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A local gaming event, in our city!

On January the 31st and February the 1st, the fifth edition of the “Festival des jeux d’Istres” will take place at 200 meters to our home.  

We’ll be there, for sure ;-)

This event is made by “Tour de jeu”, an association which I was the secretary at its beginnings in 2010-2011, when I still had some time to devote to. Today, they are great guys, friends in fact, who make this live in our lovely Provençal city.

Cathy and Seb, “Tour de Jeu” managers

It will take place on the Saturday afternoon and night and then on the Sunday, all day long. There will be volunteers, a big game library, game shops, tournaments, video games.

 

We’ll set up two tournaments with promos to win:

The Little prince on the Saturday

Colt Express on the Sunday afternoon

Some « special things »

An event to be remembered: Cedric will host a life-size Colt Express. You may have seen some pictures on our Facebook page, from an game night in November in Avignon. It was a start. We shall explain you soon how it works and you will have no excuse then if you gaming nights are not highly charged.

For the first time in France and worldwide, the oversized copy of Colt Express will be available to play. Very soon, we’ll show you some pictures of this little gem you might see in various festivals next Spring and Summer.

We’ll also have some prototypes in our bags of course. Playtesters are welcome!

Informations

Place

Gymnase Donnadieu (derrière les arènes du palio) à Istres (13800)

Date and hours

Saturday January 31st

13h -02h

Sunday February 1st

10h – 18h

Free entrance

A few pictures from the previous edition

Happy New Year 2015

As usual in January, we wish all of you, gamers, friends, passing readers, a beautiful and heartful year 2015!

(yes indeed, we are on schedule for this – the accepted wisdom is that we can offer best wishes until the 31st of January ;-)

This new year will be a rich year (once again): full of games, novelties and expansions, games events, meetings and surprises.

If we are a little bit late in the calendar, this is because of the update of this website’s display. That was part of the “good resolutions” (we traditionnaly take and usually try to realize). The firm resolution of writing here (more) regularly of one of them too. We love sharing our work, our wishes, our feelings with you. And the lack of time often prevents us from doing it.

But the good side of the beginnings of the year is that they make you optimistic and ambitious.

The tragic events of the last two weeks, after leaving us deeply saddened and dejected, drive us to write and express our passion for life, for games, our imagination.

I let you discover our new website and and look forward to your comments. Do you like it?

Des cartes goodies pour Lewis & Clark

Des célébrités du monde du jeu participent à l’Expédition

Comment ? Pourquoi ? Pour qui ?

Cela fait presqu’un an (10 mois exactement) que Lewis & Clark a fait son apparition sur la scène ludique. Nous avons voulu marquer sa présence à la Gen Con ainsi que le premier anniversaire du jeu lors du prochain salon d’Essen en éditant 4 cartes spéciales.
Et puisque les personnages historiques avaient déjà tous été utilisés pour le jeu de base, nous nous sommes tournés vers des personnalités du monde du jeu que nous apprécions particulièrement. Nous leur avons proposé de créer une carte à leur nom, dont l’effet serait un clin d’oeil à leurs mécaniques ludiques. Ils nous ont fait l’honneur d’accepter et nous les remercions du fond du coeur pour le plaisir qu’ils nous (vous) donnent.

La première carte sera disponible à Essen, sur notre stand. Il suffira de venir nous la demander avec un sourire. Les trois autres seront distribuées par Asmodée US aux boutiques américaines d’ici la fin de l’année. Pour ceux qui n’auront pas la chance de participer au Spiel’14 ou d’habiter aux USA, ces goodies seront mis à la disposition des joueurs via BGG store ou la boutique Tric Trac dans les prochains mois.

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Changez l’une des cases du parcours située devant votre Eclaireur en utilisant les pions Parcours supplémentaires fournis dans la boite du jeu. Vous pouvez ainsi transformer une case de Montagne en case de Rivière et réciproquement.

Cédrick étant le créateur du jeu, il a tout à fait le droit de changer le parcours comme bon lui semble, surtout si cela peut embêter ses adversaires.

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Placez sur cette carte une ressource primaire en provenance d’un de vos bateaux. A la fin de la prochaine phase de campement, après que votre jeton Camp aura rejoint votre Eclaireur, reprenez cette ressource sur vos bateaux ainsi qu’une ressource supplémentaire du même type en provenance du stock. Cette action peut être réalisée plusieurs fois en utilisant des ressources identiques ou différentes.

Vous aurez reconnu ici un petit clin d’oeil à la mécanique de plantation d’Agricola.

