{"id":6468,"date":"2017-06-21T19:13:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6468"},"modified":"2018-02-10T17:15:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T17:15:15","slug":"une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Une Vie de Roi <BR><i> A King&#8217;s Life<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-cover-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"980,981\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cover final\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6981\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg 980w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Divertissement.<br \/>\n<\/strong>La dignit\u00e9 royale n\u2019est\u2011elle pas assez grande d\u2019elle-m\u00eame, pour celui qui la poss\u00e8de, pour le rendre heureux par la seule vue de ce qu\u2019il est ? Faudra\u2011t\u2011il le divertir de cette pens\u00e9e comme les gens du commun ? Je vois bien que c\u2019est rendre un homme heureux de le divertir de la vue de ses mis\u00e8res domestiques pour remplir toute sa pens\u00e9e du soin de bien danser, mais en sera\u2011t\u2011il de m\u00eame d\u2019un roi, et sera\u2011t\u2011il plus heureux en s\u2019attachant \u00e0 ses vains amusements qu\u2019\u00e0 la vue de sa grandeur, et quel objet plus satisfaisant pourrait\u2011on donner \u00e0 son esprit ? Ne serait\u2011ce donc pas faire tort \u00e0 sa joie d\u2019occuper son \u00e2me \u00e0 penser \u00e0 ajuster ses pas \u00e0 la cadence d\u2019un air ou \u00e0 placer adroitement une barre, au lieu de le laisser jouir en repos de la contemplation de la gloire majestueuse qui l\u2019environne ? Qu\u2019on en fasse l\u2019\u00e9preuve. Qu\u2019on laisse un roi tout seul sans aucune satisfaction des sens, sans aucun soin dans l\u2019esprit, sans compagnies, penser \u00e0 lui tout \u00e0 loisir, et l\u2019on verra qu\u2019un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de mis\u00e8res. Aussi on \u00e9vite cela soigneusement et il ne manque jamais d\u2019y avoir aupr\u00e8s des personnes des rois un grand nombre de gens qui veillent \u00e0 faire succ\u00e9der le divertissement \u00e0 leurs affaires, et qui observent tout le temps de leur loisir pour leur fournir des plaisirs et des jeux, en sorte qu\u2019il n\u2019y ait point de vide. C\u2019est\u2011\u00e0-dire qu\u2019ils sont environn\u00e9s de personnes qui ont un soin merveilleux de prendre garde que le roi ne soit seul et en \u00e9tat de penser \u00e0 soi, sachant bien qu\u2019il sera mis\u00e9rable, tout roi qu\u2019il est, s\u2019il y pense.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Blaise Pascal, <em>Pens\u00e9es<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blaise-pascal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blaise-pascal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blaise-pascal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"815,863\" 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=\"Blaise Pascal &amp;#8211; A KIng&amp;#8217;s Life\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blaise-pascal.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-665\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blaise-pascal-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blaise-pascal-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/blaise-pascal.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de mis\u00e8res<\/strong><br \/>\nBeaucoup de jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 s\u2019inspirent de la litt\u00e9rature, mais le plus souvent de romans policiers, d\u2019\u00e9pop\u00e9es fantastiques ou mythologiques, ou de contes.\u00a0 Les meilleurs jeux de ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es doivent beaucoup \u00e0 Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne, J.R.R. Tolkien, George R. Martin, Umberto Eco ou Agatha Christie. <strong>A King&#8217;s Life<\/strong> (Une Vie de Roi) est sans doute le premier jeu dont l\u2019id\u00e9e soit venue \u00e0 la lecture\u2026 des Pens\u00e9es de Pascal, un texte certes pas tr\u00e8s gai, mais n\u00e9anmoins ludique.<\/p>\n<p>Sans que je sache trop si c\u2019est moi, le monde ou la mode, j\u2019ai l\u2019impression depuis quelques ann\u00e9es de croiser Pascal partout. Pascal angoiss\u00e9 et enivr\u00e9, Pascal lucide et borderline, Pascal mystique sans trop y croire. Je l\u2019ai retrouv\u00e9 encore ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es dans mes lectures, chez Montherlant, chez Marguerite Duras, et m\u00eame &#8211; pas si \u00e9tonnant que cela &#8211; chez Terry Pratchett. Je le rencontre aussi plus souvent qu\u2019\u00e0 mon tour chez des amis qui se r\u00e9v\u00e8lent pascaliens &#8211; et surtout pascaliennes, comme si c\u2019\u00e9tait \u00ab un truc de filles \u00bb, un peu comme le rose ou les cr\u00eapes.