{"id":6987,"date":"2017-04-06T17:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2018-02-10T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T17:14:40","slug":"secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Secrets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/sample-page\/secrets-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Secrets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,900\" 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\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Secrets.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7010\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Secrets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Secrets.jpg 480w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Secrets-80x150.jpg 80w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Secrets-160x300.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric Lang et moi avons, ces deux derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, travaill\u00e9 ensemble sur trois petits jeux de cartes.<\/p>\n<p>Dilemma, notre premier prototype, construit autour du dilemme du prisonnier, s\u2019appelle finalement <strong>Dolor\u00e8s<\/strong>, et est sorti l\u2019an dernier chez Lui-M\u00eame \u00e9ditions. <strong>Secrets<\/strong>, notre deuxi\u00e8me jeu va bient\u00f4t arriver chez Repos Production, dans le m\u00eame format que <strong>Mascarade<\/strong>. Le troisi\u00e8me, qui pour l\u2019instant s\u2019appelle Animal Farm, n\u2019en est qu\u2019\u00e0 de premi\u00e8res mais prometteuses \u00e9bauches. J\u2019entends d\u00e9j\u00e0 les critiques affirmer que ces petits jeux de cartes assez l\u00e9gers et psychologiques ressemblent plus \u00e0 du Faidutti qu\u2019\u00e0 du Lang, mais le fait est qu\u2019ils ont vraiment \u00e9t\u00e9 tous, du d\u00e9but \u00e0 la fin, des collaborations. Nous avons aussi essay\u00e9 de faire un party game, et un gros jeu plus langien dans une grosse boite, mais cela n\u2019a rien donn\u00e9 de tr\u00e8s convaincant pour l\u2019instant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6141\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/gen-con-2016\/eric-lang\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1470615438&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eric Lang\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Eric Lang&lt;br \/&gt;\nBruno&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6141\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/eric-lang.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><br \/>\nDiscussion avec Eric Lang \u00e0 la Gen Con<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dolor\u00e8s n\u2019\u00e9tait pas encore totalement finalis\u00e9 lorsque nous avons commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 notre deuxi\u00e8me jeu. Depuis le succ\u00e8s des Loups-Garous, les jeux \u00e0 identit\u00e9s secr\u00e8tes \u2013 ce que les anglo-saxons appellent les \u00ab\u00a0social deduction games\u00a0\u00bb &#8211; sont devenus un genre \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re, avec ses pr\u00e9curseurs, Hoax et Mafia (et peut-\u00eatre Citadelles), ses classiques, Les Loups Garous, R\u00e9sistance ou Complots et de nombreuses variations plus ou moins originales.\u00a0 Ce sont des jeux vivants, rapides, tendus, tout en bluff et en interactions \u2013 un genre qui semble fait pour moi, et auquel je me suis d\u00e9j\u00e0 essay\u00e9 avec Mascarade et quelques projets inaboutis. Eric Lang, de son c\u00f4t\u00e9, \u00e9tait plut\u00f4t sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es dans les gros jeux de plateaux avec plein de r\u00e8gles et de figurines, mais ayant souvent une dimension psychologique, comme dans le draft de Blood Rage, sans doute celle de ses cr\u00e9ations que je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>La feuille de route de notre deuxi\u00e8me projet, griffonn\u00e9e lors d\u2019une discussion \u00e0 la Gen Con, \u00e9tait assez simple \u2013 un jeu \u00e0 identit\u00e9s secr\u00e8tes, par \u00e9quipe, dans lequel les joueurs doivent enqu\u00eater et intriguer pour d\u00e9couvrir quels sont leurs partenaires, et peuvent changer d\u2019\u00e9quipe en cours de partie. Le titre, Which Side are you on?, chanson embl\u00e9matique des syndicats et de la gauche am\u00e9ricaine, s\u2019est impos\u00e9 de lui-m\u00eame, et le premier prototype avait donc des \u00e9quipes rouge et jaune.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-tests.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets-tests\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-tests.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" 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=\"Etourvy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-tests.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7004\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-tests.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-tests.jpg 720w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-tests-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-tests-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\n<em>Which Side are you on ? aux rencontres ludopathiques<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alors que Mascarade est un jeu que l\u2019on joue chacun pour soi, Which Side are you on? \u00e9tait d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but, comme l\u2019indique son titre, un jeu opposant des \u00e9quipes secr\u00e8tes et mouvantes, et o\u00f9 l\u2019une des difficult\u00e9s est d\u2019identifier ses partenaires. Au cours du d\u00e9veloppement, nous y avons quand m\u00eame ajout\u00e9 un ou deux joueurs qui la jouent perso, mais ils n\u2019ont pas le m\u00eame objectif que ceux qui jouent en \u00e9quipe.