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Essen premieres

Check out our latest premieres!  Dreadful Circus is a fast strategy game by Bruno Faidutti (The Citadel, Diamant). It will take us to a mysterious world somewhere at the bottom of our minds. As circus directors we will try to organize an unforgettable evening of shows, fighting with each other

5 facts about Dreadful Circus

Dreadful Circus is a game of negotiation and bluffing by Bruno Faidutti (The Citadel, Diamant). The game takes you to a mysterious world hidden somewhere at the bottom of our minds. As circus directors we are preparing unforgettable shows, fighting with each other to attract the attention of the largest audience.

Website playdetective.online

Playdetective.online is a special site designed for our games based on Detective mechanics. Different versions of this series use different network solutions. Now they have been collected in one place with the possibility of logging in to various databases with a single login. Playdetective.online launches on October 14!

Dune: House Secrets in 12 language versions

Dune: House Secrets, an adventure game set in the Dune universe, is premiering at this year’s international board game convention SPIEL taking place in Essen. The publisher, Portal Games, is proud to announce that apart from the English, German, and Polish editions of the game, that are currently being released,

Important changes to Antares

Due to development work on the Antares database, we would like to inform you of some important changes. Starting on October 14th the current url address of the Antares database will link to a brand new database. It will require you to set up a completely new account in order

Our premieres in Essen

At Internationale Spieltage SPIEL in Essen on 14-17. October, 3️⃣ our games will have their premieres: Dune: House Secrets by Ignacy Trzewiczek, Dreadful Circus by Bruno Faidutti and Petty Officers, the newest Signature Series expansion to Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game!  We’ve launched a special form for everyone, who’d

The end of the Eleven campaign

Plans for October Hello Important things happened yesterday! Messi scored for PSG! Sheriff Tiraspol defeated Real Madrid, and my beloved Borussia also won.   Ah, you’re right! The campaign for Eleven also scored an amazing goal! We finished with 3903 backers, and we became the third biggest campaign of September

Neuroshima Hex: Beasts – Agony

Agony is a special Initiative exclusive for the newest Army, that is resolved when a Warrior gets enough Wounds that it would be removed. If Agony is activated during the same Initiative in which the Warrior normally attacks, it only attacks once (The Initiatives do not stack and the Agony

Dreadful Circus – trailer

At Dreadful Circus, our goal will be to create an unforgettable exhibition to our visitors’ delight and the envy of the competition. We will create our ridiculous shows with the Attraction and Performance cards. We put the former on the table in front of us, ensuring long-term benefits. The latter have an immediate effect

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.