THE GAMES JOURNAL - Österreichisches Spiele Museum
THE GAMES JOURNAL - Österreichisches Spiele Museum
THE GAMES JOURNAL - Österreichisches Spiele Museum
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Créations<br />
Guy Jeandel<br />
The company specializes in wooden logical<br />
puzzles, but presented two card games this<br />
time, both with Drôle de Jeu logo – SpeedyBalls<br />
is a game on cards on the topic of<br />
juggling balls and Blanchette a game on<br />
an exploding cow.<br />
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES JEUX CANNES 2012 t<br />
Derideo<br />
éditions<br />
Bistourisq is a game on the topic of cosmetic<br />
surgery, presented by Gérard Moreau<br />
and Bertrand Boucheroy Victor; it features<br />
a slightly satirical touch and is destined for<br />
2-4 players, ages 14+, the game was presented<br />
elsewhere in 2010, but for the �rst<br />
time at Cannes.<br />
Dinacau<br />
PassNature, a game of moving along a<br />
track for 2-6 players, ages 9+, by Olivier<br />
Dubuisson, featuring �ve landscape and a<br />
�nish area; you must reach space #160 and<br />
need a visa for each of the six areas that you<br />
acquire by answering a question.<br />
Djeco<br />
The company �rst and above all is a producer<br />
of toys, but this year a game by Djeco<br />
was nominated for As d’Or: Pirates! for 2-4<br />
players, ages 7+, by Alain Rivollet; you place<br />
elements on the board and if you have assembled<br />
the elements necessary to complete<br />
one of your treasure cards you get the<br />
treasure; you win with most jewels.<br />
Echec et Pat<br />
An entirely new company presents at its �rst<br />
game Six Pieds sous Terre, a card game by<br />
Régis Moranzoni & Thomas Hubert for 3-5<br />
players, ages 12+. You are an undertaker<br />
and try to bury the majority of dead according<br />
to the wishes of the bereaved and to acquire<br />
headstones, too. An expansion called<br />
Commis et Pestifèrés is being prepared.<br />
Distribution: Paille Éditions<br />
Éditions<br />
Contrevents<br />
This company intends to specialize in fancy,<br />
outstanding, unusual games out of the<br />
mainstream; �tting the occasion there is a<br />
card game on the French presidential elec-<br />
OUR REPORT<br />
tions: Des Thunes et des Urnes by Laurent<br />
Gerlaud. Each player represents one of two<br />
factions and must collect votes; to achieve<br />
this you can hold a debate with an opponent,<br />
buy votes or negotiate for votes.<br />
Editions<br />
Rosebud<br />
Puzzle Battle by Pierre Burtel for 2 players,<br />
ages 5+ - this is the latest product from Editions<br />
Rosebud. A box contains two puzzles<br />
with similar images and the same number<br />
of parts, the di�erence being in the coloring<br />
and small details; the parts for both puzzles<br />
are shu�ed together and then you try to be<br />
the �rst to complete your puzzle; if you see<br />
a piece in your opponent’s puzzle that you<br />
believe to be a part of your puzzle, you can<br />
take if o� his display.<br />
Edu-Studio<br />
The institute publishes games for digital<br />
media, board games and card games as well<br />
as online games under the label Perpetual<br />
Study, intended to assist in learning foreign<br />
languages. All games use standard mecha-<br />
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ISSUE 434 / FEBRUARY 2012 7
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