{"id":520,"date":"2012-05-01T16:25:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2021-09-29T09:57:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:57:44","slug":"toc-toc-toc-knock-knock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/toc-toc-toc-knock-knock\/","title":{"rendered":"Toc Toc Toc ! <br><i> Knock Knock !<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/toc-toc-toc-knock-knock\/boite\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1117,1109\" 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=\"Toc Toc Toc &amp;#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite-1024x1016.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-524\" title=\"boite\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite-302x300.jpg 302w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/boite.jpg 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toc toc toc est un jeu de bluff rapide et amusant, pour 3 \u00e0 5 joueurs, \u00e0 partir de 7 ans.<\/p>\n<p>Con\u00e7u en collaboration avec Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin (plus connu sur les forums de jeu sous son pseudonyme de Yaourth), Toc Toc Toc ! est un petit jeu de rien du tout &#8211; 56 cartes et c&#8217;est tout &#8211; publi\u00e9 chez Asmod\u00e9e dans les petites boites carr\u00e9es de la collection &#8220;Kangourou&#8221;. La version am\u00e9ricaine, avec des graphismes un peu diff\u00e9rents, est publi\u00e9e par Jolly Roger&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est Halloween, et chaque joueur fait une f\u00eate dans son sinistre ch\u00e2teau, esp\u00e9rant attirer un public nombreux et de qualit\u00e9, fait de vampires, de fant\u00f4mes et de monstres en tous genres.<\/p>\n<p>La m\u00e9canique du jeu, enti\u00e8rement bas\u00e9e sur le bluff, est tr\u00e8s simple. R\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, des coups sont frapp\u00e9s \u00e0 votre porte &#8211; Toc, toc ! &#8211; et c&#8217;est \u00e0 vous de d\u00e9cider si vous ouvrez ou non. Chacun cherche donc \u00e0 ouvrir aux invit\u00e9s les plus int\u00e9ressants, et \u00e0 \u00e9viter les importuns, \u00e2mes pures qui font peur aux invit\u00e9s et vamps envoy\u00e9es par vos adversaires pour tenter d&#8217;attirer du monde chez eux.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/franki_balaiz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/toc-toc-toc-knock-knock\/franki_balaiz\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/franki_balaiz.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2117,2532\" 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=\"Toc Toc Toc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/franki_balaiz-856x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-525\" title=\"franki_balaiz\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/franki_balaiz-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/franki_balaiz-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/franki_balaiz-856x1024.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Histoire du jeu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tout a commenc\u00e9 avec une discussion lanc\u00e9e par Yaourth sur le forum, \u00e0 propos d&#8217;une id\u00e9e de jeu intitul\u00e9e &#8220;Pour qui sonne le Troll?&#8221;. L&#8217;id\u00e9e m&#8217;a plu, je l&#8217;ai saisi au vol, prenant de vitesse Bruno Cathala, et Yaourth et moi-m\u00eame avons commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler ensemble sur ce jeu, \u00e9changeant force emails et testant moultes versions. Il y eut vite un village, avec des maisons, et des personnages &#8211; troll, guerrier, pr\u00eatre, facteur, assistante sociale &#8211; qui arpentaient les rues et rendaient aux habitants des visites plus ou moins bienvenues. Apr\u00e8s quelques semaines de tests, et malgr\u00e9 des progr\u00e8s notables, nous avons d\u00fb admettre que nous \u00e9tions dans une voie sans issue et que notre jeu, bien que bas\u00e9 sur un principe assez simple, devenait une usine \u00e0 gaz \u00e0 la fois complexe et incontr\u00f4lable.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons alors mis de c\u00f4t\u00e9 ce projet, qui resortira peut-\u00eatre un jour, mais l&#8217;id\u00e9e du troll qui frappe \u00e0 la porte me trottait toujours dans la t\u00eate, j&#8217;\u00e9tais certain qu&#8217;il y avait la mati\u00e8re \u00e0 un bon jeu. Quand j&#8217;ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 que, entendant un toc toc ! \u00e0 la porte, on avait le choix d&#8217;ouvrir ou non, un nouveau jeu \u00e9tait n\u00e9. Les \u00e9changes d&#8217;emails ont alors repris, mais le jeu n&#8217;avait plus gu\u00e8re de commun avec le projet initial que l&#8217;id\u00e9e du troll qui frappe \u00e0 la porte. Dans le nouveau Toc Toc Toc!, les joueurs \u00e9taient des taverniers ayant chacun une auberge dans la for\u00eat, au croisement des routes fr\u00e9quent\u00e9es par les voyageurs et aventuriers de tous poils. Chacun veut donc ouvrir sa porte aux bons clients, tout en \u00e9vitant les importuns que sont les trolls, qui font peur aux clients, les ogres, qui ont la mauvaise habitude de les d\u00e9vorer, et les vamps envoy\u00e9es par les aubergistes rivaux pour attirer chez eux les meilleurs clients.<\/p>\n<p>Rapidement mise au point, cette version du jeu, qui avait l&#8217;avantage annexe de ne demander que 56 cartes, est partie chez quelques \u00e9diteurs, dont Asmod\u00e9e, qui cherchait quelques jeux dynamiques pour relancer sa collection de petites boites carr\u00e9es, les kangourous, dans laquelle ont \u00e9t\u00e9 notamment publi\u00e9s Fantasy et Les Loups Garous de Thiercelieux. Un peu lass\u00e9s des trolls et des guerriers, les gens d&#8217;Asmod\u00e9e ont n\u00e9anmoins voulu changer le th\u00e8me du jeu. C&#8217;est ainsi que nains, elfes et humains sont devenus fant\u00f4mes, monstres et vampires. J&#8217;\u00e9tais plut\u00f4t d\u00e9favorable au changement de th\u00e8me, mais je me suis laiss\u00e9 convaincre, et je ne le regrette pas, car le r\u00e9sultat est tr\u00e8s mignon, et le th\u00e8me Halloween fonctionne tr\u00e8s bien. Cela dit, avec la disparition du troll, devenu un gentil petit gar\u00e7on, le jeu n&#8217;a vraiment plus rien de commun avec le projet initial ! Quand Jim Dietz, de Jolly Roger games, a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 sur l&#8217;insistance de ses enfants de publier ce jeu aux \u00c9tats-Unis, nous lui avons laiss\u00e9 le choix entre les deux th\u00e8mes, il a lui aussi pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 Halloween, mais a refait les graphismes dans un style moins europ\u00e9en.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Toc Toc Toc !