Vlaada Chvatil

Hi Vlaada, is really nice to have the possibility to interview you for Opinionated Gamers. Like Emiliano Sciarra wrote in the book “L’Arte del Gioco” (The Art of Game), designing a game is a form of art not less than writing books or casting movies. The ambitious aim of this series of interviews is to point out the “style” of each designer, going through his production, trying to find a sort of personal “sign”.

You designed about 20 games starting from 1997 Arena: morituri te salutant. Of course most of gamers will know you for the last releases and for the fantastic Through the Ages, in the BGG top 10 despite the complexity but is there any game you are particularly proud of ?

Well, it is not the way how I think about my games. My satisfaction does not come from “how good my games are”, it is rather “how do the players like and enjoy them”. So, I am happy every time I see or read some player or group really loves any of my games, regardless how good the game really is by some “objective” criteria. Of course, to some of my games this happens more often than to others… but the more pleases me when someone tells me some of my older half-forgotten games is his or her favorite :)

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