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[1] "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.[2]
| 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 Muller | 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[3] | Victor Lucas | Sentosphère | |
| 2000 | Kahuna | KOSMOS / Tilsit | ||
| 2001 | Blokus | Bernard Tavitian | Sekkoïa / Winning Moves | |
| 2002 | Bakari (game) | Virginia Charves | Tactic |
| 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 combined in 2005 the L'As d'Or and the Jeu de l'Année into a single set of awards, presented in four categories.
| 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[4] | Wolfgang Warsch | Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag | |
| 2020 | Oriflamme | Adrien Hesling & Axel Hesling | Studio H | |
| 2021 | Johannes Sich | Blackrock Games | ||
| 2022 | Antoine Bauza | Repos Production | ||
| 2023 | Akropolis | Gigamic | ||
| 2024 | Trio | Kaya Miyano | Cocktail Games |
| 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[5] | Ignacy Trzewiczek | Iello | |
| 2020 | Res Arcana | Thomas Lehmann | Sand Castle Games | |
| 2021 | The Crew | Thomas Sing | KOSMOS | |
| 2022 | Paul Dennen | Dire Wolf | ||
| 2023 | Ark Nova | Mathias Wigge | Capstone Games | |
| 2024 | Maximilian Maria Thiel | Capstone 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 | |
| 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 Orange |
| 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 |