{"id":17379,"date":"2024-09-13T13:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=17379"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T13:10:19","slug":"6-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2024\/09\/13\/6-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Les \u00ab microgames \u00bb, des jeux au mat\u00e9riel minimalistes, une vingtaine de cartes, parfois deux ou trois pions, vendus \u00e0 un prix lui aussi tr\u00e8s modeste, sont depuis assez longtemps \u00e0 la mode au Japon, o\u00f9 le plus connu est sans doute Love Letter<\/em>, de Seiji Kanai. S\u2019ils existent depuis longtemps aussi en Europe en aux Etats-Unis, avec par exemple dans les ann\u00e9es 1990 de petites perles comme Pico<\/em> ou Flinke-Pinke<\/em>, ils n\u2019avaient pas jusqu\u2019ici rencontr\u00e9 le m\u00eame succ\u00e8s. Ils semblent depuis deux ou trois ans devenir \u00e0 la mode, peut-\u00eatre en r\u00e9action contre les kickstarters surproduits, surcharg\u00e9s de plastique et de r\u00e8gles. Le format initi\u00e9 par Button Shy, 18 cartes dans une pochette de carte bleue, s\u2019av\u00e8re particuli\u00e8rement efficace. 18 cartes, c\u2019est un tiers de 54, ce qui permet d\u2019imprimer trois exemplaires du jeu sur une planche de jeu de cartes classique. Une pochette de carte bleue, c\u2019est assez classe, on dirait vaguement du cuir. Cela donne des jeux \u00e0 l\u2019a pr\u00e9sentation \u00e9l\u00e9gante qui peuvent pourtant \u00eatre vendus pour un prix tr\u00e8s modeste, moins de 10$ ou \u20ac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Du coup, j\u2019ai achet\u00e9 toute la s\u00e9rie des jeux Button Shy, avant de me rendre compte qu\u2019un tiers d\u2019entre eux \u00e9taient des jeux solo, auxquels je ne jouerai jamais parce que, seul, je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re toujours prendre un livre. Heureusement, d\u2019autres, notamment parmi les jeux \u00e0 deux joueurs, sont excellents. J\u2019ai notamment appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 Avignon<\/em>, Les Bons Contes<\/em> ou Hi\u00e9rarchie<\/em>, mais il en reste de tr\u00e8s nombreux auxquels je n\u2019ai pas encore jou\u00e9. D\u2019autres \u00e9diteurs se lancent aussi dans ce format, \u00e0 commencer par mes amis de Matagot, qui distribuent d\u00e9j\u00e0 en France les jeux de Button Shy. Ils ont d\u00e9but\u00e9 l’an dernier avec Western Legends Showdown<\/em>, un jeu \u00e0 deux dont Bruno Cathala dit beaucoup de bien, il va falloir que j\u2019y joue. Ils publient aujourd\u2019hui 6 Suspects<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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je me suis donc lanc\u00e9 le d\u00e9fi de r\u00e9aliser moi aussi quelques petits jeux dans ce format 18 cartes Sur les quatre que j\u2019ai imagin\u00e9 jusqu\u2019ici, deux ont trouv\u00e9 un \u00e9diteur mais ont vu leur nombre de cartes augmenter un peu pour \u00eatre jouable \u00e0 3 ou 4 et non seulement \u00e0 2 comme mes premi\u00e8res versions. Ce sont Migo<\/a><\/em> et Cocktails de fruits<\/em>, tous les deux publi\u00e9s par Ghost Dog. Un tel bricolage n\u2019\u00e9tait pas n\u00e9cessaire pour 6 Suspects<\/em>, l\u2019un des rares jeux de 18 cartes pouvant \u00eatre jou\u00e9 sans changement de r\u00e8gle de 2 \u00e0 8 joueurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Suspects<\/em> est un jeu d\u2019observation, de d\u00e9duction logique et de m\u00e9moire. Les cartes repr\u00e9sentant les six suspects \u00e9ponymes, Albert, Brigitte, Charles, Denise, Eric et Francine (l’action doit se passer en France dans les ann\u00e9es 60 ou 70), sont align\u00e9es sur la table. Sous chacune d\u2019entre elles sont plac\u00e9es deux cartes indice, faces cach\u00e9es. Le suspect dont les deux cartes indice ont la valeur totale la plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e est le coupable, mais une bonne partie des cartes ont des effets sp\u00e9ciaux, se recopiant, s\u2019annulant ou d\u00e9pla\u00e7ant d\u2019autres cartes. Chacun \u00e0 son tour regarde l\u2019une des douze cartes indice, puis la remet en place. Lorsqu\u2019un joueur pense conna\u00eetre le coupable, les autres regardent encore une carte et, simultan\u00e9ment, tous les joueurs d\u00e9signent l\u2019un des suspects. On r\u00e9v\u00e8le alors tous les indices et, apr\u00e8s quelques calculs, on voit qui avait raison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eric est coupable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Si les r\u00e8gles sont simplissimes, le processus de d\u00e9duction est parfois un peu tarabiscot\u00e9, et c\u2019est l\u00e0 que r\u00e9side l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat d\u2019un jeu qui encourage \u00e0 la prise de risque. Pour devancer ses adversaires, il faut souvent d\u00e9clencher la fin de partie avant d\u2019\u00eatre s\u00fbr de son fait, et du coup, il peut arriver que l\u2019on se trompe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les illustrations d\u00e9cal\u00e9es de Gjermund Bohne situent l\u2019action dans le m\u00eame univers qu\u2019un gros jeu paru il y a deux ou trois ans chez Matagot, Bad Company<\/em>, auquel il va aussi falloir que je joue un de ces jours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Suspects<\/strong>
Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti
Illustr\u00e9 par Gjermund Bohne
2 \u00e0 8 joueurs \u2013 10 minutes
Publi\u00e9 par Matagot
Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microgames, games with a minimalistic content, usually more or less twenty cards and sometimes two or three tokens, are relatively common in Japan, the best known being Seiji Kanai\u2019s <\/em>Love Letter. There has also been such cheap light games in Europe and in the US for a while, for example forgotten gems like <\/em>Pico or <\/em>Flinke Pinke in the nineties, but they didn\u2019t have the same success so far. These last years, though, they are becoming more popular, may be as a reaction against overproduced kickstarters, overcharged with rules and plastic. The format introduced by Button Shy games, 18 cards in a credit card sleeve, seems to be especially efficient and successful. 18 cards is one third of 54, which means it\u2019s possible to print three copies of a game on a standard 54 cards plate. Credit card sleeves also look vaguely like leather. This makes for elegant looking and cheap to produce games, usually sold for less than 10 $ or \u20ac.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, I bought the whole Button Shy line, before noticing than a third of them are solo games which I will probably never play – when I\u2019m alone, I find a book more challenging and entertaining than a game. Luckily, there are a few gems among the other ones, mostly two player games such as <\/em>Wonder Tales, <\/em>Avignon or <\/em>Hierarchy, and there are still many I have not tried yet. Other publishers are starting to follow and publish games in this format, among them my friends at Matagot, who are already distributing Button Shy in France. They started with a two player game, <\/em>Western Legends Showdown, which Bruno Cathala highly recommended to me but which I\u2019ve not found an opportunity to play yet. They are now publishing my <\/em>6 Suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two years ago, I decided to give at designing games in this very specific format. I\u2019ve designed four so far, but two have seen the number of cards increase so that they can accommodate more than two players. These are <\/em>Migo<\/a> and <\/em>Fruit Cocktails, both published by a young French company, Ghost Dog. This was not necessary for 6 Suspects, which can be played from 2 to 8 players with the same 18 cards.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Suspects is an observation, deduction and memory whodunnit game. The six eponymous suspect cards, Albert, Brigitte, Charles, Denise and Francine (looks like it happened in France in the sixties) are placed in a row on the table. Under each suspect cards are dealt two face down clue cards. The suspect whose two clue cards have the highest total value is the culprit, but half of the cards have special effects, such as copying, cancelling or swapping other cards. Each player on turn secretly looks at a card and places it back face down. Once a player thinks they know the culprit, all other players can look at one more card and, simultaneously, every player designates the character they think did it. All clue cards are then revealed to determine the culprit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This one is really tricky, but Brigitte and Denise did it together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the rules are extremely simple, the deduction process can be a bit convoluted due to the many special effect cards. This brings into the game some logical thinking, but also some risk taking. Even when you are not sure who did it, ending the game can be a good move if you think you have better odds than your rivals at finding the criminal. Of course, it doesn\u2019t always work\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The six suspects were drawn by Gjermund Bohne, in the same style and universe as those of another Matagot game, Bad Company, which I also have to play one of these days.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Suspects<\/strong>
A game by Bruno Faidutti
Art by Gjermund Bohne
2 to 8 players \u2013 10 minutes
Published by Matagot
Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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