<html> <head> <title>Dragon Delta</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Fraga, Dragon Delta, Mekong"> <meta name="Content-Type" 1="Untitled Document"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div align="center">   <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="12">     <tr>        <td rowspan="5" width="152" bgcolor="E6E6E6" valign="top" align="center">          <div align="center">            <div align="center">             <div align="center">               <div align="center">                 <div align="center">                   <div align="center"><font size="+2">La Ludoth&egrave;que id&eacute;ale</font><font size="-1"><br>                     de Bruno Faidutti </font></div>                   <p align="center"><font color="#000066" size="-1">Bruno Faidutti's<br>                     <font size="+2">Ideal Game Library</font></font>                  </div>                 <font color="#000066">                  <hr align="center">                 </font>                  <div align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="../critic.html"><font color="#000000">Accueil<br>                   </font><font color="#000066">Main</font></a> </font></div>                 <p align="center"></p>                 <p align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="../criticlast.html"><font color="#000000">Derniers                    ajouts<br>                   </font><font color="#000066">Last games added</font></a></font></p>                 <p align="center"><a href="../critic1.html"><font color="#000000">1:                    A <img src="../../../Symboles/bulwr.gif" width=15 height=10 border=0 align=bottom>C</font></a></p>                 <p align="center"><a href="../critic2.html"><font color="#000000">2:                    D <img src="../../../Symboles/bulwr.gif" width=15 height=10 border=0 align=bottom>H</font></a></p>                 <p align="center"><a href="../critic3.html"><font color="#000000">3:                    I <img src="../../../Symboles/bulwr.gif" width=15 height=10 border=0 align=bottom>M</font></a></p>                 <p align="center"><a href="../critic4.html"><font color="#000000">4:                    N <img src="../../../Symboles/bulwr.gif" width=15 height=10 border=0 align=bottom>S</font></a></p>                 <p align="center"><a href="../critic5.html"><font color="#000000">5:                    T <img src="../../../Symboles/bulwr.gif" width=15 height=10 border=0 align=bottom>Z</font></a></p>                 <p align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="../listes/listes.html"><font color="#000000">Listes<br>                   <font color="#000066">Lists</font> </font></a></font></p>                 <p align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="../trad.html"><font color="#000000">Quelques                    traductions fran&ccedil;aises<br>                   </font><font color="#000066">Some french rules translations</font></a></font></p>                 <p align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="../annee/annee.html"><font color="#000000">Mon                    jeu de l'ann&eacute;e<br>                   </font><font color="#000066">My Game of the Year</font></a></font></p>                 <p align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="../criticedit.html"><font color="#000000">Note                    aux &eacute;diteurs<br>                   </font><font color="#000066">Publishers, please read</font></a></font></p>                 <p align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="../../games.html"><img src="../../../Symboles/home.gif" width=20 height=23 border=0 align=bottom></a></font></p>               </div>               </div>             </div>           </div>         </td>       <td colspan=2 valign="top">          <center>           <p><font color="#000000" size="+1">Roberto Fraga</font></p>           <p><font size="+4">Les Dragons du Mekong</font><font size="-1"><br>             </font><font size="+4" color="#000066">Dragon Delta</font> </p>           <p>&nbsp;</p>           <p><img src="dragondelta.jpg" width="450" height="274"></p>         </center>       </td>     </tr>     <tr>        <td colspan=2>          <div align="center">            <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="12">             <tr>                <td valign=top>                  <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Comme aux dames chinoises,                    le but est de faire traverser le plateau de jeu - repr&eacute;sentant                    ici le delta du m&eacute;kong - &agrave; son pion. Comme &agrave;                    Roborally, on y parvient avec un syst&egrave;me de programmation,                    chacun jouant &agrave; l'avance cinq cartes correspondant aux                    cinq actions qu'il va faire, ou tenter de faire. Les actions                    possibles sont assez vari&eacute;es, puisque l'on peut poser                    des pierres sur les &icirc;les qui pars&egrave;ment le delta,                    poser des passerelles d'une pierre &agrave; une autre, avancer                    son pion, sauter par dessus un pion adverse, retirer pierre                    ou passerelle et annuler une action adverse. Bien s&ucirc;r,                    les actions de tous les joueurs interf&egrave;rent et il n'est                    pas rare de se retrouver dans l'impossibilit&eacute; d'effectuer                    le mouvement programm&eacute;, parce que le pion que l'on pensait                    pouvoir sauter n'est pas l&agrave;, ou parce qu'une passerelle                    vient d'&ecirc;tre &ocirc;t&eacute;e devant vous. Dans ces cas                    l&agrave;, le pion tomba &agrave; l'eau et toute la travers&eacute;e                    est &agrave; recommencer.</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">La r&eacute;f&eacute;rence                    &agrave; Roborally peut faire croire &agrave; un jeu long et                    complexe et strat&eacute;gique. La ressemblance avec les dames                    chinoises peut sugg&eacute;rer un jeu de strat&eacute;gie pure.                    Ce jeu n'est rien de tout cela. La programmation permet quelques                    embrouilles amusantes, mais n'entra&icirc;ne pas de trop savants                    calculs, et les mouvements sont en g&eacute;n&eacute;ral &eacute;vidents.                    Ce jeu rapide et plein de charme, qui se joue aussi bien &agrave;                    deux qu'&agrave; six, n'est pas destin&eacute; aux strat&egrave;ges                    mais aux familles. Si vous chercher quelque chose d'intelligent,                    d'amusant et de pas trop complexe pour jouer en famille, les                    Dragons du M&eacute;kong est ce qu'il vous faut.