{"id":279,"date":"2012-05-01T13:38:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T13:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2018-01-05T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T17:30:00","slug":"le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Roi des Nains  <br><i> The Dwarf King<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"309\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/couverture04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1095,1102\" 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=\"Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Le Roi des Nains &amp;#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04-1017x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-309 size-large\" title=\"Couverture04\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Couverture04.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Le Roi des Nains, un jeu de plis joyeusement d\u00e9jant\u00e9, quelque part entre Whist, Barbu, Dame de Pique, et Rencontre Cosmique. Un jeu avec le roi des nains &#8211; le barbu &#8211; mais aussi des chevaliers, des gobelins, et m\u00eame parfois un troll, magicien ou dragon.<\/p>\n<p>Je n&#8217;ai jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 un fan des jeux de plis (ou de lev\u00e9es, je crois que c&#8217;est la m\u00eame chose). Adolescent, j&#8217;ai, comme tout le monde, beaucoup jou\u00e9 au tarot, un peu \u00e0 l&#8217;ascenseur et au barbu. Le bridge, trop technique, m&#8217;ennuie, et la belote sous ses diff\u00e9rentes formes ne m&#8217;a jamais vraiment s\u00e9duit. Plus r\u00e9cemment, j&#8217;ai essay\u00e9 quelques uns des jeux de plis modernes imagin\u00e9s par des auteurs allemands, mon pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e9tant sans doute Njet!, de Stefan Dorra.<\/p>\n<p>Pourtant, peut-\u00eatre parce qu&#8217;aucun jeu de plis ne me satisfaisait vraiment, j&#8217;ai toujours eu envie de concevoir le mien. Mes premiers essais furent d\u00e9cevants. Lorsque je ne r\u00e9inventais pas des m\u00e9canismes d\u00e9j\u00e0 existants, je me for\u00e7ais \u00e0 \u00eatre original et b\u00e2tissais des syst\u00e8mes alambiqu\u00e9s et confus. Plusieurs ann\u00e9es, je conservais sur mon bureau un prototype inachev\u00e9, La Reine des Elfes, plein de bonnes id\u00e9es mais trop chaotique et touffu pour \u00eatre r\u00e9ellement int\u00e9ressant \u00e0 jouer.<br \/>\nC&#8217;est apr\u00e8s avoir, un peu par hasard, rejou\u00e9 au Barbu, dont j&#8217;avais presque oubli\u00e9 l&#8217;existence, que m&#8217;est venu l&#8217;id\u00e9e de ce jeu. Le principe \u00e9tait simple &#8211; Le Barbu, en pire. Exit la Reine des elfes, introit le Roi des nains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Roi75-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/roi75-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Roi75-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"296,443\" 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=\"Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Roi Nain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Roi75-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-310\" title=\"Roi75-2\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Roi75-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Roi75-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Roi75-2.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Au Barbu, le Roi des Nains emprunte son m\u00e9canisme central &#8211; un objectif toujours diff\u00e9rent, consistant souvent \u00e0 \u00e9viter de prendre telle ou telle carte, faisant de chaque donne un jeu original. Comme il fallait faire pire que l&#8217;original, les cinq contrats du Barbu sont maintenant quarante. Le but du jeu sera donc parfois de prendre le Roi et la Reine des Nains, ou de ne pas prendre les Elfes, ou de remporter exactement trois plis, ou de faire remporter le maximum de plis \u00e0 votre voisin de droite.\u00c0 la Reine des Elfes, le Roi des Nains reprend bien des cartes sp\u00e9ciales, l&#8217;Assassin qui marque des points s&#8217;il est jou\u00e9 dans le m\u00eame pli qu&#8217;un Roi, le Dragon qui remporte tous les plis, sauf face \u00e0 un h\u00e9ros tueur de dragons, la Momie qui copie la carte ayant remport\u00e9 le pli pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, le Marchand qui \u00e9change sa main avec un autre joueur\u2026 Et il y en a, l\u00e0 encore, bien d&#8217;autres.<br \/>\nDans la Reine des Elfes, toutes ces cartes \u00e9taient en jeu en m\u00eame temps. Le r\u00e9sultat \u00e9tait un immense chaos, avec d&#8217;innombrables probl\u00e8mes de r\u00e8gles dus aux interactions entre ces cartes. Il m&#8217;a fallu du temps pour trouver une solution pourtant simple &#8211; \u00e0 chaque donne, une seule de ces cartes est en jeu, connue de tous pour que chacun puisse la prendre en compte dans sa strat\u00e9gie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Don-quichotte75dpi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/don-quichotte75dpi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Don-quichotte75dpi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"467,531\" 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=\"Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Cavalier Gobelin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Don-quichotte75dpi.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-311\" title=\"Don quichotte75dpi\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Don-quichotte75dpi-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Don-quichotte75dpi-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Don-quichotte75dpi.