Gold in Cannes: The winners are announced!
The decision of the French games award AS D'OR JEU DE L'ANNÈE was made on February 24, 2011:
The winner is Skull & Roses by Hervé Marly, published by Lui-Même.
The Award for the best children's game went to Kraken-Alarm by Oliver Igelhaut, published by Kosmos and by Filosofia under the French title S.O.S. Octopus.
The Special Award went to 7 Wonders by Antoine Bauza, published by Repos Production.
Nominated have been also:
- Djam by William Attia, published by Asmodee
- Fresko by Marco Ruskowski and Marcel Süßelbeck, published by Queen
- Kyklades by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc, published by Matagot
- Qwirkle by Susan McKinley Ross, published by Schmidt
- Razzo Raketo by Steffen Bogen, published by Selecta
- Troyes by Sébastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges and Alain Orban, published by Pearl Games
- Water Lily by Dominique Ehrhard, published by GameWorks
We congratulate all game designers for the awards and nominations, particularly our members Steffen Bogen, Oliver Igelhaut, Marco Ruskowski and Marcel Süßelbeck.