I start explaining the rules of Basilica to Tony, and after 30 seconds, he already rolls his eyes. He heard those rules in dozen of various games. Put a tile on the table and put a worker on it to secure the area.

Michał Oracz went mad. Such an intelligent guy, a brilliant game designer, and he produced such a flop. An idiotic idea he came up with all those years ago irritates to this day.

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This week we are celebrating the release of Dized for Robinson Crusoe! It is a free app with a brilliant tutorial for Robinson! To put you in the right mood, today we take you for Throwback Journey and show you photos of the early prototype of Robinson Crusoe! We hope

This week we celebrate the release of a free Dized app for Robinson Crusoe. Let me tell you about a true story that inspired me to design one of my fav scenarios for Robinson Crusoe… *** David Livingstone (born 19 March 1813) was a Scottish medical missionary and an explorer

In this article, we discuss the most crucial points to survive on the deserted island and win the Castaways scenario. You are only five points from winning the game! Ready? Don’t be afraid of wounds Robinson Crusoe is an engine-building game, like most of my designs. It is important for

This week we are celebrating the release of Neuroshima Hex: Steel Police for mobile devices. Today we have a special treat for you – it is a chapter from Board Games That Tell Stories book dedicated to the Steel Police. In this chapter, you will discover a small story about

No, we weren’t at the private screening of Dune. We knew the book by heart, we knew every bit of the story, but the movie itself we watched as all of you – when it hit theatres. Today I discuss the experience of designing the game tied in with the

I am playtesting my new game with my wife Merry. It’s a draft version, very early stage, just a few cards, and me checking if there is any potential here. Turns come and go. Step by step Merry is getting stronger and finally, I can see nothing’s going to change

Rise of the Empire introduces three pillars that add new gameplay elements to the Imperial Settlers. The first one is well known for all fans who played Imperial Settlers solo variant I published as a free expansion back then in 2014. I will discuss this element today as an opening

It was October 7th, 2018, when I played Imperial Settlers for the last time. Since then, I released Empires of the North, Imperial Settlers R&W, and Roman Banners and Japanese Islands expansions. Things happened, I’d say. This weekend I put my old box of Imperial Settlers on the table again,

‘I hate you.’ said Rob Daviau when he approached me at Gen con 2018. ‘I played Detective. You know I was thinking about designing a story-driven game like that for a long time, and you did it. It is everything I wanted my game to be. I hate you.’ I

There are two teams at Portal Games HQ. There is team #RobIsAwesome, and there is team #IHateRob. I must admit that #RobIsAwesome team is much bigger. Frankly speaking, it consists of most of my employees. The opposition, the #IHateRob team consists of only Portal Games Digital, and after all those

I am with Rob Daviau at Grandcon, and he goes like ‘I have this idea for a new Antares feature, but I am not sure if this is possible…’ ‘It’s possible.’ I promptly say. He didn’t even manage to finish the sentence, but let me tell you this – when

  Last year, in November, almost one and a half years after I finished writing all of the Detective cards, I invited my old friends to the Portal Games headquarters. I used to play RPGs with them many years earlier. We sat in the conference room. I launched the Antares