Bruno Faidutti

Bruno Faidutti (born 23 October 1961) is a historian and sociologist, living in France, who is best known as a board game designer.

Early life and education Bruno Faidutti studied law, economics, and sociology, eventually earning a doctorate in history by writing about the scientific debate in the Renaissance on the reality of the unicorn. His favorite authors are Thomas Pynchon, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Salman Rushdie, and Umberto Eco, his favorite movie, Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Roublev. His Citadels was released in 2000 by Fantasy Flight Games, who later released his game Red November in 2008.

Selected list of games Knightmare Chess, 1991 (with Pierre Cléquin) Citadels, 2000 Castle, 2000 (with Serge Laget) Dragon's Gold, 2001 China Moon, 2003 Mystery of the Abbey, 2003 (with Serge Laget) Queen's Necklace, 2003 (with Bruno Cathala) Key Largo, 2005 (with Paul Randles and Mike Selinker) Mission: Red Planet, 2005 (with Bruno Cathala) Diamant (aka Incan Gold), 2005 (with Alan R. Moon) Ad Astra, 2009 (with Serge Laget) Mascarade, 2013 Warehouse 51, 2015 Raptor, 2015, (with Bruno Cathala) Waka Tanka, 2016 HMS Dolores, 2016, (with Eric M. Lang) Tonari, 2019