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<\/a><\/p>\nUn jeu d\u2019ench\u00e8res et de bluff \u2013 30 Carats, de Fabien Chevillon. Trop nombreux il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, les jeux d\u2019ench\u00e8re avaient depuis presque disparu. Je me f\u00e9licite d\u2019en voir de nouveaux quelques uns, surtout lorsque, comme 30 Carats, ils font plus appel \u00e0 la psychologie qu\u2019au calcul. Durant une dizaine de tours, les joueurs s\u2019\u00e9changent des pierres pr\u00e9cieuses de diff\u00e9rentes couleurs, chacun d\u2019entre eux connaissant la valeur d\u2019une seule de ces pierres. Il faut donc d\u00e9crypter le jeu de ses rivaux, les induire en erreur \u00e0 l\u2019occasion, et faire les propositions les moins int\u00e9ressantes mais les plus all\u00e9chantes lorsque de bonnes affaires se pr\u00e9sentent. Un jeu d\u2019adresse \u2013 Maximum Throwdown, de Jason Tagmire. Chacun \u00e0 son tour pioche une carte et la lance sur la table, le but \u00e9tant d\u2019avoir le plus d\u2019icones de score et de pouvoir visibles, et donc de recouvrir les cartes adverses. Au d\u00e9but de votre tour, vous regardez si vos cartes partiellement ou enti\u00e8rement visibles vous font marquer des points ou vous donnent droit \u00e0 des actions suppl\u00e9mentaires, voler une carte adverse, lancer plusieurs cartes, etc\u2026\u00a0 C\u2019est tout b\u00eate, il suffisait d\u2019y penser, mais c\u2019est tr\u00e8s dr\u00f4le.<\/p>\n Un jeu de r\u00e9flexes \u2013 Crazy Time, de Alex et sa guitare. Si vous trouvez que Jungle Speed, avec ses cartes qui se ressemblent mais ne sont pourtant pas les m\u00eames, c\u2019est compliqu\u00e9, alors n\u2019essayez m\u00eame pas Crazy Time, le jeu qui prouve que, comme l\u2019espace, le temps n\u2019est pas seulement courbe, mais compl\u00e8tement tordu. Chacun \u00e0 son tour r\u00e9v\u00e8le une carte et, selon la situation, il faut dire l\u2019heure indiqu\u00e9e, ou deux heures plus tard, ou on ne sait plus tr\u00e8s bien, ou n\u2019importe quoi puisque les joueurs peuvent dans certains cas improviser des r\u00e8gles suppl\u00e9mentaires. Un jeu de m\u00e9moire, T\u00eate de linotte, de Cyril Blondel. Il y a pas mal de jeux dans ce style qui sortent en ce moment, de jeux o\u00f9 il faut retenir un peu tout parce que l\u2019on ne sait pas tr\u00e8s bien \u00e0 l\u2019avance ce que l\u2019on va nous demander. Dans le m\u00eame genre, Visual Panic n\u2019est pas mal non plus, mais T\u00eate de linotte est plus mignon, et avec un syst\u00e8me astucieux qui fait que les cartes \u00e0 m\u00e9moriser \u00e9tant de plus en plus nombreuses, \u00e7a devient de plus en plus compliqu\u00e9. Apr\u00e8s, bon, il faut aimer les jeux de m\u00e9moire. Un \u00ab\u00a0party game\u00a0\u00bb – Myst\u00e8res, de Daniel Quodbach \u2013 qui n\u2019est en fait qu\u2019une adaptation mais fort astucieusement r\u00e9alis\u00e9e, du bon vieux syst\u00e8me du portrait chinois. Faites deviner un objet, une mati\u00e8re, un personnage c\u00e9l\u00e8bre \u00e0 partir de \u00ab\u00a0et si c\u2019\u00e9tait un livre\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0et si c\u2019\u00e9tait un objet\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0et si c\u2019\u00e9tait un animal\u00a0\u00bb\u2026 Un jeu de cartes \u00ab\u00a0classique\u00a0\u00bb – Koryo, de Gun-Hee Kim. Quelque part entre Grand Dalmuti et jeux de majorit\u00e9, Koryo est un jeu de cartes rapide et diablement malin. Tour apr\u00e8s tour, les joueurs posent quelques unes des cartes qu\u2019ils ont re\u00e7u pour tenter d\u2019acqu\u00e9rir ou de conserver des majorit\u00e9s qui, outre qu\u2019elles rapportent des points, donnent chacune un petit pouvoir sp\u00e9cial. Si ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas \u00e9crit au dos de la boite, vous n\u2019auriez aucun moyen de vous rendre compte que ce jeu est enracin\u00e9 (sic) dans un univers steampunk-m\u00e9di\u00e9val cor\u00e9en, mais bon, de toute fa\u00e7on, cela n\u2019emp\u00eache aucunement de prendre plaisir au jeu. Un jeu de \u00ab\u00a0tuiles\u00a0\u00bb de facture assez classique, m\u00eame s\u2019il est jou\u00e9 avec des cartes, RoboTroc, de Cesare Mainardi. Plein de morceaux de robots sont dispos\u00e9s en rectangle sur la table, et chacun \u00e0 son tour d\u00e9place son pion en essayant de ramasser les pi\u00e8ces permettant de reconstituer la plus belle machine. Il y a des t\u00eates, des corps, des jambes, mais aussi des cartes de bonus si l\u2019on remplit telle ou telle condition, et m\u00eame quelques armes pour l\u2019interaction. Pas tr\u00e8s original, mais tr\u00e8s amusant, bien th\u00e9matis\u00e9, et illustr\u00e9 avec humour.