الجمعة، 25 أبريل 2025

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AN AREA CONTROL TILE-LAYING GAME FOR TWO!

Set in the heart of Renaissance Florence, Basilica pits two architects against each other in a battle to design the most awe-inspiring cathedral. Through strategic tile placement and savvy builder management, you'll compete for control over the evolving structure.


 Strong negative interaction set in the medieval times
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Mini-expansion Festum Fatuorum introduces special Basilica tiles and Altar tokens
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⛪ Stylish medieval look
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⛪ No two games play the same


For the next two weeks, Basilica is available at a special discounted price!

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السبت، 19 أبريل 2025

✈️Fasten your seatbelts. Crazy ride ahead.

Hello, this is Ignacy Trzewiczek from Portal Games...



Hello, hello, 

This is Ignacy Trzewiczek. We're expecting some turbulence ahead, so we kindly ask that you return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts. Oh yeah, I fuckin' love flying…


Final Frontier Games announced it is over. Greater Than Games got shut down too. It's happening, it really is. I myself had to do it twice. Two times in the history of Portal Games I was there, no cash, no perspectives, debts and bank accounts frozen by debt collectors. My dreams collapsed. Moments, days, and weeks that burned in my memory with pain, sadness and depression. 


I managed to stand back finally. I managed to get back on my feet, fight back and Portal Games in the end became one of the most recognizable European brands in the board games industry. I wish the same happens to all my industry friends who are in trouble today. I feel you, I've been there, I know the pain and sadness. I wish you the best and hope you will manage to get back. I wish you all the best.

Also…

How's things at Portal Games? I am fighting, I am doing my best, I've fasten my belts and keep working as hard as we can. 

  • Bohemians was sent to print this week. I lowered the print run to 60% of planned print run so we don't risk bankruptcy with tariffs when games  reach US customs,

  • Age of Galaxy is ready in China. I asked the manufacturer to not ship it to the US yet. We are risking missing Gen con release, but these additional 145% cost added to the whole sprint run is devastating. I have two, maybe three weeks window and then I miss Gen con with the game,

  • Race to Berlin on GameFound started this week. We have 200 backers as for now. For the US players we decided to not collect regular pledge due to uncertainty with final tariffs and asked them to put $1 Pledge in and see how the things develop later. We don't want to leave them behind, but at the same time I am responsible and respectful - I am not going to charge you $40 for a game that may cost you $200 later with crazy tariffs added. 

That's it. We're experiencing some turbulence, but I fasten my seatbelts, and continue to do my best. F$#!$ Trump.


Thanks

Ignacy

👉 You can help and support us by backing Race to Berlin on Gamefound

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الأربعاء، 16 أبريل 2025

💣Now on Gamefound: Race to BerlinRace to Berlin Campaign Launched! Join the race on Gamefound!

Race to Berlin - Campaign Launched! Join the race on Gamefound!

Zilla Blitz - Race to Berlin First Look & Overview

The Players Aid - Race to Berlin Preview

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السبت، 12 أبريل 2025

🤑Launching a campaign in the middle of madness? Absolutely.

Hello, this is Ignacy Trzewiczek from Portal Games...



Hello, hello,

This is Ignacy Trzewiczek writing to you from place with 10% tariff put temporary on hold, that is from Poland! :) 


Few more slavic, grim and depressing newsletters from me and you'll all unsubscribe. I need to start making up stuff, write some playful stories from the office and tell you that everything is fine.


It's really awesome. Last week, while I was doing demos of Bohemians at Leiriacon, Trump announced a 54% tariff on products originating from China. I came from Portugal and spent most of Tuesday recalculating the whole budget for the Race to Berlin campaign. All previous data and numbers gone into trash. We somehow got a plan on how to approach the campaign and the pricing, lowering our margin on the US market, and then, evening our time, Trump changed his mind and put 105% tariff on these products. So on Wednesday in our vlog I said that we are forced to cancel the campaign. We are unable to produce the game with that additional cost. The next day, on Thursday, Trump administration corrected the Trump tweet and announced that it's actually a 125% tariff, as you must add the previous 20% to the new 105%. Orange is a new black, chaos is a new reality. 


But worry not. I am a game designer. I deal everyday with controlling and managing randomness in my designs. This is my daytime job. What is the plan?


We will start the campaign as planned - on April, 16th. 


We will not offer shipping to the US, as this is impossible to do right now. 

We focus on our European fans, Canadian fans and fans from other parts of the world. 


But here at Portal Games, we don't leave our fans behind. I talk to you, our loyal and awesome fan from the US. 


We will have a special $1 Pledge for players from the US. You get access to the Pledge Manager. If things sort out later in the year, you will add Race to Berlin to your pledge and you will get it with all other backers from other parts of the world. If they don't, well it doesn't matter, as this mean, the whole US board game industry collapses anyway…


We need your support now. Every board game publisher needs your support. Please, check out Race to Berlin campaign and help us survive this ridiculous times.


And on the brighter note, here is some feedback after Bohemians demos at Leiriacon:

Thank you for today, thank you for being awesome and please, consider supporting our Race to Berlin campaign. It is a freaking amazing game in the end, you know.


Take care, stay safe

Ignacy

🔥TEASE OF THE WEEK🔥

Look how awesome solo variant for Bohemians looks like:

🧐 WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND PORTAL GAMES 🧐


Will Trump put Portal Games out of business? We had vlog this week, so please, check it out!

We kindly ask you for a vote for the Book of Adventures! 🙏 It really is a great expansion!

NEW STUFF: We are back on the Discord. If you use this app, please, feel invited to our server, I am there personally every day! Link: https://discord.gg/GaQztsax

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