BLOG: One fan at the time

Ignacy has some thoughts on flying. And games, that too. It’s Sunday morning. I am at Pax Unplugged, it’s the last day of the con, I will be leaving convention center and heading to the airport in two or three hours. At some point, a guy comes, shakes my hand

Alien Artifacts set up rules discussed

Operational cards in the set up! Today we’d like to talk about Alien Artifacts and answer one of the most common question we read on the forums – let’s talk about operational cards and the set up phase. As you guys know, operational cards, when built, immediately act – ships

Alien Artifacts release is closer and closer!

As humanity surges ever forward, exploring the depths of the galaxy, we have uncovered the remains of an ancient race. Their technology is unfathomably advanced. The many factions of the inner galaxy have entered a new arms race. Diving ever deeper into space, we search for the invaluable remains of

The Best Solo Board Games by IGN

We are happy and proud to share with you, that couple of days ago, IGN published their list of ten best solo board games. Portal Games is on that list, with not one, but two titles – Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island & Imperial Settlers. We would recommend

Portal Games 2018 announcements

The Essen Spiel is always important for us. We usually release there and then new titles and announce games for next year. This time was no different. It is time to recap all of our official 2018 announcements! First of all, one of the most anticipated games of this year

Portal Games Essen Spiel 2017 Releases

The Essen Spiel 2017 is behind us, so let us talk about our new releases. First of all, one of the most anticipated games of this year Spiel – Alien Artifacts. And of course our biggest game this year – First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet. What’s more, we

BLOG: The problem with tutorials.

Ignacy would like to talk a little bit about tutorials. We – as an industry – struggle. To grow, we must expand. To expand we must find new customers, new gamers who will join our hobby. Finding them is the easier part, actually. The hardest? Help them play the game.

Welcome to PORTAL GAMES

We are bookworms. Movie maniacs. Story addicts. We grew up reading Tolkien, Howard, Herbert, Dick, Lem… We were watching Willow, Blade Runner, Never Ending Story, Robin Hood…

And yet, we don’t write books… we don’t make movies. We don’t make those things, because we make games. We make games that tell stories.