<\/p>\n Un petit jeu de conqu\u00eate, tactique et rapide – Eight Minute Empire, de Ryan Laukat. On m’objecter peut-\u00eatre qu’un jeu de conqu\u00eate n’est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement ni petit, ni rapide, mais celui-ci l’est sans nul doute. Eight Minute Empire, c’est un peu Small World en quinze minutes – quinze, pas huit, l’\u00e9diteur a un peu exag\u00e9r\u00e9 en baptisant le jeu. Ma petite variante \u00e0 moi : le vainqueur de l’ench\u00e8re de d\u00e9but de partie choisit s’il jouer premier ou dernier.<\/p>\n Un jeu tactique mais pas prise de t\u00eate \u2013 Pirates des \u00c9go\u00fbts, d\u2019Andreas Pelikan. Bon, ce jeu ne devrait pas \u00eatre ici, pour deux raisons. D\u2019abord, parce que c\u2019est un grosse boite, pleine de tuiles en carton \u00e9pais et de jolies figurines, mais cela reste n\u00e9anmoins un petit jeu qui se boucle en une demie heure. Ensuite parce je n\u2019y ai pas jou\u00e9, mais j\u2019ai expliqu\u00e9 les r\u00e8gles et assist\u00e9 \u00e0 toute une partie, et cela m\u2019a largement suffi pour d\u00e9cider que ce nouveau jeu de l\u2019auteur de Mal\u00e9diction \u00e9tait excellent et plein d\u2019humour.<\/p>\n Un jeu \u00e0 deux enfin \u2013 Agent Hunter, de Mike Elliott, est un jeu minimaliste, qui pour une fois ne nous vient pas du Japon. Chacun des deux joueurs dispose de 10 cartes num\u00e9rot\u00e9es de 1 \u00e0 10, dont aucune n’a de pouvoir particulier. Le m\u00e9canisme de d\u00e9duction, dans lequel \u00a0chacun essaie de deviner les valeurs des cartes cach\u00e9es par l’adversaire, est diablement astucieux, et servi par un th\u00e8me parfaitement adapt\u00e9 – l’espionnage, KGB contre CIA.<\/p>\n Voil\u00e0, c\u2019est tout pour aujourd\u2019hui, plus de nouveaut\u00e9s apr\u00e8s Essen \u2013 \u00e0 moins que les quelques id\u00e9es de jeu que j\u2019ai remu\u00e9es dans ma t\u00eate ces derniers jours ne commencent \u00e0 prendre forme. Et d\u00e9sol\u00e9 s\u2019il y a quelques fautes de frappe ou d\u2019accord dans ce billet, je l\u2019ai \u00e9crit tr\u00e8s rapidement et n\u2019ai pas pris le temps de me relire.<\/p>\n In two days, very early in the morning, I\u2019m leaving for Essen and I\u2019ve not written yet the article I recently promised about the many great light games I played these last weeks. As a matter of fact, since I\u2019m back in Paris, I play almost only very light games. Anyway, I must now write this post, because in less than one week, I\u2019ll have other light game to play and, may be, to write about.<\/i><\/p>\n So, here they are:<\/i><\/p>\n A bidding and bluffing game \u2013 30 Carats, by Fabien Chevillon. Five or six years ago, there were far too many auction or bidding games, but then the genre almost disappeared. I\u2019m glad to see a few ones again, especially when, like 30 Carats, they are more about bluffing and deception than reckoning and calculation. There are a dozen turns in 30 Carats and, at the beginning of the game, each player knows the exact value of only one kind of gem. One has tokeep one\u2019s poker face and guess which of the other ones are the most valuable, or even carry negative values, from the offers made by the opponents. A dexeterity game \u2013 Maximum Throwdown, by Jason Tagmire. Each player on turn draws a card frtom his own deck and throws it on the table. The goal is to cover opponents\u2019 cards and keep the most scoring and ability icons visible on the table. At the beginning of one\u2019s turn, one scores all one\u2019s visible scoring icons, and gets extra draws or throws for special ability icons. It\u2019s simple, almost simplistic, as