Drop Trivia
Published by Hasbro – €29.99
From 13 years old, 2 to 6 players – 15 min of play
A fun, not-too-fussy party game for shine with your general knowledge ? Drop Trivia allows you to play a real game show at home, confronting your loved ones and family during evenings that already promise to be divisive and filled with bad faith. Here, the goal of the game is not to have the right answer, but simply to put the scales of size in the right order. The concept can be explained in a few minutes and can be played in less than a quarter of an hour, for dozens of games that continue until the end of the night.
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Talisman 5th edition
By John Goodenough and Robert Harris, published by Hasbro – €59.90
From 12 years old, 2 to 6 players – 1 to 2 hours of play
The magical quest game is back for an epic fifth generation. Embark on a frantic race to capture the Crown of Command and defeat the great dragon. For this new edition, the strategy game published by Hasbro returns with infinitely replayable scenarios, and a wide choice of characters. With its figurines and large game board, Talisman is a demanding game for seasoned players. For Christmas, the game is also offering a first expansion called Alliances: The Call of Destiny. A new cooperative game mode that promises to transform your games even more.
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Quoridor Pac-Man
By Mirko Marchesi, published by Gigamic – €37.95
From 8 years old, 2 to 4 players – 30 min of play
This is undoubtedly one of the best collaborations of the year. Quoridor, the tactical and abstract game from Gigamic, decided this year to make strike a chord with gamersby joining forces with the cult Pac-Man license. In addition to offering high-end equipment made entirely of wood, the publisher has completely redesigned the mechanics of its game to adapt them to virtual ghost hunting. It’s beautiful, clever, well thought out, and accessible for the whole family. A really good idea to slip under the tree.
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The World of Reterra
By Eric M. Lang and Ken Gruhl, published by Hasbro – €35.90
From 10 years old, 2 to 4 players – 30 min to 1 hour of play
Best known for its interactive toys and board games that smack of the 1990s, Habro was until now best known for Who is it?, Monopoly and Doctor Maboul. It is therefore with (good) surprise that the publisher ventured far from his well-marked paths, with The World of Reterrareleased last April. A board game intelligent, with perfectly controlled ambitions and well-oiled mechanics. Enough to open the door for newbies to the joys of Eurogames, without neglecting the accessible and family dimension which has made the company successful over the years.
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Lorcana: Prelude
Published by Ravensburger – €24.95
From 8 years old, 2 players – 30 min of play
Do you want to embark on the Lorcana adventure, but you don’t know where to start? Don’t panic, Disney has everything planned. This year, the big-eared empire released Prélude, a tutorial/game aid/getting started with its now famous collectible card game. The box includes everything you need to get started, with a game board, accessories, and two pre-constructed decks that you will need to expand on as you progress by opening sealed packages.
The material is beautiful, the illustrations of the cards sublime, and we must admit that the result is very well thought out. Enough to further fuel the enthusiasm of the general public around licences Disney as Christmas approaches. The icing on the cake, once your tutorial is finished, it is possible to keep your cards to start building a deck worthy of the name, or to put everything back in place so that another budding player can benefit from it. round.
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Bad Bitches Only – Geek Legends
By Inès Slim, published by Gender Games – €15
From 15 years old, 3 to 10 players – 30 minutes to 1 hour of play
Have you guess a character who has marked the history of pop culture? Too easy. But when this character is a woman, and it is forbidden to mention the men in her entourage, the exercise becomes complicated. Instead Comics, comics, manga, video games, cinema or seriesBad Bitches Only this time comes with a pop culture twist, with badass heroines, real or imaginary figures who have – sometimes despite themselves – marked feminism in geek culture. This fifth opus of Bad Bitches Only has all the makings of success, to slip under the tree of an uncle who finds that “definitely, we can no longer say anything“.
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Raising Robots
By Brett Sobol and Seth Van Orden, published by Lucky Duck Games – €45
From 14 years old, 1 to 6 players – 60 to 90 minutes of play
If Wingspan’s aesthetic left you unmoved, make way for Raising Robots: The Prodigies Workshop. In this real-time strategy and development game, you play as inventors determined to leave a mark on the field of robotics. Designing new models, manufacturing parts, recycling resources, and even improving the robots themselves… over the course of eight rounds divided into three successive stages, your decisions will have an impact on the other players, and you will have to multiply your points. reputation to ensure victory.
Raising Robots: L’Atelier des Prodiges is a engine-building brillantmuch more accomplished than Wingspan, with a controlled element of randomness that hits the mark from the first rounds. It’s enjoyable and controlled, with a little Gizmos side that we won’t shy away from. The next Golden Ace may be here.
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Chief Editor
By Peter McPherson and Ian O’Toole, published by Lucky Duck Games – €38.90
From 10 years old, 1 to 6 players – 30 minutes of play
Bourg-Chardon is the liveliest village in the world, and you have the heavy responsibility of being the editor-in-chief of one of its most prestigious local dailies. It’s not easy to follow everything that’s going on there, between the pastries competitions and the tree-related news stories that regularly shake up the town. But your story has to be wrapped up in a few hours, and you need to act quickly. Seize hot topics before the competitionadd some advertising to ensure the economic survival of your business, and don’t forget the shocking photos that will attract passers-by.
During the allotted time, you will have to pile up on your desk the articles and graphic elements that will compose your dream front page. It’s then up to you to fill in your grid, arranging the tiles efficiently, and respecting the placement constraints. If the rules of Rédac’Chef are sometimes quite complex to learn, we find the essentials of an excellent tile game, boosted by the stress of laying in real time. The immersion is present, and the replayability is infinite. You are the head of the local newspaper.
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3 Detective Box investigations
Discover “Short Stories: The Art of Stalking”, the latest novelty from Detective Box, leader in immersive investigation games in Europe. This box of three short surveys, priced at 119 euros, offers experiences lasting 2.5 to 3 hours each, ideal for Christmas. The investigations, of increasing difficulty, immerse players in varied universes: a heist in Monaco (Ciao Bella), a mysterious disappearance in the Alps (La Bête de Beaurecueil), and a case of magic in Paris in 1947 (La Grande Illusion). Using sophisticated ARG (alternate reality game) mechanics, these games blur the line between reality and fiction, allowing players to use everyday tools like the internet, social networks and geolocation to solve mysteries. Playable by 1 to 4 people, this short format is perfect for game evenings or afternoons with family or friends, offering a captivating alternative to traditional board games.
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Play socially!
D’Oriol Comas i Coma, published on October 9, 2024 at Ynnis – 35€
The board game market has exploded in recent years. Propelling Cluedo and Monopoly to the status of obsolete antiquities, Dixit, Codenames, Catan, 7 Wonders, The Crew and the others have taken over the gaming shelves, transforming card games into fantastic epics, roll and writes into labyrinthine explorations, and ambient games in new references of the genre. Designed as a great modern encyclopedia, this work published by Ynnis skilfully complements A world of games released in 2021, to honor contemporary games, those that make you want to spend entire evenings discovering the latest Spiel des Jahres with friends, and those that promise to pass on the love of family games to the younger generation .
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