{"id":11429,"date":"2020-12-03T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T17:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=11429"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:44:31","slug":"stolen-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/12\/03\/stolen-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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L\u2019id\u00e9e de ce jeu m\u2019est d\u2019abord venue en lisant un \u00e9pais livre d\u2019art assez particulier, que m\u2019avait pr\u00eat\u00e9 une amie, et dont j\u2019ai oubli\u00e9 tant le titre que l\u2019auteur. De tous styles et de toutes \u00e9poques, les tableaux qui y \u00e9taient reproduits n\u2019avaient en commun qu\u2019une seule chose, d\u2019avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 vol\u00e9s. Le r\u00e9sultat \u00e9tait assez curieux, comme une vaste fresque d\u2019histoire de la peinture \u00e0 travers des \u0153uvres comme tir\u00e9es au sort, des tableaux classiques mais qui n\u2019\u00e9taient le plus souvent pas les plus connus, pas ceux que l\u2019on s\u2019attendait \u00e0 voir. Du coup, l\u2019id\u00e9e m\u2019est venue assez vite d\u2019en faire un jeu, dans lequel un joueur serait le voleur de tableaux et les autres les d\u00e9tectives essayant de les retrouver. Les textes accompagnant les reproductions expliquaient un peu comment se font ces recherches, et d\u00e9taillaient notamment le r\u00f4le des d\u00e9tectives qui, \u00e0 Londres – car c\u2019est \u00e0 Londres que cela se passe – faisaient le tout des ventes aux ench\u00e8res en tentant de rep\u00e9rer, souvent de m\u00e9moire, les \u0153uvres vol\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J\u2019ai donc scann\u00e9 de nombreuses images du livre, trouv\u00e9 sur le web quelques autres reproductions de tableaux vol\u00e9s, et r\u00e9alis\u00e9 un petit jeu de m\u00e9moire assez amusant. Un tour de jeu commence par l\u2019exposition, pour laquelle une vingtaine de tableaux sont plac\u00e9s sur la table. Les d\u00e9tectives ferment les yeux et le voleur en subtilise entre un et trois, avant de retirer tous les autres tableaux expos\u00e9s. Vient ensuite la vente aux ench\u00e8res, pour laquelle le voleur ajoute de nouveaux tableaux qu\u2019il m\u00e9lange avec les \u0153uvres vol\u00e9es, les d\u00e9tectives devant ensuite, de m\u00e9moire, rep\u00e9rer parmi les huit tableaux en vente ceux qui proviennent de l\u2019exposition initiale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u2019ai un faible pour les jeux de m\u00e9moire, peut-\u00eatre parce que j\u2019y ai longtemps \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s bon, mais il n\u2019est pas facile de leur trouver un \u00e9diteur. Il m\u2019a fallu plusieurs ann\u00e9es avant que, alors que je n\u2019y croyais plus vraiment, Gryphon Games s\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e0 mes Tableaux Vol\u00e9s. Gryphon games, qui publie d\u00e9j\u00e0 Incan Gold, la version am\u00e9ricaine de Diamant, est un petit \u00e9diteur tr\u00e8s sympathique, dirig\u00e9 par Rick Soued, un Am\u00e9ricain intello et europhile de la c\u00f4te est, avec qui j\u2019ai toujours plaisir \u00e0 discuter. Je suis tr\u00e8s content d\u2019avoir un deuxi\u00e8me jeu chez eux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Les probl\u00e8mes de droits faisaient malheureusement qu\u2019il \u00e9tait sinon impossible, du moins assez compliqu\u00e9 de publier le jeu avec uniquement, comme dans mon prototype, des tableaux ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 vol\u00e9s. C\u2019est envisageable pour un \u00e9diteur d\u2019art, pas pour un petit \u00e9diteur de jeu. La boite de Stolen Paintings contient donc, plus classiquement, deux-cent cartes avec des \u0153uvres repr\u00e9sentant plus ou moins toute l\u2019histoire de la peinture occidentale, le genre de lot d’images que l’on peut avoir facilement. L’ensemble est donc plus classique que dans prototype mais si le jeu marche vraiment, je proposerai d’en faire une version sur l’art japonais, ou sur les miniatures m\u00e9di\u00e9vales. Et du coup, puisque ce ne sont plus seulement des tableaux vol\u00e9s, nous avons travaill\u00e9 avec l\u2019\u00e9diteur \u00e0 imaginer une dizaine d\u2019autres r\u00e8gles de petits jeux pouvant \u00eatre jou\u00e9s avec les m\u00eames cartes. Il y a donc des jeux o\u00f9 il faut mettre des tableaux dans l\u2019ordre chronologique, deviner le tableau favori d\u2019un autre joueur, construire des dialogues entre personnages, etc… Si vous avez d\u2019autres id\u00e9es, elles sont les bienvenues !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sinon, je signale en passant qu’il existe un autre tr\u00e8s bon jeu sur le th\u00e8me du vol de tableau, Dice Heist, de Trevor Benjamin & Brett Gilbert. C’est un jeu de d\u00e9s, de prise de risque, qui n’a rien \u00e0 voir avec mon Stolen Paintings et dans lequel vous ne trouverez aucune reproduction de tableau, mais que je trouve vraiment tr\u00e8s agr\u00e9able.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stolen Paintings<\/strong><\/span>
Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti<\/span>
Illustrations de Alex Colby et de nombreux peintres<\/span>
2  \u00e0 8 joueurs  \u2013 30 minutes<\/span>
Publi\u00e9 par Gryphon Games<\/span>
Boardgamegeek<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The idea for this game came from reading a strange art book, which a friend had loaned me, and whose title and author I have forgotten. It had paintings from all periods and all styles, which had only one ring in common, that they all had been stolen. The result was a strange collection, like a vast recap of art history through half-random paintings, sometimes well known, sometimes not, but never exactly the one one was expecting. Almost at once, I had the idea of making a game out of it, a game in which one player, the thief, will steal a few paintings and the other players, the detectives, will try to catch him. The book also explained a bit how this is done, mostly in London, with detectives checking art auctions and trying, often from memory, to recognize stolen art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I scanned the pictures in the book, found a few more pictures of stolen art on the web, and designed a light and fun memory game. A game turn starts with an exhibition, with about twenty paintings placed on the table. Then the detectives close their eyes and the thief takes one, two or three paintings from the exhibit, and discards the other ones. After the exhibition comes the auction: the thief adds a few more paintings from the deck and the detective must find out, in the eight paintings on auction, which ones were in the former exhibition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I actually like game with a strong memory element, may be because I\u2019ve long been very good at them. Publishers are wary of them, and it took years to find one interested, Gryphon Games. Gryphon Games, who already publishes my Incan Gold, is a nice and small publisher owned by Rich Soued, an east-coast intellectual europhile, with whom I always enjoy discussing at game fairs. I\u2019m really happy to have a second game there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Legal issues made it difficult to publish the game with, like in my prototype, only stolen paintings, whose copyrights are dispersed among many owners. It\u2019s possible for an art publishing company, not for a small boardgame publisher. The published game therefore has, in a much more traditional way, about 200 pictures of various pieces which tell more or less the whole story of western painting, most of which have never been stolen by anyone. The choice is therefore much more classical than in my origibal prototype, but it works really well – and if the game sells well, I’ll certainly suggest a Japanese art or a medieval manuscripts edition. Since the cards were now not stolen paintings, but just paintings, we worked together with the publisher to add a dozen more rules for various small games which can also be played with the same cards, games about arranging paintings in chronological order, guessing another player\u2019s favorite piece of art, inventing dialogs between characters, etc\u2026. Of course, any other ideas are welcome.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the way, there’s a nother really cute game about stealing art, Dice Heist, by Trevor Benjamin & Brett Gilbert. It’s a dice game, almost a gambling game, with no art reproduction in it, but I really enjoy playing it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stolen Paintings<\/strong><\/span>
A game by Bruno faidutti<\/span>
Art by many masters & Alex Colby<\/span>
2  to 8 players  \u2013 30 minutes<\/span>
Published by Gryphon Games<\/span>
Boardgamegeek<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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