{"id":9392,"date":"2018-05-17T11:56:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T11:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=9392"},"modified":"2019-05-10T04:40:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T04:40:50","slug":"etourvy-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2018\/05\/17\/etourvy-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Etourvy 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9610\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-12_02-36-56\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526092616&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-12_02-36-56\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56-584x389.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9610\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56-584x389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56-584x389.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_02-36-56.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Profitant d\u2019une configuration exceptionnelle de jours f\u00e9ri\u00e9s, j\u2019ai cette ann\u00e9e organis\u00e9 les rencontres ludopathiques un peu plus tardivement que d\u2019habitude, du 7 au 13 mai. Je ne suis pas s\u00fbr que l\u2019on puisse encore parler de week-end pour un \u00e9v\u00e9nement commen\u00e7ant le lundi soir. Comme chaque ann\u00e9e depuis plus de vingt ans, le petit village d\u2019\u00c9tourvy, 170 habitants entre Champagne et Bourgogne, est devenu pour quelques jours la petite capitale du monde ludique. Il y avait l\u00e0 une trentaine d\u2019auteurs, connus ou moins connus, une vingtaine d\u2019\u00e9diteurs et beaucoup de mes amis joueurs de Paris et d\u2019ailleurs. L\u2019ouverture d\u2019un nouveau g\u00eete dans le village avait permis d\u2019accueillir quelques nouvelles t\u00eates, dont beaucoup d\u2019enfants, mais nous avons de toute \u00e9vidence atteint la limite de capacit\u00e9 du site. Si j\u2019invite des nouveaux l\u2019an prochain, il faudra que je renonce \u00e0 voir quelques anciens&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Un week-end de cinq jours, et une m\u00e9t\u00e9o finalement plus favorable que pr\u00e9vu, ont permis \u00e0 ces rencontres d\u2019\u00eatre particuli\u00e8rement d\u00e9contract\u00e9es. Malgr\u00e9 les 140 personnes pr\u00e9sentes vendredi et samedi, nous n\u2019\u00e9tions pas trop tass\u00e9s, et chacun prenait le temps de jouer, causer, boire, se promener. Pour moi, comme pour l\u2019\u00e9quipe du g\u00eete, le fait que les arriv\u00e9es des participants soient \u00e9tal\u00e9es sur quatre jours a aussi rendu les choses plus faciles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-11_00-22-55\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55.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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-11_00-22-55\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55-584x438.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9498\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-22-55.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On m\u2019a fait remarquer qu\u2019\u00c9tourvy devenait de plus en plus professionnel, que l\u2019on y passait un peu moins de temps \u00e0 jouer et un peu plus \u00e0 discuter contrats, sorties et rumeurs. Il est vrai que si mes vieux amis joueurs sont toujours l\u00e0, les nouveaux convives invit\u00e9s chaque ann\u00e9e sont le plus souvent auteurs ou \u00e9diteurs &#8211; enfin, les \u00e9diteurs sont \u00e0 la fois de plus en plus et de moins en moins nombreux, puisqu\u2019entre le moment o\u00f9 je les invite et celui o\u00f9 ils viennent, il y en a toujours quelques uns qui deviennent des cowboys de l\u2019espace ou sont rachet\u00e9s par Asmod\u00e9e. Cette relative professionnalisation des rencontres ludopathiques n\u2019est pas une d\u00e9rive, je l\u2019ai voulue et provoqu\u00e9e, et je suis tr\u00e8s satisfait qu\u2019elle n\u2019ait en rien affect\u00e9 l\u2019ambiance d\u00e9contract\u00e9e et bon enfant de ce long week-end. Je ne souhaite pas pour autant qu\u2019\u00c9tourvy devienne un \u00ab\u00a0salon professionnel\u00a0\u00bb de plus, et vais donc m\u2019efforcer de conserver un public vari\u00e9, avec des joueurs occasionnels, des familles avec enfants, et en tous cas des gens que je connais et que j\u2019aime bien.<br \/>\nOn a beaucoup parl\u00e9 d\u2019Asmod\u00e9e, du statut des auteurs de jeu, des jeux japonais, coop\u00e9ratifs, legacy, surproduits, kickstart\u00e9s, redondants, inutiles\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Beaucoup de joueurs, donc, et beaucoup de jeux. Les tables de jeux se r\u00e9partissaient \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s \u00e0 \u00e9galit\u00e9 entre jeux publi\u00e9s et prototypes. Si j\u2019en crois les retours des participants sur le groupe facebook, les r\u00e9v\u00e9lations du week-end ont \u00e9t\u00e9 <em>Shadows in Amsterdam<\/em> et <em>Cursed Court<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Je ne sais pas trop ce que j\u2019ai le droit de dire sur <em>Shadows Amsterdam<\/em>, qui devrait sortir bient\u00f4t chez Libellud, mais n\u2019y ayant pas jou\u00e9, je ne peux de toute fa\u00e7on pas r\u00e9v\u00e9ler grand chose si ce n\u2019est que c\u2019est joli et color\u00e9 et que les joueurs avaient l\u2019air de bien s\u2019amuser. Je ne sais m\u00eame pas de quoi cela parle, mais je pense qu\u2019il y a des ombres et que \u00e7a se passe \u00e0 Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-10_22-59-50\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525993190&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-10_22-59-50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50-584x438.