{"id":11931,"date":"2021-11-20T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=11931"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:40:19","slug":"dreadful-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/11\/20\/dreadful-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreadful Circus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dreadful-circus-box-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2110,2110\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dreadful Circus box\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-584x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11940\" width=\"545\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2016, apr\u00e8s avoir con\u00e7u coup sur coup deux petits jeux de cartes, Dolor\u00e8s et Secrets, Eric Lang et moi d\u00e9cid\u00e2mes de nous attaquer \u00e0 quelque chose d\u2019un peu plus cons\u00e9quent, prenant un peu plus de place sur les tables de jeu. Dans Wizardopolis, les joueurs \u00e9taient des magiciens un peu pr\u00e9tentieux d\u00e9sireux d\u2019am\u00e9nager le plus beau domaines, avec palais merveilleux, tours maudites, \u00e9curies de licornes, kiosques romantiques, lacs aux sir\u00e8nes et \u00e9ventuellement mines d\u2019or et d\u2019argent, \u00e7a peut toujours servir. Aucun magicien n\u2019ayant vraiment les moyens de ses ambitions, ils devaient sous-traiter aupr\u00e8s des autres sorciers pour obtenir les \u00e9quipes de nains, trolls, elfes ou sir\u00e8nes n\u00e9cessaires pour faire avancer le chantier. Cela se faisait par un syst\u00e8me d\u2019appels d\u2019offre, chaque joueur \u00e0 son tour annon\u00e7ant o\u00f9 il voulait construire, et chacun des autres joueurs mettant dans une enveloppe l\u2019\u00e9quipe qu\u2019il \u00e9tait pr\u00eat \u00e0 envoyer en indiquant le prix demand\u00e9. Bien s\u00fbr, chaque travailleur avait sa particularit\u00e9. Les elfes font de jolies choses dans la for\u00eat mais leur religion leur interdit de couper des arbres&nbsp;; les trolls sont bons pour d\u00e9placer les cailloux&nbsp;; les chevaliers \u00e9loignent les dragons, qui sont la plaie des chantiers&nbsp;; les gobelins acceptent tous les boulots, mais on ne sait jamais si tout va \u00eatre fait selon le cahier des charges. L\u2019id\u00e9e \u00e9tait amusante, le jeu n\u2019\u00e9tait pas inint\u00e9ressant, mais nous ne sommes jamais arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 le rendre suffisamment bref, rapide et fluide. Puis \u00c9ric a \u00e9t\u00e9 embauch\u00e9 chez CMON, a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Singapour, et n\u2019a plus vraiment eu le temps de s\u2019occuper d\u2019un projet qui, de toute fa\u00e7on, n\u2019avan\u00e7ait pas bien vite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"11911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/05\/23\/jeux-et-alcool-alcool-and-games\/img_2460\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1516225723&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wizardopolis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Le prototype de Wizardopolis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-584x438.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2460-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption>Prototype de Wizardopolis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Quelques mois plus tard, j\u2019ai donc recycl\u00e9 un \u00e9l\u00e9ment du syst\u00e8me d\u2019appel d\u2019offres et ai tent\u00e9 de l\u2019int\u00e9grer \u00e0 quelque chose de totalement diff\u00e9rent et, je l\u2019esp\u00e9rais, de plus l\u00e9ger. Ce \u00e9l\u00e9ment, qui est devenu le c\u0153ur du nouveau jeu, c\u2019est un syst\u00e8me d\u2019ench\u00e8res secr\u00e8tes dans lequel le vendeur regarde les offres des acheteurs dans l\u2019ordre de son choix, mais ne peut jamais revenir en arri\u00e8re. L&#8217;id\u00e9e \u00e9tait aussi d&#8217;exploiter les petites boites en papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 sur lesquelles j&#8217;avais flash\u00e9 au BHV. \u00c0 d\u00e9faut de nom vraiment convaincant, ce jeu dont le premier prototype pouvait se joueur jusqu\u2019\u00e0 7 a tr\u00e8s vite trouv\u00e9 un th\u00e8me peu original mais qui convenait bien, des nains \u00e9changeant m\u00e9taux, pierres pr\u00e9cieuses et reliques diverses. Dans ma t\u00eate, et pour les amis avec lesquels j\u2019ai fait de tr\u00e8s nombreux tests, c\u2019\u00e9tait \u00ab&nbsp;le jeu des coffres&nbsp;\u00bb parce que chaque joueur y disposait de deux boites en carton, l\u2019une contenant son tr\u00e9sor, l\u2019autre contenant les offres en pi\u00e8ces d\u2019or ou d\u2019argent et pierres pr\u00e9cieuses offertes aux autres joueurs pour acqu\u00e9rir les cartes mises en vente. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2eaeb\"><strong>Une note sur le th\u00e8me, les m\u00e9canismes et les objets.