{"id":17887,"date":"2025-04-15T21:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=17887"},"modified":"2025-05-01T00:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:17:05","slug":"droits-de-douane-et-jeux-de-societe-tariffs-and-boardgames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2025\/04\/15\/droits-de-douane-et-jeux-de-societe-tariffs-and-boardgames\/","title":{"rendered":"Droits de douane et jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 <br>Tariffs and boardgames<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/la-vallee-des-mammouths-valley-of-the-mammoths\/card7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"941,1000\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Bruno Shaman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card7.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card7-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card7-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card7.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il est rare que des choix de politique \u00e9conomique soient autant comment\u00e9s dans le petit monde du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 que, ces derni\u00e8res semaines, les incessants allers et retours sur la politique douani\u00e8re am\u00e9ricaine et, en particulier, les droits de douane extr\u00eamement \u00e9lev\u00e9s \u2013 on en est \u00e0 145% &#8211; sur les importations en provenance de Chine. Cette d\u00e9cision, qui remet en cause la tendance des soixante derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es \u00e0 la mondialisation et au d\u00e9sarmement tarifaire, a bien s\u00fbr des implications beaucoup plus graves, largement discut\u00e9es dans les m\u00e9dias, mais je voudrais ici me concentrer sur ce qu\u2019il se passe dans le secteur particuli\u00e8rement affect\u00e9 du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" data-attachment-id=\"17895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/smuggle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"488,480\" 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=\"smuggle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-305x300.jpg 305w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u2019ai sur la globalisation de la production et des \u00e9changes, particuli\u00e8rement prononc\u00e9e dans le domaine du jeu, une position assez nuanc\u00e9e, que j\u2019avais d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/12\/28\/ici-et-la-bashere-and-there\/\">dans un article<\/a> il y a quelques ann\u00e9es. Pour r\u00e9sumer, la globalisation, c\u2019est bien parce que cela m\u00e9lange les hommes et les id\u00e9es, et enrichit culturellement tout le monde. C\u2019est bien parce que l\u2019on a moins tendance \u00e0 imaginer diff\u00e9rents les gens avec qui l\u2019on discute quotidiennement et fait des affaires, et que l\u2019on a du coup moins envie de leur faire la guerre. C\u2019est bien parce que cela a permis et permet encore le d\u00e9veloppement de nombre de pays du Sud et de l&#8217;est, leur donnant une chance d\u2019\u00e9chapper \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9. La globalisation, c\u2019est mal parce que le transport des marchandises et des hommes pollue \u00e9norm\u00e9ment et contribue au r\u00e9chauffement climatique. C\u2019est mal parce que cela a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la d\u00e9sindustrialisation dans les pays du Nord, sans offrir toujours d\u2019autres perspectives \u00e0 ceux, souvent \u00e2g\u00e9s et peu qualifi\u00e9s, dont les emplois ont disparu. J\u2019esp\u00e8re donc que, dans les ann\u00e9es qui viennent, nous trouverons un moyen de relocaliser les productions tout en continuant \u00e0 \u00e9changer les hommes et les id\u00e9es. Le retour \u00e0 l\u2019isolationnisme et au mercantilisme qui semble au c\u0153ur de la nouvelle strat\u00e9gie \u00e9conomique am\u00e9ricaine n\u2019a rien \u00e0 voir avec cette perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" data-attachment-id=\"17897\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/china\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,752\" 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=\"china\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-584x429.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-584x429.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-409x300.jpg 409w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les derni\u00e8res annonces de Donald Trump mettent en difficult\u00e9 toute l\u2019industrie du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, surtout mais pas seulement aux Etats-Unis.