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9483\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_22-59-50.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><br \/>\nShadows in Amsterdam<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Un autre prototype que j\u2019ai beaucoup vu tourner \u00e9tait <em>Alkemus <\/em>(rebaptis\u00e9 depuis Res Arcana),\u00a0un gros jeu de cartes et de combos apport\u00e9 par Cyrille Daujean, qui se lance dans l\u2019\u00e9dition de jeu. Preuve qu\u2019il est bien int\u00e9gr\u00e9, il fait \u00e7a \u00e0 la californienne et a imprim\u00e9 des T-shirts bien avant d\u2019avoir sorti son premier jeu. Il y avait aussi un truc avec des tuiles aux formes bizarres avec des dessins bizarres, dont je ne connais m\u00eame pas le nom mais qui, je crois, devrait sortir chez Repos<br \/>\nMes prototypes m\u2019ont sembl\u00e9 aussi \u00eatre appr\u00e9ci\u00e9s, en particulier <em>Maracas<\/em> et <em>Diamants dans la Mine<\/em>. Tout le monde appelle ce dernier le jeu des coffres, ce qui semble indiquer que mon titre est vraiment mauvais.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nouveaut\u00e9s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des nouveaut\u00e9s publi\u00e9s, les trois grands succ\u00e8s furent clairement <em>Cursed Court<\/em>, <em>Kikaf\u00e9<\/em> et <em>The Mind<\/em>. Je ne suis pas un grand fan de <em>The Mind<\/em>, dont je pense que l\u2019on va vite se lasser, mais je dois reconna\u00eetre que c\u2019est extr\u00eamement original et excitant. J\u2019ai vu des gens faire partie apr\u00e8s partie dans un silence total en se regardant dans les yeux, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 je ne sais quel niveau. <em>Kikaf\u00e9<\/em>, une sorte de 7 familles \u00e0 l\u2019envers, c\u2019est rigolo et c\u2019est plus mon truc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-07_19-19-26\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525720766&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0048076923076923&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-07_19-19-26\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26-584x438.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9399\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-07_19-19-26.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><br \/>\nCursed Court<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>J\u2019en veux un peu aux gens d\u2019Atlas Games, qui avaient promis de m\u2019envoyer quelques boites de <em>Cursed Court<\/em> et ne l\u2019ont pas fait (ou pas \u00e0 temps) mais cela ne m\u2019a pas emp\u00each\u00e9 de faire la promotion de ce jeu de paris que j\u2019adore. Tout le monde, je crois, a appr\u00e9ci\u00e9, mais les nombreux auteurs pr\u00e9sents ont tous fait la m\u00eame petite remarque, le manque de progression d\u2019une ann\u00e9e sur l\u2019autre. Ma proposition, que je n\u2019ai pas encore essay\u00e9, serait de ne r\u00e9v\u00e9ler aucune carte \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re saison de la premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e, une carte \u00e0 celle de la deuxi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e, deux cartes \u00e0 celle de la troisi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e. Ainsi, avec un plus grand nombre de cartes en jeu, il y aurait un peu plus de points chaque ann\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9partir entre les joueurs, ce qui permettrait plus facilement aux joueurs distanc\u00e9s de se refaire. Une autre id\u00e9e, que Martin Vidberg a eu en m\u00eame temos que moi, serait de retirer un jeton \u00e0 chaque pari r\u00e9ussi. Le fait que ce jeu ait \u00e9t\u00e9 le plus appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 du week-end malgr\u00e9 ses petits d\u00e9fauts \u00e9vidents montre bien sa qualit\u00e9 et son originalit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9519\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-11_12-39-39\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"540,720\" 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;1526042379&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00070821529745042&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-11_12-39-39\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39-438x584.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9519\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39-438x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39-438x584.jpg 438w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39-270x360.jpg 270w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_12-39-39.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><br \/>\nAzul<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>J\u2019ai vu aussi beaucoup de parties d\u2019<em>Azur<\/em> et de <em>Dragon Castle<\/em>, deux jeux un peu abstraits, un peu m\u00e9chants et avec de jolies tuiles exotiques que les joueurs ont eu tendance \u00e0 comparer. Il m\u2019a sembl\u00e9 qu\u2019une l\u00e9g\u00e8re majorit\u00e9 pr\u00e9f\u00e9rait <em>Azul<\/em>, mais <em>Dragon Castle<\/em> avait ses d\u00e9fenseurs.