<\/p>\n<p>Contrairement \u00e0 Dilemma \/ Dolor\u00e8s, qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 termin\u00e9 assez vite, Which Side are you on\u00a0? \/ Secrets\u00a0 a demand\u00e9 beaucoup de r\u00e9glages. Dans les premi\u00e8res \u00e9bauches, par exemple, l\u2019identit\u00e9 d\u2019un joueur \u00e9tait d\u00e9termin\u00e9e par la majorit\u00e9 de trois jetons, un qu\u2019il avait devant lui et deux qu\u2019il partageait avec chacun de ses deux voisins. C\u2019\u00e9tait sans doute malin, mais finalement un peu lourd \u00e0 manipuler. De m\u00eame, les joueurs avaient tr\u00e8s classiquement des cartes en main, et le manque de donn\u00e9es sur les mains des autres joueurs rendait le bluff difficile. Nous avons essay\u00e9 bien des versions, avec plus ou moins de cartes, plus ou moins d\u2019information, plus ou moins de jetons, plus ou moins de mouvement. M\u00eame apr\u00e8s la signature du contrat, nous avons continu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire des modifications \u2013 la derni\u00e8re r\u00e8gle que j\u2019aie r\u00e9dig\u00e9e portait le num\u00e9ro 6.8, et c\u2019\u00e9tait avant que l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Repos ne sugg\u00e8re d\u2019autres r\u00e9glages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Assassin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets_dessin_assassin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Assassin.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"258,600\" 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=\"Assassin\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Assassin.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6991\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Assassin-129x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Assassin-129x300.jpg 129w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Assassin-65x150.jpg 65w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Assassin.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_AgentDouble.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets_dessin_agentdouble\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_AgentDouble.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"218,600\" 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=\"Agent Double\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_AgentDouble.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6990\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_AgentDouble-109x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_AgentDouble-109x300.jpg 109w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_AgentDouble-55x150.jpg 55w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_AgentDouble.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Journaliste.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6992\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets_dessin_journaliste\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Journaliste.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"298,600\" 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=\"Journaliste\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Journaliste.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6992 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Journaliste-149x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Journaliste-149x300.jpg 149w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Journaliste-75x150.jpg 75w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Journaliste.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pour le th\u00e8me, apr\u00e8s les syndicats am\u00e9ricains, nous avons essay\u00e9 une version \u00e9sot\u00e9rique, cabalistes contre illuminatis, qui fonctionnait assez bien, mais le th\u00e8me \u00e9tait un peu trop, justement, \u00e9sot\u00e9rique. Dans le m\u00eame esprit fantastique, nous avons pens\u00e9 aux grandes religions, islam et christianisme\u00a0; cela collait assez bien, avec des conversions plus ou moins secr\u00e8tes et un ou deux bouddhistes pour faire bon poids, mais il est devenu trop risqu\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui de se moquer de la religion. Chats et chiens ne fonctionnait pas vraiment, faute d\u2019ambigu\u00eft\u00e9 entre les deux statuts et de probl\u00e8mes existentiels. Je sais que l\u2019\u00e9diteur a essay\u00e9 un temps une th\u00e9matique science-fiction, vaguement Star Wars, Empire et rebelles. Finalement, apr\u00e8s bien des t\u00e2tonnements, Repos a choisi la guerre froide, CIA contre KGB dans les ann\u00e9es 60 \u2013 avec quelques hippies venus semer le trouble dans les consciences. Un th\u00e8me plus original, et qui permet des illustrations au look vintage et un peu d\u00e9cal\u00e9, la sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 de Carole Chaland.<\/p>\n<p>Pour le titre, j\u2019aurais voulu conserver Which Side are you on? , qui a l\u2019avantage de sugg\u00e9rer d\u00e9j\u00e0 les m\u00e9canismes du jeu, mais cela ne marche qu\u2019en anglais, et rappelle trop aux am\u00e9ricains l\u2019univers des gr\u00e8ves et des syndicats, certes positif mais pas tr\u00e8s excitant. C\u2019est donc finalement Secrets \u2013 car \u00e0 notre grande surprise, comme vous pouvez le v\u00e9rifier sur le Boardgamegeek, il n\u2019y a pas encore de jeu qui s\u2019appelle ainsi.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FReposProduction%2Fvideos%2F1621853917830444%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Secrets se joue de 4 \u00e0 8 joueurs. La majorit\u00e9 d\u2019entre eux appartiennent \u00e0 l\u2019une des agences rivales, CIA et KGB, et un ou deux sont des hippies. Les cartes repr\u00e9sentent des personnages, Politicien, Journaliste, Diplomate, Scientifique et quelques autres que chacun essaie de recruter dans son camp, tout en s\u2019effor\u00e7ant de d\u00e9terminer quels sont ses alli\u00e9s. Pour cela, chaque joueur \u00e0 son tour pioche deux cartes, connues de tous, et en choisit secr\u00e8tement une qu\u2019il propose \u00e0 l\u2019un des autres joueurs, face cach\u00e9e. Le joueur \u00e0 qui la carte est propos\u00e9e d\u00e9cide alors lequel des deux recrute la carte et en applique les effets &#8211; effets bons ou mauvais, qui peuvent affecter les scores des joueurs, r\u00e9v\u00e9ler des informations, et parfois faire changer de camp un joueur.