<br>Nos jeux sont aujourd\u2019hui produits dans leur tr\u00e8s grande majorit\u00e9 en Chine, et dans une moindre mesure en Europe, notamment en Pologne. Il n\u2019existe pas aux Etats-Unis de capacit\u00e9s de production suffisantes pour prendre le relais des importations chinoises. Il y a bien quelques usines, comme celles de l\u2019allemand Ludofact qui produit surtout des jeux de cartes et celle, qui semble ouvrir juste \u00e0 propos, du chinois Hero Time, mais elles sont tr\u00e8s loin de pouvoir remplacer les Longpack, Whatz et autres Panda. On peut bien s\u00fbr arguer que l\u2019objectif des droits de douane est de pousser les investisseurs \u00e0 installer des capacit\u00e9s de production aux Etats-Unis, mais la mise en place d\u2019une unit\u00e9 de production demande environ cinq ans, et si quelques machines peuvent \u00eatre import\u00e9es d&#8217;Allemagne, d&#8217;autres ne peuvent \u00eatre trouv\u00e9es&#8230; qu&#8217;en Chine. Et puis cinq ans, c\u2019est de toute fa\u00e7on bien assez long pour que pas mal d\u2019\u00e9diteurs mettent la clef sous la porte. De toute fa\u00e7on personne ne va investir quand nul ne croit que la politique protectionniste actuelle puisse durer longtemps \u2013 quatre ans au plus, sans doute moins tant elle semble vou\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si l\u2019Europe, l\u2019Inde, le Vietnam restent moins touch\u00e9s par les droits de douane, ce qui n\u2019est pas certain, il est plus r\u00e9aliste d\u2019imaginer que certains \u00e9diteurs y fassent produire leurs jeux destin\u00e9s au march\u00e9 am\u00e9ricain. Les capacit\u00e9s de production par chez nous, essentiellement en Pologne, \u00e9tant limit\u00e9es, on peut m\u00eame envisager le sch\u00e9ma un peu ironique d\u2019une production en Chine pour le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, et en Europe pour le march\u00e9 am\u00e9ricain.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" data-attachment-id=\"17894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/sheriff\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1890,1849\" 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=\"sheriff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-584x571.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-584x571.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-1536x1503.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-307x300.jpg 307w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoi qu\u2019il en soit, la politique \u00e9conomique am\u00e9ricaine semblant marqu\u00e9e par l\u2019impr\u00e9visibilit\u00e9, nul ne se risque pour l\u2019instant \u00e0 faire des projets \u00e0 long terme. Eric Martin a, sur le site du Boardgamegeek, publi\u00e9 plusieurs articles reprenant et synth\u00e9tisant les opinions exprim\u00e9es par de nombreux \u00e9diteurs, domin\u00e9es par la stup\u00e9faction et l\u2019attentisme( <a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172773\/publishers-talk-about-us-tariffs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172773\/publishers-talk-about-us-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172826\/publishers-talk-more-about-us-tariffs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172826\/publishers-talk-more-about-us-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172898\/tariff-talk-from-publishers-on-costs-sales-convent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/173093\/a-bohnanza-of-tariff-news-and-thoughts-on-trading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172959\/tariff-talk-from-stonemaier-cephalofair-game-trayz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5<\/a>). Le site <a href=\"https:\/\/cardboardedison.com\/tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cardboard Edison<\/a> a lui aussi interrog\u00e9 nombre d\u2019\u00e9diteurs. Je ne vais pas tout r\u00e9p\u00e9ter ici, et vous invite \u00e0 aller les lire. Certains, comme <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemaiergames.com\/the-darkest-timeline\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5rHkYzTpdmb6JQFxwSrwbXQ0ZCOGQb3SMtjJr68jHq-DL4PyUw1ExslLBANQ_aem_sb4dSYyYvNy2Pdc45qposg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stonemaier games<\/a> et Steve Jackson games, deux \u00e9diteurs on ne peut plus diff\u00e9rents, ont m\u00eame publi\u00e9 de longs communiques argument\u00e9s \u00e0 ce sujet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 court terme, les \u00e9diteurs vont sensiblement augmenter leurs prix et rogner un peu sur leurs marges. Leurs ventes et leurs capacit\u00e9s financi\u00e8res vont en souffrir. Prudents, ils vont diminuer le nombre de nouveaut\u00e9s, et se concentrer sur les classiques et, surtout, les jeux de cartes, seul type de produit qu\u2019il est envisageable de produire assez rapidement aux Etats-Unis. Mais, bon, le march\u00e9 du petit jeu de cartes n\u2019est pas extensible \u00e0 l\u2019infini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je vois \u00e0 l\u2019instant sur Facebook la premi\u00e8re annonce en ce sens, celle de Pandasaurus, qui va abandonner les gammes qu\u2019il n\u2019est pas possible de fabriquer hors de Chine, faire produire tous ses autres jeux en Europe, et augmenter ses prix de 20 ou 30%. D\u2019autres suivront certainement.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" data-attachment-id=\"17896\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/container\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,416\" 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=\"container\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-361x300.jpg 361w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quelques \u00e9diteurs ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 re\u00e7u des containers partis de Chine avant l\u2019imposition des droits de douane, et les plus petits \u00e9prouvent d\u00e9j\u00e0 de grandes difficult\u00e9s \u00e0 payer les sommes demand\u00e9es pour le d\u00e9douanement. D\u2019autres ont demand\u00e9 \u00e0 ce que leurs jeux d\u00e9j\u00e0 produits soient stock\u00e9s en Chine quelques mois, dans l\u2019espoir que la guerre douani\u00e8re se calme. Certains petits \u00e9diteurs, les plus affect\u00e9s, envisagent s\u2019orienter vers le print and play, ou la vente directe. Pour une bo\u00eete d\u00e9j\u00e0 en difficult\u00e9, Final Frontier Games, les droits de douane ont signifi\u00e9 la fin de l\u2019aventure. Greater than Games, l&#8217;\u00e9diteur de\u00a0Spirit Island, ferme \u00e9galement boutique, et je ne doute pas qu\u2019il y en aura d\u2019autres. Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des gros, je ne crois pas qu\u2019il y ait eu de r\u00e9action officielle d\u2019Asmod\u00e9e, dont tout le mod\u00e8le \u00e9conomique est bas\u00e9 sur l\u2019internationalisation du march\u00e9, mais les quelques employ\u00e9s du diable avec qui j\u2019ai discut\u00e9, ou qui se sont exprim\u00e9 personnellement sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux, ne font pas preuve d\u2019enthousiasme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpricejohnson%2Fvideos%2F2536276793419944%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Une interview de Price Johnson, de Cephalofair, \u00e9diteur de Gloomhaven.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parmi les \u00e9diteurs les plus touch\u00e9s figurent aussi tous ceux qui publient de gros jeux de figurines, souvent vendus par crowdfunding, et s\u2019\u00e9taient engag\u00e9s \u00e0 envoyer aux souscripteurs des jeux parfois d\u00e9j\u00e0 produits, pour un prix qui ne tenait pas compte de droits de douane que personne n\u2019imaginait. Beaucoup de ces \u00e9diteurs, \u00e0 commencer par ceux qui, \u00e0 la limite de la cavalerie, utilisaient les fonds de chaque campagne pour finaliser la pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente, vont sans doute fermer boutique. Kickstarter et Gamefound ne sont peut-\u00eatre pas morts pour autant, des \u00e9diteurs plus classiques envisageant d\u2019y avoir recours pour reconstituer leurs marges sur des jeux plus modestes, en contournant distributeurs et boutiques qui deviendraient alors les premi\u00e8res victimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les \u00e9diteurs am\u00e9ricains ne sont bien s\u00fbr pas les seuls concern\u00e9s. D\u00e9j\u00e0, un \u00e9diteur asiatique qui habituellement vendait ses jeux aux Etats-Unis a annonc\u00e9 que ce ne serait pas le cas pour ses nouveaut\u00e9s de cette ann\u00e9e, d\u2019autres suivront certainement. Des \u00e9diteurs europ\u00e9ens pour qui les ventes outre-Atlantique repr\u00e9sentent jusqu\u2019\u00e0 un tiers de leur chiffre d\u2019affaires doivent envisager de baisser consid\u00e9rablement leurs tirages, et donc d\u2019augmenter aussi les prix sur les march\u00e9s d\u2019Europe et d\u2019Asie. Mes amis polonais de Portal games viennent ainsi d\u2019annoncer avoir r\u00e9duit de plus de moiti\u00e9 le nombre d\u2019exemplaires de leur nouveau jeu, Bohemians, destin\u00e9s au march\u00e9 am\u00e9ricain.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"17893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/hart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"567,567\" 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=\"hart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Et, bien s\u00fbr, quid des auteurs de jeux comme moi&nbsp;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il faut bien s\u00fbr s\u2019attendre \u00e0 une baisse des ventes, et donc de nos revenus, qui en sont un pourcentage. Les \u00e9diteurs, notamment am\u00e9ricains, rognant sur leurs marges, ils vont logiquement vouloir rogner sur les droits d\u2019auteur, et les discussions vont devenir plus ardues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019inqui\u00e9tude et l\u2019attentisme g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9s font surtout qu\u2019il va devenir bien plus difficile, au moins \u00e0 court terme, de faire publier de nouveaux jeux. Ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 assez cr\u00e9atif ces derniers temps, j\u2019\u00e9tais ces derni\u00e8res semaines en discussion avanc\u00e9es avec trois \u00e9diteurs, dont deux seulement sont am\u00e9ricains, pour des petits jeux que j\u2019esp\u00e9rais voir para\u00eetre l\u2019an prochain. Tous trois m\u2019ont annonc\u00e9 qu\u2019ils mettaient tout en stand-by, et que nous reprendrions \u00e9ventuellement les discussions dans quelques mois, si la situation tarifaire et \u00e9conomique est clarifi\u00e9e. Encore s\u2019agit-il dans ces trois cas de petits jeux au mat\u00e9riel modeste, le genre sans doute le moins affect\u00e9 par ce brusque retournement du march\u00e9. J\u2019imagine que les choses sont plus difficiles encore pour ceux qui cr\u00e9ent des jeux plus ambitieux, avec plus de mat\u00e9riel, et donc plus difficile \u00e0 produire ailleurs qu\u2019en Chine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"17898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dschunke\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"871,1200\" 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=\"dschunke\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-424x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-261x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-261x360.jpg 261w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-424x584.jpg 424w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke.jpg 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si j\u2019ai un conseil \u00e0 donner aujourd\u2019hui