Toy Battle Wins 2026 As d'Or

The evening prior to the opening of the Festival International des Jeux, an annual game convention in Cannes, the jury for the As d'Or — France's game of the year award — holds a ceremony in the Palais des Festivals where the Cannes Film Festival takes place in order to announce the year's winners.

For 2026, the winner of the main prize — the Jeu de l'Année — is Toy Battle, a two-player game by Paolo Mori, Alessandro Zucchini, and Repos Production. The winners for the other three awards are:

• Children's category: Mooki Island, by Florian Sirieix and Scorpion Masqué
• Intermediate category: Zenith, by Grégory Grard, Mathieu Roussel, and PlayPunk
• Expert category: Civolution, by Stefan Feld and Deep Print Games

Congrats to all the winners! (If you're curious, I wrote about my love of Zenith in July 2025, but I've yet to play the other three games.)

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