Board Game Designer · Developer

Games built around clear ideas and memorable tables.

I design and develop tabletop games, from compact family titles to strategic projects, with published work for Board&Dice, GateOnGames, Lisciani and Deer Games Studio.

Published withBoard&DiceGateOnGamesLiscianiDeer Games
David Spada with published board games
David SpadaBoard Game Designer & Developer

Upcoming games

Projects moving toward publication.

Publicly announced games are shown first. Confidential projects remain intentionally high-level until their full reveal.

Announced

Museo della Figurina di Modena - title TBA

Co-designed with Filippo Landini

An upcoming board game created for the Museo della Figurina di Modena. Further details will be published when the project is formally announced.

Announced

Toby

Published by GateOnGames - co-designed with Luca Rosa

A new GateOnGames title designed by Luca Rosa and David Spada, scheduled for release in 2026.

BoardGameGeek ↗

Confidential

Unannounced work currently in development.

American-style Kickstarter game

Confidential development

An unannounced thematic project currently under confidentiality.

Word-based party game

Confidential design project

An unannounced party game centered on words, communication and table interaction.

Euro-style game with Andrea Robbiani

Confidential co-design

An unannounced Euro-style project co-designed with Andrea Robbiani.

New board game published by Lisciani Giochi

Confidential publishing project

A new Lisciani Giochi title whose public details will be disclosed at a later stage.

Published games

Every published box, with the work behind it.

Cover, role, publisher, overview, BoardGameGeek links and available explanation videos are collected here in one place.

Cover of Foxy

Published

Foxy

2022

A compact memory and risk-management game: observe the animals, trust your memory and decide how far you are willing to push your answer.

DesignerGateOnGames1–5 players15 min
Video / how to playItalian
Gameplay dei Gioca GiullariYouTube ↗
Cover of Onirico

Published

Onirico

2025

A dreamlike game of drafting and composition in which players build and populate their own dream.

DesignerLisciani Giochi
Video / how to playItalian
Out of the Box: OniricoYouTube ↗
Cover of Birdie

Published

Birdie

2024

A memory-driven set-collection game in which the order of the cards you build matters when it is time to score.

DesignerGateOnGames
Video / how to playDutch
Birdie — setup & reviewYouTube ↗
Cover of Squeaky

Published

Squeaky

2024

The third title in David Spada’s memory trilogy for GateOnGames, combining memory and set collection in a family format.

DesignerGateOnGames
Video / how to playItalian
Come funziona SqueakyYouTube ↗
Cover of Rubico

Published

Rubico

2022

A bluff and negotiation game inspired by Julius Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon and the political tension around his advance toward Rome.

DesignerDemoela / 49 a.C.
Video / how to playItalian
Presentazione e gameplay di RubicoYouTube ↗
Cover of 7 – The Sins

Published

7 – The Sins

2019

A competitive card game about memory, set collection and risk evaluation in a deliberately infernal setting.

DesignerGateOnGames
Video / how to playItalian
Come si gioca a 7 – The SinsYouTube ↗
Cover of Bag & Snatch: Backyard Brawl

Published

Bag & Snatch: Backyard Brawl

2026

A fast and interactive card game about snatching tokens, building sets and deciding how much risk to take before the supply changes.

Co-designerDeer Games Studio1–5 players5–15 min

With Nestore Mangone

Cover of Bag & Snatch: Ocean Turmoil

Published

Bag & Snatch: Ocean Turmoil

2026

A second Bag & Snatch title, co-designed with Nestore Mangone, built around the same quick and confrontational collection system.

Co-designerDeer Games Studio

With Nestore Mangone