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019apologue du roi sans divertissement, du riche et pauvre roi qui s\u2019ennuie et ne sait comment \u00ab tuer le temps \u00bb, m\u2019a sembl\u00e9 \u00eatre un excellent pr\u00e9texte pour un jeu de cartes. Les joueurs sont donc des courtisans rivaux cherchant \u00e0 divertir le roi en lui proposant des activit\u00e9s. \u00ab Sire, que diriez-vous d\u2019un grand tournoi ? \u00bb \u00ab Et si nous allions \u00e0 la chasse ? \u00bb \u00ab Et pourquoi pas un grand festin, avec moult sangliers r\u00f4tis, ou un bal que vous ouvririez avec la jolie Gueni\u00e8vre \u00bb. En jouant des cartes, les courtisans peuvent faire intervenir d\u2019autres personnages de la cour, chambellan, garde, astrologue, princesse\u2026 Dans la premi\u00e8re version du jeu, la reine intervenait pour demander que l\u2019on renonce \u00e0 ces passe-temps vulgaires et que l\u2019on aille plut\u00f4t \u00e0 la messe, ce qui pour Pascal ne relevait pas du divertissement \u2013 ou peut-\u00eatre\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/397224_10151252141109884_1027030759_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/sample-page\/397224_10151252141109884_1027030759_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/397224_10151252141109884_1027030759_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"576,755\" 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=\"Smiley Face cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/397224_10151252141109884_1027030759_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1843\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/397224_10151252141109884_1027030759_n-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/397224_10151252141109884_1027030759_n-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/397224_10151252141109884_1027030759_n.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Une premi\u00e8re version de ce jeu, cr\u00e9\u00e9 avec Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin, est parue en 2010, chez Fantasy Flight Games, sous le nom de <strong>Smiley Face<\/strong>. Un th\u00e8me plaqu\u00e9 et peu convaincant, un look enfantin peu adapt\u00e9 \u00e0 ce jeu assez m\u00e9chant, un mat\u00e9riel tr\u00e8s cheap dans une grosse boite vide, l\u2019\u00e9dition \u00e9tait rat\u00e9e. D\u2019ailleurs, les gens de Fantasy Flight l\u2019ont assez vite reconnu et, du coup, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s arrangeants lorsque nous avons voulu reprendre les droits pour publier ailleurs une version plus conforme \u00e0 notre id\u00e9e originelle du jeu.<br \/>\nIl faut un certain courage \u00e0 un \u00e9diteur pour accepter de reprendre un jeu dont la premi\u00e8re \u00e9dition n\u2019a pas tr\u00e8s bien march\u00e9. Gwenael et moi sommes donc infiniment reconnaissants \u00e0 Nathan McNair et toute l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Pandasaurus de donner une deuxi\u00e8me chance \u00e0 cette <strong>Vie de Roi<\/strong> en la publiant avec son th\u00e8me d\u2019origine, sous la forme que nous imaginions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-feast\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"538,454\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Feast\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6479\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast.jpg 538w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-feast-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;\u00e9diteur a m\u00eame engag\u00e9 l\u2019illustrateur que nous avions sugg\u00e9r\u00e9, Mihajlo Dimitrievski, que j\u2019avais d\u00e9couvert \u00e0 travers les illustrations pleines d\u2019humour qu\u2019il avait r\u00e9alis\u00e9es pour la r\u00e9\u00e9dition de <strong>Castel<\/strong>, qui a mon grand regret ne para\u00eetra sans doute jamais. Comme <strong>Castel<\/strong>, <strong>Une Vie de Roi<\/strong> est un jeu chaotique, tout en interactions, qui demandait \u00e0 \u00eatre trait\u00e9 avec humour et l\u00e9g\u00e8ret\u00e9, et l\u00e0 encore le trait moqueur et ac\u00e9r\u00e9 de Mihajlo \u00e9tait parfaitement adapt\u00e9. J\u2019ai particuli\u00e8rement appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 la mani\u00e8re tr\u00e8s collaborative dont s\u2019est d\u00e9roul\u00e9 le travail graphique sur le jeu, avec des allers-retours r\u00e9guliers entre l\u2019illustrateur, l\u2019\u00e9diteur et les auteurs &#8211; m\u00eame s\u2019il n\u2019y a qu\u2019une seule carte que j\u2019ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 Mihajlo de retravailler un peu, le chien. Pour en savoir plus sur l&#8217;illustrateur et son travail sur A King&#8217;s Life, c&#8217;est <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6494\">ici.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-hunting-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"454,617\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hunting\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-4.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6482 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-4-221x300.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-4-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-4-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-4.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-rainy-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-rainy-day\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-rainy-day.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"482,656\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rainy day\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-rainy-day.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6480\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-rainy-day-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-rainy-day-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-rainy-day-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-rainy-day.