Name Bruno Faidutti | Role Game designer | |
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Bruno Faidutti (born 23 October 1961) is a historian and sociologist, living in France, who is best known as an author of board games.
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- Mascarade bruno faidutti repos production asmodee ib rica rese a y opini n
- Early life and education
- Career
- Selected list of games
- References
Mascarade bruno faidutti repos production asmodee ib rica rese a y opini n
Early life and education
Bruno Faidutti studied law, economics, and sociology, eventually earning a doctorate in History by writing about the scientific debate in the Renaissance on the reality of the unicorn. His favorite authors are Thomas Pynchon, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Salman Rushdie, and Umberto Eco, his favorite movie, Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Roublev. He came into the world of hobby gaming through Cosmic Encounter and roleplaying games, and was one of the first French Dungeons & Dragons players.
Career
Bruno Faidutti has created and published over 40 board and card games, sometimes in collaboration with other designers. His best known games include Knightmare Chess (1991) and Citadels (2000), as well as Mystery of the Abbey (1993, 2003). He is also involved in the boardgaming community with his "Ideal Games Library" website and personal "Game of the Year" prize. Many of his games are the results of collaboration with other designers.
In the United States, his Eurogame Corruption was released by Atlas Games in 1999. His Citadels was released in 2000 by Fantasy Flight Games, who later released his game Red November in 2008.