Tilsit Editions
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Tilsit Éditions is a French game publisher started in 1997 by Didier Jacobée. It makes board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

s, strategy games, games for kids, and other such games.

Tilsit also distributed a number of French versions of Kosmos games, but the collaboration ended in 2006. Since 2003, Tilsit has published three main lines: Tilsit Collection for large-box games, Tilsit Poche for small-box multiplayer games and Tilsit Famille for intermediate games.

Some games published in French by Tilsit

  • Stratego
    Stratego
    Stratego is a board game featuring a 10×10 square board and two players with 40 pieces each. Pieces represent individual officers and soldiers in an army. The objective of the game is to either find and capture the opponent's Flag or to capture so many of the opponent's pieces that he/she cannot...

    , 1947, Jacques Johan Mogendorff
  • Les Colons de Catane
    The Settlers of Catan
    The Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber and first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag as Die Siedler von Catan. Players assume the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop their settlement while trading and acquiring resources...

    , 1995, Klaus Teuber
    Klaus Teuber
    Klaus Teuber is a German designer of board games. He won the Spiel des Jahres award four times, for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet. He retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. , he lives in ...

    , Spiel des Jahres
    Spiel des Jahres
    The Spiel des Jahres is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality...

     1995, Deutscher Spiele Preis
    Deutscher Spiele Preis
    The Deutscher Spiele Preis is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine "Die Pöppel-Revue", which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals and game clubs. The results are announced every October at the Spiel game fair in Essen,...

     1995
  • Kahuna
    Kahuna
    Kahuna is a Hawaiian word, defined in the as a "Priest, sorcerer, magician, wizard, minister, expert in any profession." Forty different types of kahuna are listed in the book, Tales from the Night Rainbow...

    , 1998, , Super As d'Or
    As d'Or
    The As d'Or is a games award given out by a jury at the Games Festival in Cannes, France.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 2004, the...

    2000
  • Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico (game)
    Puerto Rico is a German board game designed by Andreas Seyfarth, and published in 2002 by Alea in German, by Rio Grande Games in English and by Κάισσα in Greek....

    , 2002, Andreas Seyfarth
    Andreas Seyfarth
    Andreas Seyfarth is a German-style board game designer, who is most famous for creating Puerto Rico, which is rated #2 on BoardGameGeek. In 2002, the game was awarded first place for the prestigious Deutscher Spiele Preis...

    , Deutscher Spiele Preis
    Deutscher Spiele Preis
    The Deutscher Spiele Preis is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine "Die Pöppel-Revue", which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals and game clubs. The results are announced every October at the Spiel game fair in Essen,...

     2002
  • Les Évadés de Cartagena, 2005, Leo Colovini
    Leo Colovini
    Leo Colovini is a designer of German-style board games born in Venice 1964. His most popular game is Cartagena. He is one of the few top board game designers who has owned a game store....

     (in 2000 with Winning Moves
    Winning Moves
    Winning Moves Games is a maker of classic card games and board games, puzzles, action games and adult party games.-History:Winning Moves Games was founded in 1995 by four game industry professionals: Tom Kremer , Philip Orbanes , Mike...

    )

Tilsit Collection

  1. Maka Bana, 2003, , Prix du Public du Jeu de Saint-Herblain 2004, Trophée Flip 2004
  2. Kanaloa, 2003,
  3. Skåål, 2004, Thierry Lebourg alias Dr. Mops
  4. Himalaya, 2004, Régis Bonnessée
  5. Key Largo
    Key Largo (board game)
    Key Largo is a German-style board game designed by Paul Randles with Mike Selinker and Bruno Faidutti. It was published in 2005 by Tilsit Editions and in 2008 by Paizo Publishing. The game takes place in 1899 in the Key Largo area of Florida, where treasure-hunting companies seek gold and artifacts...

    , 2005, Paul Randles
    Paul Randles
    Paul Joseph Randles was an American game designer who designed German-style board games. His games Pirate's Cove and Key Largo were published first in Europe and then in the United States...

    , Mike Selinker
    Mike Selinker
    Mike Selinker is a game designer whose design credits include Pirates of the Spanish Main and Fightball with James Ernest, Axis & Allies Revised Edition with Larry Harris, the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game, and Risk Godstorm. He was a creative director for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons...

     and Bruno Faidutti
    Bruno Faidutti
    Bruno Faidutti is an historian and sociologist, living in France, who is best known as an author of board games. His best known games include Knightmare Chess , Mystery of the Abbey and Citadels . He is also involved in the boardgaming community with his "Ideal Games Library" website and...


Tilsit Poche

  1. Wanted!
    Bang!
    Bang! is a wild west-themed card game similar to a spaghetti western designed by Emiliano Sciarra and released by Italian publisher daVinci Editrice in 2002...

    , 2003, Emiliano Sciarra
    Emiliano Sciarra
    Emiliano Sciarra is a game designer of board games, card games and videogames.He is the author of Bang!, a Wild West themed card game published by daVinci Editrice.- Biography:...

  2. Korsar, 2005, Reiner Knizia
    Reiner Knizia
    Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany, he developed his first game at the age of eight. He has a PhD in mathematics, and has been a full-time game designer since 1997, when he quit his job from the board of a large international bank...

  3. Fantasy Pub, 2005, Emanuele Ornella
  4. Caramba!
    Caramba!
    ¡Caramba! is an album recorded by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and released on the Blue Note label. The album features performances by Morgan, Bennie Maupin, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman and Billy Higgins with arrangements by Cal Massey.-Reception:...

    , 2005, Michael Schacht
    Michael Schacht
    Michael Schacht is a German game designer, graphician and owner of the small publishing company Spiele aus Timbuktu.- Life and work :...

  5. Red Hot Silly Dragon, 2005, Guillaume Blossier et Frédéric Henry
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