<\/strong><br><br>On me demande souvent, trop souvent, si mes jeux sont con\u00e7us en partant d\u2019un th\u00e8me ou d\u2019un m\u00e9canisme. Je renverrai sans doute les prochains qui me poseront la question \u00e0 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charliecleveland.com\/the-theme-mechanics-seesaw\/\" target=\"_blank\">un r\u00e9cent post du blog de mon ami Charlie Cleveland<\/a>, avec qui j\u2019ai con\u00e7u Vendetta. Quoi qu\u2019il en soit, la r\u00e9ponse est qu\u2019un jeu peut partir d\u2019un th\u00e8me, d\u2019un m\u00e9canisme, des deux mais aussi d\u2019autre chose et notamment un \u00e9l\u00e9ment physique, mat\u00e9riel du jeu, ujn objet. <br><br>Il y a trois ans, j\u2019ai vu \u00e0 la papeterie du BHV, un lieu que devraient conna\u00eetre tous les auteurs de jeux parisiens, de petites boites en papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9. Aussit\u00f4t, je me suis dit qu\u2019il y avait des jeux \u00e0 faire avec ces bo\u00eetes, un mat\u00e9riel bien moins exploit\u00e9 que les sempiternels d\u00e9s et cartes. C\u2019est aussi cela qui m\u2019a donn\u00e9 l\u2019id\u00e9e du jeu des coffres, le futur Dreadful Circus.<br><br>Lors de nos parties test, des vendeurs ont in\u00e9vitablement voulu secouer un peu les boites des acheteurs potentiels pour estimer leur contenu. J\u2019ai rapidement d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas dans l\u2019esprit du jeu, mais cela a donn\u00e9 l\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019un autre jeu, Maracas, qui vient de sortir chez Blue Orange. Et j\u2019ai deux ou trois autres protos avec des petites boites rondes ou carr\u00e9es sur lesquels je devrais me pencher \u00e0 nouveau un de ces jours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"11913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/05\/23\/jeux-et-alcool-alcool-and-games\/img_2480\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1517616372&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jeu des coffres\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Le prototype du jeu des coffres&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-584x438.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption>Le prototype du jeu des coffres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dynamique et tendu, le jeu a suscit\u00e9 l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat de quelques \u00e9diteurs et j\u2019ai finalement sign\u00e9 chez des gens que j\u2019aime beaucoup, m\u00eame si je n\u2019ai encore jamais vraiment boss\u00e9 avec eux, les Space Cowboys. Ils ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 bosser dessus \u2013 enfin, surtout Croc qui a fait plein de petits r\u00e9glages et a eu une tr\u00e8s chouette id\u00e9e pour acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer le rythme, faire deux ench\u00e8res simultan\u00e9ment, ce qui permet de jouer sans difficult\u00e9 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 8 joueurs. Puis est arriv\u00e9 la crise sanitaire, des remises en cause chez Asmod\u00e9e, et, alors m\u00eame qu\u2019ils m\u2019avaient vers\u00e9 une assez confortable avance, les Space Cowboys ont laiss\u00e9 tomber ce projet, \u00e0 la grande tristesse de Croc qui s\u2019y \u00e9tait beaucoup investi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" data-attachment-id=\"11933\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-584x329.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-584x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-584x329.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Partie de test chez Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u2019ai donc repris le tour des \u00e9diteurs, avec un jeu plus abouti, et l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res portes auxquelles j\u2019ai frapp\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 la bonne, l\u00e0 encore un \u00e9diteur que je connais depuis bien longtemps, depuis avant m\u00eame qu\u2019ils ne montent leur boite, que j\u2019aime beaucoup, que je vois tous les ans \u00e0 \u00c9tourvy, mais avec lequel je n\u2019avais jamais boss\u00e9, les Polonais de Portal. L\u2019\u00e9quipe d\u2019Ignacy et Merry s\u2019est donc empar\u00e9 de mon jeu, en a chang\u00e9 le th\u00e8me et tr\u00e8s rapidement d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 les m\u00e9canismes dans des directions inattendues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" data-attachment-id=\"12588\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dc_photos-74-of-80_easy-resize-com_-1024x683\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024&amp;#215;683\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-74-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Les joueurs