Antoine Bauza

Antoine Bauza (born 25 August 1978) is a French game designer. He designs board games, role-playing games and video games as well as being an author of children's books.

Life and career Bauza was born on 25 August 1978. As a teenager, he was very interested in role-playing games, and wanted to become a video game designer. 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.

An avid board game player, Bauza decided to start making board games in 2007. In 2010, he began working on board games full-time.

In January 2025, his game 7 Wonders was incorporated as one of twenty-five games into the BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame

Board games Chabyrinthe Draftosaurus Ghost Stories Hurry’Cup Bakong Pocket Rockets Monster Chase! Pony Express Hanabi 7 Wonders 7 Wonders Duel Rockband Manager Mystery Express Dojo Dr. Shark Witty Pong Takenoko Ali Tokaido Namiji The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet Terror in Meeple City Samurai Spirit Victorian Masterminds Welcome back to the dungeon Last Bastion

Role-playing games Exil Final Frontier Little Wizards

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 Fairplay À la carte Award (2013) for Hanabi