{"id":7039,"date":"2017-04-20T23:47:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T23:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=7039"},"modified":"2018-02-10T17:14:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T17:14:18","slug":"etourvy-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/04\/20\/etourvy-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Rencontres ludopathiques 2017<br><i>2017 Ludopathic Gathering<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7804\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/a-etourvy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" 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=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7804\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/a-etourvy-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plusieurs fois durant ce long week-end \u00e9tal\u00e9 du jeudi au lundi, on m\u2019a demand\u00e9 depuis combien de temps j\u2019organisais les rencontres ludopathiques. Cela a commenc\u00e9 lorsque j\u2019habitais dans le coin, \u00e0 Troyes, donc vers le milieu des ann\u00e9es quatre-vingt-dix. Nous en sommes donc sans doute \u00e0 la vingt-et-une ou vingt-deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9dition de ces rencontres ludiques, qui sont donc un peu plus r\u00e9centes, et un peu plus modestes, que celles d&#8217;Alan Moon. Nous n\u2019\u00e9tions au d\u00e9but qu\u2019une trentaine, et les seuls \u00e9diteurs pr\u00e9sents \u00e9taient Ludod\u00e9lire, mon \u00e9diteur principal de l\u2019\u00e9poque, Eurogames, car Duccio Vitale habitait, et\u00a0 habite peut-\u00eatre encore, \u00e0 une trentaine de kilom\u00e8tres.<br \/>\nSi quelques amis de l\u2019\u00e9poque sont toujours l\u00e0, le public s\u2019est largement renouvel\u00e9. Les rencontres ont grandi, ou grossi, puisque nous \u00e9tions 110 cette ann\u00e9e, comme l\u2019an dernier, un nombre que je ne souhaite pas d\u00e9passer. Elles se sont professionnalis\u00e9es, avec une vingtaine d\u2019\u00e9diteurs pr\u00e9sents (<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Asmodee, Blackrock, Blue Orange, Days of Wonder, Djeco, Don\u2019t Panic Games, Flatlined, Gigamic, Iello, Letheia, Libellud, Lui-M\u00eame, Matagot, Passport Games, Pearl Games, Pixie Games, Portal, Purple Brain, Ravensburger, Repos Prod, Small Box Games, Space Cowboys, Sweet Games<\/span><\/strong>, sans compter ceux qui n\u2019\u00e9taient pas l\u00e0 mais avaient fait parvenir des jeux, <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Funforge, Huch<\/span><\/strong> et <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Schmidt<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; pr\u00e9venez-moi vite si vous constatez que j\u2019ai oubli\u00e9 quelqu\u2019un). Je ne vais pas lister les auteurs de peur d\u2019en oublier, et parce qu\u2019ils sont moins susceptibles, mais ils \u00e9taient aussi une bonne trentaine. Bruno Cathala, qui n&#8217;avait rat\u00e9 aucune des quinze ou vingt derni\u00e8res rencontres, n&#8217;a pas pu venir cette ann\u00e9e, mais Antoine Bauza, absent depuis quelques ann\u00e9es du fait de ses s\u00e9jours au Japon, \u00e9tait de retour. Il y avait aussi quelques illustrateurs de jeux, mais moins nombreux que les ann\u00e9es pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes. Les rencontres se sont aussi internationalis\u00e9es, avec des participants venus de toute l\u2019Europe, mais aussi des \u00c9tats-Unis et du Br\u00e9sil, m\u2019obligeant \u00e0 faire les annonces en fran\u00e7ais et en anglais &#8211; du moins jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que je sois suffisamment saoul ou fatigu\u00e9 pour oublier l\u2019anglais, ou parfois le fran\u00e7ais. Malgr\u00e9 une forte d\u00e9l\u00e9gation polonaise cette ann\u00e9e, je n\u2019ai jamais assez bu pour essayer mes rudiments de polonais, sans doute tr\u00e8s rouill\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/salle-du-haut-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"salle du haut 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8049\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salle-du-haut-2-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMalgr\u00e9 tout, je tiens \u00e0 ce que les ludopathiques restent un moment d\u00e9contract\u00e9, tenant plus du week-end entre amis que du salon professionnel &#8211; ce qui n\u2019emp\u00eache, dans les coins discrets, de discuter un peu contrat d\u2019\u00e9dition ou distribution. C\u2019est pour cela que j\u2019invite aussi de nombreux amis, des vieux et des nouveaux, plus ou moins passionn\u00e9s de jeux, et que j\u2019essaie d\u2019avoir au moins un tiers de femmes (ce qui devient plus facile car le milieu du jeu se f\u00e9minise tr\u00e8s rapidement) et quelques familles avec enfants. C\u2019est pour cela aussi que, apr\u00e8s une exp\u00e9rience assez mitig\u00e9e de d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement en r\u00e9gion parisienne, il y a une dizaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es, les rencontres ludopathiques se sont d\u00e9finitivement install\u00e9es \u00e0 