So Trump is giving up helping democratic Europe fend off Russian encroachment, is giving up helping Japan, Korea and Taiwan limit Chinese influence, and has the US army focus on hitting fishing boats in the Caribbean and marching through US Cities. Is this making America great again ?

Demain soir jeudi 20 novembre, je serai, comme tous les mois, au bar à jeux Le Duchesse, métro Belleville, avec nouveautés et prototypes.

I have been WAITING for a journalist to write this story. I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.

Seashells, un petit jeu de stratégie, à paraître l'an prochain chez KTBG. Seashells, a light strategy game, to be published next year by KTBG. faidutti.com/blog/blog/20...

To my fellow boardgame designers with a dozen or so published games under their belt : I've started a geeklist on BGG about Boardgame designers own favorites, I hope some of you will follow suit with posting theirs. boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/367...?

Five great boardgame designers....

I’m leaving tomorrow morning to Essen, hoping the train trip will be less complicated than last year. If you want to see me there, here’s my signing schedule. Pity Trick & Treat is not there this year, I would have liked to also present my favorite design, Treasure of the Dwarves.

Tariffs are putting US game companies out of business. (Note this is the US subsidiary of AMIGO, not the whole German company)

C’est conceptuel, mais pas très bon. Challenging concept, mediocre result.

In 10 days, October 23-26, I'll be in Germany, at the Essen game fair. Here is my public signing schedule. If you are a publisher I've never met, or not met for a while, and want to have a look at my prototypes, I still have a few open slots, mostly on Sunday. Please message or email me.

In three weeks, october 23-26, I will be at the Essen boardgame fair. Having been relatively successful in placing games to publishers these two last years, and having attended more fairs than I used to do and met many publishers,

Quatre manières différentes de faire un top 5 de mes créations. Four different ways to make a top 5 of my boardgame designs faidutti.com/blog/blog/20...

Saw a first copy of Fruit Cocktail at the Vichy game festival. Une première boite de Fruit Cocktail en démo au salon de Vichy.

Fruit Cocktail arrive bientôt en boutique Fruit Cocktail will soon hit the game stores shelves. faidutti.com/blog/blog/20...

I'll be in Edinburgh, for Tabletop Scotland, from September 5 to 7. Then I'll be at the Vichy Game Festival, from September 14 to 16. If you are a publisher interested in my prototypes, or just want to discuss anything game related with me, just message me. See you soon

Venture Angels is now available in the US, thanks to the nice people at Gameheads. youtu.be/xnMnqP3pX8A?...

Des "acteurs du monde ludique" dont on ne parle pas assez. Boardgame people we should know and talk more about. faidutti.com/blog/blog/20...

Une variante pour À LA LETTRE, pour 2 à 5 joueurs : Chaque joueur a une main se sept cartes. Chacun à son tour joue une carte de sa main, que tout le monde doit mettre dans sa grille, puis pioche une carte. Si j'y avais pensé à temps, on aurait ajouté ça dans les règles.

This starts to look like North Korea. OK, we're still far from there, but it's clearly the direction....

Double standard. No one is ever suggesting that all Americans are to blame for Trump’s violent policies. It has however become commonplace to blame not only all Israelis, but even all Jews, for Netanyahu’s crimes.

J'ai finalement reçu mes exemplaires d'auteur de Mission Planète Rouge - le colis a mis trois semaines pour faire Toulouse-Paris, et une boître a pris mal, mais c'est très joli, même si plus mauve que rouge.

A small selection of games for a few days with gaming friends. I take very few prototypes this time.

Treasure of the Dwarves is my favorite design, the only one I'm always willing to play. Unfortunately, it's hard to get in Europe, but you can get it online from the Belgian shop Archonia. www.archonia.com/en-us/produc...?

My gmail account was hacked. Things should be back in order now, but if in the meantime all my emails from the 8 last years have vanished.

Je serai à PEL vendredi, samedi et dimanche. Samedi à 16h, je dédicacerai À La Lettre sur le stand de Don't Panic Games, qui sera aussi mon camp de base durant ces trois jours. Si vous êtes éditeur et souhaitez jeter un coup d'œil à mes prototypes, vous pouvez m'envoyer un message.

Making life more fair is a political necessity. Making games more fair is not. It often even is a bad idea.

Je serai samedi à 16h à P.E.L., sur le stand de Don't Panic, pour présenter À La Lettre.

Got a Fukushima eel in my Wriggle Roulette......

Wriggle Roulette on the Dice Tower.

In a few words, the case for optimism in the Middle East. Saying that everyone loses in war is a truism, and has often been wrong. It is, however, what happened in the Middle East.

I spent the last 2 days on Capitol Hill with @gamaofficial.bsky.social and @ttgda.bsky.social, asking for tariff relief. Sixteen of us collectively had dozens of meetings and drop-bys with Congressional staff. We heard over & over that it makes a difference to hear from their constituents. 1/ 🧵

Today I walked 6 miles crisscrossing Capitol Hill to meet with staff about how tariffs are affecting the boardgame industry. More tomorrow. Please contact your members of Congress, especially Rs. In the Senate, you can ask them to cosponsor S.1593, which would exempt small businesses from tariffs.

Prochaines soirées parisiennes de présentation de mes créations.

Including a game of mine, Harvest Valley.

I think there's not enough talk about Treasure of the Dwarves, so let me say it again : I think it's my best game, the most deceitful, the tensest, the richest, and sometimes, like here, the most fun. Can you spot all the boardgame designers and celebrities on the picture ?

L'hirondelle de Göttingen Göttingen's Sparrow faidutti.com/blog/blog/20...

Designers, mostly German, preparing to show their prototypes in Göttingen.

I'll be this week-end at the Boardgame designers convention in Göttingen, with a large yellow suitcase full of prototypes. If you're a publisher interested in having a look, please message me.

Just received my author copies of the new US edition of Venture Angels, by a small and nice new publisher, Gamehead.

Comme chaque année, voici mon petit compte rendu des rencontres ludopathiques 2025. Like every year, here is my short report of the 2025 ludopathic gathering. faidutti.com/blog/blog/20...

Some of the most played games in Etourvy this year - Wanted Wombats, Yubibo, Toy Battle and Come Sail Away.

Playing my four new games, À la lettre, Wriggle Roulette, Treasure of the Dwarves and Trollympics in Etourvy. Mes quatre nouveautés, À la lettre, Wriggle Roulette, Treasure of the Dwarves and Trollympics played in Etourvy.

Premier jeu d’Etourvy, un vieux Dogs of War de Paolo Mori. Etourvy ‘s first game, Paolo Mori’s good old Dogs of War.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

It’s a girl !

I had to look hard to find one small possible positive effect of tariffs on boardgames.... Il a fallu bien chercher pour trouver un possible effet positif de ces absurdes droits de douane sur les jeux de société. faidutti.com/blog/blog/20...

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