{"id":5623,"date":"2016-04-11T16:29:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T16:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2018-10-29T17:28:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T17:28:13","slug":"diamant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2016\/04\/11\/diamant\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"diamant<\/a><\/p>\n

Diamant est le deuxi\u00e8me jeu que j\u2019ai con\u00e7u avec Alan R. Moon. Le premier, de l\u2019Orc pour les Braves, a \u00e9t\u00e9 totalement oubli\u00e9, ce que je regrette parce qu\u2019il \u00e9tait vraiment original et amusant. Le second, Diamant, paru en 2005, a remport\u00e9 un certain succ\u00e8s. L\u2019\u00e9dition am\u00e9ricaine, Incan Gold, se vend toujours bien, mais le jeu n\u2019\u00e9tait plus disponible en fran\u00e7ais depuis quelques ann\u00e9es. Apr\u00e8s bien des vicissitudes, des h\u00e9sitations et des retards, c\u2019est donc Iello qui publie la nouvelle version fran\u00e7aise de Diamant, avec des illustrations du talentueux Paul Mafayon.<\/p>\n

\"Diamant\"Diamant<\/p>\n

Diamant est ce que l\u2019on appelait autrefois un jeu de quitte ou double, expression au charme un peu d\u00e9suet qui laisse de plus en plus la place \u00e0 celle, assez laide, de stop ou encore. Autrement dit, un jeu de prise de risque, un jeu o\u00f9 il faut savoir jusqu’o\u00f9 on peut aller trop loin.
\nLes grottes de Tacora, quelque part en Am\u00e9rique centrale, sont connues de tous les aventuriers pour les tr\u00e9sors cach\u00e9s laiss\u00e9s l\u00e0 par quelque civilisation pr\u00e9colombienne, mais aussi pour les pi\u00e8ges mortels et les animaux venimeux qui les prot\u00e8gent. Votre petite \u00e9quipe d’explorateurs avides et sans scrupules a install\u00e9 son camp devant l’entr\u00e9e des cinq grottes, et va les explorer une \u00e0 une, ramassant au passage tout ce que la lumi\u00e8re de vos torches fait briller. \u00c0 chaque tour, vous devez choisir entre vous enfoncer plus profond\u00e9ment dans la grotte \u00e0 la recherche de tr\u00e9sors oubli\u00e9s, au risque de perdre ce que vous avez amass\u00e9 jusque l\u00e0, et rentrer prudemment – certains disent l\u00e2chement – au camp de base pour mettre vos pr\u00e9cieux rubis et diamants \u00e0 l\u2019abri.<\/p>\n

La grande originalit\u00e9 de Diamant par rapport \u00e0 d\u2019autres jeux de “stop ou encore”, comme Can\u2019t Stop, Cloud 9 \/ Celestia ou m\u00eame le tr\u00e8s classique Blackjack est que les joueurs prennent leurs d\u00e9cisions simultan\u00e9ment. Une partie de Diamant n\u2019est donc pas plus longue \u00e0 huit joueurs qu\u2019\u00e0 trois, et vos choix doivent \u00eatre guid\u00e9s moins par les calculs de probabilit\u00e9 que par ce que vous devinez des d\u00e9cisions de vos compagnons et rivaux. C’est un jeu de psychologie plus que de statistiques.<\/p>\n

\"diamant<\/a>\"diamant<\/a><\/p>\n

Je ne reviendrai pas en d\u00e9tail aujourd\u2019hui l’histoire de la conception du jeu, que j\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 racont\u00e9 il y a quelques ann\u00e9es ici,<\/a> dans un post consacr\u00e9 aux pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes \u00e9ditions.<\/p>\n

