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.[1]
List of Games
Complete list of games that Colovini has created:[1]
2011
≈53e3 - Atlantis - Schnupper-Spiel
≠58b Tricky
61 Het Huis Anubis
60 Dobbelduel
≈53e2 - Atlantis - Ikarus
≠13b Cartagena.app
59 Draco
58 Geizen
57 Elefant memory
2010
56 Horseland
55 Sherlock
2009
≈54e1 Donna Leon: special cards
54 Donna Leon: Gefährliches Spiel
≈53e1 Atlantis - Variante Schiffe
53 Atlantis
2008
52 Star Wars - Das letzte Gefecht with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
51 De Gouden Eeuw con Giuseppe Baù
≠44b Wall-e - ein Geschenk für Eva with Federico Colovini
50 Star Wars - Galaktische Schlachten with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
49 Islas Canarias
2007
48 Foot2Rue
47 Sieben auf einen Streich with Fabio Visintin
46 Totally spies with Dario De Toffoli
45 Trova le mine with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto
44 Wikinder with Federico Colovini
≠43b Wikinger Bande with Alessandra Nove Veronesi
43 Savana with Alessandra Nove Veronesi
2006
42 Mauer Bauer
41 Cartagena 2
40 Dschingis Khan
≠34b Nebraska with Dario De Toffoli
39 Babar et le mistère des lettres perdues with Dario De Toffoli
38 Justinianus with Alessandro Saragosa
≠37b Kakuro Challenge with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto
37 Kakuro with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto
2005
36 Go West
≠33c Challenge Sudoku with Dario Zaccariotto, Dario De Toffoli
35 Holidays
34 Mango Tango with Dario De Toffoli
33 Sudoku with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto
≠33b Challenge Sudoku - Kakuro Challenge with Dario De Toffoli, Dario Zaccariotto
32 Carcassonne - the Discovery with Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
2004
31 Druids
30 Submarine
29 Tempo
28 Honesti-Disonesti with Stefano Cavanè
27 Number One with Alex Randolph, Dario De Toffoli, Renato De Rosa
2003
≠7b Inkognito The card game with Alex Randolph
≠25b Minestrone with Francesco e Luisa Cognetti
≠11c Ketch up with Dario De Toffoli
26 Alexandros
25 Collection with Francesco e Luisa Cognetti
24 Corsari
23 Die Brücken von Shangrila
22 Avalon
21 Magna Grecia with Michael Schacht
20 Familien Bande
19 Hektor und Achill with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
∞ Da che pARTE stai? with Dario Zaccariotto
2002
18 Clans
2001
17 Meridian
16 Vabanque with Bruno Faidutti
2000
≠11b Yummy with Dario De Toffoli
15 Doge
14 Carolus Magnus
13 Cartagena
∞ Venezia 1848 with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
1999
12 Il grande gioco del compleanno
1998
11 Dummy with Dario De Toffoli
10 Europa 1945/2030 with Duccio Vitale
9 Theseus with Dario De Toffoli
1997
8 Top Hats
1996
7 Mini Inkognito with Alex Randolph
6 I giochi della frutta with Dario De Toffoli
≈4e3 Lex Arcana - Carthago with Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
1994
5 Die Oster Insel () with Alex Randolph
1993
≈4e1 Lex Arcana - Germania with Dario De Toffoli, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
≈4e2 Lex Arcana - Schermo del demiurgo (1993) with D. De Toffoli, F. Nepitello, M. Maggi
4 Lex Arcana with Dario De Toffoli, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
1990
3 Die Magische Sieben
1988
2 Inkognito with Alex Randolph
1986
1 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]