Leo Colovini Explained

Leo Colovini is an Italian designer of German-style board games born in Venice 1964.^[1] His most popular game is Cartagena. He is one of the few top board game designers who has owned a game store.

His life in games was strongly influenced by meeting Alex Randolph at the age of 12 with whom he worked on several of his games. He has also been part of studiogiochi, an Italian games company, and has also collaborated with Dario De Toffoli and has written books on games.

List of Games

Complete list of games that Colovini has created:

2011 Atlantis - Schnupper-Spiel Tricky Het Huis Anubis Dobbelduel Atlantis - Ikarus Cartagena.app Draco Geizen Elefant memory

2010 Horseland Sherlock 2009 Donna Leon: special cards Donna Leon: Gefährliches Spiel Atlantis - Variante Schiffe Atlantis

2008 Star Wars - Das letzte Gefecht with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello De Gouden Eeuw con Giuseppe Baù Wall-e - ein Geschenk für Eva with Federico Colovini Star Wars - Galaktische Schlachten with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello Islas Canarias

2007 Foot2Rue Sieben auf einen Streich with Fabio Visintin Totally spies with Dario De Toffoli Trova le mine with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto Wikinder with Federico Colovini Wikinger Bande with Alessandra Nove Veronesi Savana with Alessandra Nove Veronesi

2006 Mauer Bauer Cartagena 2 Dschingis Khan Nebraska with Dario De Toffoli Babar et le mistère des lettres perdues with Dario De Toffoli Justinianus with Alessandro Saragosa Kakuro Challenge with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto Kakuro with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto

2005 Go West Challenge Sudoku with Dario Zaccariotto, Dario De Toffoli Holidays Mango Tango with Dario De Toffoli Sudoku with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto Challenge Sudoku - Kakuro Challenge with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto Carcassonne - the Discovery with Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

2004 Druids Submarine Tempo Honesti-Disonesti with Stefano Cavanè Number One with Alex Randolph, Dario De Toffoli, Renato De Rosa

2003 Inkognito The card game with Alex Randolph Minestrone with Francesco e Luisa Cognetti Ketch up with Dario De Toffoli Alexandros Collection with Francesco e Luisa Cognetti Corsari Die Brücken von Shangrila Avalon Magna Grecia with Michael Schacht Familien Bande Hektor und Achill with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello Da che pARTE stai? with Dario Zaccariotto

2002 Clans 2001 Meridian Vabanque with Bruno Faidutti

2000 Yummy with Dario De Toffoli Doge Carolus Magnus Cartagena Venezia 1848 with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello

1999 Il grande gioco del compleanno 1998 Dummy with Dario De Toffoli Europa 1945/2030 with Duccio Vitale Theseus with Dario De Toffoli

1997 Top Hats 1996 Mini Inkognito with Alex Randolph I giochi della frutta with Dario De Toffoli Lex Arcana - Carthago with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello

1994 Die Oster Insel with Alex Randolph 1993 Lex Arcana - Germania with Dario De Toffoli, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello Lex Arcana - Schermo del demiurgo (1993) with D. De Toffoli, F. Nepitello, M. Maggi Lex Arcana with Dario De Toffoli, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello

1990 Die Magische Sieben 1988 Inkognito with Alex Randolph 1986 Drachenfels with Alex Randolph

Books Il grande libro degli scacchi (2009) with Dario De Toffoli Brainquiz (2008) with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto I giochi nel cassetto (2002)

His games are known for their simplicity and drama as this quote from Board Game Geek illustrates: "Carcasonne: The Discovery is also the simplest and most vanilla of the Carcassonnes. (Of course, if you know anything about Leo Colovini, you'd expect that.) But, it also the most tense Carcassonne. (And if you know Mr. Colovini, you also knew THAT!)"^[2]

Notes and References

1. Game designer profile from studiogiochi http://www.studiogiochi.com/autori/leo-colovini.html
2. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/viewcollections.php3?gameid=16216&comment=1&orderby=rating&dir=-1 BoardGameGeek | Gaming Unplugged Since 2000