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.

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 …Read more on Wikipedia