Private company

Jeux Descartes

Boardgame publisher

Jeux Descartes was a French publisher of roleplaying games and board games. Their most popular lines included: Eurogames, a set of serious board games, previously published by Duccio Vitale's independent company; Blue Games, small card games for larger groups; and Games for Two. Jeux Descartes was founded in 1977 and went out of business in 2005.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Jeux Descartes was a French publisher of roleplaying games and board games. Their most popular lines included: Eurogames, a set of serious board games, previously published by Duccio Vitale's independent company; Blue Games, small card games for larger groups; and Games for Two.2

Corporate structure

Jeux Descartes is part of a group headed by Asmodee. 10 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Asmodee Guyancourt, France
    • Jeux Descartes
    • Asterion Press Subsidiary
    • Days of Wonder Subsidiary · Paris
    • Fantasy Flight Games Subsidiary · Roseville
    • Filosofia Subsidiary · Montreal, Canada
    • Lookout Games Subsidiary · Berne
    • ASMODEE CANADA INC. (ASMODÉE CANADA INC.) Subsidiary · Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada
      • LION RAMPANT IMPORTS LTD. Subsidiary · Brantford, Ontario, Canada
    • ASMODEE FRANCE Subsidiary · Guyancourt, France

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Products and brands

  • board game
  • tabletop role-playing game

Listed on Wikidata.1

Role-playing games

Malefices (1985-1994): An investigative horror roleplaying game set in Belle Époque France.

L'Appel de Cthulhu (1984-2005): A French translation of the Second Edition Call of Cthulhu rules.

Wargames

Napoléon à Austerlitz (1977): A simulation of the Napoleonic Battle of Austerlitz

1870 (1978): A division-level wargame simulating the Franco-Prussian War.

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Amirauté (1979): A set of tactical or strategic ship-level World War II naval warfare miniatures rules. The rules simulated ship-to-ship combat, torpedoes, naval bombardment, and naval aviation.

Dune (1979): A wargame based on the Dune book series. Players play one of the factions: Bene Gesserit, Emperor Shaddam IV, Fremen, House Atreides, House Harkonnen or the Spacing Guild.

Friedland (1980)

La Bataille de Valmy (1981): A Napoleonic simulation of the Battle of Valmy

Bataille de la Marne 1914 (1982)

2ème D.B. 'I' Normandie (1983)

Ave Tenebrae

Les Aigles (1990): A set of Napoleonic Wars miniatures rules. The Boxed Set edition (1987) came with the wargame rule booklet and cardboard scenery pieces that could be assembled. The Rule Book edition (1990) was just the rules booklet by itself. The Supplement Number 1 (1990) came with army lists for Austria and Russia, 14 scenarios, and colored cardboard unit chits.

Serenissima: An economy and warfare simulation set in an Italian seaport during the Renaissance.

Guet-Apens

From Wikipedia’s article on Jeux Descartes, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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