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ce retour au th\u00e8me d\u2019origine a bien s\u00fbr aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019occasion de retravailler un peu le jeu. Quelques cartes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 modifi\u00e9es, quelque unes ajout\u00e9es, mais pas trop. Dans un jeu \u00e0 cartes actions un peu chaotique comme <strong>Une Vie de Roi<\/strong>, on a toujours envie d\u2019ajouter des cartes aux effets marrants, mais il faut savoir se restreindre, \u00e9viter de rendre le d\u00e9roulement du jeu trop confus et d\u2019\u00f4ter tout contr\u00f4le aux joueurs. Le principal changement concerne les tours de jeu, qui ne sont plus que cinq au lieu de sept, afin de rendre les partie plus rapides. Nous avons longtemps h\u00e9sit\u00e9 entre cinq tours, qui semblait la meilleure solution en terme de m\u00e9canique, et six, qui collait mieux \u00e0 la th\u00e9matique du jeu. Dans le premier prototype, comme dans <strong>Smiley Face<\/strong>, il y avait sept tours, qui correspondaient aux sept jours de la semaine. Enlever le dimanche \u00e9tait logique &#8211; dimanche, la reine a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que l\u2019on allait \u00e0 la messe (pas \u00e9tonnant quand on voit la t\u00eate du clipart que j\u2019avais utilis\u00e9 pour la reine dans mon prototype). Pour passer \u00e0 cinq, il fallait \u00f4ter un autre jour de la semaine, ce qui \u00e9tait moins \u00e9vident. Nous avons opt\u00e9 pour le lundi, que le roi consacre \u00e0 son boulot de roi, \u00e9couter les dol\u00e9ances des paysans, envoyer des chevaliers chercher le graal, faire \u00e9carteler quelques brigands\u2026 C\u2019est le mardi qu\u2019il commence \u00e0 s\u2019ennuyer &#8211; surtout s&#8217;il pleut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-thursday\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"538,454\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thursday\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6484\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday.jpg 538w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-thursday-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9caniquement, <strong>Une vie de Roi<\/strong> est une sorte de jeu de plis dans lequel les joueurs peuvent ajouter des cartes tant que tout le monde n\u2019a pas pass\u00e9, un principe exploit\u00e9 par Reiner Knizia dans <strong>Ivanhoe \/ Camelot<\/strong> et par Dominique Ehrhard dans <strong>Condottiere<\/strong>, deux jeux que j\u2019aime beaucoup, m\u00eame si je n\u2019y ai plus jou\u00e9 depuis bien longtemps. Outre son parti pris un peu chaotique et ses nombreuses cartes sp\u00e9ciales, la principale originalit\u00e9 est que c\u2019est aussi un peu un jeu d\u2019alliances, mais des alliances passag\u00e8res et fragiles, dans lesquelles on ne choisit pas toujours ses amis. En effet, lorsque vient son tour, un joueur peut d\u00e9cider de renoncer et de se rallier aux propositions d\u2019un de ses rivaux, en lui faisant cadeau d\u2019une carte &#8211; mais oui, sire, c\u2019est une excellente id\u00e9e, nous devrions tous aller \u00e0 la chasse. C\u2019est pour cela que le jeu prend tout son sel avec des joueurs relativement nombreux &#8211; l\u2019id\u00e9al \u00e9tant, selon moi, entre 6 et 8.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>A King&#8217;s Life<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Un jeu de Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin &amp; Bruno Faidutti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illustrations de Mihajlo Dimitrievski<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 4 \u00e0 8 joueurs \u2013 30 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Publi\u00e9 par Pandasaurus Games (2017)<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/223332\/kings-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-cover-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"980,981\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cover final\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6981\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final.jpg 980w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kings-Life-Cover-final-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Diversion.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em> Is not the royal dignity sufficiently great in itself to make its possessor happy by the mere contemplation of what he is? Must he be diverted from this thought like ordinary folk? I see well that a man is made happy by diverting him from the view of his domestic sorrows so as to occupy all his thoughts with the care of dancing well. But will it be the same with a king, and will he be happier in the pursuit of these idle amusements than in the contemplation of his greatness? And what more satisfactory object could be presented to his mind? Would it not be a deprivation of his delight for him to occupy his soul with the thought of how to adjust his steps to the cadence of an air, or of how to throw a ball skilfully, instead of leaving it to enjoy quietly the contemplation of the majestic glory which encompasses him? Let us make the trial; let us leave a king all alone to reflect on himself quite at leisure, without any gratification of the senses, without any care in his mind, without society; and we will see that a king without diversion is a man full of wretchedness. So this is carefully avoided, and near the persons of kings there never fail to be a great number of people who see to it that amusement follows business, and who watch all the time of their leisure to supply them with delights and games, so that there is no blank in it. In fact, kings are surrounded with persons who are wonderfully attentive in taking care that the king be not alone and in a state to think of himself, knowing well that he will be miserable, king though he be, if he meditate on self.