Vladimír Chvátil

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Vladimír Chvátil [ˈvlaɟɪmiːr ˈxvaːcɪl] (born 1971), often known professionally as Vlaada Chvátil [ˈvlaːda ˈxvaːcɪl], 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 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.[1]

Vladimír Chvátil
Born14 September 1971
NationalityCzech
Known forBoard game designer
Video game designer

His most notable video game project was a real-time strategy Original War. He later worked on the role-playing video game 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.[2][3][4]

Style

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Vlaada's designs are strongly rooted in the game's theme preferring the mechanics that fit the theme best.[5] 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.[6]

He also gained a reputation for innovative mechanics and a diverse range of designs,[7] 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

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Video games

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Board Games

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References

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  1. ^ "Academy - Hall of Fame". www.originsawards.net.
  2. ^ Polách, Zdeněk (2001-06-21). "Vláďa Chvátil: Original War nás bavilo". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  3. ^ http://www.pc-hry.com/vision-ceske-rpg-od-altar-interactive-konci-3393/ Czech
  4. ^ Doupě.cz. "Počítačové hry, recenze a novinky". Doupe.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  5. ^ Ligabue, Andrea "Liga" (2011-12-06). "The Art of Design: interviews to game designers #15 – Vlaada Chvatil". The Opinionated Gamers. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  6. ^ [1], example of rulebook style
  7. ^ Olson, Jeremy (July 29, 2016). "A Who's Who of boardgaming: part 2". Albany Times Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "Cervii (Červi)". Oldgames.sk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ^ http://www.databaze-her.cz/hry/fish-fillets-ii/zajimavosti/ Czech
  10. ^ "Nová česká hra Family Farm". hrej.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  11. ^ a b "Games".
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