Marco Donadoni Explained
Marco Alberto Donadoni (born in Milan, 8 November 1951)[1] is an Italian game designer. He designed his first, self-produced wargame, Iliad, in 1977; he then joined the Italian company International Team (IT), that at the time was mainly a jigsaw puzzle producer. IT published Iliad and changed its core business, focusing on the wargame market, with Donadoni being its main game designer.[2] Between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Donadoni created a number of games for IT, some of which, like Zargo's Lords and Kroll & Prumni, were very successful and largely contributed to popularize wargaming in Italy and other European countries, such as France.[3] [4] [5] Angelo Porazzi, designer of Warangel (one of the most popular Italian wargames of recent years) has often cited Donadoni's work as one of his major sources of inspiration.[6] [7] Donadoni remained as IT's main game designer until the company went bankrupt in the late 1980s, designing more than a hundred games.[7] [8] After that, he collaborated with several other major Italian game companies such as Editrice Piccoli, Editrice Giochi and others.
Games designed by Donadoni
Wargames
- Iliad. International Team, 1979.
- Kroll & Prumni. International Team, 1979.
- Odyssey. International Team, 1979.
- Okinawa. International Team, 1979.
- York Town. International Team, 1979.
- Zargo's Lords. International Team, 1979.
- Waterloo. International Team, 1980.
- Idro. International Team, 1980.
- Jena. International Team, 1980.
- Austerlitz. International Team, 1981.
- East & West. International Team, 1981.
- Wohrom. International Team, 1981.
- Norge. International Team, 1981.
- Rommel. International Team, 1981.
- Sicilia '43 . International Team, 1981.
- Bonaparte. International Team, 1982.
- Zargo's Lords II (expansion set for Zargo's Lords). International Team, 1983.
Role playing games
- with Silvio Cadelo. Legio VII. International Team, 1982.
- with Mauro Moretti. Magikon. International Team, 1983.
- Tablin (expansion set for Legio VII). International Team, 1983..
Boardgames
- 3. Editrice Giochi, 1987.
- Empire. International Team, 1979.
- Grand prix. International Team, 1983.
- Il gioco dell'oste. International Team, 1987.
- Il giro d'Italia. International Team, 1983.
- Jolly roger, International Team, 1979.
- Jonathan. International Team, 1984.
- Mafia. International Team, 1983.
- Magic Wood. International Team, 1979.
- Medici. International Team, 1979.
- Mundialito. International Team, 1985.
- Play off. International Team, 1985.
- Ra. International Team, 1979.
- Rally. International Team, 1980.
- Referendum. International Team, 1985.
- Roma. International Team, 1986. Ripubblicato dalla Editrice Giochi.
- Rossi adventures. International Team, 1983.
- Samarcanda. International Team, 1982.
- Single game. International Team, 1987.
- Smoking game. International Team, 1983.
- Superbowl. International Team, 1983.
- Terre des Bètes. International Team, 1984.
- Skizzo. Smemoranda, 1984.
- Tele foot. International Team, 1987
- Thalassa. International Team, 1984
- Trafic. Editrice Piccoli, 1985
- Zodiac memo take. International Team, 1987.
- Referendum. Per il comitato elezione diretta dei sindaci, 1983.
- Squali e pesciolini, Editrice Piccoli, 1986.
- Traffic, Editrice Piccoli, 1986.
- Luna Park, Editrice Piccoli, 1986.
- Occhi di Gatto, Editrice Piccoli, 1986.
- Taxi, Editrice Piccoli, 1986.
- Treni & C, Editrice Piccoli, 1986.
- Blue Stones. International Team, 1987.
- Landsknecht. International Team, 1987.
- Leonardo. Editrice Giochi, 1989
- Communication. Editrice Giochi 1990.
- Viaggiamo nel corpo umano. Editrice Giochi 1991.
- Nella preistoria. Editrice Giochi 1991.
- In fondo al mare. Editrice Giochi 1991.
- Visual game. Arti Grafiche Ricordi, 1992.
- Sandokan. Giochi Preziosi, 1993.
- Monstercrash. Arti Grafiche Ricordi, 1992.
- Il gioco di Radio DJ. Arti Grafiche Ricordi, 1993.
- Tuchulka. daVinci Editrice, 2005.
References
- http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/839/marco-donadoni Marco Donadoni
- http://www.madonadoni.it/index.php/?page_id=151 IT - International Team
- Metaforming: a Ludica 2011 Marco Donadoni presenta il suo nuovo libro
- Ludica Festival del Gioco Forum Milano 21-23 novembre
- http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1997/zargos-lords Zargo's Lords
- http://warangel.it/Lud8.htm Ludica 2008 photo report, including a section about Porazzi meeting "master" Donadoni
- http://www.videogioco.it/News.php?ID=83 Interview with Marco Donadoni
- Dadi, carte e fantasia, "Il Corriere della Sera" 22 September 2000
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