{"id":14076,"date":"2022-06-18T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T10:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=14076"},"modified":"2022-06-18T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T10:46:52","slug":"trick-or-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"Trick or Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14081\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/trick-or-treat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" 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=\"Trick or Treat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-584x438.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14081\" width=\"483\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Il y a tout juste vingt ans, en 2002, apr\u00e8s avoir sympathis\u00e9 avec \u00c9ric Hautemont, je signais coup sur coup pour quatre jeux, Myst\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019Abbaye (avec Serge Laget), Aux Pierres du Dragon (avec Michael Schacht), Le Collier de la Reine (avec Bruno Cathala) et Terra chez un \u00e9diteur qui n\u2019existait pas encore, Days of Wonder. C\u2019\u00e9tait un pari, au feeling, que je n\u2019ai jamais regrett\u00e9, m\u00eame si les jeux ne sont aujourd\u2019hui plus \u00e9dit\u00e9s, ou plus par Days of Wonder. Vingt ans plus tard, j\u2019ai fait le m\u00eame pari, au feeling, en signant pour quatre jeux avec un nouvel \u00e9diteur am\u00e9ricain, Trick or Treat Games. Le premier, <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/trollfest\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12313\">Trollfest<\/a> (avec Camille Mathieu) vient de sortir, et je ne peux pas encore en dire plus sur les autres, deux remakes de petits jeux de cartes d\u00e9j\u00e0 anciens et un gros jeu plus ambitieux et original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trick or Treat Studios est une compagnie d\u00e9j\u00e0 ancienne, cr\u00e9\u00e9e il y a une douzaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es en Californie par Chris Zephro. C\u2019est devenu l\u2019un des leaders am\u00e9ricains du march\u00e9 des d\u00e9guisements horrifiques, des gadgets inqui\u00e9tants, des masques et costumes de Halloween et des trucs \u00e0 collectionner \u2013 et aux Etats-Unis, ce n\u2019est pas un petit march\u00e9. Les professionnels du jeu qui se sont aventur\u00e9s dans le hall des monstres et des costumes ont donc peut-\u00eatre crois\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Trick or Treat \u00e0 Nuremberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un peu surpris de voir une boite d\u00e9j\u00e0 bien install\u00e9e, sur un cr\u00e9neau qui a l\u2019air de bien tourner, s\u2019int\u00e9resser au march\u00e9 d\u00e9j\u00e0 un peu encombr\u00e9 du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, j\u2019ai donc interview\u00e9 Chris Zephro, via Skype, pour en savoir plus sur ses projets et ses motivations. Et comme je d\u00e9teste les videos et podcasts qui durent des heures et que l\u2019on ne peut pas vraiment lire en diagonale en cherchant ce qui nous int\u00e9resse, je vous en fais un r\u00e9sum\u00e9 par \u00e9crit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris, qui \u00e9tait au lyc\u00e9e avec l\u2019un des fils de Gary Gygax, est tomb\u00e9 tr\u00e8s jeune dans le jeu de r\u00f4les, puis dans le jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, et a chez lui une collection de pr\u00e8s de 2000 jeux. Les th\u00e8mes fantastiques et horrifiques de ses productions se pr\u00eatent bien \u00e0 des adaptations ludiques qui pourraient ais\u00e9ment \u00eatre vendues sur les m\u00eames sites webs et dans les m\u00eames boutiques. Cela fait donc bien longtemps que l\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019une gamme de jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 titillait Chris et son \u00e9quipe, David, Jody, Justin et quelques autres. Comme beaucoup de gens dans beaucoup de domaines, ils ont \u00ab&nbsp;profit\u00e9&nbsp;\u00bb des ann\u00e9es de crise sanitaire pour se lancer. Ils ont contact\u00e9 des auteurs connus \u2013 Eric Lang, Richard Garfield, Tom Lehmann, Emerson Matsuuchi, et bien s\u00fbr Bruno Faidutti, sans quoi je ne serais pas en train d\u2019\u00e9crire cet article \u2013 mais ont aussi fait le tour des quelques bonnes id\u00e9es qui tra\u00eenaient dans leur entourage. Ils ont en outre repris les droits d\u2019un certain nombre d\u2019excellents jeux d\u2019un \u00e9diteur sympathique malheureusement r\u00e9cemment oblig\u00e9 de mettre la clef sous la porte \u2013 je ne pense pas avoir encore le droit de dire qui et quels jeux. Pariant sur des auteurs de jeux connus, des th\u00e8mes fantastiques et horrifiques, des illustrateurs exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s venus du monde des comics et de l\u2019horreur et peu connus des joueurs, et un r\u00e9seau de distribution original qui ne les emp\u00eache bien s\u00fbr pas de vendre aussi par des r\u00e9seaux plus classiques, Chris pense que Trick or Treat peut se faire une place dans le monde en forte croissance mais n\u00e9anmoins assez encombr\u00e9 du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14082\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/trollfest-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1106,1106\" 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=\"Trollfest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest-584x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14082\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trollfest.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Les trois premiers jeux de Trick or Treat Games, trois grosses boites carr\u00e9es au look aussi effrayant que rafraichissant, arrivent ces jours-ci en boutique. Dans World Z League, de David Gregg, illustr\u00e9 par Dug Nation, les joueurs tentent de r\u00e9sister \u00e0 des hordes de zombies affam\u00e9s avec pour seul moyen de d\u00e9fense le tir \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lastique. Dans Blood Orders, con\u00e7u par l\u2019un des employ\u00e9s de Trick or Treat, Nick Badagliacca, les joueurs sont des vampires tentant de prendre le contr\u00f4le de la cit\u00e9 et de ses habitants. Dans Trollfest, que j\u2019ai con\u00e7u avec Camille Mathieu et dont je parle plus longuement ici, chaque joueur est l\u2019impresario d\u2019un groupe de rock dans un univers m\u00e9di\u00e9val fantastique. Blood Orders et <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/trollfest\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12313\">Trollfest<\/a> sont tous deux illustr\u00e9s par un vieux complice de l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Trick or Treat Games, David Hartman, surtout connu dans le monde de l\u2019animation mais qui s\u2019est bien amus\u00e9 \u00e0 dessiner quelques cartes. Une dizaine d\u2019autres jeux sont pr\u00e9vus dans l\u2019ann\u00e9e qui vient, la plupart mais pas tous dans les univers f\u00e9tiches de Trick or Treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pour l\u2019instant, tous ces jeux ne sortent qu\u2019en anglais, et aux Etats-Unis, mais j\u2019esp\u00e8re bien que des \u00e9diteurs et distributeurs petits et grands seront int\u00e9ress\u00e9s par des versions en fran\u00e7ais, en allemand et dans d\u2019autres langues. Chris m\u2019a dit dans son interview qu\u2019il \u00e9tait pr\u00eat \u00e0 discuter aussi bien de distribution que de licences. Si cela vous int\u00e9resse, contactez-moi (<a href=\"mailto:faidutti@gmail.com\">faidutti@gmail.com<\/a>) et je vous mettrai en contact.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/world-z-league\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1198\" 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=\"world z League\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League-584x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14083\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League-301x300.jpg 301w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/world-z-League.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ce qui m\u2019a donn\u00e9 envie d\u2019\u00e9crire cet article est surtout le plaisir que j\u2019ai eu \u00e0 travailler avec Chris, David, Jody et les autres. Je connais des \u00e9diteurs qui, une fois un jeu sign\u00e9, travaillent dessus dans leur coin, changeant parfois un peu tout et se contentant de tenir vaguement l\u2019auteur au courant tous les deux ou trois mois. C\u2019est une m\u00e9thode qui peut me convenir pour des jeux d\u00e9j\u00e0 publi\u00e9s, d\u00e9j\u00e0 anciens, sur lesquels je n\u2019ai pas de r\u00e9elle excitation \u00e0 retravailler et dont je suis curieux de voir ce que d\u2019autres peuvent tirer. Pour des jeux nouveaux, sur lesquels j\u2019ai toujours de nouvelles id\u00e9es et peux rebondir sur les suggestions de l\u2019\u00e9diteur, de l\u2019illustrateur ou du graphiste, c\u2019est frustrant, et donne souvent des r\u00e9sultats m\u00e9diocres. Je voudrais donc donner en exemple \u00e0 tous les \u00e9diteurs la m\u00e9thode qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9e pour Trollfest&nbsp;: un forum en ligne et une gestion de projet, sous basecamp mais plein d\u2019autres syst\u00e8mes doivent permettre de faire la m\u00eame chose, permettant \u00e0 tous, \u00e9diteur, graphiste, illustrateur et auteurs, de rester en contact permanent, de savoir ce que chacun fait, de lancer des id\u00e9es en l\u2019air. C\u2019est efficace, c\u2019est rapide, cela respecte le travail de tous, et cela \u00e9vite \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9diteur de faire sans cesse l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire en envoyant des emails en tous sens. C\u2019est ainsi, je pense, que tous les \u00e9diteurs devraient travailler pour le d\u00e9veloppement de leurs jeux, et c\u2019est ce qui m\u2019a donn\u00e9 envie de continuer \u00e0 travailler avec Trick or Treat \u2013 et aussi, quand m\u00eame, le fait qu\u2019ils ont l\u2019air sympathiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14080\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/trick-or-treat-games-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1500\" 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=\"trick or treat games logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo-584x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14080\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/trick-or-treat-games-logo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Twenty years ago, in 2002, after I had sympathized with the founder Eric Hautemont, I signed four publishing contracts with a publisher which didn\u2019t exist yet, Days of Wonder. The four games were Mystery of the Abbey (with Serge Laget), Fist of Dragonstones (with Michael Schacht), Queen\u2019s necklace (with Bruno Cathala) and Terra. It was a gamble, and I never regretted it, even when these games are now out of print, or no more at Days of Wonder. Twenty years later, I just made the same kind of gamble and signed for four games with a new US publisher, Trick or Treat Studios games. The first one, Trollfest, designed with Camille Mathieu, is already out, and I can\u2019t tell much about the other ones, two reprints of older light card games and a more ambitious and original big box game.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trick or Treat Studios is new to the boardgame market, but it\u2019s not a new company. It was founded thirteen years ago, in California, by Chris Zephro. Trick or Treat Studios, as you can guess from its name, specializes in Halloween stuff, masks, costumes, collectables which in the US is much more of a big business than anywhere else in the world. Boardgame professionals might have met the Trick or Treat team in Nuremberg when venturing into the masks and costumes hall.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I was a bit surprised to see a well established company, in what looks like a profitable market, venturing into the crowed boardgame business. So I interviewed Chris Zephro, via Skype, on his projects and motives. And since I hate long audio or video interviews and podcasts which I cannot read diagonally looking for what is of interest for me, I don\u2019t post it but used it to write this short blogpost.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chris was with Gary Gygax\u2019s son in Jr High School, and has been playing role playing games, and later boardgames, for very long. He owns a collection of about 2000 boardgames. The fantasy and horror themes of Trick or Treat products fit very well with modern boardgames, which can easily be sold via the same networks of shops and websites. Chris and his team, David, Justin, Jody and a few others, were considering venturing into boardgames for some time. Like many people, they \u201ctook advantage\u201d of the covid crisis to contact people and start developing new ideas. They contacted several well know designers, such as Eric Lang, Richard Garfield, Tom Lehmann, Emerson Matssuchi and even Bruno Faidutti (if not, I would not be writing this blogpost now) but also developed some fun ideas by their friends and coworkers. They also managed to acquire the rights on a few games by a really nice company who recently had to go out of business \u2013 I probably should not name it yet. Betting on well know game designers, great horror artists little known so far in the gaming world, and a new commercial network which doesn\u2019t prevent them to also use the more traditional ones, Chris thinks there is a place for Trick or Treat games in the fast growing but also overcrowded boardgame publishing world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/blood-orders\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1198\" 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=\"blood orders\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders-584x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14077\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders-301x300.jpg 301w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/blood-orders.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>The three first Trick or Treat games, three large square boxes which look both horrifying and refreshing, are landing in the US shops these days. In David Gregg\u2019s World Z League, with art by Dug Nation, players have only rubber bands to shoot at the incoming crowd of hungry zombies. In Blood Orders, and in house design by Nick Badagliacca, they are vampires vying to take control of the city and its inhabitants. Both Blood Orders and <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/trollfest\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12313\">Trollfest<\/a> have art by David Hartman, better known as an animation artist, but who had real fun drawing a few game cards. A dozen or so new games are scheduled in the coming year, most but not all of them in Trick or Treats\u2019 usual fantasy and horror settings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These games are scheduled only in English so far, mostly for the US market, but I really hope other publishers or distributors will be interested in doing or selling French, German or other languages versions. Chris told me he is ready to discuss both distribution and license deals. If interested, email me (<a href=\"mailto:faidutti@gmail.com\">faidutti@gmail.com<\/a>) and I\u2019ll put you in contact with him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/creature-feature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/creature-feature\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/creature-feature.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"597,1200\" 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=\"creature feature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/creature-feature-291x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/creature-feature-291x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14078\" width=\"169\" height=\"346\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>The main reason which made write this blogpost is the real fun I have working on Trollfest with Chris, David, Jody and all the others. I know publishers who, once a publishing contract is signed, work on the game in house, sometimes changing tons of elements, and only vaguely emailing the designer once every two or three months that \u201cdevelopment is going smoothly\u201d. I have no real issue with this for new versions of older games; I\u2019m not always excited in coming back to an older design, and I can be curious of what other people can make out of it. I can\u2019t work this way for new designs, because I want the published game to be mine, even when I can always bounce back and build on the publisher or the illustrator\u2019s remarks. It\u2019s frustrating and the results are often mediocre.<br>This is why I want to stress as an example the method used on the development of Trollfest. There was an online forum on a project management system, namely Basecamp but it can probably work as well with other ones. All the people involved, publisher, designers, artist, graphic designer had access to it, could see everything and throw wild ideas in the air. It was efficient, dynamic, respectful of everyone\u2019s work, and probably meant less work for the publisher than sending and forwarding emails in all directions. That\u2019s how all publishers should work on game development, and that\u2019s one of the main reasons I\u2019m willing to work again with them \u2013 the other reason being that they seem to be nice guys.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/trick-or-treat-trollfest\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1305,1740\" 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=\"Trick or Treat &amp;#8211; Trollfest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest-438x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest-438x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14079\" width=\"307\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest-438x584.jpg 438w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest-270x360.jpg 270w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat-Trollfest.jpg 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Some of the Trick or treat team playing Trollfest with family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il y a tout juste vingt ans, en 2002, apr\u00e8s avoir sympathis\u00e9 avec \u00c9ric Hautemont, je signais coup sur coup pour quatre jeux, Myst\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019Abbaye (avec Serge Laget), Aux Pierres du Dragon (avec Michael Schacht), Le Collier de la &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/18\/trick-or-treat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14081,"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":[500],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trollfest"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Trick-or-Treat.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HNOP-3F2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14076","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=14076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14086,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14076\/revisions\/14086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}