Antoine Bauza et Bruno Cathala

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Prenez, au hasard dans les stocks, 2 ressources primaires par joueur présent autour de la table. (Dans une partie à trois joueurs, prenez 6 ressources primaires : par exemple 2 fourrures, 1 bois et 3 nourritures.) Vous pouvez garder pour vous jusqu’à deux de ces ressources et les placer sur vos bateaux. Puis donnez les ressources restantes au joueur de votre choix, qui peut en garder jusqu’à deux pour lui. Il donne ensuite les ressources restantes au joueur de son choix et ainsi de suite, jusqu’à ce que tous aient été servis.

S’il vous plait… fabrique-moi une planète !

Martin Wallace

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Reculez votre éclaireur de deux cases sur le parcours et prenez, au choix, un Canoë ou un Cheval dans les stocks. Il est interdit de reculer votre éclaireur en aval de Saint Louis par cette action.

Emprunter pour mieux réussir, une des leçons des jeux de Wallace, non ?

Lewis & Clark : Addendum

After players’ feedbacks, we found that a « hang back and tech up » strategy could be played. This runs counter the « game spirit ».
We decided to add the rule below (last step of the Camp phase). This solves the problem.

When you set up your Camp, if your Scout is on the last space of the route (5 steps downriver from Saint Louis), then get rid of all the resources and all the Indians (to the Pow Wow area) that are on your boats. Discard all the Encountered Character cards you may have recruited since the beginning of the game.

However get back the starting character cards you may have discarded.

2014, a wonderful year for Ludonaute

About being visible

A great surprise has made me smile since this morning. SOS Titanic has been highly recommended by Spiel des Jahres 2014 Jury. This news makes us so happy. We had never considered it possible.
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The German Jury made us a great gift. Thumbs up to Bruno and Ludovic. It brings our game SOS Titanic to light again. Despite the game had great reviews since it was released, it went quite unnoticed among all the released games. So, we are very happy today!
With Lewis & Clark nominee to the French award « As d’Or » and The Little Prince big success, we have to admit that the year 2013 has been a great turning point for Ludonaute.

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Working on reprints takes a big part of our time. Thus 2014 will see less Ludonaute novelties. We shall release only one game this year: Colt Express designed by Christophe Raimbault. But originality and quality will no doubt characterize this game as well. We do not want to desappoint your expectations :-).

Valence, French boardgaming event

A gaming event

We hope to see you in Valence, during the upcoming week-end the 12th and 13th of April at the 5th edition of the Festival du jeu.

The programm
Games demos
Come and play our latest releases: Lewis & Clark, Le Petit prince, SOS Titanic

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A prototype
In a preview showing, you can test Colt Express, our next release, scheduled in October. You feel like a Bandido. Then come and launch the train robbery!

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All along the two days, we shall invite you to challenge other teams in SOS Titanic. The party who will save the higher number of Passengers will be given a survival kit with a Scoring book, a playmat and a lifebuoy.

Informations
Where?: Parc des expositions de Valence
When?: Saturday 12th april from 14h to 20h
and sunday 13th april from 10 h to 19 h
Free entrance and parking!

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Lewis & Clark are back !

New print now available

Here we are! The new copies of Lewis & Clark have just been delivered to Asmodée France and Asmodée Benelux this morning. They are now on their way to game stores in France and Belgium.

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Trucks are also carrying various versions of the game (English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish) throughout Europe. You will find it available next week in your native language. :-)

Lastly, in the USA and English-speaking Canada, the game had a confidential distribution in last December. This time, it will be widely available thanks to Asmodée US.

One final word: Go West !

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The Little Prince won the Double 6 award

Public reward

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Last week-end, the games festival of Saint-Herblain took place, near Nantes. The major gaming event lastedtwo weeks in various locations of the city, and ended with a full gaming week-end.

On this occasion, the Double 6 prize was annouced. The public of the festival gave this award by voting and criticizing the games selection during a couple of months, in dozens of “game points” in the region.

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A panel of game experts, the ALF (Frenhc Toy Library Association) and the Maison des jeux de Nantes selected six games in December 2013. ” This selection gathers French designers’ new games, aimed to casual gamers.” explains Bertrand Ollivier, in charge of the Toy Library of Saint-Herblain.