<br \/>\nParmi mes nouveaut\u00e9s \u00e0 moi, c\u2019est clairement <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=8884\"><em>Dragons<\/em><\/a> qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 le plus jou\u00e9. On n\u2019a pas sorti <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6524\"><em>Kamasutra<\/em><\/a>, sans doute parce que les enfants ont rapidement fait main basse sur le stock de ballons.<br \/>\nC\u00f4t\u00e9 gros jeux pour nos joueurs, les deux succ\u00e8s de la semaine furent clairement <em>Terraforming Mars<\/em> et <em>Rising Sun<\/em>. On voit bien plus <em>Rising Sun<\/em> sur les photos, mais c\u2019est surtout parce qu\u2019il est sacr\u00e9ment plus joli.<br \/>\nSinon, il y avait les Roll and Write, plein de Roll &amp; Write, ces jeux o\u00f9 l\u2019on lance des d\u00e9s dont chaque joueur reporte le r\u00e9sultat sur sa petite fiche \u00e0 lui. Ils se ressemblent tous un peu, il y en a sans route d\u00e9j\u00e0 trop, et je n\u2019ai pas eu l\u2019impression que l\u2019un d\u2019entre eux se d\u00e9tache vraiment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c9v\u00e9nements et remerciements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>G\u00e9rer presque enti\u00e8rement une telle rencontre est assez fatigant, mais c\u2019est aussi amusant, voire excitant. Si la comptabilit\u00e9 de tout cela reste tr\u00e8s approximative, je pense, contrairement \u00e0 l\u2019an dernier, \u00eatre rentr\u00e9 dans mes frais. En revanche, bien que n\u2019ayant cess\u00e9 cinq jours durant de courir en tous sens, j\u2019ai pris trois kilos, ce qui montre sans doute les limites d\u2019un r\u00e9gime alimentaire \u00e0 base de bi\u00e8res et de Red Bull, et dans une moindre mesure d\u2019andouillette et de Chaource. J\u2019ai aussi pu constater que tout au long de la semaine, mon anglais devenait tout \u00e0 la fois plus fluide et moins performant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-11_15-43-14\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3191,1224\" 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;1526053394&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0024271844660194&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-11_15-43-14\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14-584x224.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9555 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14-584x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14-584x224.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_15-43-14-500x192.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><br \/>\nPhoto Challenge<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Un grand merci \u00e0 tous ceux qui ont organis\u00e9 des animations annexes particuli\u00e8rement soign\u00e9es. Herv\u00e9 poursuit sa s\u00e9rie d\u2019escape rooms, <em>Ren\u00e9<\/em>, dont il a fait jouer cette ann\u00e9e les deuxi\u00e8me et troisi\u00e8me \u00e9pisodes. Laurent animait des jeux d\u2019ext\u00e9rieur artistiques et rigolos, <em>Touche Finale<\/em>, <em>Photo Challenge<\/em> et <em>CAP Paintball<\/em>. Frank a organis\u00e9 le traditionnel tournoi de poker du samedi soir. J\u2019aurais d\u00fb leur donner plein de bons points mais, pris dans le tourbillon, je n\u2019y ai plus pens\u00e9. De mon c\u00f4t\u00e9, j\u2019avais pr\u00e9vu l\u2019habituel <em>Brouhaha<\/em>, une bataille de ballons au pied, et un <em>Turtle Wushu<\/em> par \u00e9quipe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E5MwRZx8d2c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Merci aussi \u00e0 tous ceux qui m\u2019ont aid\u00e9 \u00e0 descendre, transporter et finalement remonter dans mon 4\u00e8me \u00e9tage sans ascenseur mes nombreux cartons de jeux.<\/p>\n<p>Un grand merci \u00e0 toute l\u2019\u00e9quipe du domaine Saint-Georges qui nous a une fois de plus accueilli avec une grande gentillesse et sans s\u2019\u00e9nerver, et f\u00e9licitations \u00e0 notre cuisinier qui a fort bien tir\u00e9 son \u00e9pingle du jeu en terminant troisi\u00e8me du tournoi de poker.<\/p>\n<p>Merci aussi \u00e0 tous mes sponsors, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire les \u00e9diteurs qui avaient envoy\u00e9 des jeux pour la table de prix &#8211; et dites-moi vite si je vous ai oubli\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Ankama<br \/>\nAsmod\u00e9e<br \/>\nBioviva<br \/>\nBlackrock Games<br \/>\nBlue Orange<br \/>\nCatch Up Games<br \/>\nDays of Wonder (avec plus d\u2019extensions de\u00a0 <em>SmallWorld<\/em> qu\u2019il n\u2019y avait de joueurs de <em>SmallWorld<\/em>. C\u2019est peut-\u00eatre une tactique commerciale pour que ceux qui repartent avec une extension gratuite ach\u00e8tent ensuite le jeu de base).<br \/>\nDon\u2019t Panic Games<br \/>\nDrei Magier<br \/>\nEdge (que je soup\u00e7onne d\u2019avoir par erreur envoy\u00e9 deux fois le m\u00eame colis)<br \/>\nFantasy Flight Games<br \/>\nForgenext<br \/>\nGigamic<br \/>\nHans im Glueck<br \/>\nHeidelb\u00e4r (Heiko devait apporter des jeux mais est revenu malade du Tokyo Game Market, il les apportera l\u2019an prochain).