The best games from Sébastien Pauchon 🇨🇭👨 2024
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Who is Sébastien Pauchon anyway?
Sébastien Pauchon has been designing dice, card & board games since 2006. The game designer is from Switzerland🇨🇭, was born in 1971 and currently lives in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland 🇨🇭. He is also known as Sebastian Pauchon.
Pauchon's first game Calife et Marchands / Yspahan he developed in 2006 at the age of 35 - so he has been designing games for over 18 years of games. Famous Pauchon games include Jaipur, Jamaica, or Unlock!: Mystery Adventures.
From student to billiard pro to game designer
He gave up his studies (Chinese & Japanese) at that time to play billiards professionally (he also wrote a book about billiards) and billiards he finally gave up later to develop board games.
Pauchon won the Spielautoren-Stipendium Göttingen in 2005, in which the Spiel des Jahres award is also involved.
How good are "Sébastien Pauchon" games?
There are 4 games by Sébastien Pauchon in our Top1000 games list, making Pauchon the #61 best game author out of a total of 708 authors in our database.
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List of best games by Sébastien Pauchon 2024
In this list we have listed the best board games that Sébastien Pauchon either designed himself - or was involved in designing.
Unfortunately, not all of Sébastien Pauchon's games are currently available. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Sébastien Pauchon that you can buy 2024:
Jaipur
In the bustling city of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, you find yourself in a fierce competition as one of the two most powerful traders. However, being a prominent trader isn't enough; the ultimate goal is to earn two coveted "seals of excellence" to secure an invitation to the Maharaja's prestigious court. To outshine your direct competitor, you'll need to demonstrate superior trading skills by buying, exchanging, and selling goods at advantageous prices, all while carefully managing your valuable camel herds.
Nominated for 7 awards and won 4.
More details for Jaipur- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Botanik
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Botanik- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Jamaica
In the swashbuckling world of 1675 Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan, after a notorious career in piracy, becomes the Governor of Jamaica. In a surprising turn of events, he invites his former pirate comrades to join him in retirement, celebrating their plundered treasures in the annual Great Challenge – a thrilling race around the island. The cunning Captain with the most gold at the end of the race claims the title of Grand Winner. Jamaica is a pirate-themed tactical race game that combines strategic ship movement, treasure hunting, and player interaction.
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for Jamaica- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Unlock!: Mystery Adventures
Unlock! Mystery Adventures is a cooperative card game that brings the exhilarating challenge of escape room adventures right to your table. This game series stands out for its innovative integration of a digital companion app with physical card gameplay, offering a unique, immersive experience.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Unlock!: Mystery Adventures- 1 - 6 Players
- 45 - 75 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sobek: 2 Players
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Sobek: 2 Players- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Corinth
More details for CorinthCorinth transports players to the bustling market of ancient Corinth, where they compete as traders vying to claim the title of the savviest merchant under the Mediterranean sun. This roll-and-write game draws inspiration from Yspahan, focusing on dice-driven actions to collect and trade goods like Persian carpets and Egyptian spices.
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ankh'or
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Metropolys
Metropolys is an engaging strategy game where players take on the roles of ambitious urban planners competing to leave their mark on a developing cityscape. The game combines elements of bidding, spatial strategy, and secret objectives. Players vie to construct their buildings in prestigious locations to gain the most prestige and win the game.
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Metropolys- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Yspahan
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.
Nominated for 8 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2007
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2007
More details for Yspahan- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Animalia
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Way of the Bear
- 2 - 4 Players
- 25 - 35 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The River
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for The River
Unlock!: Mystery Adventures – The Tonipal's Treasure
More details for Unlock!: Mystery Adventures – The Tonipal's TreasureUnlock! Mystery Adventures – The Tonipal's Treasure embarks you on a thrilling treasure hunt on Tonipal Island, where you're pitted against both time and a rival treasure hunter. Starting off in a precarious position, imprisoned by the Governor, your first challenge is to escape jail before you can even begin to sniff out the treasure of Captain Smith. With the renowned treasure hunter Johnson also on the trail, the race is as much against him as it is against the clock.
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
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