All "As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année"🇫🇷 2008 winners & nominees compared. 2026

Marrakech is a strategic board game where players take on the roles of competing rug salespeople in the vibrant and bustling market of Marrakech. The aim is to outsmart your competitors through careful placement of carpets and savvy financial decisions.

Players take on the role of knights working together to build three towers before King Duncan returns to his castle. Their only tool is a bizarre device made of satin cord, wooden balls, and something resembling an elastic ponytail holder. The towers to be built are dictated by goal cards, and players must complete the structures before time runs out to collect these cards and win.

Players need to guess words without using pens, speaking, or making gestures. Instead, they can only use glass beads and sticks to form as many words as possible within a time limit. Their teammates will guess the words to earn points for the team.

Mr. Jack is a captivating two-player board game that delves into the mystery and intrigue surrounding the infamous Jack the Ripper. This game involves a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase set in a historical context, requiring strategic thinking and deduction.

Yspahan is a strategic board game set in 1598, during the period when Yspahan became the capital of the Persian empire. Players take on the roles of merchants in this flourishing city, aiming to maximize their gains through shrewd trading and development. The game stands out for its unique combination of dice-driven actions and multiple paths to victory.

The Pillars of the Earth, inspired by Ken Follett's bestselling novel, is a strategy board game set in the early 13th century, centered around the construction of a grand cathedral in England. This game, part of the Kosmos line of literature-based games, challenges players to contribute to the cathedral's construction while vying for victory points.

Players dive in search of a sunken treasure. Each dive requires them to decide how much risk to take, whether to go deeper or retrieve a treasure closer to the surface. However, they must beware of sea monsters, as not all are friendly. The player who collects the most valuable treasures by the end of the game wins.

The Princes of Florence transports players to the Renaissance era, where they take on the roles of heads of influential families in Florence. The goal is to gain prestige by attracting the greatest artists and scholars to their palaces.