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Vienna Connection’s Designer Journal #1

I received the story script and several additional pages of rules for the game from Jakub Łapot and Przemysław Rymer. I read them and was really impressed by the new concepts. The idea of different zones where players could act, the exposure rules, and even death of the agents! There

Vienna Connection – How to Play

Rodney Smith aka Watch It Played published this great how-to-play video for Vienna Connection! If you don’t like going through the rulebook by yourself, watch this awesome, spoiler-free clip and get ready for action! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1KLLlAb3iI&t=2s

Vienna Connection Prologue #5

Catherine Miller: January 18, 1977 – Langley. “It’s Angry Bob, WBR broadcast station. If you want good news… well, I don’t have any. The snowstorm is not giving in. A snowplow was snowbound yesterday. Seriously? A snowplow?! It will be as cold as Moscow on a polar Siberia. Now, let’s

Vienna Connection Prologue #4

Prisoner 2245: January 13, 1977 – Stuttgart. The visitation room in the Stammheim prison was small, had no windows, and was lit up by lamps secured with metal framing. Everything was grey—walls, a steel desk with a wooden counter screwed down to the floor, and simple stools. It looked like

Vienna Connection Prologue #3

Hans Duchker: January 7, 1977 – Koln.   The meeting was supposed to take place in Sirene, a small bar next to the university. The place was shabby, with dirty walls and decade-old movie posters yellow from the cigarette smoke. An unpleasant smell of stewed cabbage came from the kitchen.

Vienna Connection Prologue #2

James Werner: January 5, 1977 – Faslane, Scotland At the office of the HMNB Clyde’s boss, the snow and icy wind raged behind the window, obscuring the view to a massive crane in the docks, a hangar, and the submarines buoyed beneath a camouflage tarp in the bay.Dressed in a

Vienna Connection Prologue #1

Anton Korolkov: January 4, 1977 – Innsbruck The car that chauffeured the USSR Air Force general Anton Korolkov stopped at the main gate of the Innsbruck-Amras cemetery. “You should stay in the car, sergeant,” Korolkov ordered his driver and got out. From the back seat he took a large wreath

EMPIRES OF THE NORTH: EGYPTIAN KINGS

Empires of the North: Egyptian Kings is the fourth expansion in the line and introduces two brand new faction decks to the game. The Hatshepsut deck is a clan located on the Nile Delta, with the deck being designed around that core concept. The faction introduces a new mechanism of assigning workers

Gameplay bonus added to the game!

Gameplay bonus added to the game! Update #17 Hi there,  It’s Thursday, and we have another few updates before the start of the weekend.      Thank you for the ideas for stickers! Thank you for all the comments with #stickers hashtag. The community suggested a ton of ideas for

Removable tray – is that possible?

Removable tray – is that possible? Update #16 Hello, hello! How are you, folks! Are you ready for another update about the campaign?     Removable tray Many of you asked if the plastic insert will have a removable tray for pieces to help you with the game setup. We

The last week of campaign!

The last week of campaign! Update #15 Hi, there! When I write this Update, we are really close to the 1.500.000 USD milestone! Thank you for the support, and we hope all the upcoming updates and unlocks will put smiles on your face and you will be happy to be

We ask you to vote!

We ask you to vote! Update #13 Hi, there Happy Easter! As promised, during the Easter Holiday we will be back to you with shorter Updates.       New scenario presented On Saturday we streamed brand new scenario for Robinson called Pearl Diving. It was awesome, we had more

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.