Lex Arcana has arrived!
June 2020: the paper version of the highly anticipated new role-playing game Lex Arcana, produced by Quality Games, is finally out. The wait was long, but the result is truly fantastic!
Aqualin is in the stores!
June 2020: Kosmos released Aqualina game by Marcello Bertocchi. This game, set in the deep of the ocean, comes from the last edition of Premio Archimede, where it finished in second place.
When the scoring system guides the game
18 giugno 2020: second online appointment about math in board games. This time, we talk about what happens when it's the scoring system that guides the game.
Math hidden in game boards
11 June 2020: the Italian Games Archive started a series of three web talks about math in board games, moderated by Dario De Toffoli. In the first meeting, we talked about math aspects hidden inside various game boards.
Web talk with the incredible Andrea Muzii
4 June 2020: for Pi Day 2020, the Italian Games Archive organized a special online event with the World Memory Champion Andrea Muzii, holder of 6 world records an champion of Blindfolded Rubik's Cube!
Let’s all play with Dario Zaccariotto
28 May 2020: for World Game's Day, the Italian Games Archive organized the online event "Let's all play with that joker of Dario Zaccariotto (zHri8)". Word games, picture games, riddles, cryptography and other craziness to spend one playful hour all together.
Enigmistica24 will become a weekly magazine
18 May 2020: the appreciated Sole24Ore supplement by studiogichi continues. The number scheduled for May 23 will be released on June 6, then from June 20 the publication will available weekly.
IUSVE Cube Radio interviews Zaccariotto
18 May 2020: we rest on the tripod! IUSVE Cube Radio interviews our Dario Zaccariotto, who talks about the activity of studiogiochi and the importance of playing, even as adults.
Creators of worlds
12 May 2020: we talked with CNR about creativity in music, in games and in science... there are many points in common! Dario De Toffoli and Leo Colovini attended in behalf of studiogiochi.
Esculea International de Juegos de Estrategia
10 May 2020: live speech by Dario De Toffoli to a beautiful initiative of the "Esculea International de Juegos de Strategia". Among the many guests, Paco de la Banda, Andres Kuusk, Ricardo Gomes, Vincent Frochot and also our incredible Andrea Muzii.
Castello Methoni on Spielbox
May 2020: on issue 2 of Spielbox 2020, you can find a nice review of Castello Methoni by Leo Colovini written by Christwart Conrad, who was so attentive that he noticed also some of the influences that inspired the author.
Dummy game of summer 2019
May 2020: after more than 20 years, our little game still has its relevance: sometimes the secret really lies in simplicity.
Premio Archimede 2020 extended
10 April 2020: considering the coronavirus health emergency, we decided to reopen the terms of the competition. The deadline for REGISTERING and sending us the prototypes is extended to the 31st of October, 2020 and the final ceremony is postponed to a future date in 2021, which is yet to be defined.
Ludica. Annali di storia e civiltà del gioco
April 2020: Issue 25 of the prestigious magazine Ludica. Annals of the history and culture of games edited by Fondazione Benetton Studi Riceche / Viella.
This issue also contains, among others, a review by Federico Colovini and Dario De Toffoli, of the volume Le Jeu de rôle sur table, un laboratoire de l'imaginaire, edited by Danièle André and Alban Quadrat.
Coronavirus, the world of games does its part – De Toffoli on Il Fatto Quotidiano
3 April 2020: games at the time of the virus; charity, on-line gaming and cultural past examples. And slot machines are closed!
Marco Polo II on Spielbox
February 2020: Marco Polo II Marco Polo II just earned the cover of the latest issue of Spielbox! And, in the review, all the 5 playtesters agreed on giving it the same vote, 8. Excellent!
Garum by Ricardo Jorge Gomes
March 2020: the game Overmatch, created by the Portuguese author Ricardo Jorge Gomes, was selected in the long-list of Premio Archimede 2016 and is now published by Pythagoras. Ricardo is a great "tabletop games" player and in 2018 won the Eurogames World Championship in London at the Mind Sports Olympiad. Well done, Ricardo!
Musée Suisse du Jeu – Premio Archimede
5 March 2020: also this year the Musée Suisse du Jeu (Suiss Museum of games) organized an exhibition dedicated to the Premio Archimede’s games. The awarded prototypes are shown as well as some games of the previous editions which in the meantime have been published.
Vabanque new edition
February 2020: at the casino tables the stakes increase from round to round, with intuition and bluffs... A new amazing edition of Vabanque is coming soon!
Leo won the “5 Seasons 2019” award
10 February 2020: Playing Season awards the best board games of the last year in Portugal. Sixteen categories with votes from the public and from expert jurors. Between the international titles there is Leo goes to the barber by Leo Colovini, winner in the "Kids" category and distributed in Portugal by Devir, that won also the prize "Game distributor of the year".
