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Carved Pawns Promo

I don’t exactly know how it happened. Did the manufacturer come with this idea and send us a sample or it was my employee Greg who asked them to prepare it for us. I don’t know. What’s important, one day I found a pawn for Robinson on my desk. Man,

Alien Base Promo

The idea for Alien Base promo came to me very naturally. It’s sf setting, and that immediately brings Death Star into the picture. The huge construction, a mysterious technological flagship that threatens good guys. In the Alien Artifacts, we are good guys. Alien Base is a set of 4 double-sided

I hate elves! – Ignacy Trzewiczek

I hate elves. I hate them wholeheartedly. I hated them in Warhammer, I hated them in Dungeons and Dragons, I hated them in Lord of the Rings. I hate you Legolas! In Monolith Arena they drive me crazy too. *** Speed This Hunter tile with a speed of 3 is

I play dwarves! – Ignacy Trzewiczek

There is a rule – if this is a fantasy game, I play dwarves. It might be Dungeons and Dragons, it might be Warhammer, it might be Descent or Lord of the Rings LCG, whatever. I play dwarves. Always. That’s why it was my first pick when I played Monolith

Detective tips for first time players!

Hello Detectives! While the game was released a month ago in the US, and many of you had a chance to play, the European release is yet to come (September 26 to be precise). This is a good time to talk about common tips and tricks in maximizing Detective experience.

Detective – What you need to know!

Thanks to our great fan and BGG forum user fba827, we can share with you questions and answers about our upcoming, and hopefully hit title Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game. Those are all questions and answers compiled from a perspective of a player – perfect, if you are looking

GDJ Detective – The Experience

by Ignacy Trzewiczek The rulebook for Detective is the first rulebook we published that besides rules of the game also covers advice on how to approach the game to enjoy it the most. Why would we do that? What differs Detective from any other game? Why care to tell you

New skills in Cry Havoc: Aftermath

Aftermath expansion comes with 15 new Structures and 20 new skills. We discussed Structures in the previous article, today let me talk about new skills – in Aftermath each Faction gains 1 new Default skill and 4 standard ones. Trogs Distraction is their new Default skill. It allows Trogs to

First Martians – Standalone Mission summary

In the base game of First Martians, you’ll find 6 stand alone missions. Each of them is very different, both in terms of story and difficulty level. We read on game forums that one of the most common questions is ‘What’s preferred order of missions to play?’ or ‘Which mission

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.