aux auteurs de jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, c\u2019est d\u2019une part de trouver un autre boulot moins risqu\u00e9, et d\u2019autre part d\u2019essayer d\u2019imaginer des jeux faciles et peu chers \u00e0 produire, donc essentiellement des jeux de cartes. Ma chance dans la situation actuelle est que c\u2019\u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0, depuis quelques ann\u00e9es, ce vers quoi je m\u2019orientais. Mais, bon, les auteurs de jeux sont comme les cuisiniers ou les romanciers; chacun ne peut imaginer que les jeux auxquels il a envie de jouer, les plats qu\u2019il aimerait manger, les romans qu\u2019il souhaiterait d\u00e9couvrir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bref, on n\u2019est pas sortis de l\u2019auberge &#8211; en anglais, on dit \u00ab&nbsp;on n\u2019est pas sortis du bois&nbsp;\u00bb, ce dont on peut d\u00e9duire que, au Moyen \u00c2ge, les bois \u00e9taient plus dangereux en Angleterre, et les tavernes en France.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"17901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/scorpius\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" 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=\"scorpius\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\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-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/la-vallee-des-mammouths-valley-of-the-mammoths\/card9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card9.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"916,1000\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Bruno Shaman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card9-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card9-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card9.jpg 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Economic policy decisions are rarely commented as largely in the small boardgaming world as, these last weeks, the US governement\u2019s inconsistent back and forth decisions on tariffs, and, most of all, the extremely high tariffs \u2013 they are now at 145% &#8211; on imports from China. This goes against the global trend of these sixty last years towards globalization and tariff disarmament, and has global implication largely discussed in the medias. I will just try here to explain how it affects the boardgame industry, which is, to say the least, strongly concerned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" data-attachment-id=\"17895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/smuggle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"488,480\" 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=\"smuggle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle-305x300.jpg 305w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smuggle.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I have a nuanced take on the globalization of production and trade in the boardgaming world, which I expressed in <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/12\/28\/ici-et-la-bashere-and-there\/\">another blogpost<\/a> a few years ago. Let\u2019s summarize. Globalization is good because it mixes people and ideas, and culturally enriches everyone. It\u2019s good because discussing and making business with other people help realize that they are only very superficially different, and makes much less likely that we will go to war. It\u2019s good because it fostered the development of many southern and eastern &nbsp;countries and gave them an opportunity to escape poverty. Globalization is bad because freight and people is a major factor in pollution and global warming. It\u2019s bad because it caused deindustrialization of some northern countries, without offering any alternatives to the people, usually old and unqualified, whose jobs disappeared. I still hope for a way to relocalize some manufacturing while keeping on trading people and ideas. The new isolationist and mercantilist American trade policy certainly doesn\u2019t go this way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" data-attachment-id=\"17897\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/china\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,752\" 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=\"china\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-584x429.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-584x429.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china-409x300.jpg 409w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/china.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Donald Trump\u2019s last tariffs are extremely bad for the boardgame industry, and not only in the US.<\/em><br><em>Our boardgames are massively produced in China, and to a lesser extent in Europe, mostly in Poland. There are no manufacturing capacities in the US which could realistically replace the Chinese imports. There are a few facilities, like the one belonging to the German printer Ludofact, or the one the Chinese manufacturer Hero Time just opened, but they are very far from being able to replace Longpack, Panda, Whatz &amp; alii. Of course, one could argue that the goal of these tariffs is to convince investors to build new production facilities in the US, but this would take more or less five years, long enough for many publishers to close shop. Furthermore, while some printing machines are likely to be bought in Germany, others are only available from&#8230; China. Anyway, no one will commit himself in a long term investment when we have no idea how long the protectionist policy is going to last \u2013 four years at most, probably fewer given how fast it seems likely to fail. &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If Europe, India or Vietnam are less affected by tariffs \u2013 which is not even certain -, it sounds more likely that some publishers will have their US bound games produced there. Since the European capacities, mostly in Poland, are limited, one can even imagine producing in China for the European market, and in Europe for the US market !