Paolo Mori
An Italian board game designer, born in 1977 in Parma. Over a career of more than twenty years he has published some forty to fifty games. He also founded IDAG, an Italian designers' gathering. His works include Libertalia (2012), Rise of Augustus (2013 — winner of Italy's Gioco dell'Anno and a Spiel des Jahres nominee), Ethnos (2017), Blitzkrieg! (2019), and Captain Flip (2024). He is known for packing dense decisions into light rules. His genres range from family games to historical wargames. In 2026 he was named Designer of the Year twice in Italy.