{"id":11412,"date":"2020-01-05T19:06:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T19:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=11412"},"modified":"2020-01-17T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T11:13:46","slug":"gold-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/01\/05\/gold-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold River"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gold River est le nom de la nouvelle version de La Fi\u00e8vre de l\u2019Or<\/a>, ou Boomtown, jeu d\u2019ench\u00e8res con\u00e7u avec Bruno Cathala et originellement publi\u00e9 en 2004 par Asmod\u00e9e. Pour l\u2019\u00e9dition polonaise, Piraci<\/a>, en 2010, nous n\u2019avions rien chang\u00e9 aux r\u00e8gles et simplement modifi\u00e9 le th\u00e8me du jeu.<\/p>\n

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\nLes quatre \u00e9ditions du jeu.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pour cette r\u00e9\u00e9dition chez Lumberjacks, petit \u00e9diteur fran\u00e7ais, nous sommes revenus au th\u00e8me d\u2019origine, qui nous semblait plus coh\u00e9rent avec les r\u00e8gles d\u2019ench\u00e8res, mais modifi\u00e9 les r\u00e9glages du jeu pour le rendre plus \u00e9quilibr\u00e9 et plus rapide. Les nouvelles illustrations, dans un style plus l\u00e9ger que les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes qui me semble mieux coller \u00e0 l\u2019univers du jeu, sont l\u2019\u0153uvre de Jonathan Aucomte.<\/p>\n

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\nCrayonn\u00e9s de Julien Aucomte pour la couverture du jeu<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Dans Gold River, les joueurs sont des prospecteurs \u00e0 la grande \u00e9poque de la ru\u00e9e vers l\u2019or. Un syst\u00e8me d\u2019ench\u00e8res original, id\u00e9e si je me souviens bien de l\u2019autre Bruno, permet, \u00e0 chaque tour, de d\u00e9terminer qui va, le premier, choisir une carte concession ou action dans une rivi\u00e8re (terme pour une fois parfaitement adapt\u00e9) au centre de la table. Le meilleur ench\u00e9risseur paie son voisin de droite, qui reverse la moiti\u00e9 de ce qu\u2019il re\u00e7oit \u00e0 son voisin de droite, et ainsi de suite. Le choix, des cartes, en revanche, se fait en sens inverse, en commen\u00e7ant par le vainqueur puis en passant \u00e0 son voisin de gauche, et ainsi de suite. Les premiers seront les derniers, tout \u00e7a – tiens, on a oubli\u00e9 de mettre un pr\u00e9dicateur parmi les cartes.<\/p>\n

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Gold River ne pr\u00e9tend pas \u00eatre un jeu de haute strat\u00e9gie. Il y a, comme dans la vraie vie, surtout \u00e0 l\u2019ouest, du hasard et de la m\u00e9chancet\u00e9.
\nDu hasard \u00e0 la Catan, puisque c\u2019est la somme de deux d\u00e9s qui indique \u00e0 chaque tour dans quelles concessions on a trouv\u00e9 de l\u2019or. A chacun de choisir s\u2019il pr\u00e9f\u00e8re investir dans une concession \u00e0 la production modeste mais assez fr\u00e9quente ou dans une autre qui n \u2018a qu\u2019une petite chance de produire mais peut cacher un gros filon. Bien s\u00fbr, on peut pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer les concessions qui produisent souvent et beaucoup, mais il faut alors les payer cher. L\u2019un des changements de cette nouvelle \u00e9dition est d\u2019ailleurs dans l\u2019utilisation de d\u00e9s en buchettes, \u00e0 4 faces au lieu des classiques d\u00e9s cubiques 6 faces, ce qui aplatit un peu les probabilit\u00e9s et rend le jeu un peu moins impr\u00e9visible.<\/p>\n