<br \/>\nHorrible Games<br \/>\nIello<br \/>\nKolossal games<br \/>\nLetheia<br \/>\nLibellud<br \/>\nLudonaute<br \/>\nMandoo Games<br \/>\nMatagot<br \/>\nMesa Boardgames (enfin, je ne sais pas bien si le colis provenait de Mesa Boardgames ou d\u2019Arcane Wonders)<br \/>\nNorth Star Games<br \/>\nOink Games (Laura devait apporter des jeux mais est aussi tomb\u00e9e malade. Elle les apportera l\u2019an prochain)<br \/>\nPhilibert<br \/>\nPixie Games<br \/>\nPortal Games<br \/>\nPurple Brain (enfin, Space Cowboys, quoi)<br \/>\nRavensburger \u00e9tait l\u00e0 mais ils avaient oubli\u00e9 d&#8217;apporter des jeux \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\nRebel<br \/>\nRepos Production<br \/>\nSchmidt<br \/>\nSerious Poulp (il y avait un <em>7\u00e8me Continent<\/em> bien cach\u00e9 sur la table de prix, je ne sais pas qui l\u2019a trouv\u00e9)<br \/>\nSpace Cowboys<br \/>\nSuperlude<br \/>\nSweet Games<br \/>\nZ Man Games<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-11_11-16-05\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"540,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX400V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526037365&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-11_11-16-05\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05-438x584.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9511 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05-438x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05-438x584.jpg 438w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05-270x360.jpg 270w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_11-16-05.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-12_03-20-09\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526095209&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-12_03-20-09\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09-584x389.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9612\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09-584x389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09-584x389.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_03-20-09.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This year\u2019s ludopathic gathering took place a bit later than usually, May 7 to 13, in order to make the best use of an exceptional configuration of French public holidays. Calling it a week-end might now be a bit excessive for an event which started on Monday night. Anyway, like every year the small French village of Etourvy, 170 inhabitants, located between Champagne and Bourgogne has become for a few days the capital city of the board gaming world. There were about 30 game designers, some well known some not yet, 20 or so publishers, mostly but not only French, and many friends of mine from Paris and elsewhere. I could rent two more houses in the village this year, which allowed me to invite a few new faces, among which several kids. The accommodation limit of our dining and gaming hall is now clearly reached, so if I want invite new people next year I will have to give up seeing a few old ones.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to a five days week-and and a better weather than expected, the mood was really cool. Even with 140 people on Friday and Saturday, we were not really crammed and everyone took the time to casually talk, play, drink and walk around. for me, as for for the reception team, having people arriving slowly over a few days also made things much easier.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-12_22-43-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX400V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526165000&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-12_22-43-20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20-584x438.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9667\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-12_22-43-20.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Business<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Some friends noticed that Etourvy was becoming more and more a professional event, that people spent fewer times playing and more time discussing contracts, new games and various rumors. Indeed, while my old friends are still there, most of the new faces are game designers or publishers &#8211; well publishers are both more and less numerous, since between when the invitations and the events a few ones became space cowboys or were bought by Asmodee. This (relative) professionalisation of my event is not an unfortunate slide. I wanted and provoked it, while also trying to keep the event cool and relatively small, and I think I succeeded. I don\u2019t want Etourvy to become one more professional convention, which is why I will keep a balanced attendance, with occasional gamers, families with kids, and most of all people I know and like.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Anyway, we talked a lot, about Asmodee, about game designers and their legal status, about games &#8211; japanese games, cooperative games, legacy games, overproduced games, kickstarter games, redundant games, unnecessary games\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Anyway, were there mostly for gaming, and we still mostly played. game tables were ore or less half published games and half prototypes. From the few reports I got, it seems that the most noticed games were Shadows in Amsterdam and <\/em>Cursed Court<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Prototypes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m allowed to say about <\/em>Shadows Amsterdam<em>, a new game soon to be published by Libellud. Anyway, I didn\u2019t play it so I can\u2019t say much except that it\u2019s brightly colored and that players seemed to have fun. I don\u2019t even know what it is about, except that there are shadows and it probably takes place in Amsterdam.