Rob Daviau
A 25-year industry veteran, Rob Daviau has worked on over 100 published games. For 14 years, Rob was at Hasbro Games, where he worked on Risk 2210 AD, Axis & Allies Pacific, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Star Wars Epic Duels, Heroscape, Clue DVD, Clue Harry Potter, Risk Star Wars, Risk Lord of the Rings, and many more. He was editor of Trivial Pursuit for eight years and ran the editorial department for one.
His last game with Hasbro was Risk Legacy, which led into a solo career whose games include Pandemic Legacy (Seasons 1, 2, and 0), Seafall, Mountains of Madness, Ultimate Werewolf Legacy, Cthulhu: Death May Die, and Stranger Things: Upside Down.
Since 2016, Rob has also been the Chief Restoration Officer at Restoration Games, a publisher whose goal it is to bring all the best out-of-print boardgames back to life. Restoration has published Downforce, Stop Thief!, Indulgence, Dinosaur Tea Party, Fireball Island, Return to Dark Tower, and over a dozen games in the Unmatched line.
Rob has been a professor of Game Design at Hampshire College and NYU, has contributed articles to various books on game design, and has been a speaker at dozens of conferences.
Rob Daviau will be attending Lucca Comics & Games 2023 thanks to the collaboration of CMON.
Events
Innovation and Board Game: Rob Daviau
Rob Daviau, one of today's most influential game designers, will explore his impact on board game innovation, with a focus on titles such as 'Risk: Legacy', 'Pandemic: Legacy', 'Cthulhu: Death May Die' and the brand new 'Stranger Things: The Upside Down' and 'Ticket to Ride: Legacy'. Daviau has revolutionised the industry and will give us an insider's look at his creative process and the future of board games. With Francesco Nepitello and Massimo Bianchini.
Design Intuitively. Design Disruptively.
What makes a game interesting? It’s the interplay between intuitive mechanisms that still manage to surprise and delight you. Come learn how!