\u00a0 Secrets demande donc de la psychologie, un peu de sens tactique, et une certaine capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u00e9jouer les embrouilles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Secrets<\/strong><br \/>\nUn jeu de Eric M. Lang et Bruno Faidutti<br \/>\nIllustr\u00e9 par <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artist\/cari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carole Chaland<\/a><br \/>\n4 \u00e0 8 joueurs \u2013 20 minutes<br \/>\nPubli\u00e9 par <a href=\"http:\/\/rprod.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Repos Prod<\/a> (2017)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindjeu.eu\/2017\/10\/07\/secrets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vindjeux<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ludovox.fr\/jeu-de-societe\/secrets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ludovox<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trictrac.net\/jeu-de-societe\/secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trictrac<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/200847\/secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets-content\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,516\" 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=\"Secrets content\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6989\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content.jpg 800w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets-content-465x300.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>These last years, Eric Lang and I have worked together on three light card games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our first co-design, built around the prisoner\u2019s dilemma, <strong>H.M.S. Dolores<\/strong>, has been published last year by Lui-M\u00eame. The second one, <strong>Secrets<\/strong>, is published by Repos Production, in the same box size as <strong>Mascarade<\/strong>. The third one, with working title Animal farm, is only a rough prototype so far, but shows some promise. We\u2019ve been already told a few times that these light and psychological games felt more like Faidutti than Lang , but the truth is that they all have been, from the original idea to the final version, collaborative work. We\u2019ve also thought of a party game, and started working on heavier and more langesque stuff, but none of this has been very convincing so far.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019ve started thinking on our second game before HMS Dolores was even finalized. Since the world success of Werewolves, secret identity games, also known as social deduction games, have become a genre in itself, with its precursors, Hoax and Mafia (and may be Citadels), its classics, Werewolves, The Resistance or Coup, and several more or less original variations. These are lively, tense and fast paced games, built around bluffing and interaction, a genre I\u2019ve always liked and with which I already tinkered with with Mascarade and a few abandoned projects. These last years, Eric Lang has mostly worked on big boxes full of rules, cardboard and plastic, but often with some psychological elements, like the draft in Blood Rage, which is probably my favorite among his designs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The roadmap for our second design, which we discussed very shortly two years ago at gen Con, was relatively simple. It was to be a secret identity game, in which players had to find out who their teammates were, but could also try to change teams when they thought the other side was winning. The obvious title was Which Side are you on ?, and the first prototype was therefore themed about worker unions, the teams being red and yellow (In French, \u201cyellow\u201d is slang for strike-breaker &#8211; I don\u2019t know if it also works in English).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9XEnTxlBuGo?list=PLFPCafzzj7LNoVTb228VyOhHsFtRXrmN2\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>While Mascarade is every player for himself, Which Side are you on was, as one can guess from its original name, a team game with secret and sometimes changing teams, in which every player must try to find out who is on their side. During the game development, we added one or two players with a different and individual victory condition.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Unlike Dilemma \/ Dolor\u00e8s, whose development went very fast, Which Side are you on ? \/ Secrets needed lots of tuning. For example, in the first versions, a player\u2019s team was determined by the majority in three tokens, one in front of them and two shared with their left and right neighbor. It was clever, but it was also confusing and a bit heavy. Similarly, players had hands of cards, and the lack of information about other players\u2019 hands mad bluffing very hazardous. So we changed all that, and tried many versions with fewer or more tokens or cards, with more or less movement and information. Even after the contract was signed, we kept on making criticl changes to the game. The last rules version I wrote was the 6.8, and that was before the Repos team took over and suggested more changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Psychiatre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets_dessin_psychiatre\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Psychiatre.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"249,600\" 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=\"Psychiatre\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Psychiatre.