French designer Cédrick Chaboussit passed away on February 9, 2025 at the age of 52. In a memorial notice, his family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to cancer research.
Chaboussit's game design career launched in 2013 with Lewis & Clark: The Expedition from publisher Ludonaute, with the designer appearing as a character within the game in a 2014 promo card. Lewis & Clark has remained his best-known game, with the spin-off title Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark appearing in 2015 from Ludonaute.
Other designs from Chaboussit include Tea for 2, Glow, Shamans, and Lost Explorers. I had the good fortune to interview him in 2019 at the FIJ game fair in Cannes when he presented "Dice Quest", which went on to become the very different looking Glow two years later.
