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 "to highlight the best games offered at the Festival and help festival-goers and the public in their gaming choices". 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: public/family games, experts, and children. In 2012, the As d'Or Prix du Jury was added. The 2020 edition took place Thursday, February 20 and the nominees were presented at the end of January.
In 2022, a new category "Initié" (connoisseur) was created.
Super As d'Or
Year Game Designer(s) Publisher 1988 Supergang Gérard Mathieu & Gérard Delfanti Ludodélire 1989 Abalone Michel Lalet & Laurent Lévi Abalone 1990 Toutankhamon Stefanie Rohner & Christian Wolf Jumbo 1992 Quarto (board game) Blaise MullerSite de référence : https://www.laportedesjeux.fr/las-dor-jeux-primes/, 12 septembre 2024. Gigamic 1993 S.O.S. Plombier Link Group International Habourdin International 1994 Pusher Werner Falkhof Peri Spiele / Theta 1995 Condottière Dominique Ehrhard Eurogames 1996 Magic : l'Assemblée Richard Garfield Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro 1997 Gang of Four Lee F. Yih Dargaud / Asmodée / Days of Wonder 1998 Zatre Manfred Schüling Peri Spiele / Amigo / Gigamic 1999 La Route des Epices Victor Lucas Sentosphère 2000 Kahuna KOSMOS / Tilsit 2001 Blokus Bernard Tavitian Sekkoïa / Winning Moves 2002 Bakari (game) Virginia Charves Tactic
As d'Or
Year Game Designer(s) Publisher 2003 Alhambra Dirk Henn Queen Games 2004-2005 Les Aventuriers du Rail Alan R. Moon Days of Wonder
L'As d'Or Jeu de l'Année L'As d'Or Jeu de l'Année combined in 2005 the L'As d'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 2019 The Mind Wolfgang Warsch Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag 2020 Oriflamme Adrien Hesling & Axel Hesling Studio H 2021 MicroMacro: Crime City Johannes Sich Blackrock Games 2022 7 Wonders: Architects Antoine Bauza Repos Production 2023 Akropolis Jules MessaudGigamic 2024 Trio Kaya Miyano Cocktail Games2025OdinYohan Goh, Hope S. Hwang and Gary KimHelvetiq2026Toy BattlePaolo Mori & Alessandro ZucchiniRepos Production
As d'Or Grand Prix (Expert)
Year Game Designer(s) Publisher 2012 Olympos Philippe Keyaerts Ystari Games 2013 Myrmes Yoann Levet Ystari Games 2014 Bruxelles 1893 Étienne Espreman Pearl Games 2015 Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala Bruno Cathala Days of Wonder 2016 Pandémie Legacy Matt Leacock & Rob Daviau Z-Man Games / Filosofia 2017 Scythe Jamey Stegmaier Stonemaier Games 2018 Terraforming Mars Jacob Fryxelius FryxGames 2019 Detective Ignacy Trzewiczek Iello 2020 Res Arcana Thomas Lehmann Sand Castle Games 2021 The Crew Thomas Sing KOSMOS 2022 Dune: Imperium Paul Dennen Dire Wolf 2023 Ark Nova Mathias Wigge Capstone Games 2024 La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War Maximilian Maria Thiel Capstone Games2025Kutna HoraOndřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava and Pavel JaroschCzech Games Edition & iello2026CivolutionStefan FeldGrail Games
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 2019 Mr. Wolf Marie Fort & Wilfried Fort Blue Orange 2020 Attrape Rêves Laurent Escoffier & David Franck Space Cow 2021 Dragomino Bruno Cathala, Marie Fort, Wilfried Fort Blue Orange2022Bubble StoriesMatthew DunstanBlue Orange2023Flashback: Zombie KidzMarc-Antoine Doyon, Baptiste DerrezScorpion Masqué2024Mon Puzzle Aventure - DragonAntonin Boccarra, Romaric GalonnierGame Flow2025Operation NoisetteJerome Soleil and Emilie SoleilAuzou2026L'île des MookiesFlorian SirieixScorpion Masqué
As d'Or Jeu de l’année Initié (connoisseur) New category created in 2022. Year Game Designer(s) Publisher 2022 Living Forest Aske Christiansen Ludonaute2023Challengers!Markus Slawitscheck, Johannes KrennerZ-Man Games2024FarawayJohannes Goupy, Corentin LebratCatch Up Games2025BehindCédric MilletKYF Éditions2026ZenithGrégory Grard, Mathieu RousselPlayPunk
As d'Or Prix du Jury
Year Game Designer(s) Publisher 2008 Princes of Florence Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich, Jens Christopher Ulrich Ravensburger 2009 Agricola Uwe Rosenberg Lookout Games / Ystari Games 2010 Small World Philippe Keyaerts Days of Wonder 2011 7 Wonders Antoine Bauza Repos Production 2012 Sherlock Holmes détective conseil Gary Grady, Suzanne Goldberg & Raymond Edwards Ystari Games 2013 X-Wing Miniatures Game Jay Little FFG / Edge 2014 Les Bâtisseurs - Moyen-Âge Frédéric Henry Bombyx 2015 Loony Quest Laurent Escoffier & David Franck Libellud
See also Gen Con Hellana Games - Festival of Games and History Lucca Comics & Games Origins Game Fair Spiel UK GamesExpo
References
External links
- pdf of awards available from the As d'Or Award page