Is It a Board Game or Video Game? Breaking Down Every Trending Title Behind 'Sorry'
By David Miller
When hobby board gamers and tabletop critics type the query into community databases like BoardGameGeek, they are usually not looking for childhood roll-and-move variants. They are searching for Sorry We Are French, an independent board game publisher founded in Paris in 2018.
The studio chose the tongue-in-cheek English name as an apology for French tabletop design idiosyncrasies: complex rule sets, unapologetic crunch, and highly stylized production aesthetics. As covered in niche outlets like Nerds on Earth during evaluations of Gosu X, the publisher has built serious prestige among advanced players.
The studio does not produce kids' games. Its catalog centers on deep strategy:
- Gosu X: A competitive eight-clan combo-building card duel set in a dark fantasy universe, reimagined from earlier French card games.
- Iki: An Edo-period economic board game centered on artisan trades, widely praised for its interlocking rondel mechanisms.
- Zhanguo: First Empire: A heavy historical eurogame tackling the administrative consolidation of ancient China.
A gamer looking up reviews for high-end strategy releases will encounter this French imprint almost immediately, producing confusion for casual observers who only know the Parker Brothers yellow box.
David Miller brings 15 years of experience in global economics, personal finance strategy, and market dynamics. He specializes in turning complex economic trends into actionable insights for everyday readers.