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Le th\u00e8me s&#8217;est impos\u00e9 de lui-m\u00eame. M\u00e9di\u00e9val, car cela permettait de conserver les traditionnnels rois et reines, les valets devenant des cavaliers et les as des h\u00e9ros. Fantastique, car cela justifiait les effets bizarres de toutes les cartes sp\u00e9ciales, devenues dragons, morts vivants ou magiciens<br \/>\nMon prototype utilisait les classiques Nains, Elfes et Orques. L&#8217;\u00e9diteur a gard\u00e9 les nains, chang\u00e9 les orques en gobelins et remplac\u00e9 les elfes par des chevaliers bien de chez nous. Je pr\u00e9f\u00e9rais les elfes, mais \u00e7a ne change quand m\u00eame pas grand chose!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Druide75dpi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"312\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/druide75dpi-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Druide75dpi-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"350,531\" 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=\"Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Druide\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Druide75dpi-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-312\" title=\"Druide75dpi-1\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Druide75dpi-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Druide75dpi-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Druide75dpi-1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Le Roi des Nains est un jeu un peu loufoque, qui devait donc \u00eatre illustr\u00e9 avec humour. Christophe Swal a parfaitement su s&#8217;adapter \u00e0 l&#8217;ambiance du jeu, reprenant le style qu&#8217;il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 exploit\u00e9 pour la r\u00e9cente r\u00e9\u00e9dition de l&#8217;excellent Grand Dalmuti. Vous d\u00e9couvrirez sur son blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/artsilencieux.blogspot.fr\/\">Art Silencieux<\/a>, qu&#8217;il est aussi capable de faire beaucoup plus s\u00e9rieux, presque r\u00e9aliste, notamment lorsqu&#8217;il illustre des jeux de r\u00f4le.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Le Roi des Nains<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illustr\u00e9 par Swal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 3 \u00e0 5 joueurs \u2013 30 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Publi\u00e9 par Iello\u00a0 (2011)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ludovox.fr\/jeu-de-societe\/le-roi-des-nains-3267\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ludovox<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trictrac.net\/jeu-de-societe\/le-roi-des-nains\/infos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tric Trac<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/85250\/dwarf-king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dwarfkingcoverEN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/pr%c2%8ecouroidesnains-indd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dwarfkingcoverEN.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1095,1124\" 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;pr\\u008ecouroidesnains.indd&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dwarfkingcoverEN-997x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-313 size-large\" title=\"pr\u008ecouroidesnains.indd\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dwarfkingcoverEN-997x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dwarfkingcoverEN-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dwarfkingcoverEN-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dwarfkingcoverEN.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Dwarf King is a chaotic trick taking game with lots of dwarves, knights and goblins, and from time to time a wizard, troll or dragon. It&#8217;s called the Dwarf King because it&#8217;s loosely based on Barbu &#8211; the bearded one &#8211; a traditional French trick taking game, somewhat similar with the Queen of Spades.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve never been much fond of trick-taking games. As a teenager, I regularly played Tarot, a French trick taking game played with a special deck of 78 cards, and enjoyed Whist. I found Bridge too technical, and Belote, the other popular French trick taking game, never excited me.<\/em><em> More recently, I&#8217;ve tried several of the trick taking games invented by German game designers, and my favorite is Stefan Dorra&#8217;s Njet!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Despite this, or may be because none of the available trick taking games really satisfied me, I&#8217;ve toyed for long with the idea of inventing mine. My first attempts were weak. When I was not reinventing systems already used in some exotic game, I was trying to be original and designing confusing and overcomplex systems. For years, I had on my desk a prototype called &#8220;the Queen of Elves&#8221; which was full of good ideas, but far too chaotic and convoluted be really challenging.<br \/>\nThen I happened to play a game of Barbu, a french trick taking game somewhat similar with the American Queen of Spades, which I had played as a teenager, but forgotten since. It gave me the right inspiration &#8211; my game will be Barbu on steroids, or may be on LSD. Exit the Elven Queen, introit the Dwarven King.