It was founded in 2005 by Jalal Amraouza and Timothée Leroy and initially called Jactalea. The name changed in 2013 for Blue Orange following the meeting of its owner and Blue Orange Games' founder Thierry Denoual.
Blue Orange is a board game publisher whose games are accessible to the public, and includes games for children, teenagers, families, and adults. Blue Orange releases around 10 of new board games every year. These board games are usually made out of wood, tin, resin, and recycled/recyclable materials.
Blue Orange Group
The group Blue Orange is constituted by three entities:
Blue Orange Edition (France) is the engineering consulting firm of the group. They are in connection with the authors of game around the world and test more than 1,000 games a year.
Blue Orange (France) which approve, validate and distribute the Blue Orange's games in the rest of the world: Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia.
Blue Orange's games are distributed on 5 continents and in 59 different countries.
In 2025, Blue Orange released one of its biggest successes, Kingdomino, as a mobile video game. This version allows players to play the board game online or locally, with animations and an art direction redesigned for the medium. At the same time, the physical board game received a visual redesign. This marked the first foray by Blue Orange into the video game market.
