{"id":642,"date":"2012-05-01T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=642"},"modified":"2017-01-24T21:22:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:22:59","slug":"lettre-de-marque-letter-of-marque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/lettre-de-marque-letter-of-marque\/","title":{"rendered":"Lettres de Marque <br> <i> Letter of Marque<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/lettre-de-marque-letter-of-marque\/box\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/box.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"419,800\" 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=\"Letter of Marque cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/box.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-669 size-full\" title=\"box\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/box.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/box.jpg 419w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/box-157x300.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lettre de Marque est un jeu de cartes, bas\u00e9 enti\u00e8rement sur le bluff, dans lequel chacun doit faire traverser l&#8217;oc\u00e9an \u00e0 ses galions charg\u00e9s d&#8217;or en \u00e9vitant qu&#8217;ils soient attaqu\u00e9s par les corsaires au service de l&#8217;adversaire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Histoire du jeu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M\u00eame si je suis devenu le sp\u00e9cialiste des collaborations tous azimuts, il m&#8217;arrive encore de temps \u00e0 autre de faire un jeu tout seul. Beaucoup de ces cr\u00e9ations solitaires sont cependant de petits jeux sans grande pr\u00e9tention, comme Corsaires.<br \/>\nLes petits jeux de bluff tr\u00e8s simples, comme Toc Toc Toc! mais aussi Kakerlaken Poker, Alarm, Le Menteur, Stupide Vautour ou Vive le Roi, sont un genre souvent d\u00e9nigr\u00e9 par les strat\u00e8ges et m\u00e9pris\u00e9 par les auteurs. Le succ\u00e8s de Toc Toc Toc! qui, m\u00eame s&#8217;il n&#8217;a pas des notes fantastiques sur Tric Trac, est sans doute aujourd&#8217;hui, apr\u00e8s Citadelles, celui de mes jeux qui se vend le mieux, m&#8217;a encourag\u00e9 \u00e0 m&#8217;essayer de nouveau \u00e0 un genre que, personnellement, j&#8217;ai toujours beaucoup appr\u00e9ci\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Il y a une vingtaine d&#8217;ann\u00e9es de cela, \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque de Ludod\u00e9lire, je m&#8217;\u00e9tais attaqu\u00e9 \u00e0 un gros jeu de plateau, avec carte g\u00e9ographique pleine de petits hexagones et couverte de petits pions, dans lequel les joueurs \u00e9taient des \u00e0 la fois commer\u00e7ants et pirates en mer de Chine, cherchant \u00e0 faire transporter de port en port leurs marchandises, et \u00e0 s&#8217;emparer des cargaisons adverses. Bien \u00e9videmment, les cargaisons \u00e9taient cach\u00e9es, et chacun cherchait \u00e0 attirer l&#8217;attention sur ses navires les moins charg\u00e9s et les mieux prot\u00e9g\u00e9s. J&#8217;ai retrouv\u00e9 r\u00e9cemment une boite avec un plateau de jeu et quelques pions, mais je ne me souviens plus des r\u00e8gles, de toute fa\u00e7on non abouties.<br \/>\nLe m\u00eame principe se retrouvait, m\u00eal\u00e9 \u00e0 un amusant syst\u00e8me de m\u00e9t\u00e9o, dans La Compagnie des Am\u00e9riques, un prototype con\u00e7u il y a quelques ann\u00e9es et aujourd&#8217;hui abandonn\u00e9.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_672\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ludo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-672\" data-attachment-id=\"672\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/lettre-de-marque-letter-of-marque\/olympus-digital-camera-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ludo1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;C2Z,D520Z,C220Z&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Corsairs prototype &amp;#8211; Letter of Marque\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Le prototype de Corsaires aux Rencontres Ludopathiques&lt;br \/&gt;\nThe Corsairs prototype at the Ludopathic gathering&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ludo1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-672 size-full\" title=\"prototype\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ludo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ludo1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ludo1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ludo1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le prototype de Corsaires aux Rencontres Ludopathiques<br \/> The Corsairs prototype at the Ludopathic gathering<\/p><\/div>\n<p>C&#8217;est finalement dans sa forme la plus \u00e9pur\u00e9e, la plus simple, la plus \u00e9vidente sans doute, que cette id\u00e9e a trouv\u00e9 sa pleine r\u00e9alisation. D\u00e8s les premi\u00e8res parties, en effet, Corsaires a accroch\u00e9 les joueurs. Entre la toute premi\u00e8re version et le jeu publi\u00e9, les seuls changements de r\u00e8gles furent la valeur des tr\u00e9sors (de 3 \u00e0 7 et non plus de 1 \u00e0 5) et la d\u00e9signation du premier joueur. L&#8217;\u00e9diteur a en revanche repens\u00e9 le mat\u00e9riel &#8211; les jetons boulets de canon sont devenus des cartes, tandis que les cartes navires sont devenues de mignons petits bateaux en plastique. \u00c0 l&#8217;usage, je ne suis