Sorry We Are French is a French board game publisher, part of Hachette Boardgames.
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We love games !
We design and publish board games for all public and in various universes: science-fiction, medieval-fantasy, history… From strategic board building to narrative games, enter our world!
Our team is made up of passionate collaborators with over 20 years’ experience in the world of board games.
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Our philosophy
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For us, every stage in the development of a game is important. We’re committed to offering carefully designed, high-quality games.
The process of developing each game is unique, and involves many stages, from the birth of the visual identity to historical and scientific research.
- For Ganymede, we spoke to specialists in the space industry.
- For Paris 1889, hundreds of historical pictures were collected to provide a detailed historical context.
- For Iki, regular exchanges with Koota Yamada, the game’s designer, enabled us to get as close as we could to the authenticity of feudal Japan.
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Beyond the gaming aspect, we pay particular attention to the quality of the player’s experience.
- In Gosu X, we decided to go for a rich set of materials, including cards, tiles and printed wooden tokens.
- In In the Footsteps of Darwin, we sought to tell a story through the component: chapters from The Origin of Species, Appendix, player’s board with an « ancient book » look, and so on.
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Our team
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- Manu is the Head of the studio, managing all aspects from game development to production and marketing.
- Matthieu is our Game Designer, developing the different projects and working closely with authors.
- David is our Artist, managing the artistic direction of our games as well as creating beautiful illustrations.
- Ulric is our Graphic Designer, specialized in DTP. Bless his punchboards !
- Pauline is our Communication and Marketing manager, behind our Social Medias, events and press relations.