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' founderThierry Denoual.
Blue Orange is a board gamepublisher 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, andrecycled/recyclable materials.[3]
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.