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em> Blaise Pascal, <\/em>Pensees (Thoughts)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pascal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/un-certain-blaise-pascal-blaise-pascal\/pascal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pascal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,244\" 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=\"pascal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pascal.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1051\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pascal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A king without diversion is a very wretched man<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em> Many board and card games have been inspired by literary works \u2013 usually novels, either detective stories, heroic fantasy or historical epic. Some of the best games published these last years owe a lot to Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne, J.R.R. Tolkien, George R. Martin, Umberto Eco or Agatha Christie. Smiley Face, however, is probably the first card game directly inspired by philosophical writings, namely Blaise Pascal\u2019s Thoughts &#8211; not a very fun text, but in some ways a gamey one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>May be it\u2019s the fashion, may be it\u2019s the modern world, may be it\u2019s just me. Anyway, for a dozen years now, I feel like meeting Pascal everywhere \u2013 Pascal anguished and exhilarated, lucid and borderline, reasoner and mystic. These last days, I\u2019ve met him again in the books I read, in Montherlant, in Marguerite Duras, and even more surprisingly in Terry Pratchett. Even more, I regularly find out that my best friends are devoted Pascalians \u2013 especially girls, as if it were a girly thing, like cookies and the color pink.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One of Blaise Pascal\u2019s best known apologue is the \u201cKing without diversion\u201d, in which a bored King doesn\u2019t know how to divert himself, how to \u201ckill time\u201d. I thought it would make a wonderful theme and storyline for a card game. In the first version of this game, players were courtiers trying to divert the King with suggesting various fun and royal activities \u2013 a glorious tournament, a big hunt, a gorgeous feast, a courtly ball. The Mischief cards represented the other people at the court, chamberlain, guards, priests, astrologer\u2026 Sometimes, even the Queen interfered, asking the king to give up his vulgar diversions and attend Mass. Not something Pascal would have considered a diversion \u2013 or would he ?\u2028<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/emoticon-smiley-face\/untitled-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"576,755\" 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=\"Smiley Face cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-657\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Untitled-1-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Untitled-1-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A first version of this game, designed with my friend Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin, was published in 2010 by Fantasy Flight Games as <strong>Smiley Face<\/strong>. The FFG team really liked the game but was not really hooked by the theme, probably because the \u201cbored king\u201d apologue is not as well known in the English speaking world. The game ended with a childish and unconvincing setting, with poor components lost in an oversized boxed. It was a flop, and FFG readily admitted that it was largely their fault and didn\u2019t make any problem when we asked to get the rights back to publish a new version more in line with our original idea.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Publishing a new version of game that made a complete flop requires some courage. That\u2019s why Gwena\u00ebl and I are extremely grateful to Nathan McNair and the whole Pandasaurus team for giving a second chance to this bored king, and for publishing <strong>A King\u2019s Life<\/strong> as we imagined it, with its original setting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-tourney\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"505,425\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tourney\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6483\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney.jpg 505w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>They even hired the artist we suggested, Mihajlo Dimitrievski. I had discovered Mihajlo with the gorgeous graphics he had made for a new version of <strong>Castle<\/strong> which, unfortunately, will probably never see the light (sad story of which I don\u2019t want to say more). Like <strong>Castle<\/strong>, <strong>A King\u2019s Life<\/strong> is a chaotic card game, fun and light, full of zany interactions. Mihajlo\u2019s mocking and sharp style is perfectly fitted to this kind of games. I really enjoyed the open way in which all the graphic work was conducted, with active discussions on every picture between artist, publisher and designers &#8211; even when, in the end, there\u2019s only one card I asked Mihajlo to redraw, the dog, which didn&#8217;t look medieval enough. More about Mihajlo and his work on A King&#8217;s Life <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6494\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6481\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-tourney-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"454,617\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tourney\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6481 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-1-221x300.