena 2000: Doge 2001: Meridian 2001: Vabanque (with Bruno Faidutti ) 2002: Clans 2003: Avalon 2003: Magna Grecia (with Michael Schacht ) 2003: Corsari 2003: Collection / Minestrone (with Luiza Cognetti , Francesco Cognetti ) 2003: The Shangrila Bridges 2003: Hektor and Achill (with Marco Maggi , Francesco Nepitello ) 2003: Alexandros 2003: speed 2004: family ties 2004: Druids 2004: Number one (with Alex Randolph , Renato de Rosa , Dario de Toffoli ) 2004: Submarine 2004: Honesti e disonesti (with S. Cavanè) 2005: Go West 2005: Wikinder (with Federico Colovini ) 2005: Mango Tango (with Dario de Toffoli ) 2005: Challenge Sudoku (with Dario de Toffoli , Dario Zaccariotto ) 2005: Carcassonne - Neues Land (with Klaus-Jürgen Wrede ) 2005: Holidays 2006: Cartagena II 2006: Genghis Khan - Movement on the Great Wall 2006: builder of the wall 2006: Justinian (with Alessandro Saragosa ) 2006: Kakuro Challenge 2006: Nebraska 2007: Mine clearer (with Dario Zaccariotto ) 2007: Seven in one fell swoop (with Fabio Visintin )

2008: Star Wars: Galactic Battles (with Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi ) 2008: Star Wars: The Last Stand (with Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi ) 2008: Golden Era (with Giuseppe Baù ) 2008: Islas Canarias 2008: Wall-e (with Federico Colovini ) 2008: Cartagena, the escape 2009: Atlantis 2009: Atlantis ships 2009: Donna Leon - dangerous games 2009: Donna Leon - exp. set 2010: Sherlock 2010: Horseland 2011: Elephant memo 2011: stinginess 2011: Draco 2011: Double duel 2011: Het Huis Anubis 2011: Atlantis - Icarus 2011: Atlantis - trial game 2011: Cartagena App 2012: I go! 2012: Kartagena 2012: Witches of Blackmore 2012: Non c'è due senza tre (with Carlo A. Rossi ) 2012: Aztlan 2012: Masterdice 2013: De Verkenners 2013: Incognito (new edition) 2013: Golden Horn: From Venice to Constantinople 2014: Cartagena (new edition) 2014: Venezia 2099 2014: nightcap 2014: Hot tin roof 2015: Think Str8! 2015: Odyssey: Wrath of Poseidon 2016: Leo has to go to the hairdresser 2016: freaky 2017: Polis 2017: Matterhorn 2017: Facecards 2017: Gho ... Gho ... Ghosty 2017: Forest 2017: Cartagena 2018: MiniCity 2018: Fae 2019: Howl! Mau Mau 2019: Castello Methoni

Awards

game of the year 1988 Special “Nice Game” award for Incognito Nomination 2000 for Carolus Magnus 2003 nomination for clans Children's game of the year Nomination 2016 for Leo has to go to the hairdresser German Games Prize 2000 place 7 for Carolus Magnus 2001 6th place for Cartagena 2003 3rd place for clans 2004 place 10 for The Bridges of Shangrila 2006 place 7 for wall builders

German Children's Games Award 2016 for Leo has to go to the hairdresser Game of games Games hit for families 2001: Cartagena Games hit for families 2003: Clans Games hit for experts 2005: Go West! Game of the Games 2009: Atlantis Game of the Games 2013: Golden Horn: From Venice to Constantinople

Web links

• Interview with Leo Colovini at hall9000.de
• Leo Colovini in the Luding games database
• Leo Colovini in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)