Antoine Bauza

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Game Designer of 7 Wonders, will be at Play 2025!

Antoine Bauza is a French board game designer, born in 1978. He is well-known for creating several successful games that have left a mark on the board game industry. He first gained recognition with 7 Wonders, a civilization building strategic card game, which won numerous international awards.

Bauza also created other popular games such as Takenoko, Tokaido, Hanabi. Antoine Bauza is also a member of Kaedama, a French board game design collective, where he collaborates with other talented creators to design games on demand, usually bases on other media IP.

In 2023, he teamed up with Thomas Provoost to launch a publishing company, PlayPunk.

Meet Antoine Bauza at Play 2025!

Game Design Evolution: how game design has changed in the new millenium

With Antoine Bauza, Phil Eklund, and Simone Luciani A roundtable discussion exploring how game design has evolved over the past 25 years – ...

Hall 15 - AMM S30 05 Saturday
hours 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tipology: Talk
Target: Adults
immagine evento: Game Design Evolution: how game design has changed in the new millenium

Meet & Greet con l'autore Antoine Bauza

Hall 20 B34 05 Saturday
hours 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Tipology: Demo
Target: Everyone
immagine evento: Meet & Greet con l'autore Antoine Bauza

Meet & Greet con l'autore Antoine Bauza

Hall 19 P34 06 Sunday
hours 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Tipology: Demo
Target: Everyone
immagine evento: Meet & Greet con l'autore Antoine Bauza

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