I have this provocative statement that designer should never listen to playtesters and that playtesters have no idea what they are talkin’ about. Every designer panel I run, I always say: ‘Ignore them. Just don’t listen. They have no clue.’ It’s provocation statement of course, but there is a seed

We have read all your comments and questions about First Martians on Board Game Geek forums. We have answers for you and anyone, who might have any questions in the future. Behold: First Martians Board Game Geek Frequently Asked Questions, version 0.1 – click to download PDF. Future updates may

Dear fans of Portal Games. Fellow boardgamers! We have recently asked you, how was your first date with one of our games. And boy, oh boy, you delivered some amazing stories and memories. Our staff also wanted to share, which games was their first, check it out:   And here

Portal Games would like to invite you to a GenCon Seminar – How to Grow Your Game Store Business in the E-commerce Era. Ignacy Trzewiczek, designer & CEO of Portal Games will be talking about his experience running a brick & mortar store in the e-commerce era. This is an

We had a great feedback from you, our fans, concerning First Martians Application. Thanks to you we have made several improvement, bug and minor text fixes. To enhance and make your experience of using the app easier, we have condensed what is important and put it together in a form

This Saturday (22 July 2017) 4pm CET / 10am EST we’ll do YouTube live stream on our channel for you to talk about First Martians! If you have any questions, we will be there for you! Link to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/portalgamesmovies Please consider subscribing, so you would never miss

Check this out! We have not one, not two, but three great deals for you, only this July! Robinson Crusoe with FREE SHIPPING For those of you who don’t own the game yet. Order before end of July to get free shipping!   But wait! If you are going to

You guys! We have awesome new series on our YouTube channel! Throwback Thursday is here, with a little bit nostalgic stories about Portal Games past. Watch Ignacy every Thursday, as he tells you, how it all began. And tell us, what you think about this new video format! Please consider

UPDATE: Special Offer has ended and is no longer available!   As we are gearing up for a weekend of awesomeness on GenCon in Indianapolis (August 17-20, 2017), we have special offer for Robinson Crusoe and First Martians. You can order them and then receive them at the convention with

Dice Tower is truly awesome boardgames convention! Fantastic people! Fantastic board games and a lot of fun with guys from DICE TOWER! Check out this new Portal Games Informant movie and look how fantastic this convention is!

I planned to write about First Martians being a living board game later this year, when we are closer to the actual release of the game, closer to the street date. Well, I had to change my plans. We’ll talk about living board game today. What happened? This Tuesday Rodney

We are happy to share with you instructional video about our new, hot game. Watch It Play would like to show you, how to play First Martians. Enjoy!

Nerds on Earth’s Clave Jones wrote an article about “Companies You Can Trust: The 7 Best Board Game Publishers”. We won’t spoil anything, but… we are humbled and very proud. Thank you! Check this article here!

Last weekend German Vidcaster’s Hunter&Cron had their 3rd BerlinCon event in Berlin, Germany. It was much bigger than before and still burst at the seams! We had a great event and great people enjoyed playing Rising 5, Cry Havoc, 51st State and Neuroshima Hex A LOT! Check out the photos!

We are happy to announce, that our First Martians App is now available on Windows PC – last platform, next to Android and iOS, that will receive its own versions. Please note, that while this is a stable app version, it can still contain some nasty space bugs, that we