Marco Valtriani

"Museo Ideale" of Leonardo da Vinci. From 2008 to 2011, I was the president of Creatori di Divertimento (ital. "Makers of Fun"), an association of game designers and workers of the "gaming world", focusing on "gaming culture"; the association, that is well-known in italian gaming community, works to help operators, to organize events and fairs. Sirio Smeriglio (president of another italian gamers' association) and me were the minds behind the "touring" authors' space "Giochi con l'Autore", made to help young designers to orient themselves in the labyrinth of designing a game and searching for a publisher, and also the devisers of the BoardGameLeague, the italian league of players that follows up the national tournaments of many important games (ranging from Carcassonne to Puerto Rico). In this role, I've been part of the organization of some fairs and I cooperated (at different levels) with many important italian gaming events. 2009-2010. I worked as a co-developer on Wizards of Mickey (a game published by New Media Publishing and designed by Andrea Chiarvesio and Gianluca Santopietro) working on tournament rules and expansions. 2011. Scribabs published my first game: 011, the official Therion board game. Also, I left the head of Creatori di Divertimento to avoid any conflict of interests, focusing my activities on the creation of games. I also started to write articles about game design on gioconomicon.net and holding a few workshops around the italian peninsula. 2012. I founded BGDItalia.it, an italian forum inspired by BGDF.com, to discuss about game design theory and practice with other designers. BGDItalia started a to cooperate with many italian fairs. 2013. Super Fantasy: Ugly Snouts Assault - a dynamic, hack 'n' slash style dungeon crawler, saw the light, published by Red Glove. 2014. I started to work with Red Glove as lead designer and consultant. Vudù, a party game co-designed with Francesco Giovo, was released in March. Godz, a strategy game co-designed with Diego Cerreti, was released in July. Dogsitter, Ghiotto di Ghiande, MagiKaboom and Merry Yard were released in September. Super Fantasy: Night of the Badly-Dead, was released in October. I contributed to the book "Game Design: gioco e giocare fra teoria e progetto" (ital. "Game Design: game and play between theory and project") by Maresa Bertolo and Ilaria Mariani, writing the board game design chapter. 2015. I developed Giù dal Trono by Gianluca Piacentini and Rush & Bash by Erik Burigo. Vudù - Ninjas vs Pygmies was released in March. Vudù - Double Trouble was released in October. 2016. I helped developing Tzulan Quest by Alessandro Cuneo Vudù - Barbarians vs Zombies was released in October. I Racconti del Libro della Giungla was released in October. 2017. Vudulhu, the crossover between Vudù and the deities created by H. P. Lovecraft was released in October. 2018. Vudù - Monsters vs Aliens was released in October. I designed Cannibal Ferox, a scenario for Perdition's Mouth, as a guest designer. The scenario was included in the second Kickstarter campaign. 2019. Armata Strigoi, the official Powerwolf board game, co-designed with Paolo Vallerga, was released in October by Scribabs. Vudù Dollz, a series of new dolls for Vudù (featuring some of the most iconic dolls of the game) was released in October. Mecha Brawl, a 2-players tactical game, has been released inside IoGioco, the italian fanzine about board games. 2020. In 2020, under the coronavirus pandemic, I started streaming on Facebook and Twitch. I made, with Francesco Giovo and Ferdinando Batistini, a free print & play game, Steam & Chips. With Francesco Giovo I also designed Tales of the Lumen Hero, a free game for a crowdfunding campaign supporting and aiding people with multiple sclerosis. I started teaching classes about game design and game development with Tambù and Bianconiglio Lab. I designed a custom scenario as a guest designer for Dungeon 6, published by Acchiappasogni. Scribabs released the first expansion for Armata Strigoi: Resurrection By Expansion. 2021. I continued teaching classes about game design and game development with Tambù and Bianconiglio Lab. A Battle through History, the official Sabaton board game co-designed with Erik Burigo, was released in December by Scribabs and Pegasus Spiele. 2022. I continued teaching classes about game design and game development with Tambù and Bianconiglio Lab. A new and renewed edition of Vudù has been released by Red Glove. 2023. I continued teaching classes about game design and game development with Bianconiglio Lab. The March against the Tyrant, the official Rhapsody of Fire board game, designed with Diego Cerreti, has been released in october by Scribabs. In november was also released Manga vs Comics, the first expansion for the new edition of Vudù. 2024. From the Other Side, the official Blind Guardian board game, based on a concept by Frederik Ehmke, has been released in october by Scribabs. A brand new Vudù expansion, Parallel Worlds (designed as usual with Francesco Giovo) was released in october by Red Glove. 2025. Il Signore delle Bamboline ("The Lord of the Dolls"), a fantasy spin-off for Vudù has been released in april by Red Glove. Welcome to Dying, the expansion for From the Other Side was released in october by Scribabs. In december, When Colors Fade, a small game book about the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip was published by Gate on Games.