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Helvetiq is two games about Switzerland. One game is a trivia game (212 312 questions) where you work your way up a line of cows to reach the queen cow. The other is some kind of political game. Game mechanics (I’m guessing the political game) is from Bruno Cathala (Mr Jack, Shadows Over Camelot, Queen’s Necklace), Malcolm Braff (Jamaica) and Sebastien Pauchon (Yspahan, Metropolys).
It was released in France, not Switzerland, and in French, not Swiss, since it was created by French citizen Hadi Barkat, originally from Algeria. But have no fears; they plan to release versions in (not Swiss, but) English, German, Italian, and Romansh. Update: Eek. A few mistakes. It was released in FRENCH, not FRANCE. There is no Swiss language; the Swiss speak some French, German, Italian, and Romansh. So I guess that makes some sense after all. Hadi Barkat IS originally Algerian, but now dual Algerian and Swiss (not French, just French-speaking). As to the 212 cards, instead of 312, I can at least blame source for that.
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Hi there!
Thanks for blogging about Helvetiq.
The game was released in Switzerland, not in France.
I’m Algerian and Swiss from the french speaking part of the country – not French :-).
The game, or the games shall I say, will be released in English, German and Italian this summer.
There are 312 trivia questions. The political game is a fun and strategic politcal race towards the highest levels of power.
The graphic design was made by Urka. She has as much merit as everybody else :-)
More info, videos, games rules, and photos at http://www.helvetiq.ch
Ummm, don’t they speak French in a good proportion of Switzerland? I think the rest is mostly German with a little Italian. I wasn’t aware that there was a language called Swiss.
Hmm, you’re right. Shows you what I know about Switzerland (last time I was there I was 6 years old).
Thanks for blogging about Helvetiq.
Helvetiq was released in Switzerland, not in France.
There are 312 trivia questions.
I’m not French, but Algerian and Swiss – french-speaking part.
The game will be available in English, German and Italian this summer.
no big deal :-)
thanks for the updates