Leo Colovini
Leo Colovini is an Italian designer of German-style board games born in Venice 1964. His most popular game is Cartagena. He is one of the few top board game designers who has owned a game store.
Leo Colovini
- Born
- 1964 · Venice.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- publisher · designer
- Fields
- board game
- Languages
- Italian
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Leo Colovini is an Italian designer of German-style board games born in Venice 1964. His most popular game is Cartagena. He is one of the few top board game designers who has owned a game store.
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List of Games
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.
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!)"
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