{"id":1482,"date":"2012-12-13T18:18:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T18:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2023-03-12T23:31:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T23:31:06","slug":"formula-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/formula-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula E"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Assez r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, je re\u00e7ois des emails dans lesquels des auteurs de jeux connus ou inconnus me proposent de travailler avec eux sur un projet de jeu, souvent d\u00e9j\u00e0 assez avanc\u00e9. Lorsqu’il y a des zombies ou quinze pages de r\u00e8gles, je r\u00e9ponds poliment que d\u00e9sol\u00e9, ce n’est pas mon style, mais bonne chance quand m\u00eame. Dans les autres cas, je jette un coup d’\u0153il avant, le plus souvent, de r\u00e9pondre poliment que, d\u00e9sol\u00e9, \u00e7a a l’air bien int\u00e9ressant mais je n’ai vraiment pas le temps de me lancer dans un nouveau projet – mais bonne chance quand m\u00eame. Et puis, une ou deux fois par an, quand aussi bien le sujet que les m\u00e9canismes m’amusent, quand j\u2019ai le temps, et quand les auteurs ont l’air sympas, je r\u00e9ponds pourquoi pas.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9but 2011, j’ai ainsi re\u00e7u une proposition d’Andr\u00e9 Zatz et Sergio Halaban, auteurs br\u00e9siliens de deux petits jeux de bluff que j’appr\u00e9cie beaucoup, Hart an der Grenze<\/strong> et Sultan<\/strong>. Ils y pr\u00e9sentaient Indian Derby<\/strong>, un jeu de course d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant qu\u2019ils avaient r\u00e9alis\u00e9 quelques ann\u00e9es auparavant, qui avait manqu\u00e9 de peu \u00eatre publi\u00e9 par plusieurs \u00e9diteurs, et auquel ils pensaient qu\u2019un regard neuf pourrait apporter un plus. Le jeu m\u2019a tout de suite plu. Le th\u00e8me, une course d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, \u00e9tait original et amusant, et permettait d\u2019introduire des m\u00e9canismes de pouss\u00e9e inhabituels dans les jeux de parcours. Le moteur du jeu, des cartes de d\u00e9placement et des cartes action, me convenait tr\u00e8s bien. Bref, nous avons quelque peu discut\u00e9, et nous sommes pench\u00e9s ensemble \u2013 via email, parce que le Br\u00e9sil, c\u2019est un peu loin \u2013 sur un jeu que je voulais rendre plus l\u00e9ger, plus rapide, plus m\u00e9chant. Apr\u00e8s avoir unifi\u00e9 le syst\u00e8me de gestion des cartes action et mouvement, simplifi\u00e9 les bousculades, ajout\u00e9 quelques actions th\u00e9matiques et amusantes, nous nous retrouv\u00e2mes quelques mois plus tard avec un jeu de course tactique et tr\u00e8s enlev\u00e9, un peu dans l\u2019esprit d\u2019Ave Cesar<\/strong>, des bousculades, mais aussi des vaches sacr\u00e9es, des tapis volants, des tigres et des charmeurs de serpents.<\/p>\n

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Le prototype d\u2019Indian Derby commen\u00e7a alors \u00e0 faire le tour des \u00e9diteurs et, assez rapidement, \u00e9lit domicile chez Clever Mojo, l\u2019\u00e9diteur de l\u2019excellent Alien Frontiers<\/strong>. David MacKenzie eut l\u2019id\u00e9e amusante d\u2019appeler le jeu Formula E<\/strong>. Mes amis d\u2019Asmod\u00e9e, l\u2019\u00e9diteur de Formula D<\/strong>, accept\u00e8rent bien volontiers \u00e0 condition que le clin d\u2019\u0153il ne tourne pas \u00e0 la confusion. Je pense qu\u2019avec deux gros \u00e9l\u00e9phants sur la boite, il n\u2019y aura pas de probl\u00e8mes.<\/p>\n

Formula E<\/strong>
\nUn jeu de Sergio Halaban, Andr\u00e9 Zatz et Bruno Faidutti
\nIllustrations de Jacqui Davis
\n3 \u00e0 6 joueurs – 60 minutes
\nPubli\u00e9 par Game Salute
\nTric Trac<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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I regularly receive emails from both well known and completely unknown game designers asking me if I would like to work with them on some design, usually already well advanced. When it\u2019s about zombies, or has fifteen or more pages of rules, I answer that I\u2019m sorry, that\u2019s not really my kind of game, but good luck anyway. In all other cases, I have a look and usually answer that I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m already overbooked and wouldn\u2019t find the time to start a new project, but good luck anyway. Once or twice every year, when both the setting and the game systems sound exciting, when I have time, and when the authors seem to be nice guys, I answer why not, let\u2019s discuss the game.<\/em><\/p>\n

Early in 2011, I got an email from Andr\u00e9 Zatz and Sergio Halaban, the Brazilian authors of two light double-guessing games I really like, Hart and der Grenze<\/strong> and Sultan<\/strong>. The subject of their email, Indian Derby<\/strong> was an elephant racing game they had designed a few years ago, which had raised some interest from several publishers but ultimately hadn\u2019t been selected for publication. They wanted to rework it, and were thinking that a fresh look by a designer who wasn\u2019t involved in the original design, could help.\u00a0 I liked the game idea at once. The storyline, an Indian elephant race game, was new, and allowed for rules about pushing\u2013something unusual in a racing game, and for fun thematic events. I had long wanted to design a card driven race game, so this was a good opportunity to jump in. We discussed the game and worked together via email\u2013since Brazil is far from France\u2013on new rules and events to make the game lighter, faster and nastier. We simplified the card management system and the jostling rules, we added some event cards, and we ended with a very dynamic and tactical racing game, in the style of Ave Caesar<\/strong> (one of my all-time favorites), but with lots of jostling and crushing, and also holy cows, flying carpets, snake charmers, monkeys and tigers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The new version of Indian Derby was shown to several publishers and, very soon, Clever Mojo Games, the publisher of Alien Frontiers, decided to do it. David MacKenzie had the fun idea to name the game Formula E<\/strong>. I asked my friends at Asmod\u00e9e, the publisher of Formula D<\/strong>, and they gracefully accepted as long as the pun doesn\u2019t lead to confusion. With two large elephants on the box, I think there\u2019s no great risk.<\/em><\/p>\n

Formula E<\/strong>
\nA game by Sergio Halaban, Andr\u00e9 Zatz & Bruno Faidutti
\nGraphics byJacqui Davis
\n3 to 6 players – 60 minutes
\nPublished by Game Salute
\nBoardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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