</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">La comparaison avec Gasterospeed,                    le jeu de course d'escargots publi&eacute; &agrave; peu pr&egrave;s                    &agrave; la m&ecirc;me date par Tilsit et qui utilise le m&ecirc;me                    syst&egrave;me de programmation, est tentante. Elle est vite                    faite: Dragon Delta est infiniment moins lourd, plus &eacute;l&eacute;gant,                    et tourne mieux.</font></p>               </td>               <td valign=top>                  <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">Like in chinese checkers, the                    goal of the game is to have your pawn go through the board -                    here to cross the dragon delta to the opposite village. Like                    in Roborally, this is made with programming your moves with                    cards: in Dragon Delta, you play five hidden cards for the five                    next actions you want to do. Cards are then revealed one by                    one, and the actions carried on the board. There are many possible                    actions, since you can place a stone on an island, place a wooden                    footbridge between two stones, move your pawn from one footbridge                    to another, jump over an opponent's pawn and, since hindering                    opponents is always fun, remove a stone or foorbridge or even                    use a " dragon " card to prevent an opponent from doing his                    programmed action. Since all players action interefer one with                    another, it often happens that you cannot make your programmed                    move, because the pawn you wanted to jump over is not there,                    or because the footbridge you wanted to cross over has just                    been removed. In such cases, you simply fall into the warm water                    and start again from your home village.</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">There is something of Roborally                    in the programming system, but this is by no way a long, complex                    and strategic game. There is something of chinese checkers in                    the movement system, but this is by no way an abstract strategy                    game. Dragon Delta is a simple, fast paced family game, with                    just a bit of tactic, just a bit of bluff, just a bit of cunning                    backstabbing and interaction, and some luck. It's a charming,                    nicely produced game, that can really be played by two to six                    players. Hardcore strategists will probably despise it, but                    if you're looking for something fast, clever, fun and not too                    complex to play with your family, Dragon Delta is just what                    you need.</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">Simultaneously, the other french                    specialised pulisher, Tilist, is publishing a snail race game,                    Gasterospeed, that uses the same programmation system. Dragon                    Delta is clearly more elegant, more fun, and works much better.</font></p>                 <p>&nbsp;</p>                 <p></p>               </td>             </tr>             <tr>                <td valign=top bgcolor="E6E6E6">                  <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Format: Grosse boite</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Type: jeu de parcours</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Auteur: Roberto Fraga</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">&Eacute;diteur : Jeux Descartes,                    2000</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Nombre de joueurs: 2 &agrave;                    6</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Dur&eacute;e d'une partie:                    30 minutes</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Vous l'aimerez si vous aimez                    </font><font size="-1"><a href="../hare/hare.html"><font color="#000000">Le                    Li&egrave;vre et la Tortue</font></a><font color="#000000">,                    </font><a href="../avecesar/avecesar.html"><font color="#000000">Ave                    Cesar</font></a><font color="#000000">, Les Dames chinoises,                    Roborally</font></font></p>                 <p>                  <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>                   <tr>                      <td width=140>                        <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Qualit&eacute; du jeu</font></p>                     </td>                     <td>                        <p><font color="#000000" size="-1"><img src="../4star.gif" width=98 height=18 align=bottom></font></p>                     </td>                   </tr>                   <tr>                      <td width=140>                        <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Graphisme et mat&eacute;riel</font></p>                     </td>                     <td>                        <p><font color="#000000" size="-1"><img src="../5brown.gif" width=98 height=18 align=bottom></font></p>                     </td>                   </tr>                   <tr>                      <td width=140>                        <p><font color="#000000" size="-1">Complexit&eacute;</font></p>                     </td>                     <td>                        <p><font color="#000000" size="-1"><img src="../1red.gif" width=98 height=18 align=bottom></font></p>                     </td>                   </tr>                 </table>                 <font size="-1"><br>                 </font></td>               <td valign=top bgcolor="E6E6E6">                  <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">Format: Big box</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">Genre: Race game</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">Author: Roberto Fraga</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">Publisher: Jeux Descartes,                    2000</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1"># of players : 2 to 6</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">Playing time: 30 minutes</font></p>                 <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">You'll like it if you like                    </font><font size="-1"><a href="../hare/hare.html"><font color="#000066">Hare                    and Tortoise</font></a><font color="#000066">, </font><a href="../avecesar/avecesar.html"><font color="#000066">Ave                    Caesar</font></a><font color="#000066">, Chinese checkers, Roborally</font></font></p>                 <p>                  <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>                   <tr>                      <td width=140>                        <p><font color="#000066" size="-1">The game itself</font></p>                     </td>                     <td>                        <p><font color="#000066" size="-1"><img 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