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-1-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-tourney-1.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-dance-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"454,617\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dance\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6487\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-3-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-3-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-3-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-3.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This new edition was also an opportunity to rework on the game itself. A few cards have been added or slightly modified, but not that many. In a chaotic card game like <strong>A King\u2019s Life<\/strong>, one always wants to add cards with crazy effects, but it\u2019s better to keep cool and restrain oneself from making the game flow too confusing. <\/em><em>Players must fight for control, but they must have a chance to keep it. The main change is in the game length, which is now five rounds instead of seven, in order to make the game faster. For months, we hesitated between five rounds, which is the best technical choice, and six rounds, which made some fun thematic sense. <strong>Smiley Face<\/strong> had seven rounds for the seven days of the week. Removing the Sunday sounded logical, the Queen having decided that everybody was attending mass (the Queen clipart I had used in the prototypes really looked like attending mass was the most exciting thing that could happen in her life). Bringing the number down to five required removing another day, and we opted for Monday, the day when the King actually does his King job &#8211; listening to peasants\u2019 grievances, send knights to find the Holy Grail, count money, order the quartering of a few brigands\u2026. On Tuesday morning, this starts to be boring, especially when it&#8217;s raining.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6488\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/kings-life-wednesday\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"538,454\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wednesday\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6488\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday.jpg 538w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Wednesday-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mechanically, <strong>A King\u2019s Life<\/strong> is a trick taking game in which players can play add cards to their side as long as everyone didn\u2019t pass. Dominique Ehrhard\u2019s <strong>Condottiere<\/strong> and Reiner Knizia <strong>Ivanhoe \/ Camelot<\/strong>, two games I\u2019ve played a lot, though very long ago, rely on the same basic idea. <strong>A King\u2019s Life<\/strong> is more chaotic, with lots of special cards, but its main originality is that it\u2019s a kind of alliance game, but with very versatile alliances. On his turn, a player can indeed resign from the trick and gives his support to another player\u2019s proposal, even helping them with a card &#8211; he\u2019s right, your majesty, we should all go hunting together. That\u2019s why the game shines with a high number of player, the best being between 6 and 8.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>A King&#8217;s Life<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">A game by Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin &amp; Bruno Faidutti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Graphics by Mihajlo Dimitrievski<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 4 to 8 players \u2013 30 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">P\u00fcblished by Pandasaurus Games (2017)<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/223332\/kings-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divertissement. La dignit\u00e9 royale n\u2019est\u2011elle pas assez grande d\u2019elle-m\u00eame, pour celui qui la poss\u00e8de, pour le rendre heureux par la seule vue de ce qu\u2019il est ? Faudra\u2011t\u2011il le divertir de cette pens\u00e9e comme les gens du commun ? Je &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/une-vie-de-roi-a-kings-life\/\">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":[90],"tags":[362,321,412],"class_list":["post-6468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kings-life","tag-a-king-s-life","tag-idw-pandasaurus","tag-mihajlo-dimitrievski"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HNOP-1Gk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6468","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=6468"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8651,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6468\/revisions\/8651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}