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6995\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Psychiatre-125x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Psychiatre-125x300.jpg 125w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Psychiatre-62x150.jpg 62w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Psychiatre.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Scientifique.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets_dessin_scientifique\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Scientifique.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"230,600\" 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=\"Scientifique\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Scientifique.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6996 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Scientifique-115x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Scientifique-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Scientifique-58x150.jpg 58w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Scientifique.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Diplomate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets_dessin_diplomate\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Diplomate.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"236,600\" 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=\"Diplomate\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Diplomate.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Diplomate-118x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Diplomate-118x300.jpg 118w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Diplomate-59x150.jpg 59w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Secrets_Dessin_Diplomate.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>US trade unions made for an original setting, but not something very easy to sell. We tried something esoteric, cabalists against illuminatis; it worked but the setting was too, well, esoteric. We thought of another strange fantasy, religion, Islam vs Christianism, with more or less secret conversions and one or two Buddhists thrown in just for fun, but it has become too risky to mock religions. Cats vs Dogs didn\u2019t work, due to a lack of ambiguity between the two positions. I know the publisher tried a sci-fi version, empire against rebels. We finally agreed on one of the publisher\u2019s ideas, the cold war, CIA against KGBs in the sixties, with a few hippies thrown in to question the meaning of all this. It\u2019s relatively original, and makes for a nice vintage graphic look, something Carole Chaland masters perfectly.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Which Side are you on? was a nice title that suggested the mechanisms, and I would have liked to keep it, but the pun worked only in English and might have been too strongly associated with the trade unions history &#8211; something positive but not very exciting. We finally settled on something less original &#8211; Secrets &#8211; and you can check on the BGG, there\u2019s no boardgame so far with this name. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzSvigUJGFM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Secrets is a 4 to 8 players game. Most players belong to one of the two rival agencies, CIA and KGB, and one or two might be hippies. Cards figure various characters, Politician, Journalist, Diplomat, Scientist\u2026 that players try to recruit on their side &#8211; assuming they know which side they are on, and with whom. Each player on turn draws two cards, shows them to everyone, and then secretly proposes one, face down, to some other player. This player then decides if he takes the card for himself and applies its effects, good or bad, or if the proponent does. Cards effect can affect scoring, can reveal information to one or all players, and can even make players swap team. Secrets requires subtle psychology, tactical sense, and an ability to see clearly in muddled situations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Secrets<\/strong><br \/>\nA game by Eric M. Lang &amp; Bruno Faidutti<br \/>\nArt by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artist\/cari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carole Chaland<\/a><br \/>\n4 to 8 players \u2013 20 minutes<br \/>\nPublished by <a href=\"http:\/\/rprod.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Repos Prod<\/a> (2017)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/200847\/secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/secrets-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,960\" 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=\"secrets\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Secrets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7006\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/secrets-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Lang et moi avons, ces deux derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, travaill\u00e9 ensemble sur trois petits jeux de cartes. Dilemma, notre premier prototype, construit autour du dilemme du prisonnier, s\u2019appelle finalement Dolor\u00e8s, et est sorti l\u2019an dernier chez Lui-M\u00eame \u00e9ditions. Secrets, notre &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/secrets\/\">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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[421],"tags":[422,279,314,419],"class_list":["post-6987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-secrets","tag-carole-chaland","tag-eric-lang","tag-repos-prod","tag-secrets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2HNOP-secrets","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987","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=6987"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9047,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987\/revisions\/9047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}