{"id":11125,"date":"2020-02-10T13:25:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T13:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=11125"},"modified":"2020-11-19T15:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:06:22","slug":"poisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/02\/10\/poisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Poisons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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J\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9 Chris Darsaklis au salon d\u2019Essen, sur le stand de Repos Production. Il y pr\u00e9sentait When I Dream, son jeu d\u2019associations d\u2019id\u00e9e tr\u00e8s rigolo, et moi Secrets. Comme chaque fois, ou presque, que je croise un auteur de jeu, nous avons discut\u00e9 d\u2019une possible collaboration. Quelques mois plus tard, je recevais de Chris un powerpoint pr\u00e9sentant une petite dizaine d\u2019id\u00e9es de jeux, dont l\u2019une me semblait tout de suite amusante. L\u2019un des joueurs y \u00e9tait le patron d\u2019une entreprise, les autres ses salari\u00e9s cherchant \u00e0 se venger des petites humiliations quotidiennes en crachant discr\u00e8tement dans son caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Le th\u00e8me corporate \u00e9tait original et rigolo, mais ne faisais pas r\u00eaver et je doutais qu\u2019il puisse jamais convaincre un \u00e9diteur. C\u2019\u00e9tait l\u2019\u00e9poque o\u00f9 tout le monde regardait Game of Thrones, et je proposais donc un univers plus romantique, et me semblait-il plus vendeur, des rois et reines r\u00e9unis pour un banquet, portant des toasts et cherchant \u00e0 s\u2019empoisonner les uns les autres. Un autre jeu sur ce th\u00e8me \u00e9tait certes sorti r\u00e9cemment, Raise your Goblets de Ian Page, mais les m\u00e9canismes en \u00e9tant assez diff\u00e9rents, cela ne me semblait pas un probl\u00e8me.<\/p>\n

Le nouvel univers entraina d\u2019embl\u00e9e un changement important dans la structure du jeu. Si tous les joueurs sont des rois ou reines, ils sont en effet tous \u00e0 la fois des assassins en puissance et de potentielles victimes.<\/p>\n

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Chaque joueur a donc un verre, repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par une carte \u00e0 sa couleur, des cartes de score, un certain nombre de cartes vin, et deux cartes uniques, poison et liqueur. Chacun r\u00e9v\u00e8le une carte de\u00a0score, indiquant le nombre de points qu\u2019il pourra marquer s\u2019il boit sans \u00eatre empoisonn\u00e9. Les joueurs se passent ensuite les verres de main en main, pla\u00e7ant en dessous de chacun une carte vin ou poison. Lorsque le tour de table est termin\u00e9, chacun, simultan\u00e9ment, d\u00e9cide de boire ou non le contenu de son gobelet. Un joueur qui ne boit pas marque un point; un joueur qui boit un verre non empoisonn\u00e9 marque autant de points, entre 2 et 5, que sur sa carte de score, plus un point par dose de liqueur dans son gobelet; un joueur empoisonn\u00e9 ne marque bien s\u00fbr aucun point. C\u2019est le jeu auquel nous sommes assez rapidement arriv\u00e9, c\u2019est rest\u00e9 le jeu de base, et il fonctionne tr\u00e8s bien.
\nComme cela nous semblait un peu l\u00e9ger pour les joueurs les plus exigeants, nous avons tent\u00e9 d\u2019y ajouter quelques autres \u00e9l\u00e9ments. D\u2019abord, parce que c\u2019est un peu ma sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9, nous avons essay\u00e9 d\u2019attribuer \u00e0 chaque joueur un pouvoir sp\u00e9cial. Il y avait l\u2019ivrogne, le pr\u00eatre, la sorci\u00e8re, le tastevin, mais c\u2019\u00e9tait d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibr\u00e9 et ne fonctionnait pas tr\u00e8s bien. Nous avons alors d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de d\u00e9velopper plus avant la carte liqueur, en en faisant une carte sp\u00e9ciale dont les effets seraient diff\u00e9rents \u00e0 chaque manche. Philtre d\u2019amour, potion magique, antidote, cordial et quelques autres permettent donc de cr\u00e9er un jeu plus vari\u00e9 et plus amusant – mais comme cela devenait parfois un peu tordu, nous en avons fait une r\u00e8gle avanc\u00e9e, que je vous sugg\u00e8re n\u00e9anmoins d\u2019adopter tr\u00e8s rapidement.<\/p>\n

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Trouver un \u00e9diteur pour ce jeu s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9 assez facile. Ankama \u00e9tait l\u2019un des deux ou trois auxquels j\u2019ai pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ce jeu \u00e0 Paris est Ludique, en juin 2018, et il ne leur a fallu que quelques semaines pour d\u00e9cider de le publier. Le d\u00e9veloppement a consist\u00e9 essentiellement \u00e0 modifier le nombre, les effets et le fonctionnement des cartes sp\u00e9ciales. Chris est marin, ce qui lui permet d\u2019avoir des testeurs fid\u00e8les mais rend la communication un peu irr\u00e9guli\u00e8re, et c\u2019est surtout moi qui me suis occup\u00e9 des contacts avec l\u2019\u00e9diteur, que je suis all\u00e9 visiter plusieurs fois dans ses \u00e9tonnants locaux de Tourcoing. Plusieurs jeux s\u2019appelant d\u00e9j\u00e0 Poison, le n\u00f4tre est devenu Poisons, avec un s. Les illustrations ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par Marion Arbona, une pointure de l\u2019illustration de livres pour enfants, et le r\u00e9sultat est impressionnant, tout \u00e0 la fois l\u00e9ger et inqui\u00e9tant, \u00e0 l\u2019image de notre jeu.<\/p>\n