\u2028<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-08_21-10-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525813823&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-08_21-10-23\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23-584x438.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9408\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23-584x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-08_21-10-23.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><br \/>\nThe game of Chests and Boxes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Another prototype I saw played a lot was <\/em>Alkemus,<i>\u00a0(now renamed <\/i>Res Arcana)<em>\u00a0a heavy looking card-combo game to be published by Cyrille Daujean, who is starting a game company next year. He does it the Californian way, and has printed T-shirts long before his first game is published. There was also a strange game with strangely shaped tiles printed with inconsistent pictures which, I think, is to be published by Repos. My own prototypes were also played a lot, especially <\/em>Maracas<em> and <\/em>Diamonds in the Mine<em> &#8211; which everybody is calling the Game of Chests, which probably means my name is bad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New Stuff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Among the many newly published games, the most popular were undoubtedly <\/em>Cursed Court, Whodidit<em> and <\/em>The Mind<em>. I\u2019m not really a fan of <\/em>The Mind<em>, and I think the twist will get old soon, but I must admit it\u2019s extremely original and so far exciting. I\u2019ve seen friends play game after game in total silence looking at each other in the eyes, up to the umpteenth level. <\/em>Whodidit<em>, a zany take on Happy families, is more my cup of tea.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-10_19-53-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ONEPLUS A3003&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525981996&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-10_19-53-16\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16-584x329.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9472\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16-584x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16-584x329.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-10_19-53-16.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><br \/>\nWhodidit \/ Kikaf\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m a bit angry at the Atlas Games. They had promised to send a few copies of <\/em>Cursed Court<em> to Etourvy and failed to do it &#8211; or failed to do it in time. this didn\u2019t prevent my only cry to be played again and again all the week long, and everybody liked this tense betting game. Game designers, however, all made the same remark &#8211; the game lacks a progression from one year to the other. My proposal &#8211; untested so far &#8211; is to reveal no public card in the first season of the first year, one in the first season of the second year, and one in the first season of the third year. more cards in game means slightly more points to score and might make catching up more likely. Another solution could be to lose one chip for every successful bid. Anyway, despite its obvious little problems, this was the most discussed and the most liked game of this weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9496\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/2018-05-11_00-16-53\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,622\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G960F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525997813&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-05-11_00-16-53\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53-584x284.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9496\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53-584x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53-584x284.jpg 584w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53-500x243.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-11_00-16-53.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Dragon Castle<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Among my own new games, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=8884\">Dragons<\/a><em> was certainly the most played. We didn&#8217;t play <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6524\">Kamasutra<\/a> <em>this year<\/em>, may be because the kids soon took control of the stock of rubber balloons.<em>\u00a0<\/em> <em>I also say many games of <\/em>Azul<em> and <\/em>Dragon Castle<em>, two games which scratch the same itch. They are half abstract, relatively aggressive, and have nice looking exotic tiles. The majority was probably with <\/em>Azul<em>, but <\/em>Dragon Castle<em> had its supporters.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The most played really heavy games were <\/em>Terraforming Mars<em> and <\/em>Rising Sun. Rising Sun<em> shows more on pictures, but that\u2019s only because it looks so much nicer.