g\u00e8rent maintenant un cirque dans une ambiance freak show, les cartes repr\u00e9sentant les diff\u00e9rentes attractions qu\u2019ils peuvent se procurer \u2013 des artistes en tout genre, magiciens et \u00e9quilibristes, des boutiques vendant bonbons ou livres bizarres, des circuits et baraques plus effrayants les uns que les autres. C\u2019est peut-\u00eatre un peu moins coh\u00e9rent, mais cela permet de donner au mat\u00e9riel un look assez original et puis, bon, il y en a un peu assez des histoires de nains et d\u2019orques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beaucoup d\u2019effets de cartes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 modifi\u00e9s, le jeu devenant un peu moins agressif et un peu plus tactique, et donc sans doute plus dans l\u2019air du temps. N\u2019ayant pas particip\u00e9 aux derniers r\u00e9glages, je n\u2019ai pas tout essay\u00e9 et suis tr\u00e8s curieux du r\u00e9sultat, mais connaissant l\u2019\u00e9quipe, je suis aussi tr\u00e8s confiant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#a3000a\">Apr\u00e8s avoir jou\u00e9, je dois avouer \u00eatre d\u00e9concert\u00e9 par certains des changements apport\u00e9s au jeu. Le jeu n\u2019est pas mauvais, mais il est loin d\u2019\u00eatre aussi bon qu\u2019il aurait d\u00fb. <br>C&#8217;est en partie de ma faute, je les ai laiss\u00e9 faire, beaucoup trop vite, n\u2019imaginant jamais qu\u2019ils aient pu \u00e0 ce point changer les \u00e9quilibres du jeu. Du coup, je me retrouve dans une situation tr\u00e8s inconfortable vis \u00e0 vis de gens que, malgr\u00e9 tout, j\u2019aime beaucoup. La meilleure solution est sans doute d\u2019expliquer comment r\u00e9parer le jeu.<br><br>Certaines cartes, comme Seer Ana\u00efs ou Astonishing Camilla, ne fonctionnent tout simplement pas. Surtout, le syst\u00e8me de score est devenu tr\u00e8s d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibr\u00e9 en faveur des contrats, alors que tout le jeu \u00e9tait construit sur l&#8217;id\u00e9e que l&#8217;on doit pouvoir gagner de diff\u00e9rentes mani\u00e8res, en jouant les contrats, l&#8217;argent ou les cartes.<br><br>J&#8217;esp\u00e8re que tout cela sera modifi\u00e9 pour les tirages et traductions futurs, mais en attendant, il est assez facile de corriger le jeu pour le rendre plus \u00e9quilibr\u00e9. Voici les modifications \u00e0 apporter:<br>\u2022 D\u00e9butez la partie avec cinq contrats et non six.<br>\u2022 Modifiez le score des contrats : 5 points pour un set de 5 cartes, 8 points pour une majorit\u00e9.<br>\u2022 Modifiez le score des collections : 0, 6, 14 au lieu de 2, 5, 9.<br>\u2022 Retirez du jeu la carte Astonishing Camilla.<br>\u2022 Retirez l\u2019une des deux cartes Wirewalker Jia Li, celle marqu\u00e9e 5+.<br>\u2022 Modifiez les cartes suivantes :<br>&#8211; Seer Ana\u00efs : regardez dans le sac et prenez-y un contrat de votre choix.<br>&#8211; Looped Wagons : vous n&#8217;avez besoin que de 4 couleurs de contrats pour faire un set.<br>&#8211; Bizarre Kaleidoscope : Marquez 3 points de plus par set de contrats.<br>&#8211; Crystal Balls : \u2026 marquez 12 points (et non 5) si vous tombez juste.<br>&#8211; Formaldehyde Jars : Lorsque vous \u00eates vendeur, vous pouvez toujours retourner au tout premier wagon que vous avez regard\u00e9.<br><br>Voila, j&#8217;aurais aim\u00e9 pouvoir faire quelques autres r\u00e9glages, notamment diminuer le nombre de pi\u00e8ces de cuivre, mais cela devient un peu compliqu\u00e9 sans changer nombre d&#8217;autres cartes. Avec ces petites modifications, vous retrouverez d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s l&#8217;\u00e9quilibre normal du jeu.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#a30005\">Parmi les changements apport\u00e9s au jeu lors des derniers d\u00e9veloppements, nous avons d\u00e9cid\u00e9, pour acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer le jeu, d&#8217;arr\u00eater la partie lorsque les joueurs ont trois cartes en main, et non deux comme c&#8217;\u00e9tait le cas auparavant. Sans doute n&#8217;avons-nous, ni en France, ni en Pologne, test\u00e9 cette nouvelle version avec sept joueurs, o\u00f9 elle entra\u00eene un l\u00e9ger d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre. Le 4\u00e8me joueur, qui fait une ench\u00e8re de plus, est en effet avantag\u00e9. La solution est simple, et ce sera corrig\u00e9 dans les futurs tirages: il suffit de d\u00e9buter la partie avec 8 cartes par joueur et non 7. Oui, je sais, un d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre qui ne se produit qu&#8217;\u00e0 7 joueurs et qui est en faveur du 4\u00e8me joueur, cela peut para\u00eetre bizarre, mais tout dans ce jeu est bizarre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"437\" data-attachment-id=\"12586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dc_photos-1-of-80_easy-resize-com_-1024x766\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,766\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024&amp;#215;766\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1-584x437.