{"id":4123,"date":"2015-04-24T21:02:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T21:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2023-01-26T21:06:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T21:06:12","slug":"de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Bruno sont de retour (II)  &#8211; Mission Plan\u00e8te Rouge <br><I>  The Brunos are back (II) Mission Red Planet<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4127\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/va93-flat-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mission Red Planet &amp;#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4127\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover.jpg\" alt=\"VA93-flat-cover\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VA93-flat-cover-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mission : Plan\u00e8te Rouge, con\u00e7u en collaboration avec Bruno Cathala, a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 en 2005 par Asmod\u00e9e \u2013 vous pouvez lire ici <a title=\"Mission : Plan\u00e8te Rouge \u2013 Mission : Red Planet\" href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=587\">une histoire de la conception de ce jeu et de sa premi\u00e8re \u00e9dition.<\/a> Pour des raisons que l&#8217;on peu plus ou moins comprendre apr\u00e8s coup, il n&#8217;a pas alors rencontr\u00e9 un grand succ\u00e8s. La synth\u00e8se entre jeu de majorit\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019allemande, aux r\u00e8gles assez simples, et jeu de cartes tr\u00e8s th\u00e9matique et tr\u00e8s interactif \u00e0 l\u2019am\u00e9ricaine, n\u2019\u00e9tait pas encore \u00e0 la mode. Le th\u00e8me steampunk, choisi par l&#8217;\u00e9diteur, n\u2019\u00e9tait pas aussi populaire qu\u2019il l\u2019est devenu depuis. Bref, ce jeu \u00e9tait en avance sur son temps. Il est vrai aussi que l\u2019\u00e9dition, avec son papier trop brillant, ses pions ridiculement petits, ses cartes qui collent et ses cartons qui se d\u00e9collent, n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas \u00e0 la hauteur des belles illustrations de Christophe Madura. Malgr\u00e9 un tr\u00e8s bon accueil critique, l\u2019\u00e9dition fran\u00e7aise ne s&#8217;est pas vendue du tout, et l&#8217;\u00e9dition am\u00e9ricaine ne s&#8217;est pas vendue beaucoup. Pourtant, deux ans plus tard, les boites de Mission Plan\u00e8te Rouge, et plus encore celles de Mission: Red Planet, se revendaient \u00e0 pris d&#8217;or, et sur les forums un peu \u00e9sot\u00e9riques du boardgamegeek il \u00e9tait d\u00e9sormais pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 comme un classique, souvent compar\u00e9 \u00e0 Citadelles. Tout comme il y a huit personnages dans Citadelles, il y en a effet neuf dans Mission: Plan\u00e8te Rouge, Recruteur, Explorateur, Scientifique, Agent Secret, Saboteur, Femme Fatale (en fran\u00e7ais dans le texte), Agent de Voyage, Militaire et Pilote. Mais ce jeu est aussi un jeu de majorit\u00e9, les personnages envoyant et manipulant des astronautes pour tenter de s\u2019emparer des pr\u00e9cieuses ressources de la plan\u00e8te nouvellement ouverte \u00e0 l\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/09\/24\/steampunk\/mission-red-planet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,491\" 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=\"mission red planet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet-300x294.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1201 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"mission red planet\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet-305x300.jpg 305w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mission-red-planet.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Version Asmod\u00e9e, 2005<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;est au salon d&#8217;Essen, en 2013, que, au d\u00e9tour d\u2019une conversation, John Grams, de Fantasy Flight Games me demanda si Bruno et moi avions r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 nos droits sur Mission: Plan\u00e8te Rouge et serions int\u00e9ress\u00e9s pas une nouvelle \u00e9dition. Il ne connaissait pas personnellement le jeu, mais plusieurs de ses revendeurs aux \u00c9tats-Unis lui avaient sugg\u00e9r\u00e9 de s\u2019y int\u00e9resser. Nous ne pouvions laisser passer cette chance, qui \u00e9tait aussi pour l\u2019autre Bruno l\u2019occasion de glisser un pied chez FFG, \u00e9diteur avec lequel il n\u2019avait encore jamais travaill\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Tout est ensuite all\u00e9 tr\u00e8s vite.