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> There were also dozens of new Roll &amp; Write games, games in which dies are rolled for all players and each players writes their result on their own small grid. They all feel very similar, there are probably already too many of them, and none seemed to really stand out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Events and Thanks<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Managing such an event is tiring, but it\u2019s also fun and exciting. The books are extremely vague but I have the feeling that, unlike last year, I didn\u2019t lose money on it. On the other hand, despite running back and forth the whole week long, I put on three kilograms, which probably shows the limits of a diet based on beer and Red Bull, and to a lesser extent on local cheese and beer sausage. I also noticed that my English gradually became both more fluid and less accurate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/erpX4Q5tbFo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/em><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><br \/>\nBalloon wars<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Many thanks to all those who organized fun and carefully planned side events. Herv\u00e9 Marly is keeping up his escape room series, Ren\u00e9, and played this year both the second and third episodes. Laurent Escoffier held fun artistic outside games, <\/em>Final Touch, Photo Challenge<em> and <\/em>CAP Paintball<em>. Frank organised the usual Saturday night poker tournament. As for me, I held three short outside games, the usual <\/em>Brouhaha<em>, a foot-balloon battle and a giant team Turtle Wushu.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f9u7DOHIDX0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Many thanks also to all the friends who helped me carry my game collection to Etourvy, and back to Paris &#8211; I live in a gift floor flat, with no elevator.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Many thanks to the whole team of the Domaine Saint-Georges who, like every year, dealt with us with great kindness and patience. And congrats to our cook, who ended third in the poker tournament.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Many thanks also to all my sponsors, meaning the publishers who had sent or brought games for the prize table.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ankama<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Asmodee<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Bioviva<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blackrock Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue Orange<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Catch Up Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Days of Wonder (they brought more Smallworld expansions that there were people owning Smallworld. May be it\u2019s a sales trick).<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Don\u2019t Panic Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Drei Magier<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Edge (I suspect they mistakenly sent twice the exact same parcel of games)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Fantasy Flight Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Forgenext<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Gigamic<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Hans im Glueck<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Heidelb\u00e4r (Heiko was supposed to bring games with him, but he want back ill from the Tokyo Game Market and couldn\u2019t come. He\u2019ll bring them next year).<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Horrible Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Iello<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Kolossal games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Letheia<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Libellud<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Ludonaute<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Mandoo Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Matagot<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Mesa Boardgames (well, I\u2019m not sure the parcel was from Mesa Boardgames of Arcane Wonders)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> North Star Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Oink Games (Laura also was ill. She\u2019ll bring her games next year as well)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Pixie Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Portal Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Purple Brain (well, one more Space Cowboy)<br \/>\nRavensburger was here but they had forgotten to bring games with them \ud83d\ude09<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Rebel<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Repos Production<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Schmidt<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Serious Poulp (I had carefully hidden the 7th Continent copy behind other games, I don\u2019t know who found it.)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Space Cowboys<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Superlude<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Sweet Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Z Man Games<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[envira-gallery id=&#8221;9398&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profitant d\u2019une configuration exceptionnelle de jours f\u00e9ri\u00e9s, j\u2019ai cette ann\u00e9e organis\u00e9 les rencontres ludopathiques un peu plus tardivement que d\u2019habitude, du 7 au 13 mai. 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