About Us
Hello, we are Horrible Guild...
Horrible Guild is an Italian board game publisher. Known as Horrible Games until late 2019, the company has been founded in 2014 by Lorenzo Silva. Our goal is to design, develop and produce cool and innovative games capable of bringing fun to everyone: we try to make our games stand out from the crowd, both for visual style and gameplay mechanics.
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... and this is the Horrible team!
Lorenzo Silva
CEO, Game Designer, Art DirectorAuthor of Horse Fever (2009), Dungeon Fighter (2011), Potion Explosion (2015), Railroad Ink (2018), The King’s Dilemma (2019), and loads of other stuff. Founder & CEO of Horrible Guild. Punk lover. Pathologically impatient.
Hjalmar Hach
Game Designer, R&DMusician, composer and game designer. He discovered board games in 2015: it was love at first sight. His most beloved offsprings are: Photosynthesis (2016), Railroad Ink (2018), The King’s Dilemma (2019) and Similo: The Card Game (2019). Claims to have lived more than 100 different lives.
Alessandro Pra'
Head of MarketingCan’t stay away from the sea for too long. Music lover. Sax and EWI player. Amateur photographer. Free software enthusiast. Nintendo Addict.
Pietro Righi Riva
Director of Digital ProductsPietro Righi Riva is an Italian game designer, artist, and academic. At Horrible Guild, Pietro oversees production of the digital games.
Laura Severino
Head of AdministrationShe is an old soul and a bookworm. She loves everything retro-styled, cute things, purple and punching out components from new games.
Camilla Muschio
Sales ManagerShe can eat everything and sleep anywhere, Never question her will to ask… if anything, she asks too many questions. Curious, cat lover. She loves cinema and playing for fun.
Renato "Renè" Sasdelli
Project ManagerHates air conditioner and cold. Among other things, loves the sun, open airs, samba, caipirinha, football (soccer) and, of course, boardgames.
Noa Vassalli
Graphic DesignerA simple guy. He loves red, winning and Diplomacy. Infamous turncoat: do not ally with him in any game, he will betray you.
Giulia Monte
Administrative Dept.Always in search of a good thrill, no matter if in the first row at a rock concert or among the pages of an adventure book. Open minded and curious about the world. Loves to find new strategies and challenges, in life just as in boardgames.
Federico “Toy” D.
Logistic SpecialistAssembled in 1984. Hutt and Ghostbuster, gelatinous cube lover. Protonic batteries included (expected lifespan: more than 5000 years). Keep away from microphones. Worst toy ever!
Matteo "MaC" Carioni
Communication SpecialistA heart of screaming black metal lined with fine Victorian fabrics. Always willing to play, especially if miniatures are involved. World-class tableflip athlete.
Federico Corbetta Caci
Head of EntertainmentThe only things he loves more than his horses are red wine and sludge metal. By contract, he has to yell “character arc!” at least twice a day. Thinks life is a roguelike, but no one really cares.
Alberto Putignano
Digital Products DeveloperComputer scientist who someday knocked his head and decided to become a game designer (we’ll see how that goes). Has a soft spot for retro visuals and Japanese urban photography. On a quest to end all quests.
Nicolò Sala
Art Director of Digital ProductsHe presents himself as a promising young tennis champion, but he spends most of his free time trying to play anything that looks like an instrument. He loves modular systems of any kind and connecting things together.
Federico Zambon
Digital Products DeveloperFather and developer by day, devoted to serial farming by night (games, not actual farms). Likely descendant of a vampire lineage, he loves beer and A-RPGs and hates sun and bureaucracy.
Carola Corti
Project ManagerSocially slow, usually dressed like Waldo. By day she loves tennis, comics and roguelike games (not necessarily in this order). Turns her brain off at 11 pm. She asked for a period of adjustment before being able to formulate a better bio than this.
Andrea Lugli
Project ManagerBeer, board game and football are his perfect cocktail mix. If it is added a pinch of adventure and a life in nature to him, he will forever be a happy man.
Ylenia D'Abundo
Production CoordinatorAlways smiling, she loves to travel and learn new things. The enthusiasm and passion for board games distinguish her. She also loves Mediterranean cuisine and music.