The best games from Bruno Faidutti 🇫🇷👨 2024
Looking for a really good game from game designer Bruno Faidutti 👨? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Bruno Faidutti games 2024.
Who is Bruno Faidutti anyway?
Bruno Faidutti has been designing dice, card & board games since 1985. The game designer hails from Frankreich🇫🇷, was born in 1961 and currently lives in Paris, Frankreich 🇫🇷.
Faidutti's first game "Les Sales mômes & Baston" he developed in 1985 at the age of 24 - so he has been designing games for over 39 years. Famous Faidutti games are for example Ohne Furcht und Adel/Citadels, Diamant & Mascarade.
Professional career
Bruno Faidutti studied law, economics and sociology, eventually earning his doctorate in history with a thesis on the scientific debate in the Renaissance about the reality of the unicorn.
Currently, Faidutti lives and works as a high school teacher in Paris.
Board games have long been a hobby
The self-confessed poker fan got deeper into the world of board games mainly through Cosmic Encounter and various role-playing games - he was, for example, one of the first French Dungeons & Dragons players.
He is also involved in the board game community with his "Ideal Games Library" website and his personal "Game of the Year" award. Many of his games are the result of collaborations with other designers.
Collaborations with other authors - Faidutti at the center of the game world
Faidutti has collaborated with many different game designers. In 2006, American game critic Shannon Applecline took this as an opportunity to investigate. Following the mind games "Erdős number" and "Bacon number" she made some calculations.
In these evaluations, a value is assigned to a person by counting the number of collaborations with different people. The two numbers thus tell how far a person is from collaborating directly on a scientific article with mathematician Paul Erdős or a film with Kevin Bacon.
Applecline's research showed that Faidutti is highly significant in the world of games - Faidutti is virtually at the center of the gaming world.
How good are "Bruno Faidutti" games?
There are 6 games by Bruno Faidutti in our Top1000 games list, making Faidutti the #37 best game author out of a total of 708 authors in our database.
More information about Faidutti
More information about Faidutti can be found on:
- Faidutti's BGG profile
- Faidutti's Twitter feed
- Bruno Faidutti's Facebook page
- Faidutti's Instagram Account
- Faidutti's LinkedIn profile
- official Bruno Faidutti website
- english Wikipedia entry for Bruno Faidutti
- german Wikipedia entry for Faidutti
List of best games by Bruno Faidutti 2024
In this list we have listed the best board games that Bruno Faidutti either designed himself - or was involved in designing.
Unfortunately, not all of Bruno Faidutti's games are currently available. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Bruno Faidutti that you can buy 2024:
Incan Gold
The board game known as Diamant or Incan Gold unfolds as an exhilarating press-your-luck experience, offering players a quick and enjoyable journey into mine shafts and jungle paths. As participants flip cards from a deck, the gems discovered are evenly distributed, creating a shared bounty. However, the decision to venture deeper comes with the risk of encountering hazards like scorpions, snakes, poison gas, explosions, and rockfalls.
Nominated for 9 awards and won 4.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005
More details for Incan Gold- 3 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)
More details for Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)Mission: Red Planet (Second Edition) is a strategic board game set in a Victorian-era Earth, where players head mining corporations competing to exploit Mars' newfound resources.
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Raptor
Raptor is an engaging, card-driven board game that offers a blend of tactical maneuvers and strategic planning, set in a thrilling scenario where science clashes with nature.
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Raptor- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Raptor
Citadels
Citadels is a dynamic game where players step into various roles, embodying characters they've hired to aid them in amassing wealth and constructing grand buildings. The game unfolds with a quest for dominance, culminating when a player successfully erects their eighth building. Let's delve into the key features of this intriguing game:
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2000
More details for Citadels- 2 - 8 Players
- 20 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mascarade
Mascarade is a bluffing and strategy card game that revolves around hidden identities and tactical actions. Players engage in a masquerade, taking on various roles to gain coins and outwit their opponents.
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Mascarade- 2 - 13 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Mascarade
Small Detectives
- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Dwarf King
- 3 - 5 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Miaui
- 3 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Waka Tanka
- 3 - 6 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The 15 Greatest Board Games in the World
- 1 - 5 Players
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Secrets
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Secrets- 4 - 8 Players
- 15 - 35 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Secrets
Greedy Kingdoms
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Greedy Kingdoms
Boomtown
Boomtown combines the thrill of gold rush era mining with strategic gameplay elements, including auctions, dice-rolling, and tactical use of action cards. Players start as hopeful gold diggers and aim to rise to the status of wealthy tycoons by smartly acquiring mining concessions, becoming influential in local politics, and capitalizing on the economic opportunities of the era.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Boomtown- 3 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mascarade (second edition)
- 4 - 12 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dragon's Gold
More details for Dragon's GoldDragon's Gold presents an intriguing blend of cooperative dragon slaying and competitive treasure division, offering a unique twist on negotiation and strategy in board gaming. Players must work together to defeat dragons, yet they also compete to claim the most valuable treasures from their conquests. This dual-focus gameplay fosters both alliance and rivalry, creating dynamic interactions and negotiations among players.
- 3 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
HMS Dolores
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Pony Express
- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dragons
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Dragons
Animotion
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More details for Animotion- 3 - 8 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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More details for Mission: Red PlanetMission: Red Planet is a strategic board game set in the year 1888, where Steampunk technology has enabled mankind to reach Mars. Designed by Bruno Faidutti and Bruno Cathala, this game immerses players in a competitive race to colonize Mars and exploit its valuable resources: the explosive element Celerium, the dense material Sylvanite, and water from Martian glaciers, which could potentially terraform the planet.
- 3 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Vabanque
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Vabanque- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Bongo!
- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Isla Dorada
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Isla Dorada- 3 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ohne Furcht und Adel Sonderausgabe
- 2 - 7 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Queen's Necklace
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mystery of the Abbey with The Pilgrims' Chronicles
- 3 - 6 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Key Largo
- 3 - 5 Players
- 30 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Warehouse 51
- 3 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Red November
Red November is a cooperative survival board game that thrusts players into the chaotic environment of a malfunctioning gnomish submarine. As members of the crew, players work together to prevent an array of disasters while a rescue team is on its way.
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Red November- 1 - 8 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Fist of Dragonstones
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Fist of Dragonstones- 3 - 6 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
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