Festival International des Jeux de Cannes The winners of the As d’Or-Game of the Year 2025 awards

February 28 to March 2, 2025

The Festival International des Jeux jury, made up of 9 journalists and gaming professionals, unveils the As d’Or-Game of the Year 2025 awards. Out of 500 new games released in the last 15 months on the French market, 4 of the 12 nominated games were crowned . The awards were presented at the As d’Or-Jeu de l’Année 2025 ceremony on Thursday February 27 at the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals, in the presence of the entire industry.

Published on 3 March 2025

GOLDEN ACE-GAME OF THE YEAR

ODIN

Send your best Vikings into battle!

A game by Gary Kim, Hope S. Hwang, Yohan Goh illustrated by Studio Crocotame, published by Helvetiq and distributed by Wilson Jeux.

Players: 2-6. Age: 7+ Duration: 15 min

Collect cards with the right characters from Norse mythology to make up your hand and surprise your opponents.

ACE D'OR-GAME OF THE YEAR FOR CHILDREN

OPERATION HAZELNUT

“Collect all the nuts, without waking the weasel!

A game by Jérôme and Emilie Soleil, illustrated by Marko Renko, published by Auzou and distributed by Interforum.

Players: 1-4. Age: 3+ Duration: 10 min

Oh no, winter’s coming and the weasel has stolen all the nuts from the squirrels before falling asleep at the foot of the tree! Quickly help the squirrels recover their entire stash, but beware: the weasel only sleeps with one eye open!

Can you get all the nuts back into the tree without waking her up?

ACE D'OR-GAME OF THE YEAR "INITIATED

BEHIND

Solve a puzzle without seeing it…

A game by Cédric Millet, illustrated by Maud Chamel, Pierô, Martin Vidberg, published by Kyf Editions and distributed by Asmodee.

Players: 1+. Age: 10+ Duration: 60 min

Behind is an atmospheric game combining enigma, deduction and tiles to be assembled like a puzzle. In this original board game, there are 3 boards to assemble: use your logic to assemble the tiles and reveal a story, an enigma in 3 very different worlds.

ACE D'OR-GAME OF THE YEAR "EXPERT

KUTNÁ HORA

Dive into the heart of Bohemia in the Middle Ages

A game by Ondřej Bystroň, Pavel Jarosch, Petr Caslava illustrated by Štěpán Drašťák, Milan Vavron, Roman Bednář, published by Czech Games Editions distributed by Iello.

Players: 2-4. Age: 13+ Duration: 30 min/player

Silver has been discovered in a hillside in central Bohemia. Miners flock to the site, transforming a sleepy Czech valley into a 14th-century major. Players take charge of wealthy families, each with influence in various guilds. They use their wealth to develop the mines and build the town of Kutná Hora. The economy evolves as the town grows, depending on the choices made by the players.

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