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" data-attachment-id=\"17894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/sheriff\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1890,1849\" 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=\"sheriff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-584x571.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-584x571.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-1536x1503.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff-307x300.jpg 307w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anyway, given how unpredictable US economic policy has become, no one is making any long-term projects. Eric Martin has published, on the boardgaming website, several articles in which he lists and comments the reactions from many publishers, ranging from anger and stupefaction to wait-and-see ( (<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172773\/publishers-talk-about-us-tariffs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172773\/publishers-talk-about-us-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172826\/publishers-talk-more-about-us-tariffs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172826\/publishers-talk-more-about-us-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172898\/tariff-talk-from-publishers-on-costs-sales-convent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/173093\/a-bohnanza-of-tariff-news-and-thoughts-on-trading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/blog\/1\/blogpost\/172959\/tariff-talk-from-stonemaier-cephalofair-game-trayz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5<\/a>). The <a href=\"https:\/\/cardboardedison.com\/tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cardboard Edison <\/a>website also asked several publishers about their perspectives.  A few publishers, like the very different <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemaiergames.com\/the-darkest-timeline\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5rHkYzTpdmb6JQFxwSrwbXQ0ZCOGQb3SMtjJr68jHq-DL4PyUw1ExslLBANQ_aem_sb4dSYyYvNy2Pdc45qposg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stonemaier<\/a> and Steve Jackson Games, have even published long and well-argued communiqu\u00e9s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In the short term, most publishers will considerably increase their prices and slightly reduce their margins. Their sales will decrease and their cash flow shrink. They will therefore publish fewer new games and focus on old classics and, mostly, cards games, the only type of games which can realistically be produced in the US. But, well, the market for small card games is not that big\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I just read on Facebook the first such annoucement. Pandasaurus will discontinue the games which can only be made in China, move the production of all other games to Europe, and raise prices by 20 or 30%. &nbsp;Others will certainly follow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" data-attachment-id=\"17896\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/container\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,416\" 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=\"container\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container-361x300.jpg 361w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/container.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A few publishers have already received containers which left China before the tariff was announced, and the smaller ones are barely able to pay the tariffs. Others have asked for their already printed games to be stocked in China for a while, hoping the tariffs war will calm down in the while. Several small publishers are considering moving towards print and play or direct sales. Finbal Frontier games, a small US publisher, was already in a difficult situation, but the new tariffs were the last nail in the coffin. Greater than Games, the publisher of Spirit Island, is also closing shop, and I am confident others will follow. As for big publishers, I don\u2019t think there has been an official reaction from Asmodee, whose whole business model is based on market globalization, but the few devil\u2019s men I talked with, and the few ones who expressed personal opinions on social networks, seem to be very downbeat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpricejohnson%2Fvideos%2F2536276793419944%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An interview by Price Johnson, of Cephalofair, publisher of Gloomhaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Among the most affected are those who publish big miniature games, usually sold via crowdfunding, and