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ARTICLE: Cry Havoc Design Journal 02

Today we share with you the second in a series of design journals from Cry Havoc designer Grant Rodiek. Enjoy! In the last post, I detailed the origins of Cry Havoc and its first year of development. Where we left off, the game was playing decently and some major changes had

ARTICLE: Cry Havoc Design Journal 01

Today we share with you the first in a series of design journals from Cry Havoc designer Grant Rodiek. Enjoy! In the spring of 2012 I was looking for a new game to design. It’s wild thinking back 4 years, mostly because in that time I’ve played so many more

ARTICLE: Podcast Reviews

This week, two podcasts have been spending some time talking about our games: Rolling Dice and Taking Names – In this episode, Marty and Tony take you through a look at both 51st State and Crazy Karts. These guys love fun and Crazy Karts is all about the fun! Check

ARTICLE: Crazy Karts Design Journal

Crazy Karts showed up in our mailbox in the spring of 2015. We receive dozens of prototypes in the mail and try to play them all. It’s rare that one sparks our interest. After the first play, the whole team took a minute to breathe, then looked around the table

ARTICLE: 51st State – Artist Spotlight

The new edition of 51st State included more than just some updated rules and mechanics. We also updated some of the artwork with some amazing new artists! Today, we want to share one of those artists with you and highlight a few amazing pieces from the current set. Meet the

ANNOUNCEMENT: Tides of Madness

 Portal Games announces Tides of Madness An all new experience built on the game play of the award winning Tides of Time. Gliwice, Poland – May 23, 2016. Today, Portal Games announced Tides of Madness, a 2-player drafting card game based on the award winning Tides of Time. Tides of

ARTICLE: About the Master Set

We are only a few weeks away from the retail release of the 51st State Master Set. The game hits retail on the 25th of May! Be sure to ask your local game store to order yours! Pre-orders began arriving last week and there has been some confusion about what

ARTICLE: Why Crazy Karts?

Crazy Karts is a racing game like no other. Set in a fantasy universe inhabited by Goblins, Dwarves, Elves, Mummies, and many other creatures, it puts players in the role of kart drivers who race for the title of Champion. Why CRAZY Karts? Two drivers Each kart is steered by two

ARTICLE: Crazy Karts – Our First Play

Once in a while we receive a prototype that blows our mind. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. We found Legacy: testament of duke de Crecy in 2012. Tides of Time happend in 2014. Crazy Karts came to us in 2015… *** I remember exactly the first afternoon we played the

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.