{"id":16120,"date":"2024-08-29T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=16120"},"modified":"2024-09-02T06:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T06:53:10","slug":"migo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2024\/08\/29\/migo\/","title":{"rendered":"Migo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Le march\u00e9 du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 est un peu compliqu\u00e9 en ce moment. La demande continue certes \u00e0 augmenter, mais l\u2019offre a progress\u00e9 plus vite encore. Les boutiques sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es sont de plus en plus, en particulier pour les grosses bo\u00eetes de jeu destin\u00e9 \u00e0 un public averti, concurrenc\u00e9es par les Kickstarter et autres Gamefound. Quelques grands groupes ont certes repris des maisons d\u2019\u00e9dition de taille moyenne pour en faire des \u00ab studios de cr\u00e9ation \u00bb, mais des amateurs ont simultan\u00e9ment mont\u00e9 de nombreuses petites boites dont on ne sait parfois plus tr\u00e8s bien \u00e0 quel \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me elles appartiennent. Face \u00e0 une pl\u00e9thore de nouveaut\u00e9s, les joueurs et m\u00eame les boutiques qui ne peuvent tout caser sur leurs rayons doivent faire des choix.
Devenus prudents, de plus en plus d\u2019\u00e9diteurs h\u00e9sitent \u00e0 produire des jeux ambitieux qui risquent de ne pas trouver leur place sur un march\u00e9 encombr\u00e9. Lass\u00e9s des lourds kickstarters aux figurines encombrantes et aux r\u00e8gles boursoufl\u00e9es, des joueurs reviennent vers des jeux moins pr\u00e9tentieux mais souvent plus efficaces, et dont le prix tout comme l\u2019empreinte \u00e9cologique sont plus modestes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce sont quelques raisons, il y en a d\u2019autres, au grand retour des \u00ab microgames \u00bb, des jeux aux r\u00e8gles simples, au mat\u00e9riel modeste, vendus dans de toutes petites boites. Le format \u00ab 18 cartes \u00bb, facile \u00e0 produire puisque l\u2019on peut caser trois jeux sur une planche standard de 54 cartes, et que l\u2019on peut vendre \u00e0 bas prix pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans une pochette de cartes bancaires, semble particuli\u00e8rement appr\u00e9ci\u00e9. Au d\u00e9but de l\u2019ann\u00e9e 2023, je me suis donc lanc\u00e9 le d\u00e9fi de r\u00e9aliser quelques jeux dans ce format. Il en a r\u00e9sult\u00e9 quatre projets, dont trois ont trouv\u00e9 un \u00e9diteur. 6 Suspects<\/em>, un jeu de d\u00e9duction, sortira fin 2024 chez Matagot. J\u2019ai sign\u00e9 chez Ghost Dog, jeune \u00e9diteur fran\u00e7ais, pour deux petits jeux de cartes ; Migo<\/em> est le premier \u00e0 para\u00eetre, le second, pour le titre duquel nous h\u00e9sitions entre Fruit of the Doom<\/em>, Fruit Salad<\/em> et Fruit Cocktail<\/em> est pr\u00e9vu pour la fin de l’ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soir\u00e9e de test dans mon quartier, au bar \u00e0 jeux Le Duchesse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deux \u00e9diteurs \u00e9taient int\u00e9ress\u00e9s par mon jeu de Yetis. J\u2019ai pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 celui qui acceptait de conserver le th\u00e8me d\u2019origine, les abominables hommes des neiges attaquant des cord\u00e9es d\u2019alpinistes, \u00e0 celui qui voulait les remplacer par des dragons. J\u2019aime bien les dragons, mais j’ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait trop de jeux avec des reptiles et des pi\u00e8ces d\u2019or, je n\u2019en avais aucun avec des yetis et des bonnets de laine. Le format choisi autorisant une trentaine de cartes et quelques jetons, j\u2019ai pu d\u00e9velopper un peu le projet. Le prototype initial ne se jouait en effet qu\u2019\u00e0 deux joueurs, le jeu finalement publi\u00e9 fonctionne d\u00e9sormais aussi bien \u00e0 trois, et presque aussi bien \u00e0 quatre. Comme il y avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 pas mal de jeux s\u2019appelant Yeti<\/em>, le mien a \u00e9t\u00e9 rebaptis\u00e9 Migo<\/em>, qui signifie Yeti en tib\u00e9tain et est \u00e9galement le nom d\u2019un personnage de jeune yeti dans le dessin anim\u00e9 Yeti et compagnie<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Les joueurs incarnent donc des abominables migos qui, pour embellir leurs grottes, collectionnent le mat\u00e9riel d\u2019alpinisme – piolets, crampons, cordes et, surtout, bonnets de laine particuli\u00e8rement d\u00e9coratifs. Les yetis les plus respect\u00e9s accrochent aussi \u00e0 l\u2019entr\u00e9e de leurs grotte les drapeaux que les exp\u00e9ditions esp\u00e9raient planter sur les sommets. Les bouteilles