Interventions
Il Giocatore dell’Anno 2026
1–3 May 2026: after almost 20 years, the Player of the Year tournament is back! A welcome return, which for us at studiogiochi has a touch of nostalgia: we organised it 13 times between 1992 and 2007! And of course, our very own Dario De Toffoli couldn’t be missing...
Nuovi giochi di tavoliere
April 2026: Agostino Recchia and Marino Carpignano published the book Nuovi giochi di tavoliere - 26 sfide inedite e sorprendenti, with a foreword by Dario De Toffoli.
Roaring 20s on Tabletop Gaming
April 2026: Tabletop Gaming, the UK’s leading magazine specialising in board games, has published a review of Roaring 20s, a card game by Leo Colovini, awarding it the ‘Must Play’ badge in this month’s issue. Read the article!
‘Il gioco in tavolo’ interview with Leo Colovini
16 February 2026: Leo Colovini was interviewed by Riccardo Scaringi from ‘Il gioco in tavolo’ (The Board Game), a Italian YouTube channel dedicated to promoting board game culture. Watch the podcast video!
Matematica nei giochi e giochi nella matematica
1 November 2025: we will be at Lucca Comics & Games to talk about mathematics and games at the Library of the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. Don't miss it, we will have fun and play together!
25° Città di Jesolo
1 October 2025: Once again this year, our Dario Zaccariotto, together with his colleagues Alfonso Sara and Cesare Nanti, is organising and directing the City of Jesolo Backgammon Tournament, which kicked off yesterday evening at the Atlantico Hotel and will continue until Sunday 5 October. The results and photos of the event will soon be available on this website.
Board Game Research Meeting 2025
10 July 2025: Dario De Toffoli was invited as a speaker at the Board Game Research Meeting, where he spoke about the genesis, history, evolution, impact and prospects of the Premio Archimede.
Leo Colovini guest at Venezia Comics 2025
4 May 2025: Leo Colovini guest of honour at Venezia Comics, with an exhibition of his best-loved games, which it was also possible to play. Dario De Toffoli and Andrea Angiolino also dialogue with him.
Il Gazzettino interviews Dario De Toffoli
2 April 2025: Filomena Spolaor interviewed our Dario De Toffoli as part of a report on gambling in the Gazzettino.
Giornale Radio intervista Dario De Toffoli
17 March 2025: Dario De Toffoli was a guest this morning on the radio programme 120 Minutes, hosted by Vicky Mangone on Giornale Radio.
Spielwarenmesse 2025
February 2025: five studiogiochi's games were unveiled at this year's Spielwarenmesse, and more than 40 prototypes were presented to publishers in the marvellous marathon that is the Nuremberg Fair!
Nobel Prize to Demis Hassabis
October 2024: what a thrill! Demis Hassabis, 5-time Pentamind World Champion at the Mind Sports olympiad has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Dario De Toffoli, happy for him and also proud to be his friend for so many years, presents this extraordinary person.
24° Città di Jesolo
October 2024: as every year, our Dario Zaccariotto masterfully organised and directed, together with colleagues Alfonso Sara and Cesare Nanti, the City of Jesolo Backgammon Tournament. Online photos and results of the event.
Essen 2024
3-6 October 2024: as many as 40 prototypes, many of them from the Premio Archimede, were presented by studiogiochi to international publishers during this year's Essen fair, which saw more than 200,000 visitors.
Chiacchierata ludica
7 September 2024: tonight at 9 p.m., Dario De Toffoli will be the guest speaker at the "Chiacchierata ludica" organised by the Tana dei Goblin of Vittorio Veneto as part of Ludica, the board game festival taking place in Cappella Maggiore (TV) - Italy.
Mind Sports Olympiad 2024
12 August 2024: the 28th Mind Sports Olympiad is about to start in London, and our De Toffoli and Zaccariotto will not miss it! Nine days of competitions, with over 80 different events and disciplines for all tastes.
6th ISOP bracelet for Dario De Toffoli
22 May 2024: Dario wins the Italian Omaha 8-Max Hi-Lo Championship, earning his 6th bracelet at ISOP Nova Gorica! Here his chronicles from the blue tables.
The future of board games
March 2024: Andrea Storchi, as part of his research on the "future" within a Master's program in Social Forecasting at the University of Trento, proposed to Dario De Toffoli a series of original and completely unexpected questions, which generated a number of interesting reflections.
Mojo Nation interviews Leo Colovini
March 2024: Mojo Nation, the British site celebrating the creativity of games and designers, published a long interview with our Leo Colovini, who explained how his profession as an author began and how some of his best games came to be.