pas s\u00fbr que cela soit mieux, Mais qu&#8217;importe &#8211; le jeu est fun et int\u00e9ressant \u00e0 jouer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Lettres de Marque<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Un jeu de Bruno Faidutti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illustrations de David Ardila, Tim Arney-O&#8217;Neil, Brian Schomburg<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 3 \u00e0 6 joueurs \u2013 20 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Publi\u00e9 par Fantasy Flight Games (2009)<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trictrac.net\/jeu-de-societe\/lettres-de-marque\/infos\" target=\"_blank\">Tric Trac <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/29096\/letter-marque\" target=\"_blank\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"670\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/lettre-de-marque-letter-of-marque\/card1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"246,360\" 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=\"Letter of Marque\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card11.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-670\" title=\"card1\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card11-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card11-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card11.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"671\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/lettre-de-marque-letter-of-marque\/card15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card15.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"246,360\" 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=\"Letter of Marque\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card15.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-671\" title=\"card15\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card15-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card15-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/card15.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Letter of Marque is a light card game based strictly on bluff, in which each player tries to have his gold loaded galleons cross the ocean while avoiding the corsairs hired by his opponents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History of the Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even when I&#8217;m now a specialist in collaborative game design, I still sometimes design one all by myself. Most of this games, however, are small, light and unassuming games, such as Corsairs.<\/p>\n<p>Light and simple bluffing games, such as Knock Knock!, but also Kakerlaken Poker, Alarm, Fool!, Raj or King Me! are often bashed by hardcore gamers and despised by games designers. Knock Knock! is probably &#8211; at least in France, because the US version doesn&#8217;t sell well &#8211; my best seller after Citadels. This egged me on giving a new try to this genre, which I personally always liked and never despised.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty years ago, in the times of Ludodelire, I had started working on a heavy boardgame, with a large hex map and lots of counters, in which players controlled both merchant and pirate ships in the Chinese seas, trying to carry precious goods from port to port, and to seize opponents&#8217; cargoes. Of course, cargoes were hidden and one always tried to lure opponents in attacking the ships with the fewest cargo and the most cannons. I recently found a box with a board and some tokens, but I don&#8217;t remember the rules, which anyway never were finalized.<\/p>\n<p>The same idea was also, together with a fun weather control system, in West India Company, a prototype I worked on a few years ago and have now set aside.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, this idea was used again, in its most simple and obvious way, and with no other systems to disturb it, in Letter of Marque. This game which was fast designed, and there has been very few changes between the very first prototype and the published game. The treasures value were ranging from 1 to 5, now it&#8217;s 3 to 7, and a first player rule, which is critical here, has been added.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the publisher revamped the components. Cannons were tokens and are now cards, ships were cards and are now nice plastic miniatures. I&#8217;m not sure it was a good idea but, anyway, the game is fun and challenging to play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Letter of Marque<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> A game by Bruno Faidutti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Art by David Ardila, Tim Arney-O&#8217;Neil, Brian Schomburg<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 3 to 6 players \u2013 20 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Published by Fantasy Flight Games (2009)<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/29096\/letter-marque\" target=\"_blank\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lettre de Marque est un jeu de cartes, bas\u00e9 enti\u00e8rement sur le bluff, dans lequel chacun doit faire traverser l&#8217;oc\u00e9an \u00e0 ses galions charg\u00e9s d&#8217;or en \u00e9vitant qu&#8217;ils soient attaqu\u00e9s par les corsaires au service de l&#8217;adversaire. 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