d’alcool, qui aident \u00e0 supporter le froid hivernal, sont aussi une g\u00e2terie tr\u00e8s appr\u00e9ci\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parfaitement ins\u00e9r\u00e9s dans l\u2019\u00e9conomie tib\u00e9taine, les migos entretiennent des relations amicales avec les communaut\u00e9s locales. Ils font m\u00eame \u00e0 l\u2019occasion un peu de troc avec les sherpas, ceux-l\u00e0 m\u00eame qui les avaient inform\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019avance du lieu et de l\u2019heure d\u2019arriv\u00e9e des exp\u00e9ditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Premi\u00e8re partie sur le jeu \u00e9dit\u00e9, aux rencontres ludopathiques d’Etourvy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comme il convient \u00e0 ce genre de petit jeu de cartes, les r\u00e8gles sont tr\u00e8s simples mais laissent pas mal de place \u00e0 la tactique. Migo<\/em> est un jeu de prise de cartes, ce que les am\u00e9ricains appellent un jeu de draft, terme qui est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement employ\u00e9 dans un sens plus restrictif par les joueurs francophones. Chaque yeti \u00e0 son tour attaque (et sans doute d\u00e9vore, mais il ne faut pas le dire si on joue avec des enfants) l\u2019un des alpinistes en t\u00eate de cord\u00e9e, et s\u2019empare de son mat\u00e9riel. Cela rend les grimpeurs suivants, et leurs \u00e9quipements, disponibles pour les joueurs suivants. Comme souvent, la contrainte initiale, ici le petit nombre de cartes, s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9e source d\u2019inspiration pour les m\u00e9canismes du jeu. N\u2019ayant qu\u2019une vingtaine de cartes \u00e0 ma disposition, j\u2019ai en effet cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 en utiliser \u00e0 la fois le recto et le verso. Cela introduit beaucoup de variation dans les configurations initiales, certains \u00e9quipements pouvant \u00eatre plus rares que d\u2019autres, et est \u00e0 l\u2019origine du m\u00e9canisme des sherpas, qui permettent de retourner une carte, souvent pour s\u2019emparer d\u2019une majorit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u2019ai eu r\u00e9cemment la chance d\u2019avoir un jeu, le mignon Whale to Look<\/a><\/em>, con\u00e7u avec Jun Sasaki, publi\u00e9 dans la tr\u00e8s belle collection de petites boites au graphisme minimaliste de l\u2019\u00e9diteur japonais Oink. Avec leur format tr\u00e8s proche, les \u00ab feux follets \u00bb de Ghost Dog s\u2019en inspirent clairement, et je leur souhaite le m\u00eame succ\u00e8s – d’autant plus que j’ai un autre jeu \u00e0 para\u00eetre cet automne dans la m\u00eame s\u00e9rie, dont on n’a pas encore d\u00e9cid\u00e9 s’il s’appellerait Fruit of the Doom,<\/em> Fruit Salad<\/em> ou Fruit Cocktail<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Une partie de Fruit of the Doom – Fruit Sala – Fruit Cocktail avec Antoine, l’\u00e9diteur, \u00e0 gauche.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migo<\/strong>
Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti
Art by Maxime Morin
2 \u00e0 4 joueurs \u2013 20 minutes
Publi\u00e9 par Ghost Dog Games<\/a>
Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Navigating the boardgame market has recently become a bit complex. Demand for new games is still growing, but supply, meaning the number of new games, is increasing even faster. Local game stores are facing a growing competition from Kickstarter and now Gamefound, especially for big, expensive (and therefore profitable) boxes. A few big publishers have taken over smaller one, often changing them into \u00ab creative studios \u00bb, but even more newcomers have started new companies, about which we often know very little. Faced with a plethora of new games, gamers and even shops with limited shelf place must make choices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many publishers are becoming wary of producing ambitious games which might not find a place on an overcrowded market. Tired of heavy kickstarters with cumbersome miniatures and bloated rulesets, some players are back to less ambitious but often more efficient games, which also come at a much lower price and ecological footprint.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are some of the reasons – there are a few other ones – for the comeback of \u00ab microgames \u00bb, boardgames with simple rules and few components in a very small box. The trendy format is 18 cards which can be sold a very low price – one can fit three copies of the game on a standard poker game sheet, and it fits in a credit card wallet. In the first months of 2023, I decided to give it a trying challenged myself to design a few such games.
