Vladimír Chvátil (born 1971), often known professionally as Vlaada Chvátil , is a Czech board game and video game designer. He became a recognizable name in the board game community following the publication of ''
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization'' in
2006
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and thereafter his designs frequently made the top 100 list on
BoardGameGeek. In 2016, he won the coveted "
Spiel des Jahres" (Game of the Year) award for ''
Codenames''. In 2019, he entered the
Origins Award Hall of Fame.
His most notable video game project was a
real-time strategy ''
Original War''. He later worked on the
role-playing video game
A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as simply a role-playing game or RPG, as well as a computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immers ...
''Vision'' that has never been finished. In 2006, he left Altar and started to focus on board games. In 2010 he worked on ''Family Farm'', a game that was developed by Hammerware.
Style
Vlaada's designs are strongly rooted in the game's theme preferring the mechanics that fit the theme best. His attachment to the theme is also evident in the way he writes the rules for his games which always make the theme apparent and sometimes even uses the theme to inject humor into the process of learning a game.
He also gained a reputation for innovative mechanics and a diverse range of designs, including the epic civilization game ''
Through the Ages'', the award-winning party word game ''
Codenames'', and the real time sci-fi adventure ''
Galaxy Trucker'' which required the players to simultaneously rummage through a pile of cardboard tiles looking for ones to improve their spaceship.
Notable games
Video Games
*1992: ''
Cervii''
*1997: ''
Fish Fillets NG''
*2001: ''
Original War''
*2007: ''
Fish Fillets 2
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''
*2010: ''
Family Farm
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Although a recurring conceptual model, conceptual and archetype, archet ...
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[http://pc.hrej.cz/novinky/2010/04/01/nova-ceska-hra-family-farm-21757/ Czech]
*2014: ''
Galaxy Trucker''
* 2017: ''
Through the Ages''
Board Games
* 1997: ''
Arena: Morituri te salutant''
* 2002: ''
Prophecy''
* 2005: ''
Merry Men of Sherwood''
* 2006: ''
Graenaland''
* 2006: ''
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization'' winner of 2007 International Gamers Awards – General Strategy; Multi-player
* 2007: ''
Kámen – Zbraně – Papír Kámen may refer to:
Places in the Czech Republic
* Kámen (Děčín District), a municipality and village in the Ústí nad Labem Region
* Kámen (Havlíčkův Brod District), a municipality and village in the Vysočina Region
* Kámen (Pelhřimov ...
'' (Rock – Paper – Weapons)
* 2007: ''
Galaxy Trucker'' recommended at 2008 Spiel des Jahres
* 2008: ''
Space Alert
''Space Alert'' is a cooperative survival designer board game created by Vlaada Chvátil in 2008. Players assume the roles of space explorers on a mission to survey the galaxy. The crew is evaluated on teamwork and how they deal with problems t ...
'' winner of 2009
Spiel des Jahres "New Worlds Game"
* 2008: ''
Sacculus'' (a card game for
Junák
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– Czech scouting organization)
* 2009: ''
Dungeon Lords''
* 2009: ''
Bunny Bunny Moose Moose
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''
* 2010: ''
Sneaks & Snitches
Sneak or Sneaky may refer to:
* DJ Sneak, Puerto Rican born American house music DJ and producer Carlos Sosa (born 1969)
* Quarterback sneak, an American football play
* ''Sneak magazine'', a British weekly magazine published from 2002 to 2006
* ...
''
* 2010: ''
Travel Blog
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* 2011: ''
Dungeon Petz''
* 2011: ''
Mage Knight Board Game''
* 2011: ''
Pictomania''
* 2013: ''
Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends''
* 2015: ''
Codenames''
* 2016: ''
Star Trek: Frontiers'' (not directly involved in the project but serving in an advisory role, based on the same system from ''Mage Knight Board Game'')
* 2017: ''
That's a Question!''
* 2021: ''
Galaxy Trucker'' new edition of existing game
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
Board game designers
Czech video game designers