<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti &amp; Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illustr\u00e9 par Greg Cerval et Sandro Masin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 3 \u00e0 6 joueurs \u2013 15 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Publi\u00e9 par Asmod\u00e9ee<\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trictrac.net\/jeu-de-societe\/toc-toc-toc-\/infos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tric Trac<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/9388\/knock-knock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk_cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/toc-toc-toc-knock-knock\/kk_cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk_cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"507,800\" 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=\"Knock Knock &amp;#8211; Toc Toc Toc &amp;#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk_cover.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-526\" title=\"kk_cover\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk_cover-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk_cover-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk_cover.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Knock knock is a fun and fast paced bluffing card game for 3 to 5 players, aged 7 and up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Designed with Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin (better known, on the french gaming forums as Yaourth), Knock knock ! is a light, fun and fast paced card game &#8211; 56 cards and nothing else &#8211; that the french publisher Asmod\u00e9e has published in his Kangourou square boxes collection. An english edition will be published later this year by Jolly Roger Games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On halloween night, each player holds a big party in his dark castle, and tries to attract the most interesting people &#8211; vampires, ghosts and other monsters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The game systems are pure bluff. Regularly, there is a knock on your door &#8211; knock, knock ! &#8211; and you must decide wether to open or not. Of course, every player tries to open to the nicest people, and to avoid unwelcome visitors such as pure soulds that will scare your guests and vamps sent by your opponents to lure your best guests into their castle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jackolanterne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/toc-toc-toc-knock-knock\/jackolanterne\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jackolanterne.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1808,2500\" 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=\"Toc Toc Toc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jackolanterne-740x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-527\" title=\"jackolanterne\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jackolanterne-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jackolanterne-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jackolanterne-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jackolanterne.jpg 1808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>History of the game<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0It started with a topic launched by Yaourth on our forum, dealing with his idea for game called &#8220;For whom the Troll bells?&#8221;. I liked the idea, and jumped at it a few minutes before Bruno Cathala. Yaourth and I exchanged emails for a while, developing the game and testing many different versions. Soon, there was a village, with various buildings, and strange people &#8211; troll, warrior, priest, mailman, social worker &#8211; who were more or less welcome in the inhabitants houses. After a few weeks, and though there had been some good ideas, it appeared that we were stalled and that, though the basic idea was simple, the game was becoming too complex and too uncontrollable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We set the project aside, but the image of a troll knocking at the door was still in my head, and I was sure there was a good game to design from it. Then I realized that the real choice was after the knock &#8211; open or not &#8211; and a new game was here. I came back to Yaourth, and we finalized in a few days a game that had very little in common with the original project &#8211; mostly the troll knocking at the door. In the new game, Knock Knock !, the players are innkeepers. Each players has a tavern in the forest, near the road crossing, where travellers and adventurers use to stop for the night. Each player tries to open his door to the best guests &#8211; dwarves, elves, musicians &#8211; and to avoid trolls, who use to frighten other guests, ogres, who eat them, and vamps send by gis competitors to lure his richest guests.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The new version of the game had only 56 cards, and was immediately sent to some publishers who use to publish such small cad games. Asmod\u00e9e was looking for some light and dynamic games for their line of small square boxes, called Kangaroos, to go along with fantasy or the Werewolves of Miller&#8217;s Hollow, and they immediately wanted the game. Tired of trolls and the like, they also wanted to change the setting and rethemed the game in a Halloween night, changing dwarves, eleves and humans into vampires, ghosts and monsters. I first didnd&#8217;t like the new setting, but they managed to convince me, and in the end the Halloween theme works well and the game looks really nice. Since the troll is now a young kid, the actual game has absolutely nothing in common with the original idea ! When Jim Dietz, at Joly Roger games, decided, upon his kids&#8217; insistence, to publish this game in the USA, we let him choose between the original fantasy setting and the halloween one, and he also preferred Halloween &#8211; though he opted for new and less european-style graphics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>Knock Knock<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <em> A game by Bruno Faidutti &amp; Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Art by Jacob Elijah Walker<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <em> 3 to 6 players \u2013 20 minutes<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <em> Published by Jolly Roger Games<\/em><\/span><em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/9388\/knock-knock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toc toc toc est un jeu de bluff rapide et amusant, pour 3 \u00e0 5 joueurs, \u00e0 partir de 7 ans. Con\u00e7u en collaboration avec Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin (plus connu sur les forums de jeu sous son pseudonyme de Yaourth), Toc &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/toc-toc-toc-knock-knock\/\">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":[78],"tags":[338,315,81,79],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween-party","tag-asmodee","tag-bluff-bluffing","tag-gwenael-bouquin","tag-toc-toc-toc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HNOP-8o","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","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=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12718,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/12718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}