Libellud and Asmodee have signed a partnership agreement. Libellud will thus be able to refocus on game creation by becoming a development studio of which Asmodee will be the exclusive distributor for all future projects.

The small publisher will of course retain full editorial control and will thus be able to concentrate entirely on what it does best: invent games based upon the imagination. Asmodee will look after all aspects of production and marketing of Libellud’s future creations on a global scale thanks to its international network. It is a partnership that will benefit all concerned, following the example that Asmodee already has with Swiss publisher GameWorks.

Libellud’s Régis  Bonnessé said: “I am overjoyed with this connection, in which I see the best opportunity for me to team up with professionals who have unique experience when it comes to board games. This will enable Libellud to build a global publishing and distribution strategy that nobody else in the marketplace could have offered. Our creations will also benefit from Asmodee’s specialist manufacturing knowledge. I will be able to concentrate on one thing and one thing only: creating games!”

Pierre Gaubil, MD of Asmodee, added: “To be able to give talented people like Jean-Louis Roubira the means to further express their creativity by supporting the production and marketing of their games is another way to help the creation of great games. Especially so when it comes to games where you use imagination, of which Régis Bonnessé with Dixit, is one of the standard bearers. Also, it gives these games a real chance to be appreciated on a global level. The category of games based upon the imagination was up until now a very small part of Asmodee, but will surely become a much more important line in years to come.”

The partnership agreement should begin with the launch of a game based around fairy tales. It should be a case of happily ever after.

About Libellud
Publisher of the game DIXIT, which won numerous prizes around Europe (As d’Or [golden ace, France], Juego del Ano [game of the year, Spain], a Joker and so on.) Libellud the company is Régis Bonnessé. And he is no newcomer, as he also created the excellent Himalaya.

About Asmodee
Asmodee was founded in 1995 and is a Paris-based publisher and distributor of games (board games, card games, abstract strategy games.) Asmodee has a network of subsidiaries around Europe and the USA, making it one of today’s global market leaders in games.