Try to imagine for yourself, that you find a perfect spouse for your daughter. He isn’t handsome at all, but he is incredibly rich. That’s not all, his words can reach to the king himself! But for some reason, the Parisians from the house of Politte get stuck on the

Last night, I was finally back online for another edition of Portal at Night. We kicked off this week with a simple contest and received almost 60 entries! That’s crazy awesome. Tonight's contest: Tweet us a one line review of a Portal game with #onetweetreview by 10PM Est. Win a

Episode 15 of Board Games Insider is live! In this episode, Ignacy and Stephen discuss Forums, Languages, and Essen (click the image)

It was 2007, eight years ago but I remember it as it was yesterday. We were going to Essen with Neuroshima Hex and we were very late with the production of the games. It was horror. They were literally ready the day we needed to pack them on trailer and

In two weeks we head to Spiel ’15 in Essen Germany loaded down with a huge number of new releases. With the earlier release of the Stronghold 2nd Edition rules, we are proud to announce that all rulebooks for our Essen releases are now avaialable online both here, at portalgames.pl,

It is finally here! The rulebook everyone has been waiting for. The rulebook that I, quite literally, fell asleep working on… not once, but twice! I stayed up many late nights trying to make this the best it could be. It might not be perfect, but I’m proud of it!

Today, we bring you the English rules and a few bits of art from the new expansion to Theseus – Hunters. We are very excited about the new possibilities and strategies that the Hunters bring to the base factions, and can’t wait to share it with you all at Essen!

Are you as excited about Stronghold 2nd Edition as we are? We sure hope so! Today, we share with you a selection of component images from the updated edition! Help us promote! Tell all your friends about your excitement for Stronghold by setting your social media profile pictures with these

As our beloved game, Imperial Settlers, continues to grow and reach new fans, the inevitable has happened: it has become necessary for us to errata a few cards. Like every successful company, we strive for perfection, but with so many moving pieces and card interactions, it’s an extremely difficult task. It

You may have heard, we’ve updated the bits in Stronghold to new wooden components. We think they are pretty awesome. Hope you do also!

Today, we have for you the rules and a few sample card images from the upcoming expansion Five Families!   This expansion is really a combination of 4 expansions in one. Play with one, or play with them all! You get to decide: Family Decks, new Patrons, Birth Events, or

I am a huge fan of Legacy: testament of duke de Crecy. I believed in the game from the very first play. I remember this game exactly, we were in the office, me, Greg and Lucas, I remember my excitement and surprise that this prototype is actually so fun. I

Today, we launched a special Essen themed contest at BGG. Like all BGG contests, this only lasts 1 week so be sure to get there and get your entries. The Grand Prize winner receives a copy of Stronghold and Rattle, Battle, Grab the Loot!   What are you waiting for?

A few years back, Portal used to publish a monthly magazine about all things Portal. The magazine fell off as our presence online grew to other platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, our Newsletter, the Blog, the Vlog, and the podcasts. Today, we brought one issue out of the archives to share