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 , 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
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]