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Atout75-ter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/atout75-ter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Atout75-ter.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"231,273\" 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=\"Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Atout\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Atout75-ter.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-314\" title=\"Atout75 ter\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Atout75-ter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Dwarf King takes the core idea of Barbu, which is to have a different scoring system for every hand, many of them about not winning some tricks or cards. Since my game is Barbu on steroids, there are now forty different scoring contracts instead of just five. So, sometimes the goal of the game will be to take the King and Queen of Dwarves, sometimes not to take the elves, sometimes to win exactly three tricks, sometimes to have your right neighbor win tricks, and so on\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Dwarf King also takes many special effect cards from my former attempt at trick taking, the Elven Queen. The Assassin scores if played in the same trick as a royal, the Dragon wins all tricks except when facing a dragon slayer, the mummy copies the card which won the last trick, the Trader swaps his hand with another player, and there are many more.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> In the Elf Queen, all these cards were in play at once. The result was complete chaos, and lots of rules problems for cards interacting with one another. I still wonder why I needed years to find the easy fix &#8211; there&#8217;s only one special card in play every hand, known by all players so that they can adapt their strategy to it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Etendard75-bis-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/etendard75-bis-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Etendard75-bis-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"270,443\" 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=\"Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Etendard Nain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Etendard75-bis-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-315\" title=\"Etendard75 bis-1\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Etendard75-bis-1-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Etendard75-bis-1-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Etendard75-bis-1.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The theme was obvious. Medieval, in order to keep the traditional Kings and Queens, with the Jacks becoming Knights and the Aces heroes. Fantasy, because I needed some Magic explanation for the strange effects of the special cards, as Dragons, Undeads or Wizards.<\/em><em> My prototype had the classic Dwarves, Elves and Orcs suits. The publisher kept the dwarves, changed the orcs into goblins, and replaced the elves with good old humans. I liked the elves better, but it&#8217;s a very small change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hard-rock75.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/hard-rock75\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hard-rock75.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"309,443\" 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=\"Dwarf King &amp;#8211; Hard Rock\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hard-rock75.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-316\" title=\"Hard rock75\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hard-rock75-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hard-rock75-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hard-rock75.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Dwarf King is a zany game, and requested humorous graphics. Christophe Swal perfectly seized the mood, with the same style he had used in the French edition of the Great Dalmuti &#8211; a great game, by the way. On his blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/artsilencieux.blogspot.fr\/\">Silent Art<\/a>, you will find out that he can also make more serious and realistic stuff, especially when illustrating RPGs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>The Dwarf King<\/em><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <em> A game by Bruno Faidutti<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Art by Swal<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <em> 3 to 5 players \u2013 30 minutes<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <em> Published by Iello (2011)<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/85250\/the-dwarf-king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Roi des Nains, un jeu de plis joyeusement d\u00e9jant\u00e9, quelque part entre Whist, Barbu, Dame de Pique, et Rencontre Cosmique. Un jeu avec le roi des nains &#8211; le barbu &#8211; mais aussi des chevaliers, des gobelins, et m\u00eame &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[342,343,55,288],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-le-roi-des-nains-the-dwarf-king","tag-iello","tag-jeu-de-plis-trick-taking-game","tag-roi-des-nains","tag-swal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HNOP-4v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","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=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9083,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/9083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}