Casino Campione Challenge
January 2017: the German player Julian Becker wins the first "Casino Campione Challenge" International Backgammon Tournament, beating in a tense final the Russian player Nodar Gagua.
October 2016: The Premio Archimede 2016 has been won by the game Tergste by Eric Orel! Second place to Monster Evolution by Guido Albini. Third place to Heinrich IV by Christian Scheibner. In the next days pictures, videos and comments about the Final Day.
The schedule of the "Casino Campione Challenge" is online. The CCC will take place in 2017 from January 27 to 29 and is organized by studiogiochi in collaboration with CNB (Circuito Nazionale Backgammon) and WBA (World backgammon Association). The participation fee is reasonable and the atmosphere very friendly (although strict in its rules): we are all looking forward to play with old and new backgammon friends!
September 2016: an year from Marco Polo's victory, another double success for studiogiochi: Leo muss rum Friseur wins the Deutschen KinderspielePreises and Imhotep gets the 8th place of the Deutschen SpielePreises. The Deutschen Spiele Preises is the most important prize for boardgames worldwide where the customers vote.
September 2016: the program of the final ceremony of the Premio Archimede 2016 is online. The Event will take place on October 1st at the San Leonardo Hall of Venice.
September 2016: finally here the long-list of the 84 games (with photos) of the Premio Archimede 2016 that have been selected for the final competition, that will take place on October 1st in Venice.
August 2016: the Mind Sports Olympiad 2016 Chronicles by Dario De Toffoli are online!
July 2016: on July the 18th in Berlin the Spiel des Jahres 2016 has been won by Codenames by Vlaada Chvátilil. Among the three nominated games Imhotep (Kosmos), the game by Phil Walker-Harding, second place at the Premio Archimede 2010 (as Builders of Egypt). We are proud of this new success of another one of the Premio Archimede participants.
July 2016: New record for the Premio Archimede 2016! It is official, the registered games are 164, a new record after the 146 participant games of the 2012 Edition.
Hamburg, June 20 2016: Stone Age Junior by Marco Teubner wins the Kinder Spiel des Jahres. The other two games were our Leo muss sum Friseur by Leo Colovini and Mmm! by Reiner knizia. