Voici donc, \u00e0 l\u2019attention des \u00e9diteurs qui passent sur ce blog, quelques-unes de mes plus ou moins anciennes cr\u00e9ations qu\u2019il ne me semblerait pas idiot de r\u00e9\u00e9diter. Si vous voulez en discuter plus avant, envoyez-moi un mail \u00e0 faidutti@gmail.com<\/a> – avec le nom du jeu dans le sujet, cela simplifie la gestion de mon courrier, merci !<\/p>\n\n\n Tonari<\/a><\/em><\/strong> est une adaptation d\u2019un vieux jeu abstrait d\u2019Alex Randolph, Veleno. Ma version n\u2019est pas bien vieille, puisqu\u2019elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e en 2019. L\u2019\u00e9dition en \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s r\u00e9ussie, et le jeu a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien re\u00e7u, mais il est mort-n\u00e9 lorsque son \u00e9diteur, IDW Games, a peu apr\u00e8s d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d\u2019arr\u00eater compl\u00e8tement les jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n\n C\u2019est un peu la m\u00eame histoire qui est arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Kamasutra<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, un jeu d\u2019ambiance un peu loufoque qui avait pas mal fait parler de lui \u00e0 sa sortie, mais n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s bien distribu\u00e9 et ne s\u2019est vraiment bien vendu qu\u2019au Japon. Vice Games n\u2019existe plus, et j\u2019aimerais bien que ce jeu revienne, toujours avec les mignonnes illustrations de David Cochard.<\/p>\n\n\n Junggle<\/a><\/strong><\/em> est un ensemble de petits jeux de cartes con\u00e7us avec mon amie Anja Wrede, tous bas\u00e9s sur le principe de l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant qui fait peur au lion qui fait peur au tigre, etc, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la petite souris qui fait peur \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant. Si ce jeu retrouve un \u00e9diteur, Anja est volontaire pour faire elle-m\u00eame les illustrations.<\/p>\n\n\n De tous les petits jeux de cartes que j\u2019ai cr\u00e9\u00e9s, Waka Tanka<\/a><\/em><\/strong> reste sans doute mon pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9. Je suis convaincu que, avec un autre th\u00e8me – peut-\u00eatre les sorci\u00e8res – cette variation amusante sur le bon vieux principe du jeu du menteur pourrait conna\u00eetre un grand succ\u00e8s, et je regrette vraiment qu\u2019elle soit pass\u00e9e inaper\u00e7ue. Une nouvelle \u00e9dition est pr\u00e9vue en Am\u00e9rique du Sud, mais les droits pour le reste du monde sont disponibles.<\/p>\n\n\n La premi\u00e8re \u00e9dition d\u2019 Attila<\/a><\/em><\/strong> a peut-\u00eatre p\u00e2ti d\u2019un look un peu trop enfantin pour ce qui est, au fond, un petit jeu de strat\u00e9gie abstrait, rapide et pas trop prise de t\u00eate. Je verrais bien une \u00e9dition plus sobre, avec des cavaliers d\u2019\u00e9checs comme pions.<\/p>\n\n\n Le Collier de la Reine<\/a><\/em><\/strong> et Mission: Plan\u00e8te Rouge<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, con\u00e7us avec Bruno Cathala, ont tous deux rencontr\u00e9 un certain succ\u00e8s. Ils ont connu chacun deux \u00e9ditions diff\u00e9rentes, mais ne sont plus disponibles aujourd\u2019hui. De temps \u00e0 autre, des \u00e9diteurs nous ont parl\u00e9 vaguement de nouvelles versions, mais rien n\u2019a encore \u00e9t\u00e9 fait. <\/p>\n\n\n Isla Dorada<\/a><\/strong><\/em> \u00e9tait sans doute l\u2019un de mes projets les plus ambitieux. Il a eu bon accueil critique mais est pass\u00e9 relativement inaper\u00e7u \u00e0 sa sortie. Ce n\u2019est que quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard qu\u2019il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre remarqu\u00e9. Il se revend aujourd\u2019hui tr\u00e8s cher sur les sites de vente en ligne, ce qui est plut\u00f4t bon signe.<\/p>\n\n\n Double Agent <\/a><\/em><\/strong>con\u00e7u avec Ludovic Maublanc. C\u2019est un petit jeu de double guessing pour deux joueurs, de la m\u00eame famille que les excellents Schotten Totten ou Hanamikoji. Si ces jeux se vendent bien, le n\u00f4tre doit pouvoir se vendre aussi !<\/p>\n\n\n Pony Express<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, con\u00e7u avec Antoine Bauza, est un curieux mais tr\u00e8s rigolo m\u00e9lange de jeu de parcours, jeu de bluff et jeu d\u2019adresse. Les d\u00e9s de Poker Dice y servent en effet \u00e0 avancer, \u00e0 jouer au poker, et \u00e0 tirer sur les indiens et les cow boys adverses.<\/p>\n\n\n Bongo<\/a><\/em><\/strong> est un petit jeu de d\u00e9s sans le moindre hasard, puisqu\u2019il ne s\u2019agit que d\u2019observation et de rapidit\u00e9 pour d\u00e9duire des d\u00e9s qui viennent d\u2019\u00eatre lanc\u00e9s quel animal a \u00e9t\u00e9 vu dans la savane. Il a connu plusieurs \u00e9ditions en Allemagne, et en Pologne, jamais en France ou aux Etats-Unis. <\/p>\n\n\n Silk Road<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, con\u00e7u avec Ted Cheatham est paru en 2006. Je reste assez fier de ce petit jeu de commerce, d\u2019ench\u00e8res et de programmation, assez m\u00e9chant, publi\u00e9 dans une boite trop grande et sans doute un peu tristounette. Il faudrait remettre un peu les m\u00e9canismes au go\u00fbt du jour, mais la base est bonne et, si quelqu\u2019un est int\u00e9ress\u00e9, je suis pr\u00eat \u00e0 me pencher \u00e0 nouveau dessus.<\/p>\n\n\n China Moon<\/a><\/em><\/strong> est le plus ancien des jeux cit\u00e9s ici, puisqu\u2019il est paru en 1996, mais je trouve qu\u2019il n\u2019a pas mal vieilli. C\u2019est un petit jeu de course familial mais taquin, dont je suis s\u00fbr qu\u2019il surprendrait encore aujourd\u2019hui. <\/p>\n\n\n Si le jeu auquel vous pensiez n\u2019est pas dans cette liste, c\u2019est sans doute parce qu\u2019une nouvelle \u00e9dition est d\u00e9j\u00e0 dans les tuyaux, peut-\u00eatre chez un \u00e9diteur \u00e9tranger qui serait int\u00e9ress\u00e9 pour travailler avec vous sur une localisation. Il y a des projets en cours, plus ou moins certains, plus ou moins avanc\u00e9s, pour Castel<\/a>, l\u2019Or des Dragons<\/a>, Toc Toc Toc<\/a>, Formula E<\/a>, Lost Temple<\/a><\/em><\/strong> et Myst\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019Abbaye<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, certains avec des \u00e9diteurs exotiques – c\u2019est \u00e0 dire ni francophones, ni anglophones – qui peuvent \u00eatre int\u00e9ress\u00e9s par des propositions de localisations. Parlez m\u2019en, et je vous mettrai en contact avec eux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A publisher whom I shall not name recently told me a fun story about a famous game designer, whom I shall not name either, with a much larger catalog than mine. When this designer presents prototypes to publishers, he declines to say which ones are brand new designs and which ones are older games whose publishing rights reverted to him. It might sound a bit petty, but there\u2019s a sound logic there, a will to have every game judged in itself, no matter the circumstances.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n My catalog is too limited to play such a little game, but I sometimes wish I could. I don\u2019t want all my older and out of print designs to be republished. Some didn\u2019t age well and would disappoint even the players who remember them fondly. Others, though, might deserve a second chance, or a second life, for some with a new setting, or with updated rules, or just with new art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Contrary to the general opinion, boardgames can sometimes be more successful in their second incarnation than in the first one. The first edition of <\/em>Diamant, by Schmidt, didn\u2019t sell that well and was soon discontinued; when the game was republished later, by Iello in Europe and by Gryphon games in the rest of the world, it became a hit whose sales are still very strong. To a lesser extent, the second editions of <\/em>Mystery of the Abbey and <\/em>Mission: Red Planet also sold much better than the first ones. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here comes, for any interested publisher who happens to read this blog, a list of out of print games, some only a few years old, some much older, which I think would deserve a new edition. If you want to discuss one of them, just email me at faidutti@gmail.com<\/a> \u2013 with the name of the game in the subject field, it really helps me with managing my emails !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Tonari<\/a><\/strong> is a reworking of an older abstract design by Alex Randolph, Veleno. My version is not that old, since it was published only in 2019. The edition looked really nice, and was well received, but the game was dead in the water since its publisher, IDW, decided very soon afterwards to quit the boardgame market. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n A similar story happened to <\/em>Kamasutra<\/a><\/strong>, a zany and provocative party game which was much discussed when it came out, but was never really well distributed and whose only solid sales have been in Japan. The publisher, Vice Games, doesn\u2019t exist any more, and I really would like to see it back in shops, with the cute original art by David Cochard. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Junggle<\/a><\/strong> is a set of several light card games designed with my friend Anja Wrede, using the same deck and based on the same idea, the elephant frightens the lion, the lion frightens the tiger, etc, but of course the small mouse frightens the elephant. If we find a new publisher, Anja can make the art. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Waka Tanka<\/a><\/strong> is still my favorite of all the light card games I have designed. I am convinced that with a different theme, this clever variation on the old Nosey Neighbor principle can be a hit. A new edition is scheduled in South America, but the rights for the rest of the world are available. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Attila<\/a><\/strong> \u2019s first edition might have suffered from its childish look, which didn\u2019t fit this fast, light abstract strategy game. A new edition should probably have a more sober look, with chess knights as pawns. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Queen\u2019s Necklace<\/a><\/strong> and <\/em>Mission: Red Planet<\/a><\/strong>, both designed with Bruno Cathala, have been relatively successful. Both have already had two different versions, but are now out of print. From time to time, publishers suggest they could be interested in redoing them, but nothing has happened yet. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Isla Dorada<\/a><\/strong> was probably my most ambitious game design. It got good reviews and ratings, but went nevertheless under radar when it was published. I am regularly asked if I still have extra copies for sale \u2013 I don\u2019t \u2013 and it sells at very expensive prices on online shops. A good sign.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Double Agent<\/a><\/strong>, designed with Ludovic Maublanc, is a simple but tricky two player double guessing game, in the same style as <\/em>Schotten Totten or <\/em>Hanamikoji. These games sell, so this one can.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Pony Express<\/a><\/strong>, designed with avec Antoine Bauza, is a tongue in cheek mix of racing game, bluffing game and dexterity game. Poker dice are indeed used to move, to play poker, and to shoot Indians and opponent cowboys.<\/em> Believe me, it\u2019s fun.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Bongo<\/a><\/strong> is a light and simple dice game, but a dice game with no luck. It\u2019s all about observation, deduction and fast reaction to guess what animal has been spotted in the savannah. It has had several editions in Germany and Poland, but none in France or the US. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Silk Road<\/a><\/strong>, designed with Ted Cheatham, was published in 2006. I\u2019m still proud of this simple and relatively aggressive game of trade, bidding and programming. It was published in a large empty box, with bland graphics, and went totally unnoticed. The mechanisms certainly need some updating, but if someone is interested, I\u2019m ready to work on it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n China Moon<\/a><\/strong>, originally published in 1996, is the oldest game in this list, but I think it aged well. It\u2019s light and fast paced racing game, with lots of opportunities to block and hinder opponents. I\u2019m sure it would still feel original today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n If the game you were thinking of is not in this list, it might be because a new edition is already in the pipe, may be by a foreign publisher who would be interested in a localization offer. There are such projects, in various states of advancement and certainty, for <\/em>Castle<\/a><\/strong>, <\/em>Dragons\u2019 Gold<\/a><\/strong>, <\/em>Knock Knock!<\/a><\/strong>, <\/em>Formula E<\/a><\/strong>, <\/em>Lost Temple<\/a><\/strong> and <\/em>Mystery of the Abbey<\/a><\/strong>, some of them with exotic publishers who might be interested in localization proposals. Just email me, and I\u2019ll put you in contact.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Un \u00e9diteur que je ne nommerai pas m\u2019a r\u00e9cemment racont\u00e9 une histoire amusante au sujet d\u2019un auteur que je ne nommerai pas non plus, au catalogue de jeux bien plus fourni que le mien. Lorsque cet auteur pr\u00e9sente ses prototypes … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tonari-cover.jpg\")
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