The As d'Or (Golden Ace) is a games award given out by a jury at the Festival International des Jeux in Cannes, France.
The awards were established in 1988. From 1989 to 2003, a jury of journalists allotted "Golden Aces" by category to games presented by their editors. A special prize, the Super As d'Or, was allotted to the best game from any category.
In 2003, the process was modified to give more autonomy to the jury. A single As d'Or was awarded, and 10 nominees were announced.
In 2005, the award merged with the Jeu de l'Année. It was decided that the combined award should be named after the year of awarding rather than year of publication, so the first combined award was the 2005 As d'Or Jeu de l'Année with awards in three categories: general public/family games, experts, and children. In 2012, the As d'Or Prix du Jury was added.
L'As d'Or Jeu de l'Année
L'As d'Or Jeu de l'Année combined in 2005 the L'As de'Or and the Jeu de l'Année into a single set of awards, presented in four categories.
As d'Or Jeu de l'Année (Grand Public)
Year |
Game |
Designer(s) |
Publisher |
2006 |
Time's Up! |
Peter Sarrett |
Repos Production |
2007 |
Du Balai ! |
Bruno Cathala & Serge Laget |
Asmodée |
2008 |
Marrakech |
Dominique Ehrhard |
Gigamic |
2009 |
Dixit |
Jean-Louis Roubira |
Libellud |
2010 |
Identik (renamed Duplik) |
William P. Jacobson & Amanda A. Kohout |
Asmodée |
2011 |
Skull and Roses |
Hervé Marly |
Lui-même |
2012 |
Takenoko |
Antoine Bauza |
Matagot / Bombyx |
2013 |
Andor |
Michael Menzel |
Kosmos / Iello |
2014 |
Concept |
Alain Rivollet / Gaëtan Beaujannot |
Repos Production |
2015 |
Colt Express |
Christophe Raimbault |
Ludonaute |
2016 |
Mysterium |
Oleg Sidorenko & Oleksandr Nevskiy |
Libellud |
2017 |
Unlock! |
Cyril Demaegd, Thomas Cauët, & Alice Carroll |
Space Cowboys |
2018 |
Azul |
Michael Kiesling |
Plan B Games |
As d'Or Grand Prix (Expert)
As d'Or Jeu de l'Année Enfant (Children's Games)
Year |
Game |
Designer(s) |
Publisher |
2006 |
Splash attack |
Thierry Chapeau |
Gigamic |
2007 |
La Nuit des magiciens |
Jens-Peter Schliemann & Kirsten Becker |
Drei Magier Spiele |
2008 |
Les Chevaliers de la Tour |
Christian Tiggemann |
Haba |
2009 |
Château Roquefort |
Jens-Peter Schliemann & Bernhard Weber |
Zoch |
2010 |
Cache Moutons (reissued by Libellund in 2013 as Vite ! Cachons-nous !) |
Frédéric Moyersoen |
Zoch / Gigamic / Libellud |
2011 |
SOS Octopus |
Oliver Igelhaut |
Filosofia |
2012 |
Rik le Géant |
Marco Teubner |
Haba |
2013 |
Tino Topini |
Karin Hetling |
Ravensburger |
2014 |
Riff Raff |
Christoph Cantzler |
Zoch / Gigamic |
2015 |
La Chasse aux Gigamons |
Karim Aouidad & Johann Roussel |
Elemon Games |
2016 |
Maître Renard |
Frédéric Vuagnat |
Superlude |
2017 |
Kikou le Coucou |
Josep Maria Allué & Viktor Bautista i Roca |
Haba |
2018 |
Nom d'un renard ! |
Marisa Peña, Shanon Lyon, & Colt Tipton-Johnson |
Game Factory |