Antoine Bauza
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Antoine Bauza | |
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![]() Bauza at the Lucca Comics & Games convention in 2016. | |
Occupation | game designer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Known for | Board game creation |
Notable work | Hanabi, 7 Wonders, Takenoko |
Awards | Kennerspiel des Jahres (7 Wonders, 2011), Spiel des Jahres (Hanabi, 2013) |
Antoine Bauza (born August 25, 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.[citation needed]
Life and career
Bauza was born on August 25, 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
- Ghost Stories
- Hurry’Cup
- Bakong
- Pocket Rockets
- Monster Chase!
- Pony Express
- Hanabi
- 7 Wonders[6]
- 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
Role-playing games
Video games
- Furry Tales
- World of Lovecraft
Awards
- Meeples' Choice Award (2010) for 7 Wonders
- Deutscher Spiele Preis (2011) for 7 Wonders
- Kennerspiel des Jahres (2011) for 7 Wonders
- As d'or Jeu de l'année (2012) for Takenoko
- Spiel des Jahres (2013) for Hanabi[7]
- Fairplay À la carte Award (2013) for Hanabi[8]
References
- ^ "Mr Wonderful: An interview with Antoine Bauza". Little Metal Dog. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ a b Lecaplain, Guillaume (2017-02-03). "Antoine Bauza: cartes merveilles" [Antoine Bauza: wonder cards]. Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Grondin, Anaëlle (2017-06-25). "Comment devient-on auteur de jeux de société ?". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Blanc, Stéphane (2013-02-08). "Antoine Bauza, un créateur en or" [Antoine Bauza, a golden creator]. www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "[Unplugged] Interview Antoine Bauza (7 Wonders)". www.factornews.com (in French). 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/ed8f294a-4937-11e2-803a-ba68653806cb/Les_nouveaux_classiques_du_jeu_de_société
- ^ "Spiel des Jahres official site: 2013 winner".
- ^ "Fairplay Online: À la carte prize 2013". (in German)