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1-584x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1-584x437.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1-401x300.jpg 401w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC_photos-1-of-80_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x766-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-bandeau-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#892617\"><strong>Dreadful Circus<\/strong><br>Un jeu d&#8217;ench\u00e8res et de bluff de Bruno Faidutti<br>Illustr\u00e9 par Maciej Siminski &amp; Mateusz Bielski<br>4 \u00e0 8 joueurs&nbsp; \u2013 45 minutes<br>Publi\u00e9 par <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/portalgames.pl\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portal Games<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/329714\/dreadful-circus\" target=\"_blank\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" data-attachment-id=\"12587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dc-20-of-25_easy-resize-com_-1024x1024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024&amp;#215;1024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1-584x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-20-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x1024-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Quelques remarques sur les changements de th\u00e8me.<\/strong><br><br>Il arrive assez souvent qu\u2019un \u00e9diteur appr\u00e9cie les m\u00e9canismes d\u2019un prototype qui lui est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 et souhaite en modifier le th\u00e8me.<br><br>Parfois, comme lorsque les vieilles dames et les pigeons d\u2019un petit jeu de cartes sont devenus les chats et les poissons de Chawa\u00ef, ou lorsqu\u2019un eni\u00e8me jeu de marchands au Moyen \u00c2ge est devenu Isla Dorada, l\u2019\u00e9diteur me sugg\u00e8re le nouveau th\u00e8me et me laisse faire l\u2019adaptation. Parfois, comme cela s\u2019est pass\u00e9 avec mon jeu de nains devenu Dreadful Circus, ou avec mon jeu abstrait vaguement alchimique devenu Tonari, encore des poissons, c\u2019est l\u2019\u00e9diteur qui se charge de tout le travail. C\u2019est en effet un gros boulot, qui ne se limite que tr\u00e8s rarement \u00e0 changer les noms des cartes ou de pion. Il arrive que des r\u00e8gles qui faisaient sens dans un univers ne le fasse plus dans le nouveau, il arrive surtout que le nouveau contexte sugg\u00e8re de nouveaux effets et am\u00e8nent \u00e0 un nouveau d\u00e9veloppement du jeu.<br><br>Je suis toujours un peu m\u00e9fiant, mais pas vraiment hostile \u00e0 ces changements, tout d\u00e9pend du jeu, du nouveau th\u00e8me propos\u00e9, et des motifs du changement. J\u2019ai ainsi refus\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs \u00e9diteurs de changer le th\u00e8me de mon petit jeu sur les lutins du p\u00e8re No\u00ebl, qui sortira finalement en fin d\u2019ann\u00e9e avec ses clins d\u2019\u0153il un peu provocateurs, rigolos, marxistes et f\u00e9ministes. Pour mon jeu des coffres et des nains, j\u2019\u00e9tais un peu sceptique car le th\u00e8me originel fonctionnait tr\u00e8s bien et avait \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s travaill\u00e9, mais aussi tr\u00e8s compr\u00e9hensif car ce th\u00e8me originel n\u2019\u00e9tait pas tr\u00e8s original et peut-\u00eatre inadapt\u00e9 \u00e0 un jeu assez grand public. Je ne regrette pas d\u2019avoir accept\u00e9, le nouvel univers est plus original, et son c\u00f4t\u00e9 un peu sombre donne au mat\u00e9riel un look tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rent qui convient bien \u00e0 un jeu de bluff et de psychologie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" data-attachment-id=\"11934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dreadful-circus-box\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2110,2110\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dreadful Circus box\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-584x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In 2016, after having devised two light card games, Dolor\u00e8s and Secrets, &nbsp;Eric Lang and I decided to work on something more ambitious, a big box game with some real table presence. In Wizardopolis, the players were wizards trying to set up the nicest magical domain, with marvelous castles, dark towers, unicorn stables, romantic kiosks, siren lakes and, last but not least, gold and silver mines. Since none of them really had the means of their ambitions, they had to outsource most of the building job to the other