Antoine Bauza (born 25 August 1978) is a French game designer. He designs board games, role-playing games and video games as well as being an author of children's books.
Life and career Bauza was born on 25 August 1978. As a teenager, he was very interested in role-playing games, and wanted to become a video game designer. However, Bauza decided not to pursue video games as a career because he did not want to move away to Shanghai or Montreal, where video game companies were hiring at the time. He instead decided to become a teacher. After reconnecting with friends who started to hold their own game nights, Bauza began making his first board game prototypes in 2003 during his free time while studying at the Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres.
An avid board game player, Bauza decided to start making board games in 2007. In 2010, he began working on board games full-time.
In January 2025, his game 7 Wonders was incorporated as one of twenty-five games into the BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame
Board games 7 Wonders 7 Wonders Duel Ali Bakong Chabyrinthe Dojo Dr. Shark Draftosaurus Ghost Stories Hanabi Hurry’Cup Last Bastion The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet Monster Chase! Mystery Express Namiji Pocket Rockets Pony Express Rockband Manager Samurai Spirit Takenoko Terror in Meeple City Tokaido Victorian Masterminds Welcome back to the dungeon Witty Pong
Role-playing games Exil Final Frontier Little Wizards
Video games Furry Tales World of Lovecraft
Awards Meeples' Choice Award (2010) for 7 Wonders Deutscher Spiele Preis (2011) for 7 Wonders Kennerspiel des Jahres (2011) for 7 Wonders As d'or Jeu de l'année (2012) for Takenoko Spiel des Jahres (2013) for Hanabi Fairplay À la carte Award (2013) for Hanabi (in German)
References
External links Antoine Bauza's designer page at BoardGameGeek Antoine Bauza's designer page at RPGGeek Antoine Bauza's website Interview with Antoine Bauza (Little Metal Dog) Interview with Antoine Bauza (Meeple Town) Designer Spotlight: Antoine Bauza