Si vous aimez les jeux d’embrouille et de bluff, si vous appr\u00e9ciez Mascarade, Secrets ou Citadelles, vous aimerez certainement Poisons. L’un des joueurs qui l’a essay\u00e9 au dernier salon d’Essen l’a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 ainsi : au premier tour, on joue un peu au hasard; apr\u00e8s on se venge.<\/p>\n

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\nPr\u00e9sentation de Poisons sur le stand d’Ankama, au salon d’Essen 2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Poisons<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nUn jeu de Chris Darsaklis & Bruno Faidutti<\/em><\/span>
\nIllustr\u00e9 par Marion Arbona<\/em><\/span>
\n3 \u00e0 8 joueurs\u00a0 \u2013 15 minutes<\/em><\/span>
\nPubli\u00e9 par Ankama (2020)<\/em><\/span>
\nBoardgamegeek<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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I first met Chris Darsaklis at the Essen fair, on the Repos Prod booth, where he was demoing When I Dream, a really fun and seriously overproduced party game, while I was demoing Secrets. As almost every time I meet a new game designer, we discussed the possibility of a collaboration. A few months later, Chris emailed me a powerpoint presenting a dozen rough game ideas, one of which sounded really clever and fun. One of the players was a company boss, the other ones his employees trying to take revenge on small daily humiliation and losing the class struggle with discreetly spiting in the boss\u2019 coffee.<\/em><\/p>\n

The corporate theme was fun and original, but not really exciting and therefore hard to pitch to a publisher. It was the time when everyone was watching and discussing Game of Thrones, so I suggested a less original but more romantic setting, kings and queens gathered at a banquet, raising toasts to each other and (more or less) secretly trying to poison one another. There was already a game with this exact setting, Ian Page\u2019s Raise your Goblets, but the game systems being completely different, I didn\u2019t think it was a problem.<\/em><\/p>\n

The change in setting had an immediate effect on the game structure. If all players are kings or queens, they were all would be murderers and possible targets.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nPlaying Poisons with Chris Darsaklis (left) at the 2019 Essen game fair<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Each player has a glass card in their color, scoring cards, wine cards and two single cards, poison and liquor shot. Each player reveals a scoring card, giving the number of points they can score this round if the drink without getting poisoned. Players then pass their goblets around the table, adding either a wine or poison card under each goblet. When everybody gets their cards back, all players simultaneously decide whether they drink or not. Not drinking scores 1 point, drinking a non-poisoned glass scores the value on the player\u2019s scoring card plus one for every liquor shot, drinking a poisoned glass scores nothing. This is the basic game we very soon had, it worked very well and we didn\u2019t change much to it.<\/em>
\nOn the other hand, it felt a bit light for seasoned players, so we decided to add some stuff. We first tried my specialty, character abilities – there was a witch, a bishop, a winemaster, a drunkard, but it felt unbalanced and didn\u2019t fit that well. So we developed the \u00ab\u00a0liquor shot\u00a0\u00bb card idea, replacing it with a special card whose effects will be different every round. Love potion, elixir, antidote, cordial and several more make the game more fun and varied. On the other hand, it can make it a bit more complex, so it became an optional advanced rule, but I suggest you adopt it after one or two games.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Finding a publisher for this game was relatively easy. Ankama was one of the two or three publishers I pitched the game to at Paris est Ludique, in June 2018, and they decided to publish it after a few weeks. Further development was essentially minor changes in the number and effects of special cards and the way they are chosen. Chris being a sailor, he has regular playtesters on board, but he\u2019s not always reachable. I was the one discussing with the publisher, and even made a few trips to Tourcoing, visiting their impressive offices. Since there were already a few games named Poison, our was renamed Poisons, with a final s. The art by Marion Arbona, a well known French children book illustrator, is impressive, both light and dark, like our game..<\/em><\/p>\n

If you like bluffing card games like my Mascarade, Citadels or Secrets, you will love Poisons. As one of the players who played it at the last Essen fair said :” first round is a bit random, and then it’s all about revenge”.<\/p>\n

Poisons<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nA game by Chris Darsaklis & Bruno Faidutti<\/em><\/span>
\nArt by Marion Arbona<\/em><\/span>
\n3 to 8 players\u00a0 \u2013 15 minutes<\/em><\/span>
\nPublished by Ankama (2020)<\/em><\/span>
\nBoardgamegeek<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\nIt’s German, it probably means something like Poison, but I think the word looks and probably sounds cool.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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