THE GAMES JOURNAL - Österreichisches Spiele Museum

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FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES JEUX CANNES 2012 t
La Fontaine
de Jeu
In the abstract game for 2 players by Yoann
and Anthony Grasso, Triade; 10 pieces
per player can be arranged in four di�erent
starting positions. A piece is is removed
when it is surrounded by three opposing
pieces or two pieces and a border. Another
game shown at the booth was Jukatai, a
game on �ghting techniques for 2-4 players,
ages 7+.
Le Joueur
The booth presented a preview on the 2012
novelties; headed by Trahison!, a game on
intrigues and negotiations by Guillaume
Besancon who is also the designer of the
Cité expansion that has been announced. 2
de Mayo is the French edition of the GenX
game and Aperitivo is a game on beer
mats arranged in a circle.
Le Scorpion
Masque
At the Iello booth Christian Lemay presented
the game Tra��c by Annick Lobet for
2-4 players, ages 8+, a game on observation
and reactions on the topic of cards. You can
relocate one piece in order to form a con-
�guration shown on one of your cards and
to discard the card; all play at the same time.
Ledroitdeperdre
Taggle by Yves Hirschfeld and Fabien
Bleuze is a game of reaction and communication
for 1(1) to 5 players; as the active
player you read out a question to each of the
other players in turn, which he must answer
as fast as he can with one of the choices on
his card; the active player decides which answer
was the best one in his opinion.
OUR REPORT
Letheia
Very up to date and interesting – a game on
the French Presidential Elections, La Course
à l’Élysee by Abel Lanzac for 3-6 players,
ages 154+, the most important element of
the game are real debates on political issues.
Libellud
As in Nuremberg Libellud showed Dixit Jinx
by Joseph M. Allué and Dominique Ehrhard,
3-6 players, ages 8+, now must �nd creative
connotations to rather abstract shapes and
symbols. Always full were the games where
one could test-play Seasons by Régis Bonnessée,
a combination of a card game and
a dice game for 2-4 players, ages 12+. In the
�rst phase of the game you draw nine cards
which you split into 3 x 3 cards for the game
itself; in phase two you use dice which
provide actions to achieve the aim of the
game which is collecting crystals for victory
points. Still ongoing, but obviously only intended
for the French market Et Toque, the
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