<br \/>\n\u00c0 Minneapolis, chez Fantasy Flight, o\u00f9 je passai quelques jours \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 2014, ce fut Steven Kimball qui prit en charge le d\u00e9veloppement de Mission : Red Planet &#8211; et je voudrais avoir toujours des chefs de projet aussi efficaces. Rien n&#8217;a chang\u00e9 dans les grandes structures du jeu, si ce n&#8217;est peut-\u00eatre l&#8217;ajout de Phobos, lune de Mars qui joue le r\u00f4le d&#8217;une sorte de base de commandos parachutistes. Mais dans les d\u00e9tails, tout a \u00e9t\u00e9 soigneusement reconsid\u00e9r\u00e9, test\u00e9, r\u00e9\u00e9valu\u00e9, mission apr\u00e8s mission, personnage apr\u00e8s personnage, pour enrichir le jeu tout en pr\u00e9servant sa l\u00e9g\u00e8ret\u00e9. En quelques mois, apr\u00e8s de nombreuses et fructueuses discussion \u00e0 trois, nous avions une nouvelle version du jeu, sur une carte de Mars largement repens\u00e9e, et dans laquelle pr\u00e8s de la moiti\u00e9 des cartes d\u00e9couverte et mission avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 remplac\u00e9es ou modifi\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2014\/04\/23\/rencontres-ludopathiques-2014-2014-ludopathic-gathering-2\/img_9800dxo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1620,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;GwB-guzerlund@gmail.com&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1397858710&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c)2014&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mission Red Planet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3408 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Mission : Red Planet\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_9800dxo.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Un des premiers prototypes de la nouvelle version du jeu<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On peut d\u00e9sormais jouer \u00e0 six joueurs, et m\u00eame \u00e0 deux gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une variante de Bruno Cathala, sa sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 &#8211; je ne l\u2019ai m\u00eame pas essay\u00e9e, je lui fait confiance. C&#8217;est \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re minute, alors que les fichiers allaient bient\u00f4t \u00eatre envoy\u00e9s chez l&#8217;imprimeur, qu&#8217;un joueur me sugg\u00e9ra ce qui fut le tout dernier changement, qui ne modifie en rien les r\u00e8gles mais rend le jeu bien plus amusant, num\u00e9roter les personnages non pas de 1 \u00e0 9, mais de 9 \u00e0 1, cr\u00e9ant une sorte de compte \u00e0 rebours avant le d\u00e9collage &#8211; et je n&#8217;en reviens pas qu\u2019aucun d\u2019entre nous n&#8217;y ait pens\u00e9 plus t\u00f4t !<\/p>\n<p>Si l&#8217;on reste dans l&#8217;univers Steampunk, le style graphique d\u2019Andrew Bosley pour l\u2019\u00e9dition Fantasy Flight Games est bien \u00e9loign\u00e9 des illustrations que Christophe Madura avait r\u00e9alis\u00e9es pour Asmod\u00e9e &#8211; plus l\u00e9ger, plus BD, tout en nuances de beiges et de roux. J\u2019aime beaucoup, et j\u2019ai h\u00e2te de recevoir mes boites.<\/p>\n<p>Je n\u2019ai qu\u2019un seul petit regret, j\u2019ai toujours trouv\u00e9 le titre Mission: Plan\u00e8te Rouge un peu ridicule. S\u2019il ne tenait qu\u2019\u00e0 moi ce jeu s\u2019appellerait Plan\u00e8te Rouge, ou tout simplement Mars. Comme il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 acquis une certaine notori\u00e9t\u00e9, il n\u2019\u00e9tait pas possible d\u2019en changer le titre pour cette seconde \u00e9dition. Mission: Red Planet est donc de retour. Au dos de la boite, l\u2019\u00e9diteur assure qu\u2019il s\u2019agit l\u00e0 de l\u2019\u00a0 \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9dition d\u00e9finitive d\u2019un classique\u00a0\u00bb, et je pense qu\u2019ils ne sont pas loin d\u2019avoir raison.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons commenc\u00e9 le travail de d\u00e9veloppement de la nouvelle version de Mission Plan\u00e8te Rouge alors que je venais d\u2019\u00e9crire <a title=\"D\u00e9coloniser Catan \u2013 Postcolonial Catan\" href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=3780\">mon analyse postcolonialiste des jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/a>, dont il aurait aussi pu \u00eatre une bonne illustration &#8211; l\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re d\u2019une lointaine colonie aussi vide que Catan. Je me suis donc amus\u00e9 \u00e0 rebaptiser \u00ab\u00a0r\u00e9sistance indig\u00e8ne\u00a0\u00bb l\u2019une des cartes d\u00e9couvertes faisant perdre quelques astronautes aux joueurs. En \u00e9crivant \u00ab\u00a0d\u00e9coloniser Catan\u00a0\u00bb, je ne pensais pas que cet article, qui re\u00e7oit aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 lui seul plus de visites que tout le reste de mon site, serait aussi discut\u00e9 et qu\u2019il me faudrait d\u00e9sormais justifier les th\u00e8mes de tous mes jeux. Je m\u2019en sors assez facilement sur Mission\u00a0: Plan\u00e8te Rouge, mais \u00e7a va \u00eatre nettement plus dur pour ma prochaine annonce, dans quelques semaines\u00a0;-).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Mission : Red Planet (Mission: Plan\u00e8te Rouge)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti &amp; Bruno Cathala<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illustr\u00e9 par Andrew Bosley<br \/>\n2 \u00e0 6 joueurs &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">60 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Publi\u00e9 par Fantasy Flight Games (2015) <\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trictrac.net\/jeu-de-societe\/mission-planete-rouge\/infos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tric Trac<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ludovox.fr\/lejeu\/mission-planete-rouge-63\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ludovox<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/176920\/mission-red-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-scientist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/mission-red-planet-scientist\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-scientist.