I ended up with four prototypes, three of which have now found a publisher. <\/em>6 Suspects, a light deduction and memory game, will be published by Matagot in late 2024. I signed with Ghost Dog, a new small French publisher, for two games, and <\/em>Migo is the first one to hit the shelves.The second one<\/em> is due later this year, and we still hesitate on its title, Fruit of the Doom, Fruit Salad or <\/em>Fruit Cocktail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soir\u00e9e de test dans mon quartier, au bar \u00e0 jeux Le Duchesse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two publishers sere interested my Yeti game. I chose the one who was ready to keep my yeti setting over the one who wanted to replace the snowmen with dragons. I love dragons, but I’ve already had too many published games featuring dragons and gold coins, I had none so far with yetis and woolen caps. The publisher\u2019s format allowing for a few tokens and up to 25 cards, I developed the gameplay a bit. My initial prototype was only a two-player game, the final version is just as good with three, and almost as good with four. Since there are already a few games named <\/em>Yeti, mine has been renamed <\/em>Migo, which means Yeti in Tibetan and was the name of a young snowman in the <\/em>Yeti & Co cartoon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Players are yetis who decorate their caves with climbers equipment – ropes, crampons, pick axes, carabiniers and, most of all, cute colored woolen caps. They also hang flags at their front doors, which climbers intended to plant at the mountains summits. Vodka bottles are also a much appreciated treat, helping to deal with the cold climate of the Himalayas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migos are well integrated in the Tibetan economy, and have friendly relations with local communities. They even sometimes trade stolen equipment with the sherpas, the very same sherpas who had informed them on the coming expeditions in the first place.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First game with the printed game at the Etourvy Ludopathic Gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rules for <\/em>Migo are very simple, but leave place for some tactical moves. Migo is a card drafting game. Each yeti on turn attacks (and probably devours, but you should not reveal it when playing with kids) one of the climbers in front of the arriving expeditions, stealing their equipment. This makes the climber just behind it available for the next players, and so on.
As often happens, the initial constraint, in this case the small number of cards, ended up generating mechanical ideas. With a only about twenty cards available, I decided to use both sides. This makes for a great variety in the initial setups, some equipments being often much rarer than other ones. It also inspired the sherpa mechanism, flipping a card to the other side usually to steal a majority, which is probably my favorite feature in this game.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently had a game, <\/em>Whale to Look<\/a>, designed with Jun Sasaki, published in the cute small box series of the Japanese publisher Oink games. The Ghost Dog small box games are clearly inspired by the Oink line, and I hope they will achieve the same level of success – especially since I have another game coming next fall in the same series. We have not decided yet if it will be called <\/em>Fruit of the Doom, <\/em>Fruit Salad or <\/em>Fruit Cocktail.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Playtesting Fruit Cocktail – Fruit Salad – Fruit of the Doom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migo<\/strong>
A game by Bruno Faidutti
Illustr\u00e9 par Maxime Morin
2 to 4 players \u2013 20 minutes
Published by Ghost Dog Games<\/a>
Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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