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Death Breath is here

We are happy to announce that today, 4th of May there is a street date for Death Breath army for Neuroshima Hex. That means that you can go to your FLGS and buy the newest addition to the Neuroshima Hex universe and dig into new abilities and learn new ways

And one more for Cry havoc!

This is an amazing time for Cry Havoc! The game just received another award! This time from Board Game Corner. “Our Corner Certified award, is our award of excellence. This is for games, components, or accessories of exceptional quality and fun. And for those who are great supporters of the

Cry Havoc and Goblin Magnifico 2017

Here is the announcement: “The Goblin’s Lair” is proud to announce you that Cry Havoc won the Jury prize “Goblin Magnifico 2017”. Here the complete list of selected games: Cry Havoc; Great Western Trail; Pax Renaissance; Scythe; Star Wars: Rebellion; Terraforming Mars; Tragedy looper; Tramways.

Honors for Cry Havoc!

We are happy to announce that in the new episode of Boards Alive our friend Aaron named Cry Havoc as The Game of the Year. Thank you! It’s been awesome few weeks lately for the Cry Havoc, starting with nominations for Golden Geek, with the nomination and award for Best

New products in our web store!

  Not only we have restarted campaign for First Martians, not only we have Upgrade kit for Robinson Crusoe, we also have new promo cards for Robison! This 7 new event cards will be small, cool addition to your copy of Robinson and add some new unexpected problems to your games!

BLOG: I created a monster

(article was previously posted at Board Games That Tell Stories in 2011) A long time ago in a far away galaxy, My Wife didn’t play board games. Then I showed her Cash & Guns and Citadels and she began to play games. My mates were jealous. My Wife played board

BLOG: It’s never done

It was a couple of days ago. I was driving home and thinking about Crazy Karts. No idea why. Just the random stuff that comes to your mind when you are tired and drive a car. The idea of introducing a change in the rules came naturally. Instead of two

Upgrade pack for Robinson is here!

It took us few days longer than we expected – because of issues with PayPal service and our web store, but we are happy to announce only good news today! Our online store is back in action! You can order promos, goodies, board games and all the cool items we

BLOG: 4 seasons

The weather has been pissing me off lately. For the past few years there had been no real winter in Poland and although I felt like I missed real winter, well, it turned out, I didn’t. I am not a big fan of low temperatures and all that crap that

ANNOUNCEMENT: PortalCon 9 Keynotes

Portal Games releases keynotes from PortalCon 9 New announcements and a re-cap of 2016 success is all sumarized in this keynote presentation from January 28th at PortalCon. Gliwice, Poland – January 31, 2017. Today, Portal Games released their keynote presentation from PortalCon 9, held on January 28th, 2017 in Gliwice,

BLOG: The Experience

We grew up reading Tolkien, Howard, Herbert, Dick, Lem… We were watching Willow, Blade Runner, The NeverEnding 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. Books and movies are a

New Year’s resolution

My New Year’s resolution was super simple: I need to get back to writing regularly. I need to write every single Wednesday as I used to write in previous years. I need to make Board Games That Tell Stories blog active again. So here I am. Writing about New Year’s

ARTICLE: Alien Artifacts at BGG.Con

BGG.Con has come and gone. We have returned to Poland with a renewed spirit. Greg and Marek want to thank you for the kindness and enthusiasm. BGG.Con remains one of our favorite shows because of the personal time we get to spend with all of you. Also, we like showing

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.