Etourvy, au milieu de nulle part, dans les bois entre Chaource et Tonnerre. Je n\u2019envisage plus de bouger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/captain-sonar-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"captain sonar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7847\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/captain-sonar-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lorsque quelques dizaines d\u2019auteurs et d\u2019\u00e9diteurs de jeux se rencontrent, il est in\u00e9vitable que sortent de leurs larges sacs des jeux qui ne sont pas encore dans les boutiques, voire qui ne sont pas encore tout \u00e0 fait au point, ce qu\u2019il est convenu d\u2019appeler des prototypes, et qu&#8217;il faudrait peut-\u00eatre plut\u00f4t, au moins pour ceux des aueturs, appeler des brouillons. De plus en plus nombreux chaque ann\u00e9e, ils repr\u00e9sentent plus ou moins la moiti\u00e9 des parties &#8211; trois types de parties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/yohan-proto\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,663\" 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=\"yohan &amp;#8211; proto\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7998\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/yohan-proto-434x300.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Il y a d&#8217;abord les jeux inachev\u00e9s, sur lesquels les auteurs sont encore en train de travailler, dont ils modifient parfois les r\u00e8gles au vol, en cours de partie. Je n&#8217;en avais pas beaucoup cette ann\u00e9e. Viennent ensuite les jeux \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s au point auxquels les auteurs essaient de trouver un \u00e9diteur. J\u2019en avais un, <strong>Vampires<\/strong>, con\u00e7u avec un ami am\u00e9ricain qui avait fait le voyage depuis San Francisco, Charlie Cleveland; il a suscit\u00e9 beaucoup d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat mais demande encore quelques menus bricolages. Viennent enfin les v\u00e9ritables prototypes, les jeux apport\u00e9s par les \u00e9diteurs, ceux qui vont sortir, o\u00f9 qu\u2019ils h\u00e9sitent \u00e0 sortir, et dont les r\u00e8gles et parfois les illustrations sont \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s fix\u00e9es. J&#8217;en avais pas mal cette ann\u00e9e &#8211; <strong>Nutz!<\/strong>, Jungle (avec Anja Wrede), <strong>Le petit Poucet<\/strong> (\u00e9galement avec Anja Wrede), <strong>Secrets<\/strong> (avec Eric Lang), <strong>Dragons<\/strong>, <strong>Jongleurs et M\u00e9nestrels<\/strong> (with Sandra Pietrini), <strong>A King\u2019s Life<\/strong> (avec Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dice-forge-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"dice forge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7885\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dice-forge-3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJ\u2019ai vu des trucs bizarres auxquels je n\u2019ai pas eu l\u2019occasion de jouer, des arbres chez Iello (\u00e0 moins que ce ne soit chez Blue Orange), des acrobates de cirque chez Matagot (le plus photographi\u00e9 des prototypes). J\u2019ai jou\u00e9 \u00e0 <strong>Dice Forge<\/strong>, de R\u00e9gis Bonness\u00e9e, un jeu de \u00ab\u00a0dice-building\u00a0\u00bb, \u00e0 <strong>Jack et le Haricot Magique<\/strong> de Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Morard, \u00e0 l\u2019excellent <strong>\u00d4 mon Chateau<\/strong>, de Ludovic Maublanc et Corentin Lebrat, un jeu de gestion qui donne envie de dessiner &#8211; du moins \u00e0 ceux qui savent un peu dessiner &#8211; et \u00e0 <strong>Seeders &#8211; Exodus<\/strong> de Serge Macasdar, un jeu d\u2019ench\u00e8res, de gestion et de combinaison dans un univers de science-fiction riche et ambitieux. J&#8217;ai beaucoup fait tourner mon petit dernier, le jeu des <strong>Dragons<\/strong>, \u00e0 para\u00eetre chez Matagot. La pr\u00e9sence de mon amie Anja Wrede nous a permis de jouer un peu \u00e0 nos jeux qui devraient sortir cette ann\u00e9e, <strong>Le Petit Poucet<\/strong> (devinez chez quel \u00e9diteur) et <strong>Jungle<\/strong> (sur lequel je n\u2019ai pas encore le droit de dire grand chose). Dans une pi\u00e8ce secr\u00e8te et retir\u00e9e, Herv\u00e9 avait mont\u00e9 son <strong>escape room<\/strong>, que je n\u2019ai toujours pas jou\u00e9e &#8211; tout le monde adore, mais je ne suis pas certain que ce soit mon truc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/gigamic-proto-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"gigamic proto 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7898\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gigamic-proto-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parmi les jeux publi\u00e9s, on peut aussi distinguer trois grandes cat\u00e9gories &#8211; les nouveaut\u00e9s, les vieux classiques et les bizarreries &#8211; \u00e9tant entendu que certaines bizarreries sont aussi des nouveaut\u00e9s, ou que certaines nouveaut\u00e9s, comme le M\u00e2che Mots, sont aussi assez bizarres.