Saboteur 200 000

This year, the game Saboteur celebrates it's 10th Anniversary.



While other games disappear after a first print-run, Saboteur is in a pole position to become a "classic". With 200 000 sold copies in 2013, the sales numbers have once again increased with 13 %.

The total numbers of sold copies (Saboteur + Saboteur 2) has now exceeded 850 000. The game is available in 29 languages and is well distributed in Northern America, Europe, South East Asia and Australia.

Here you see the 5 top markets.
France is leading with nearly 200 000 sold copies. The Benelux is at the second place, which is remarkable for such a small market. Germany is set back at the third position, but as Saboteur 2 is finally launched this year in Germany, we can expect a positive influence in 2014. The USA is fourth and very surprisingly the Baltic States is on the 5th position with a market of only 6 Million people.

Vite! Cachons-nous! or Hide the Kids!

Le jeu Vite! Cachons-nous! est sorti chez Libellud. Il s'agit d'un remake parfait de Cache Moutons. Ce jeu était paru en 2009, mais n'était plus disponible depuis quelques années.

Comme le jeu a reçu quelques prix prestigieux, dont l'As d'or pour le meilleur jeu d'enfant à Cannes, je pense que le jeu méritait bien un nouvel lancement.

Les enfants et les adultes se marrent comme des fous à jouer cache-cache autour de la table.

There is also a US version of this game. Curiously, now the game is not only for kids, but for the whole family! If you start doubting, I can confirm that it's absolutely the same game.

The Longest Trench demo on Crisis Antwerp

If you are planning to attend the TSA Crisis Game fair in Antwerp on Saturday November 2nd, I would be happy to welcome you.

You will be able to play a demo game of the new game "The Longest Trench", an exciting 2-player game on WW1. This game has been imagined by the smart designer Arno Maesen and further developped by myself.

The publisher is UGG which has launched a P500 programm for it. The goal is a release in 2014 in order to commemorate the 100 years of the start of the Great war.

Special limited offer: The first 3 players who write a full review or play session and post it on Board Game Geek get a free sample. More info at the fair.

Epic variant

If you like some variation for Saboteur, David Cheng has given me the following idea which gives an extra twist to your favourite game. It's playable for Saboteur as for Saboteur 2 as well.

• When you reach the princess, you get immediately 2 gold points.
• When you reach the dragon, the round is immediately halted and won by the saboteurs.

These 2 cards come in addition to the 3 Gold destination cards.

For the moment, it's still in a play-testing phase. If you want to try it, you can download the files & rules, print them out and give your comments on Board Game Geek.

Ukranian Saboteur version

The game Saboteur is expanded by a Ukranian version. This version includes also Russian rules and consists of the basic game and the expansion, solded separately.

As a coïncidence, the Facebook application for Saboteur has been developed by a Ukranian team.

Saboteur on Facebook and Android

A Ukranian team has developped an application to play you favourite game Saboteur on facebook and on Android devices (tablet or smartphone) :

http://apps.facebook.com/saboteur_online/

 

Link to Android app 

 

You can invite your friends via facebook to play the game.

When you create a new game, you have 2 options: the standard game or the greedy gnome game. The last one is a variant in which one gnome is playing alone against all others. He wants to place the last card to establish the link to the gold.

Finally, you are free to chose how many rounds are played.

Asking your suggestions for Saboteur

The publisher of Saboteur has asked me to imagine a concept for a Promo card.

If you want to have a peak what I have in mind, if you want to playtest it or if you want to give me any suggestion, please follow the link below, which leads you towards a forum thread on Board Game Geek.

Promo Card suggestion

Besides, the publisher is planning to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the game in 2014.

If you want to vote for one or another suggestion or if you haveyour own suggestion, follow the link below, which leads you towards another forum thread on Board Game Geek.

10th Anniversary