wizards, in order to get the required teams of specialized dwarves, trolls, elves or goblins required on the building site. This was done through a tender system, each player on turn announcing what and where he wanted to build, and the other player placing in an envelope the team they were proposing, and setting the required wages. Of course, every type of worker had its specialty \u2013 elves can do really nice job in the forest, but their religion forbids cutting trees, trolls are good at moving rocks, knights protect the building site from wandering dragons, goblins can do anything, but don\u2019t always respect the specifications note. The idea was great fun, the game was challenging but we could not manage to make it short, fast and fluid enough. Then Eric got hired by CMON, moved to Singapour, and had no more time to devote to a project which, anyway, was not really moving forward.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"11907\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/05\/23\/jeux-et-alcool-alcool-and-games\/img_1240\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1478901889&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wizardopolis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wizardopolis prototype&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-584x438.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1240-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption>Wizardopolis prototype<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A few months later, I took half of our abandoned tender system and tried to start there to build from scratch something completely different and, I hoped, faster and lighter. This has now become a game of secret bidding auctions in which the seller can look at the prospective buyers\u2019 offers in any order, but cannot come back to an offer he already declined. I also wanted to make a good use of the cute papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 boxes I had just bought. I found no good name for the game, but he could be played up to seven players and soon got an unoriginal but well fitted theme \u2013 dwarves trading gold, silver, gems and various relics. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2eaeb\"><em><strong>A note about theme, mechanisms\u2026 and components<\/strong><br><br>Starting from theme, mechanics\u2026 or components I\u2019m often, too often, asked if I start my designs from theme or mechanics. From now on, every time I\u2019m asked this, I shall probably answer by linking to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charliecleveland.com\/the-theme-mechanics-seesaw\/\" target=\"_blank\">a recent blogpost by my friend Charlie Cleveland<\/a>, codesigner of Vendetta. Anyway, the answer is that it can start from one, from the other, from both or also from something else, sometimes a physical component of the game.<br><br>Three years ago, in a Parisian general store, I saw small grey boxes made of papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 (thanks Google translate!) and I instantly thought there were a few games waiting to be designed with this component which had not been overexploited like cards and dice. This is probably the true origin of the chest game prototype, the future Dreadful Circus. <br><br>During our playtests, clever sellers were inevitably tempted to shake the boxes of potential buyers to get an estimated of their content. We soon decided it was not in the spirit of the game, but it was the starting point for another game, Maracas, now published by Blue Orange. I still have two or three other projects with these small boxes on which I should work again one of these days.<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"11885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/05\/23\/jeux-et-alcool-alcool-and-games\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jeu des coffres\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My Chests game prototype&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-584x438.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/106931190_10158715418109884_9048849852866259360_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption>My Chests game prototype<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For me and my playtester friends, it was \u00ab&nbsp;the game of chests&nbsp;\u00bb because every player had two cardboard chests, one for their treasure and the other for the gems and coins offers to buy the cards on sale. The game was very tense and dynamic, and several publishers got interested. I signed with people I like a lot, but have never really worked with, the Space Cowboys. Croc started to work seriously on the game. He did a lot of fine tuning, and a had a great idea to speed up the game, holding two simultaneous auctions, which also made possible to accommodate up to 8 players. Then came the health crisis, several projects were cancelled at Asmodee and, even when they had paid me a comfortable advance, the Space Cowboys had <\/em>to cancel the project, which was probably as hard to Croc as it was to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" data-attachment-id=\"11932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/4-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-584x329.