<br \/>\nLes nouveaut\u00e9s ou jeux assez r\u00e9cents les plus jou\u00e9s, et donc sans doute les plus appr\u00e9ci\u00e9s, m\u2019ont sembl\u00e9 \u00eatre<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Clank!<\/strong>, de Paul Dennen, un dec k building assez l\u00e9ger et avec un vrai th\u00e8me,<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>A Fake Artist Goes to New-York<\/strong>, de Jun Sasaki, un jeu de dessin et de bluff d\u00e9j\u00e0 vieux de deux ou trois ans mais qui n&#8217;est devenu un hit chez nous que cette ann\u00e9e<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Magic Maze<\/strong>, de Kasper Lapp, un jeu de coop\u00e9ration en temps r\u00e9el tr\u00e8s original,<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Secret Hitler<\/strong>, de Mike Boxleiter, Tommy Maranges, et Max Temkin, un jeu \u00e0 identit\u00e9s secr\u00e8tes rigolo et magnifiquement \u00e9dit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7858\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/clank-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"clank\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7858\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clank-2-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Je pourrais citer aussi <strong>Insider, Baobab, Terraforming Mars, Mot pour Mot, Profiler, Fabled Fruit, Potion Explosion, Codenames, Capital Lux, Not Alone<\/strong> (dont l&#8217;auteur, Ghislain Masson, \u00e9tait pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 Etourvy),<strong> Picassimo<\/strong> (m\u00eame chose pour Carlo Rossi), <strong>Kanagawa<\/strong>, ou <strong>Happy Salmon<\/strong>, et j\u2019en oublie certainement. Les gens de Schmidt, que je ne connais pas particuli\u00e8rement, avaient envoy\u00e9 un \u00e9norme colis avec, parmi d\u2019autres jeux, six boites des <strong>B\u00e2tisseurs du Colis\u00e9e<\/strong>, de Klaus-J\u00fcrgen Wrede. Quelqu\u2019un en a ouvert une, et a d\u00e9couvert que c\u2019\u00e9tait un tr\u00e8s bon jeu familial, tr\u00e8s allemand, qui du coup a pas mal tourn\u00e9 durant les derniers jours. L&#8217;autre succ\u00e8s inattendu fut <strong>Penguin Trap<\/strong>, une variation politiquement correcte du vieux Brise Glace &#8211; on ne doit plus noyer un esquimau, mais juste un pingouin &#8211; \u00e0 laquelle les cases hexagonales donnent une nouvelle dimension.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/cthulhu-wars-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"cthulhu wars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7878\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cthulhu-wars-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des tr\u00e8s gros jeux, un genre qui je pratique \u00e0 l\u2019occasion mais dont je ne suis pas sp\u00e9cialiste, on a vu des parties de <strong>Scythe<\/strong>, de <strong>Cthulhu Wars<\/strong> (dont Fred a toutes les extensions), de <strong>Mechs &amp; Minions<\/strong>, de <strong>Time Stories<\/strong> dont Manu essayait de nouveaux sc\u00e9narios, de <strong>Terraforming Mars<\/strong>, du prototype de <strong>Seeders &#8211; Exodus<\/strong> dont j\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 un peu parl\u00e9, et d\u2019un gros proto d\u2019Ignacy Trzewiczek, install\u00e9 \u00e0 la m\u00eame table que l\u2019an dernier, dont j\u2019ignore jusqu\u2019au th\u00e8me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/grab-a-loop-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/grab-a-loop-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/grab-a-loop-5.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=\"grab a loop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/grab-a-loop-5.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7905\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/grab-a-loop-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/grab-a-loop-5.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/grab-a-loop-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/grab-a-loop-5-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C\u00f4t\u00e9 jeux d\u2019ambiance, j&#8217;essaie toujours de me procurer une bizarrerie color\u00e9e des ann\u00e9es soixante ou soixante-dix. Cette ann\u00e9e, c&#8217;\u00e9tait <strong>Grab a Loop<\/strong>, avec le magnifique slogan amplement m\u00e9rit\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0vous avez aim\u00e9 Twister ? Attendez de jouer \u00e0 Grab a Loop !\u00a0\u00bb. S\u00e9bastien a organis\u00e9 un chouette jeu de piste aux lapins de Paques pour les enfants. On a jou\u00e9 \u00e0 <strong>Codenames<\/strong> avec mes canards, puis avec des vrais gens \u00e0 la place des cartes, et \u00e0 <strong>Unusual Suspects<\/strong> avec les onze candidats \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle. Malgr\u00e9 un ciel h\u00e9sitant, nous avons sorti le traditionnel <strong>Brouhaha<\/strong>, et improvis\u00e9 un jeu de comp\u00e9tition avec deux <strong>crayons coop\u00e9ratifs<\/strong> g\u00e9ants apport\u00e9es par Lia-Sabine, qui bosse chez Djeco. <strong>Situation 4<\/strong>, le puzzle en temps r\u00e9el, est devenu un classique des rencontres, et a \u00e9t\u00e9 beaucoup jou\u00e9. La premi\u00e8re nuit, tant qu&#8217;il n&#8217;y avait pas beaucoup d&#8217;enfants, il y eut une hilarante partie de <strong>Kamasutra<\/strong>, qui devrait sortir bien aux \u00c9tats-Unis chez un vrai \u00e9diteur, avec quelque cartes suppl\u00e9mentaires par rapport \u00e0 la version publi\u00e9e sur ce site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unusual-suspects.