Le nouveau Diamant, qui paraitra cet \u00e9t\u00e9, reprend le meilleur des versions pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes. On y trouve, comme dans le tout premier tirage de l\u2019\u00e9dition Schmidt, un plateau de jeu pour y placer les explorateurs rentr\u00e9s au camp, de jolis pions aventuriers\u00a0 en bois (enfin, je pense qu’ils sont jolis mais je ne les ai pas encore vus au moment o\u00f9 j’\u00e9cris cet article), et des coffres pour mettre ses tr\u00e9sors \u00e0 l’abri des regards. Certes, le plateau ne sert en principe \u00e0 rien en termes de jeu, mais il met dans l\u2019ambiance et permet bien des plaisanteries, raison pour laquelle j’ai insist\u00e9 pour sa pr\u00e9sence. Il y a aussi, comme dans l\u2019\u00e9dition Gryphon Games, Incan Gold, des tr\u00e9sors un peu particuliers car ils ne peuvent \u00eatre divis\u00e9s et partag\u00e9s, les reliques. Surtout, le nouveau Diamant est joliment illustr\u00e9 par Paul Mafayon, qui revisite Indiana Jones dans un esprit cartoonesque et moqueur. Je n’\u00e9tais pas vraiment fan des graphismes des deux versions pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes, mais je trouve la nouvelle \u00e9dition magnifique – je vous reparlerai donc un de ces jours du travail de Paul sur les illustrations.<\/p>\n

Diamant<\/strong><\/span>
\n Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti & Alan R. Moon<\/span>
\n Illustr\u00e9 par Paul Mafayon<\/a>
\n3 \u00e0 8 joueurs \u2013 20 minutes<\/span>
\nPubli\u00e9 par Iello<\/a> (2016)
\nLudovox<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Tric Trac<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"diamant<\/a><\/p>\n

Diamant is the second game I\u2019ve designed with Alan Moon. The First one, De l\u2019Orc pour les Braves, went under radar and wasn\u2019t even published in English, something I deeply regret because it was really original and great chaotic fun. Anyway, the second one Diamant, originally published in 2005, was more successful. The Us edition, Incan Gold, is still in print, but the game has not been available in Europe for years. It\u2019s back, after lots of complications and delays, and the new French version is published by Iello, with graphics by the great artist Paul Mafayon.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Diamant\"Diamant<\/p>\n

Diamant is a double or bust game, a risk taking game in which the only question is to know how far one can go too far. The caverns of Tacora, somewhere in Mesoamerica, are known for their wealth, for the jewels and artifacts buried there by some ancient pre-Columbian civilization, but also for the venomous animals and deadly traps guarding them. Your small team of adventurers has set camp near the entry of five hidden caves, and plans to explore them one after the other, taking back anything that shines in the light of the torches. Every round, players must whose whether to move forward, deeper into the cave, looking for more treasures at the risk of losing all they gathered so far, or to walk back prudently – some would say cowardly – to the safety of the camp in order to secure their rubies and diamonds.<\/em><\/p>\n

What makes Diamant different from most other double or bust games, such as Can\u2019t Stop, Cloud 9 or even good old Blackjack, is that player\u2019s decisions are trade simultaneously. That\u2019s why a game of Diamant doesn\u2019t last longer with eight players than with five, and why choices are based more ion double guessing opponents than on probabilities. It\u2019s more a game of psychology than of statistics.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"diamant<\/a>\"diamant<\/a><\/p>\n

I won\u2019t write again the whole history of the game design, since I\u2019ve already told most of it in an older blogpost <\/a>about the former editions of this game.<\/em><\/p>\n

The new French edition of Diamant, coming this summer, has the best features from all versions. Like the very first European print run, a camp board to place the explorers who leave the caves; this has no real use in the game, but it\u2019s really good for in game jokes and puns. It has nice explorer wooden meeples – well, I assume they\u2019re nice, since I\u2019ve not seen them yet – and cardboard chests to hide one\u2019s gems. It also has, like the US edition Incan Gold, artifact cards, special treasures which cannot be divided among players.<\/em>
\n Most of all, the new Diamant has been illustrated by the talented French illustrator Paul Mafayon, who revisits the Indian Jones mythos in a cartoonesque style. I was not enthralled by the graphics of the former editions, I really love the new ones. One of these days, I\u2019ll write a longer post about Paul\u2019s work on Diamant.<\/em><\/p>\n

Diamant<\/strong><\/span>
\nA game by Bruno Faidutti & Alan R. Moon<\/span>
\nGraphics by Paul Mafayon<\/a>
\n3 to 8 players \u2013 20 minutes<\/span>
\nPublished by Iello<\/a> (2016)<\/span>
\n Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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