who should send to backers games, which sometimes have already been produced, at a price which was reckoned when n one anticipated such high tariffs. Many of these publishers, especially those which used every new campaign funds to finance the next ones, a practice bordering on cavalry, are likely to close shop. Kickstarter and Gamefound might not be dead, though, since publishers of more modest games are now considering using them to regain some margin, now doubly affected<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>US publishers are not the only ones affected. At least one Asian publisher who used to sell its games in the US has already announced that it won\u2019t do so for this year\u2019s new stuff; other ones will certainly follow suit. European publishers who sometimes make one third of their sales in the US will now go for lower print runs, and therefore probably also rise their prices in Europe and Asia. My polish friends at Portal games just announced that they had reduced by more than half the number of copies of their new game, Bohemians, printed for the US market.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"17893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/hart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"567,567\" 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=\"hart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hart.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And what about game designers like me ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Of course, since sales of games will decrease, our income, mostly in royalties, will as well. Since US publishers are reducing their margins, they will logically try to reduce our rates as well, and discussing contracts will become harder.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Market anxiety and wait-and-see will both make much more difficult, at least in the short term, to get new games published. Having been rather creative last year, I was these last weeks in discussion with three different publishers, two of which are based in the US, for games I expected to be published next year. All three have announced that they were putting everything in stand-by, and that we might start discussing again in a few months, if the tariffs and market situation becomes more predictable. This even when these three games are pure card games, the type of games which is least affected by the current market turn. &nbsp;I imagine that things are more difficult for those who design more ambitious games, with more components, of the kind it is difficult to produce out of China. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"17898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dschunke\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"871,1200\" 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=\"dschunke\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-424x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-261x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-261x360.jpg 261w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-424x584.jpg 424w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dschunke.jpg 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My advice to game designers is to first find another less risky job, and then to try to imagine simple and easy to produce games, which means mostlt small card games. Luckily, that\u2019s already what I was focusing on these last two years. I know, though, that game designers are like chefs or novelists \u2013 one can only design the games they want to play, cook the meals they want to eat, write the novels they would like to read.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anyway, we\u2019re not out of the woods yet \u2013 In French, we say \u201cwe\u2019re not out of the tavern yet\u201d, which says a lot about the hazardous nature of old English woods and French taverns.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"17901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/scorpius\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" 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=\"scorpius\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-584x584.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-584x584.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/scorpius.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il est rare que des choix de politique \u00e9conomique soient autant comment\u00e9s dans le petit monde du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 que, ces derni\u00e8res semaines, les incessants allers et retours sur la politique douani\u00e8re am\u00e9ricaine et, en particulier, les droits de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2025\/04\/15\/droits-de-douane-et-jeux-de-societe-tariffs-and-boardgames\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-17887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-le-monde-du-jeu-game-trends-and-styles","tag-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sheriff.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HNOP-4Ev","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17887","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=17887"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17956,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17887\/revisions\/17956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}