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7988\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/unusual-suspects\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unusual-suspects.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=\"unusual suspects\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unusual-suspects.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7988\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unusual-suspects.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unusual-suspects.jpg 720w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unusual-suspects-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unusual-suspects-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C\u2019\u00e9tait tr\u00e8s bien, mais je devais \u00eatre assez fatigu\u00e9 puisque, de retour \u00e0 Paris, j\u2019ai re\u00e7u un email d\u2019Anja me disant qu\u2019elle commen\u00e7ait \u00e0 travailler au jeu dont nous avons parl\u00e9 durant le week-end, et je n\u2019ai pas le moindre souvenir des m\u00e9canismes de ce jeu.<\/p>\n<p>(La galerie photo et les videos sont tout \u00e0 la fin du post, apr\u00e8s le texte anglais)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/arrivee-village-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"arrivee village\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7805\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/arrivee-village-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>It was a long week-end, from Thursday to Monday. Several times, I\u2019ve been asked for how long I was organising the ludopathic gathering in Etourvy, and I don\u2019t know precisely. It started when I was living nearby, in in Troyes, which means in the mid nineties. this was therefore the 21th or 22nd ludopathic gathering &#8211; Alan Moon\u2019s Gathering of Friends is a few years older. The first gatherings in Etourvy were extremely modest, with about thirty attendees and only two publishers, Ludodelire which was my main publisher at the time, and Eurogames, whose owner Duccio Vitale used to live nearby &#8211; and may be still does.\u2028A few old friends from these times are still there, but there are now many more. My gathering has become bigger, may be also fatter, and we were about 110 this year, like last year. I don\u2019t think it should grow more. It has also become more professiona, with about twenty publishers represented (<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Asmodee, Blackrock, Blue Orange, Days of Wonder, Djeco, Don\u2019t Panic Games, Flatlined, Gigamic, Iello, Letheia, Libellud, Lui-M\u00eame, Matagot, Passport Games, Pearl Games, Pixie Games, Portal, Purple Brain, Ravensburger, Repos Prod, Small Box Games, Space Cowboys, Sweet Games<\/span><\/strong>, and a few ones who were not there but had sent games, <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Funforge, Huch<\/span><\/strong> et <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Schmidt<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; if I\u2019ve forgotten you, please email me asap). There were also about thirty game designers,, whom I won\u2019t list for fear of missing many, even when I know they are less touchy than publishers. Bruno Cathala, who had not missed a single gathering this fifteen or twenty last years, could not join us this time, but Antoine Bauza, who had missed the last gatherings because he was travelling in Japan, was back. There were fewer game illustrators than the last years. The Ludopathic Gathering also became more international, with attendees from all Europe, and also from the US and from Brazil. this means I had to make all announcements both in French and English, at least until I was drunk enough to forget one or the other. There was a strong Polish team this year, but luckily I didn\u2019t drink enough to give a try at my rusty rudiments of polish.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/cygnes-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"cygnes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7809\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cygnes-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> Despite all this, I want Etourvy to stay what it has been so far, a casual and informal meeting, more a friendly gathering than a professional convention &#8211; even though discussion of publishing or distribution contracts sometimes occurs in discreet corners. That\u2019s why I also invite several friends, old and recent ones, game enthusiasts or just casual players. That\u2019s also why I try to have at least a girl for two guys (this is becoming much easier when there are more and more women in the gaming business) and a few family