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De la m\u00e9chancet\u00e9, parce qu\u2019un tiers des cartes environ ne sont pas des concessions mais des actions, personnages ou b\u00e2timents permettant parfois d\u2019am\u00e9liorer l\u2019\u00e9quipement de votre petite mine mais aussi, bien plus souvent, d\u2019emb\u00eater vos voisins et rivaux.
\nSi les mines sont le moyen principal de s\u2019enrichir, on peut aussi essayer de s\u2019emparer de la mairie de chacune des cinq villes du jeu, mairie qui va \u00e0 celui qui a le plus grand nombre de concessions dans la cit\u00e9. On peut aussi, une autre nouveaut\u00e9 de cette \u00e9dition, gagner au poker – le joueur dont les cartes pos\u00e9es devant lui permettent, en fin de partie, de constituer la meilleure main de poker re\u00e7oit \u00e9galement un bonus cons\u00e9quent.<\/p>\n

Bref, Gold River est un jeu d\u2019ench\u00e8re rigolo et tactique, rapide et m\u00e9chant, pour 3 \u00e0 5 joueurs – 2 \u00e0 5 m\u00eame maintenant, car Bruno a comme il le fait toujours d\u00e9sormais bricol\u00e9 une r\u00e8gle sp\u00e9ciale pour deux joueurs que, comme d\u2019habitude, je n\u2019ai m\u00eame pas essay\u00e9 – mais je lui fais toute confiance.<\/p>\n

Gold River<\/strong><\/span>
\nUn jeu de Bruno Cathala & Bruno faidutti<\/span>
\nIllustrations de Jonathan Aucomte<\/span>
\n2\u00a0 \u00e0 5 joueurs\u00a0 \u2013 30 minutes<\/span>
\nPubli\u00e9 par Lumberjacks Studios<\/span>
\nBoardgamegeek<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Gold River is the name of the new version of Boomtown<\/a>, the auction game by Bruno Cathala and I first published in 2004 by a short lived publisher, Face 2 Face. A rethemed Polish edition, Piraci<\/a>, was published in 2010, with no changes in the rules. <\/em><\/p>\n

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\nThe four versions of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Gold River, by a young French publisher, Lumberjacks, we went back to the original setting, which we felt was more consistent with the systems, but we fine tuned many of the game rules to make the game faster and better balanced. The new art by Jonathan Aucomte is also,much lighter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSome of Julien Aucomte’s first sketches<\/span><\/p>\n

In Gold River, players are prospectors during the great Gold Rush. An original auction system, which I think was devised by the other Bruno, determines whichj player will first chose a concession or actioncard in a river – for once this term sounds adequate – on the table. The highest bidder pays to his right number, who pays half to his right neighbor, and so on. Cards are chosen the other way, chosen first by the winner of the auction, then by his left neighbor, and so on. So the last shall be first, the first shall be last and all that stuff – ooops, we forgot to put a preacher among the action cards.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gold River doesn\u2019t claim to be a high strategy game. There\u2019s lots of luck and nastiness in it, like there is in real life, and like there was probably even more in the wild west.<\/em>
\nThere\u2019s luck a bit like in Catan, since every round the roll of two dice determines zhere gold hqs been found. Every player thus must decide between concessions with short odds of producing some gold and long odds of hitting big. Of course, there are also concessions with short odds of hitting big, but they are more expensive. One of the new features in this edition is the use of log-like four sided dice, which flattens a bit the odds and make the game slightly less unpredictable.<\/em><\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nastiness as well, and one card in three is not a concession but an action, either a building improving your mine\u2019s equipment or a character messing with your opponents.<\/em>
\nMines are the main way to get money, but there a few other ones. One can try to become the mayor of one of the five cities in the valley. One can also play poker – the player whose cards in play make the best poker hand at the end of the game also gets a big bonus.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gold River is a fun and tactical auction game, fast and nasty, for 3 to 5 players. Since I\u2019ve co-designed this with the other Bruno, there\u2019s also a two player variant.He always designs one, but I didn\u2019t even try it, I trust him on this.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gold River<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nA game by Bruno Cathala & Bruno faidutti<\/em><\/span>
\nArt by Jonathan Aucomte<\/em><\/span>
\n2\u00a0 to 5 players\u00a0 \u2013 30 minutes<\/em><\/span>
\nPublished by Lumberjacks Studios<\/em><\/span>
\nBoardgamegeek<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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