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,465\" 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=\"Mission Red Planet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-scientist-194x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-scientist.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4255\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-scientist-194x300.png\" alt=\"mission red planet scientist\" width=\"175\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-scientist-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-scientist.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-explorer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4256\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/mission-red-planet-explorer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-explorer.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,465\" 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=\"Mission Red Planet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-explorer-194x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-explorer.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4256\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-explorer-194x300.png\" alt=\"mission red planet explorer\" width=\"175\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-explorer-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-explorer.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-saboteur.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/mission-red-planet-saboteur\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-saboteur.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,465\" 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=\"Mission Red Planet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-saboteur-194x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-saboteur.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-saboteur-194x300.png\" alt=\"mission red planet saboteur\" width=\"175\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-saboteur-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-saboteur.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mission : Red Planet, codesigned with Bruno Cathala, was first published in 2005 by Asmod\u00e9e &#8211; you can read <a title=\"Mission : Plan\u00e8te Rouge \u2013 Mission : Red Planet\" href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=587\">an older blogpost here that tells the story of the original design and its first edition<\/a>. For various reasons, which are always easy to figure out after the fact, it was a near flop. The mix between a German-style majority game and an American- style interactive card game, something that is now commonplace, was then still a bit disturbing. The steampunk setting, chosen by the publisher, was still a bit too geeky. I must also admit that, despite great graphics by Christophe Madura, the edition was mediocre, with excessively glossy paper, sticky cardstock, and badly glued cardboard. Despite some rave reviews, the French edition of Mission : Plan\u00e8te Rouge didn\u2019t sell, and the US Mission: Red Planet didn\u2019t do much better. But two years later used copies of the game were selling at top dollar. Though few people had actually played the game, it was being called a classic on gamers\u2019 websites such as BoardGameGeek, and it was often compared with my older Citadels. As there are eight characters in Citadels, there are nine in Mission: Red Planet: Recruiter, Explorer, Scientist, Secret Agent, Saboteur, Femme Fatale, Travel Agent, Soldier and Pilot. But it\u2019s not a city-building game, it\u2019s a majority game, in which players send astronauts to Mars in order to seize the valuable natural resources of a planet that has just opened up for mining and colonization.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/img_2854dxosmall\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;GwB-guzerlund@gmail.com&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1426293058&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c)2015&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mission Red Planet &amp;#8211; test\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4129\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mission Red Planet - test\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2854dxosmall.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>A nearly final prototype<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>At the 2013 Essen fair, I was having a casual talk with John Grams of Fantasy Flight Games. He asked me if Bruno and I had got our rights on Mission: Red Planet back, and if we would be interested in a new edition. He hadn\u2019t actually played the game, in fact didn\u2019t really know the game, but some of his US resellers had inquired about it and suggested it would be a great idea to republish it. Of course, neither of us could miss the opportunity -,especially not Bruno Cathala, who had not yet worked with Fantasy Flight. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then everything happened very fast.