with kids. It\u2019s also why, after trying a bigger place nearer to Paris a few years ago, I\u2019ve brought the ludopathic gathering back to Etourvy, in the deep French countryside, in the middle of nowhere. It will stay there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/dehors-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"dehors\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7832\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dehors-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> When a few dozen designers and publishers meet, they inevitably take out of their bags games which are not yet in shops, or even not really finalised, what we call prototypes and should probably, at least for the designers\u2019 ones, call drafts. There are more and more in Etourvy every year, and they make for more or less half of the game sessions. There are designers trying rough drafts of game ideas, sometimes changing the rules during the game, I didn\u2019t have many this year. There are more or less finalised ideas pitched to publishers by designers; I had one, <strong>Vampires<\/strong>, designed with Charlie Cleveland, who had made trip from San Francisco. It raised much interest but still needs some minor tweakings. The true prototypes are the games usually brought by publishers, games that will be published soon, or that they seriously consider publishing, and whose rules are more or less finalized. Several were mine &#8211; <strong>Nutz!,<\/strong> Jungle (with Anja Wrede), <strong>Little Thumb<\/strong> (also with Anja Wrede), <strong>Secrets<\/strong> (with Eric Lang), <strong>Dragons<\/strong>, <strong>Jugglers &amp; Minstrels<\/strong> (with Sandra Pietrini), <strong>A King\u2019s Life<\/strong> (with Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/vampires-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" 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=\"vampires 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7990\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vampires-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> I\u2019ve seen strange stuff which I didn\u2019t have the opportunity to play. There were trees at Iello (or may be at Blue Orange), circus acrobats at Matagot (probably the best looking prototype, and certainly the most photographed). I\u2019ve played R\u00e9gis Bonness\u00e9e\u2019s <strong>Dice Forge<\/strong>, Fred Morard\u2019s <strong>Jack and the Magical Bean<\/strong>, Ludovic Maublanc and Corentin Lebrat&#8217;s <strong>\u00d4 mon Chateau<\/strong>, which is not a drawing game but in which players always start drawing their castle. The heaviest new game I tried was\u00a0 Serge Macasdar\u2019s <strong>Seeders &#8211; Exodus<\/strong>, an original and ambitious auction, resource management, drafting, and card combos game. My <strong>Dragons<\/strong> prototype, to be published next year by Matagot, was played a lot. Since my friend Anja Wrede was here, we played a few games at our two collaborations which ought to be published soon, <strong>Little Thumb<\/strong> (guess by which publisher) and <strong>Jungle<\/strong> (of which I\u2019m not allowed to say anything so far). In a secluded room, Herv\u00e9 was holding sessions of his <strong>escape room<\/strong>, which I\u2019ve not played yet &#8211; everybody loves it, though I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s my kind of game.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/secret-hitler-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"secret hitler\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7970\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/secret-hitler-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> Three types of published games are played in Etourvy &#8211; new stuff, classics and zany party games. Of course, some of the new stuff can be really zany, like Speak Out. Among the recent stuff, the games which seemed to be the most played were<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 Paul Dennen\u2019s <strong>Clank!,<\/strong> a light deck-building game with a solid theme<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 Jun Sasaki\u2019s <strong>A Fake Artist Goes to New-York<\/strong>, a drawing and bluffing game already two or three years old but which, for some reason, was a hit this year.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 Kasper Lapp\u2019s <strong>Magic Maze<\/strong>, a very original real time cooperative game.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 <strong>Secret Hitler<\/strong>, by Mike Boxleiter, Tommy Manages &amp; Max Temkin, a fun, political and gorgeously edited secret identity game.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/penguin-trap-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/penguin-trap-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/penguin-trap-2.