Cannes International Games Festival
The As d’Or - The Awards winners
After testing the new games published in French in the French market over the last 18 months, the jury of the Cannes International Games Festival was seduced by 12 of them that he nominated for the As d'Or - Game of the Year: Cubulus - Fame us - King of Tokyo - The Castles of Burgundy - The Mansions of terror - Olympos - Pirates! - Pyramid of Animals - High Adventure - The Giant Rick - Sandwich - Takenoko - Tournay
Among these excellent games representative of the creativity and play richness, the jury awarded three prizes in three categories:
Ace Gold - Game of the Year (public category)
Takenoko
Publisher: Matagot / Bombyx
Author: Antoine Bauza
Illustrators: Yuio, Nicolas Joël Fructuset, Van Aerde
L’As d’Or - Game of the Year Children (child category)
Rik the Giant
Publisher: Haba
Author: Marco Teubner
Illustrator: Michael Menzel
L’As d’Or - Grand Prix ("expert" category)
Olympos
Publisher: Ystari Games
Author: Philippe Keyaerts
Illustrator: Arnaud Demaegd
New for 2012: L’As d’Or - Jury Award
The jury wanted to use his "joker" to reward a remarkable new edition:
Sherlock Holmes - Consulting detective
Publisher: Ystari Games
Authors: G. Grady, S. Goldberg & R. Edwards
Illustrators: Neriac & Arnaud Demaegd
Through its selection, the jury of the International Games Festival in Cannes wants to help promote the game of society in France, attracting public attention to the proliferation of play creation and the dynamism of the publishers' editorial policy, and to honor some games having a great power of seduction, capable of providing a real fun game and make both occasional and regular players want to replay. The quality of materials, the proper functioning of mechanisms, the clarity of rules, the aesthetics of the game, the creativity of authors and often universal themes of these games are there to stimulate the player's imagination and help make the game a real object that enriches our cultural heritage
