Hello, this is Ignacy Trzewiczek from Portal Games...
| | | This is Ignacy, and while I am packing for Essen SPIEL and preparing for buying a ton of amazing German cookies🍪, I'd like to share with you some insight on what is happening this year at Essen. And by what is happening, I mean how on Earth we ended up with 8 releases this year!
The initial plan was awesome. We planned to have Robinson Crusoe last year, we planned to have AI Space Puzzle and Resurgence this year, and seeing all delays with production of Robinson Crusoe, we already saw the retail release of Thorgal as a solid 2025 premiere.
And then things happened.
Robinson Crusoe was pushed to summer 2024 - a brilliant combo of our team's failure, and manufacturer's delay and logistic hell. It dropped just on the head of the AI Space Puzzle summer release. And then this crazy summer ended up with additional surprise - Thorgal: the board game surprise - this time the manufacturer did not mess up, and finished production of the game in time.
The plan was to have 3 releases in 2024: Printing Press, AI Space Puzzle, and Resurgence. The reality is, we have these three releases… and Robinson Crusoe, and Robinson Crusoe: Book of Adventures, and Thorgal: the board game
You are confused. I am confused. Distribution is confused.
I think what I am trying to say is, I appreciate you signing up for my newsletter. I appreciate you trying to get ahead of the constant changes. I appreciate your patience and your loyalty to our company.
The good news is, all these manufacturers and shipping companies cannot ruin one thing - in the end, you are pretty sure that these boxes with Portal Games logo end up being pretty awesome games. That's one thing that is solid as a rock.
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It's a great euro-game by Ukrainian designer Stan Kordonskiy. Won Seal of Excellence from the DiceTower, was a very successful KS release, and now we are bringing it to the retail in English, German and Polish languages! | |
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Brilliant little game of limited communication. We had a great release at Gen con this year, raving reviews from Rahdo, Steph Hodge, or Blue Peg Pink Peg and we are happy to bring this gem to Essen! | |
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One of the biggest European comic book hero comes to Essen. This is a super unique hybrid game, it tells great stories as an adventure game, but at the same time it is challenging euro-beasts that will publish you like Robinson if you don't pay attention to every single action! | |
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Epic edition of our evergreen! In this box you'll find 18 stunning miniatures, an Open & Play campaign that teaches you the game, dedicated plastic insert and more!
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The best expansion we ever released - collection of 50 scenarios to the game, many new scenarios created by our dev team and fans of the game, many older scenarios in new variants! This over 100 pages book is like nothing you've ever seen before!
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IMPERIAL MINERS: AZTECS VS WEIRDLINGS The first expansion to Imperial Miners adds two new factions to the game! Small box, big replaybility and a lot of fun!
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NEUROSHIMA HEX: DESERT TRIBES We continue the tradition of releasing one new expansion for Neuroshima Hex every year at Essen SPIEL! This time the faction that excels in hidden attacks and surprise! With desert Tribes you are able to put new units face down, hidden in the sand, ready to attack only when they need to!
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BOARD GAMES THAT TELL STORIES #3 This year Portal Games celebrates 25 years in the industry. At Essen SPIEL we are releasing third volume of my book, Board Games That Tell Stories #3, the collection of articles and diaries dedicated to some of our most renown games, like Detective or First Martians!
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I posted a video with 3 most unique mechanisms in Thorgal: the board game. It's a short and good video that presents what is the most interesting in the game. You can watch it here
I will be at Essen SPIEL at Portal Games booth on Thursday and Friday at noon - if you want your copy of my game or book signed, please, come to the booth and I will gladly talk with you and sign your games!
The one and only Scott Alden, founder of BoardGameGeek.com already played Thorgal: The Board Game and what can we say… Woow! Thank you!
| | See you next week! Thank you! Ignacy |
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