Interview in Dutch

 An interview by Hans Lemmens from Spellenwijs

https://www.spellenwijs.nl/interview-frederic-moyersoen/

Saboteur TLM tips preset Youtube

Saboteur World Championship 2016

On 26 November 2016 the first Saboteur World Championship was organized in Budapest (Hungary).

After preselections in different countries, there were 30 people selected to participate.

The youngest participant was Ali Efe Artkin, 11 years, from Turkey. He was accompagnied by his mother, teacher and the Turkish distributor of the game.

First the players played 4 games by switching their positions at the different tables. In this way, the players got the opportunity to show their skills to all other players. At the end, Ritsuto Konno from Japan was leading with 27 points while the last one had gathered only 2 points.

The final table was reserved for the 6 players with the most points. Players had to play a game of 4 rounds. The finale was particularly challenging. The players were discussing and negotiating the whole game in order to detect the 2 saboteurs and selfish dwarf in each round. This brought the game at a new tactical level which I never experienced before. The finale showed the same tension as during a Poker game. Bluffing and guessing the cards of the other players became the new key elements. The suspense was strong and increasing as the game progressed.

 Finally, Steven Chu Chun Hin from Hong Kong won the game and became the first world champion of Saboteur. According to his observations, his social skills helped him to propose interesting deals to the other players which were also at his advantage too.

The second place was for Jaffeth Parinussa from the Netherlands (at left of Steven). The third place was for Ritsuto Konno from Japan (at the right of Steven). Steven is holding his pure gold award in-between his teeth.

Three new games on market

This year, three new games were launched.

• Mushroom Soup (upper left) is a small card game with nice plastic miniatures. It's actually online available in the Russian language and is published by Zvezda.
• Vroom Vroom (right) is a fast-pasing race game with rotating snails for kids of 4 years and up. The publisher is Blue Orange.
• Treasure Lair (down left) is an adventure card game in co-design with Arno Maesen. The publisher is AEG.

How to play Saboteur the Duel?

If you want to see how you must play the Saboteur - the duel version, please click on the image.

Mamicatchmi on shelves

Djeco, a French publisher has recently released Mamicatchmi. It's a nice reaction game with beautiful components. You roll both dice and grab your figure in order to put it in safety or to block your opponent. The first one gets a point from the other one.

Also funny for players above 12 years old.

 

Invasion of Termites

Frederic in front of a Termity mound in Gdansk.

Close-up of a termite attack!