Serge Charles Jean Laget (13 February 1959 – 23 January 2023) was a French board game designer. He also worked as an education advisor near
Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...
.
Biography
Serge Laget and Alain Munoz designed the game ''Le Gang des Traction-Avant'' from
International Team
International Team (IT) was an Italian game company founded in the 1970s and active until the early 1980s. While the company started as a jigsaw puzzle producer, it is mostly remembered as a Wargaming, wargame company, a business that IT approached ...
, and they were awarded the Pion d'Or 84 for the game.
In 2003, Laget created the board game ''
Mare Nostrum
In the Roman Empire, () was a term that referred to the Mediterranean Sea. Meaning "Our Sea" in Latin, it denoted the body of water in the context of borders and policy; Ancient Rome, Rome remains the only state in history to have controlled th ...
'', and its successor, ''Mare Nostrum: Mythology Expansion'', two years later. In 2011, he created ''Cargo Noir'' and, in 2020, ''Nidavellir''.
Serge Laget died in January 2023, at the age of 63.
Collaborations
With
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 h ...
*''
Mystery of the Abbey'' (1996)
*''
Castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...
'' (2000)
*''Kheops'' (2008)
*''Ad Astra'' (2009)
*''ARGO'' (2016)
With Bruno Cathala
*''
Shadows over Camelot'' (2005)
*' (2006)
*''Senji'' (2008)
*''Mundus Novus'' (2011)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laget, Serge
1959 births
2023 deaths
French game designers
Board game designers
People from Avignon