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-584x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-584x329.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption>Playtest at Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I<em> got the game back and started a new turn of the publishers, with a more developed game, and one of the first door I knocked at, Portal, was the good one. I know Merry and Ignacy for quite long, even before they started their company, they are regulars at my own small yearly game gathering in Etourvy, but we had never worked together. Their team took my game and, once more, changed a lot of things, starting with the theme.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"414\" data-attachment-id=\"12585\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/1-1-dc_easy-resize-com_-1024x726\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,726\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024&amp;#215;726\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1-300x213.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1-584x414.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1-584x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1-584x414.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1-423x300.jpg 423w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.-1-DC_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x726-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Players are now managing a freak show style circus, and cards represent the various attractions they can get \u2013 all types of artists, acrobats and magicians, shops selling candies and comics, frightening rides and mysterious huts. It might be slightly less consistent, but it makes for nice looking components, and, yes, there<\/em> are too many dwarves and orcs games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Several card effects have been modified, making the game slightly less aggressive and more tactical, which is the actual trend. I didn\u2019t take part in the last tunings, I didn\u2019t playtest the final version, so I\u2019m very curious of the result, but since I know the team quite well, I\u2019ve no fear.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#a3000a\">After a few games, I&#8217;m disappointed by some of the changes made to the game. It\u2019s not bad, but it\u2019s not as god as it should have been. <br>It&#8217;s parly my fault, I should have been more involved in the last developments and not let them do it in such a hurry. This puts me in a very uncomfortable situation with people I know for twenty years and I still like a lot.<br> The best is probably to explain what can be done to repair the game.<br><br>Two cards, Seer Ana\u00efs and Astonishing Camilla, simply don&#8217;t work. More important, the scoring system has become strongly unbalanced towards contracts. The idea of the game was to have different winning strategies, with contracts, money or cards, now the only path to victory is contracts.<br><br>I hope this will be corrected in future editions of the game, but in the meantime, it&#8217;s relatively easy to tweak your game and make it fairly balanced. Here&#8217;s how :<br>\u2022 Start the game with 5 contracts instead of 6.<br>\u2022 Change the scoring for contracts : 5 points for a 5 cards set, 8 points for majority.<br>\u2022 Change the scoring for collections : 0,6,14 instead of 2, 5 9.<br>\u2022 Remove Astonishing Camilla from the game.<br>\u2022 Remove the 5+ copy of Wirewalker Jia Li.<br>\u2022 Change the following cards :<br>&#8211; Seer Ana\u00efs : Look in the bag and take one contract of your choice.<br>&#8211; Looped Wagons : You need only 4 different contracts for a set.<br>&#8211; Bizarre Kaleidoscope : Score 3 extra points for every set of contracts.<br>&#8211; Crystal Balls : \u2026 Score 12 points (and not only 5) if you get it right.<br>&#8211; Formaldehyde Jars : As a seller, you can always return to the very first Wagon you checked.<br><br>I would have liked to make other changes, among which reducing the number of Copper coins, but this would mean changing the text of even more cards. As it is, these small changes already make for a fun, better balanced and more challenging game experience.