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In summer 2014, I spent a few days at FFG headquarters in Minnesota, where Steve Kimball took charge of the development of Mission: Red Planet. I wish I could always work with such an efficient developer. The basic system of the game stayed unchanged, the only important new feature being the addition of the moon Phobos, from which paratroopers can be airdropped anywhere on Mars. But every detail of the game, every mission, character or discovery card was reconsidered, retested and fine tuned to make the game richer and better balanced while keeping its rhythm smooth and light. After a few months and long e-mail discussions between Bruno, Steven and I, we had a new version of the game with a brand new map of Mars and half of the mission and discovery cards had been replaced or redesigned.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4263\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan.png\" data-orig-size=\"548,479\" 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=\"Mission Red Planet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan-300x262.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4263 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan-300x262.png\" alt=\"mission red planet-discovery-mission-fan\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan-343x300.png 343w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-discovery-mission-fan.png 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The game now supports up to six players. There\u2019s even a two players variant, but since it\u2019s Bruno Cathala\u2019s specialty, I trust him on it and didn\u2019t even playtest it. The very last change, a few days before the files went to the printer, was suggested by a playtester \u2013 invert the numerical order of the characters, so that they can be counted down from 9 to 1 instead of 1 to 9. I\u2019m still amazed none of us had this idea earlier. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3408\">The setting is still steampunk, but Andrew Bosley\u2019s art for Fantasy Flight Games is very different from Christophe Madura\u2019s for Asmod\u00e9e. It\u2019s much lighter, more like European comics, all in beige and red shades. I love it, and I\u2019m eager to get the final product.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve only one minor regret: the game\u2019s name. I\u2019ve always found Mission : Red Planet a bit ridiculous, and would have liked the game to be called simply Red Planet or even Mars. Anyway, the game was already well known with its old name and it wasn\u2019t possible to change it now. So Mission : Red Planet is back. At the back of the box, the publisher\u2019s blurb says that this is the definitive version of a classic, and it might very well be true.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We started working on this new version of Mission: Red Planet when I had just written my <a title=\"D\u00e9coloniser Catan \u2013 Postcolonial Catan\" href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=3780\">article about postcolonialism and boardgames<\/a>. This game about rivalries in the exploitation of the natural resources of a far away and supposedly empty recently colonized planet could also have been a good illustration for it, and I just renamed Native Resistance, one of the discovery cards that eliminates a few astronauts from the planet. When I wrote about postcolonial Catan I didn\u2019t think this blogpost would set off such a strong debate. It gets now more hits every day than the whole rest of my website, and it looks like I\u2019ll have to find a politically correct justification for the theme of all my future new games. That\u2019s relatively easy with Mission: Red Planet, but it will be much harder for the game that will probably be my next announcement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Mission : Red Planet<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">A game by Bruno Faidutti &amp; Bruno Cathala<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Graphics by Andrew Bosley<br \/>\n2 to 6 players &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">60 minutes<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Published by Fantasy Flight Games (2015) <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/176920\/mission-red-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyflightgames.com\/en\/news\/2015\/4\/24\/mission-red-planet\/\">The announcement at FFG<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/de-retour-sur-mars-back-to-mars\/mission-red-planet-layout\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,317\" 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=\"Mission Red Planet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout-300x136.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4254\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout.png\" alt=\"mission red planet layout\" width=\"700\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout.png 700w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mission-red-planet-layout-500x226.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>A four players game in progress<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission : Plan\u00e8te Rouge, con\u00e7u en collaboration avec Bruno Cathala, a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 en 2005 par Asmod\u00e9e \u2013 vous pouvez lire ici une histoire de la conception de ce jeu et de sa premi\u00e8re \u00e9dition. 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