The six games in the running were:
The Little Prince of Antoine Bauza and Bruno Cathala
Gentlemen cambrioleurs of Catherine Dumas, Charles Chevallier and Pascal Pellemans
Tokaïdo of Antoine Bauza
Phantom Society of Hervé Marly and Frédéric Colombier
Pan t’es mort of Lutche
Concept of Alain Rivollet and Gaëtan Beaujannot

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Congrats to the two designersBruno Cathala et Antoine Bauza for this award. And a warm thanks to Bruno, who is the best ambassador for his games ever. ;-)

Meeting on the « Croisette »

Our Festival program

JEUX2014animeOK Like every year, we shall attend the « Festival International des Jeux de Cannes » from February 27th to March 2nd. It is an inevitable meeting, our favourite time in the year. We are looking forward to meet you there. At our booth, you can play Crimebox Investigation, SOS Titanic, Lewis & Clark, The Little Prince and Colt Express. We, YOU, are expecting three unforgettable days of fun and games…

Tournaments

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Saturday 1st of March, from 10:00 to 1:00 a.m., our booth will move in the North Atlantic, backwards of 100 years in time. The first official tournament of SOS Titanic will take place. You may already know this co-op game designed by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc. The goal is to save as many passengers as possible. You are a trained and efficient team or you like co-op games… Then take up the challenge, gather your team of 4 brave seamen, come on board and face five other teams. For each member of the winning team, prize includes a SOS Titanic table cloth and 2 Ludonaute games. To sign up, please email us at contact@ludonaute.fr with the object « Tournoi SOS Titanic de Cannes » giving the name of the 4 members as well as the name of your team .

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On Sunday March 2nd, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., the little Prince invites you to make the prettiest planet for him. A tournament of The Little Prince – make me a planet will take place with 25 entrants maximum. There will be two rounds: a qualifying round and finals. The Little prince miniatures, table clothes and games are prizes to win. To sign up, please email us at contact@ludonaute.fr with the object « Tournoi Petit Prince de Cannes » giving your name.

Meeting game designers

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Lewis & Clark,’s designer, Cédrick Chaboussit will be present each afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.. He is ready to challenge the experienced gamers you are to his own game. Three special games of Lewis & Clark will take place with Cédrick Chaboussit. Those who win him will gain his full respect (and Ludonaute games too).

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Warning! There are only 9 seats (3 per game). Register by sending us an email at contact@ludonaute.fr with the object « Défi Lewis & Clark » your name and the day you are available.

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The three game designers Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc will be present for a signing session of The Little Prince and SOS titanic on saturday morning from 10:30.

Prototypes

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Our upcoming game, that will be released in Fall 2014, is named Colt Express. It is designed by Christophe Raimbault, the author of Sandwich, a game published by Repos Prod. This new game drives you in the Old West in 1890-1900’s. You are outlaws, attacking a train. Your goal: to draw and fire, quicker than the other people and to amass gold. A game lasts about 30 minutes, for 3 up to 6 players. RougeDEF « Blondie : [counting Angel Eyes’ men] One, two, three, four, five, and six. Six, the perfect number. Sentenza : I thought three was the perfect number. Blondie : I’ve got six more bullets in my gun. » Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), written by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone

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An exhibition at Ludopole

Last Friday, the 7th of February, a room dedicated to the Little Prince opened at Ludopole in Lyon. We were there with Antoine Bauza et Bruno Cathala, the two designers of the game.

Next to the entrance of this wonderful place dedicated to Games, you can find now and till the end of March 2014 an exhibition about the game The Little Prince – Make me a planet: a beautiful space set up thanks to the Ludopole team: the game of course, but also videos, posters with quotations, a big 15-puzzle, an illustrated game designer diary, a drawing board (Draw me a ship, please!) and even cuddly foxes and snakes. Find some photos of the place below.

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The tournament of the Little prince

On the occasion of the night of games, we set up a small tournament of the Little prince. 25 entrants played in 5 games during the first round, in a friendly atmosphere. Then there was 100% female finals, a more serious moment: a copy of the game signed by the authors and a kiss on the cheak from Bruno Cathala himself were at stake. The final scores: Aneta : 32 points, Lucille : 39 points, Alexandra : 42 points, Marion : 44 points et Clair : 22 points.

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Des protos et des hommes

Nous avons eu l’occasion aussi de discuter et de jouer à des quelques prototypes. La CAL (Compagnie des Auteurs Lyonnais) était là en force. Au programme : un drôle de jeu de dés d’Antoine Bauza, les 7 Samurais du même auteur, Troops de Florent Mortier, Madsteam de Gregory Olivier, Voleurs noctures de Frederic Vuagnat, Plic Ploc d’une charmante auteure dont je ne me rappelle plus le nom. Une très belle soirée. Un grand merci à Thierry et Sophie pour leur accueil.