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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: 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

ARTICLE: 51st State Master Set – SOLD OUT!

THANK YOU!!! Well, you did the impossible. We were set to close the pre-orders next week, but you’ve forced us to close them early because you bought everything we’ve got! This past week has been a whirlwind of awesomeness as we saw the pre-order numbers skyrocket. We manufactured 1,000 pre-order

RULES: Crazy Karts Rulebook!

It’s finally time to show you the cogs and gears of our upcoming game, Crazy Karts! Hopefully you checked all of Ignacy’s posts on Twitter and Snapchat last week of people having fun with the game at the Gathering of Friends. Well, today, we pull off the covers and share

ARTICLE: It’s a Mystery

The 51st State campaign is going great, so today, we take a step back in time and check out one of Ignacy’s older articles. This one is all about designing the New Era expansion for 51st State and it applies to the Master Set as well… because it’s included! Good

ANNOUNCEMENT: 3 Is A Magic Number

Portal Games announces 3 Is A Magic Number The next Empire Pack expansion in the Imperial Settlers line. Gliwice, Poland – April 4, 2016. Today, Portal Games announced 3 Is A Magic Number, the next expansion for the award winning Imperial Settlers. Imperial Settlers: 3 is a magic Number is

ANNOUNCEMENT: Portal Games Announces Crazy Carts

Portal Games Announces Crazy Carts An exciting, team-based racing game from designer Charles-Amir Perret. Gliwice, Poland – March 16, 2016. Today, Portal Games announced Crazy Karts from designer Charles-Amir Perret. Crazy Karts is a fast-paced racing game for teams of two in which each player controls specific actions of their

BLOG: They Deserve Better!

I am a huge fan of children‘s games. I have a big collection of board games for kids and even though my own kids got older and they won’t play with me anymore, I still keep these kids games in my collection. I won’t get rid of them. I will play with my grandchildren, right?! There are some real gems among

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.