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#a30005\">One of the last changes we made to the game was to stop when each player has three cards left in hand, and not two like in my original prototype. It seems that, neither in France nor in Poland, we didn&#8217;t playtest this change with 7 players, where it creates a small unbalance. The 4th player ends up holding one more auction than the others, which is not fair. The solution is simple, and this will be corrected in future print runs of the game : just start a 7 player game with 8 cards in hand and not 7.   Yes, I know, an unbalance that happens only in 7 player games and which is in favor of the 4th player maight sound weird, but everything is weird in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-bandeau-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#892617\"><em><strong>Dreadful Circus<\/strong><br>An auction and bluffing game by Bruno Faidutti<br>Art by Maciej Siminski &amp; Mateusz Bielski<br>4 to 8 players&nbsp; \u2013 45 minutes<\/em><br><em>Published by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/portalgames.pl\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portal Games<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/329714\/dreadful-circus\" target=\"_blank\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" data-attachment-id=\"12591\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dc-18-of-25_easy-resize-com_-1024x683\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024&amp;#215;683\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-18-of-25_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><em><strong>A note about theme changes<\/strong><br><br>Often, a publisher enjoys the systems and flow of a prototype but is only interested in publishing it if the setting is changed. This has happened to me regularly these ten last years.<br><br>Sometimes, like when the old ladies and pigeons of a small card game became the cats and fishes of Miaui, or when one more game about Renaissance German merchants became Isla Dorada, the publisher suggests the change and ask me to design the new adapted version. Sometimes, like when my dwarf game became Dreadful Circus, or when a completely abstract game became Tonari, one more fishes, the publisher takes care of all the changes. It can be a complex work, far more than just changing the names of cards and pieces. Some rules which made sense in the original setting might become absurd in the new one; more often, the new context brings ideas for new systems and effects.<br><br>I\u2019m always wary, but I\u2019m not opposed to such changes. It all depends on the game, on the new suggested setting, and on the reasons for the changes. Several publishers were interested in my small card game about Santa\u2019s Little Elves but bothered by the humorous political references in it; I\u2019m glad I resisted and finally found a publisher interested in the game as it is designed. I was first skeptical about changing the theme of my dwarf game; the original setting worked really well, had been used to devise and name many cards. On the other hand, I was also comprehensive because I know there are far&nbsp; too many dwarves in the gaming world, and they might not fit well in a mainstream game. I finally accepted, and I don\u2019t regret it. The new dark setting is more original, and while all details don\u2019t always make sense, its darkness fits certainly better with a bluffing and psychology game.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" data-attachment-id=\"12594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dc-1-of-25-2_easy-resize-com_-1024x683\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024&amp;#215;683\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-584x390.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DC-1-of-25-2_Easy-Resize.com_-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 2016, apr\u00e8s avoir con\u00e7u coup sur coup deux petits jeux de cartes, Dolor\u00e8s et Secrets, Eric Lang et moi d\u00e9cid\u00e2mes de nous attaquer \u00e0 quelque chose d\u2019un peu plus cons\u00e9quent, prenant un peu plus de place sur les tables &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/11\/20\/dreadful-circus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[488,510],"tags":[315,491,489,311,490,492],"class_list":["post-11931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dreadful-circus","category-treasure-of-the-dwarves","tag-bluff-bluffing","tag-croc","tag-dreadful-circus","tag-encheres-auctions-and-bidding","tag-eric-lang-2","tag-santas-little-elves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dreadful-Circus-box-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HNOP-36r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11931"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12940,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931\/revisions\/12940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}