funny as it sounds, but also surprisingly tactical and challenging. A fast reaction game \u2013 Crazy Time, by Alex and his guitar. If you\u2019re already confused by the similar drawings in Jungle Speed, better not try Crazy time, the game that proves that, like space, time is not only curved, but even completely twisted and warped. Each player on turn draws a card and, depending on the situation, must call the exact time on it, or two hours later, or say in some foreign language, or anything since players can sometimes add their own rules and have other players find them out. A memory game, T\u00eate de linotte, by Cyril Blondel \u2013 probably not available in English. There are dozens of games like this one, in which player must memorize mor or less everything on one or more cards because they don\u2019t know exactly what they will be asked for. In a similar vein, Visual Panic is also quite good, but T\u00eate de Linotte is more cute, and I like the fact that things become harder and harder when more cards are added. Of course, it\u2019s only for the gamers who really memory games.<\/i> A party game – Mysteries, by Daniel Quodbach. Mysteries is based on a popular public domain game \u2013 at least, popular in France where it\u2019s called Chinese portrait. A player has to make the other players guess a word by saying \u201cif it were an animal\u201d, \u201cif it were a book\u201d, \u201cif it were a color\u201d, \u201cif it were an object\u201d, and so on. The adaptation is very well devised and changes a boring pastime into a great party game.<\/i> A \u201cclassical\u201d card game – Koryo, by Gun-Hee Kim. Koryo is a fast paced and diabolically clever card game, and feels a bit like a cross between Great Dalmuti and a majority game. Every round, players play some of the cards they have been dealt, trying to get majority in some card values to score them and get their special ability.\u00a0 It\u2019s supposed to be rooted in a Korean mediaeval-steampunk universe, but you have no chance to guess it if you don\u2019t read the blurb at the back of the box, so it\u2019s not a problem with playing the game \u2013 and it\u2019s a great game. A light tile game, even when it is actually played with cards, RoboTroc, by Cesare Mainardi. Robot parts are arranged in a rectangular grid and each player on turn moves his character card, trying to get the pieces that will make the best robot. There are leg, body and head parts, but also various bonus and some weapons for interaction. Nothing really new, but light, tactical, well balanced, well themed and humorously illustrated. <\/i> A light and fast paced conquest game, Eight Minute Empire, by Ryan Laukat. One can object that conquest games are usually not light and fast paced, but this one is, and feels like Smallworld in fifteen minutes – fifteen, not eight, the game’s title is a little bit exaggerated. My home rule : the winner of the starting auction choses if he plays first or last. A tactical but not too brain burning game \u2013 Sewer Pirates, by Andreas Pelikan. This game should not be in this list, for two reasons. The first one is that it\u2019s a big box with lost of nice miniatures and heavy cardboard, but it\u2019s nevertheless a light family game played in half an hour. The second is that I\u2019ve not played it, but I\u2019ve explained the rules and watched the ensuing game, and it was largely enough to decide that this new game by the author of Witch\u2019s Brew is, once again, a masterpiece. Last, a two player game of bluff and deduction, Agent Hunter, by Mike Elliott. Agent Hunter is a minimalistic game, with only twenty cards, but this one doesn\u2019t come from Japan. Each player has 10 cards numbered 1 to 10, with no special abilities. A clever deduction system is used to try to guess which cards the opponent is playing, and attack a card with a card of the exact same value. The spy novel theme, CIA vs KGB, fits the game very well. Buy it in the US at Funagain<\/a> That\u2019s all for the moment. More new games after Essen \u2013 unless I start working seriously on the two game ideas I had last days. 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