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=\"penguin trap\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/penguin-trap-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7947\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/penguin-trap-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/penguin-trap-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/penguin-trap-2-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/penguin-trap-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> Other recent games much played were Insider, <strong>Baobab, Terraforming Mars, Mot pour Mot, Profiler, Fabled Fruit, Potion Explosion, Codenames, Capital Lux, Not Alone, <\/strong>(whose designer, Ghislain Masson, was here for the first time),<strong> Picassimo<\/strong> (same about Carlo Rossi), <strong>Happy Salmon<\/strong>, and I certainly forget many. Schmidt had sent us a huge parcel with new games, among which six copies of Klaus-J\u00fcrgen Wrede\u2019s <strong>Builders of the Colosseum<\/strong>, a game no one had heard about before. A group opened a box, played it, and found out that it was a really nice family game, with a classic German feel, and it was played a lot in the last days. Another unexpected hit was <strong>Penguin Trap<\/strong>, a variation on the old Ice Breaker game. The hexagon spaces give him a whole new dimension, and it&#8217;s also more politically correct since it&#8217;s no more about drwoning an inuit but about drowning a penguin.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7968\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/scythe-jessica\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" 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=\"scythe jessica\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7968\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/scythe-jessica-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> There were also, like every year, a few really heavy games, several hours long. I\u2019ve seen people play <strong>Scythe, Cthulhu Wars<\/strong> (Fred brought all the expansions), <strong>Mechs and Minions, Time Stories<\/strong> (Manu was play testing new scenarios), <strong>Terraforming Mars<\/strong>, the <strong>Seeders Exodus<\/strong> prototype I\u2019ve already described, and a rough prototype by Ignacy Trzewiczek of which I don\u2019t know anything, not even the setting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/crayon-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"crayon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7870\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/crayon-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> For party games, I try every year to find some new zany and coloured stuff from the sixties or seventies. This year, it was <strong>Grab a Loop<\/strong>, which bears the deserved motto \u00ab\u00a0you loved Twister, now wait till you play Grab a Loop!\u00a0\u00bb. Sebastien organised a fun easter rabbit hunting for the kids. We played <strong>Codenames<\/strong> with my ducks, then with people instead of card. We played <strong>Unusual Suspects<\/strong> with the eleven candidates at the French presidential election. Despite a grey sky, we played two games of the traditional <strong>Brouhaha<\/strong>, and improvised a competitive game with two <strong>cooperative pencils<\/strong> brought by Lia-sabine, who works at Djeco. <strong>Situation 4<\/strong>, the simultaneous puzzle is now an Etourvy classic, and was much played. On the first night, when there not that many kids yet, we played a hilarious game of <strong>Kamasutra<\/strong>, which will be published later in the US by a true publisher, with a dozen extra cards not on my website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/kamasutra-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"kamasutra\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kamasutra&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7922\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kamasutra-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> In short, it was great, but I must have been really tired since, when back in Paris, I got an email from Anja about a game design we\u2019ve started discussing in Etourvy, and I don\u2019t remember anything about it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[envira-gallery id=&#8221;7803&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Photos de \/ Pictures by Aur\u00e9lie, Benoit, Bruno, Charlie, Coralie, Fabien, Jean-Baptiste, Lia-Sabine, Ludo, Manu, Marc, Masumi, Merry, Patrice, Regis &amp; Sebastien<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MB_eUGfakcg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZthfFYEuMY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wT535e3eJ3M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqZ0M6gih78\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l-xrvIWOaxM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o5AV4CPJsfw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AClv0pvRZKE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rj0RalZ6Ycw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plusieurs fois durant ce long week-end \u00e9tal\u00e9 du jeudi au lundi, on m\u2019a demand\u00e9 depuis combien de temps j\u2019organisais les rencontres ludopathiques. 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