Antoine Bauza

Antoine Bauza (born 25 August 1978) is a French game designer.[1] He designs board games, role-playing games and video games as well as being an author of children's books.

Antoine Bauza
Picture of Antoine Bauza at the Lucca Comics & Games convention in 2016.
Bauza at the Lucca Comics & Games convention in 2016.
Occupationgame designer
Years active2007–present
Known forBoard game creation
Notable workHanabi, 7 Wonders, Takenoko
AwardsKennerspiel des Jahres (7 Wonders, 2011), Spiel des Jahres (Hanabi, 2013)

Life and career

Bauza was born on 25 August 1978. As a teenager, he was very interested in role-playing games, and wanted to become a video game designer.[2] However, Bauza decided not to pursue video games as a career because he did not want to move away to Shanghai or Montreal, where video game companies were hiring at the time.[2] He instead decided to become a teacher. After reconnecting with friends who started to hold their own game nights, Bauza began making his first board game prototypes in 2003 during his free time while studying at the Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres.[3]

An avid board game player, Bauza decided to start making board games in 2007.[4] In 2010, he began working on board games full-time.[5]

Board games
  • Chabyrinthe
  • Draftosaurus
  • Ghost Stories
  • Hurry’Cup
  • Bakong
  • Pocket Rockets
  • Monster Chase!
  • Pony Express
  • Hanabi
  • 7 Wonders[6]
  • 7 Wonders Duel
  • Rockband Manager
  • Mystery Express
  • Dojo
  • Dr. Shark
  • Witty Pong
  • Takenoko
  • Ali
  • Tokaido
  • The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet
  • Terror in Meeple City
  • Samurai Spirit
  • Victorian Masterminds
  • Welcome back to the dungeon
  • Last Bastion

Role-playing games
  • Exil
  • Final Frontier
  • Little Wizards

Video games
  • Furry Tales
  • World of Lovecraft

Awards

References
  1. "Mr Wonderful: An interview with Antoine Bauza". Little Metal Dog. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. Lecaplain, Guillaume (2017-02-03). "Antoine Bauza: cartes merveilles" [Antoine Bauza: wonder cards]. Libération.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. Grondin, Anaëlle (2017-06-25). "Comment devient-on auteur de jeux de société ?". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. Blanc, Stéphane (2013-02-08). "Antoine Bauza, un créateur en or" [Antoine Bauza, a golden creator]. www.ledauphine.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. "[Unplugged] Interview Antoine Bauza (7 Wonders)". www.factornews.com (in French). 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  6. "Les nouveaux classiques du jeu de société". Le Temps. 18 December 2012.
  7. "Spiel des Jahres official site: 2013 winner".
  8. "Fairplay Online: À la carte prize 2013". (in German)


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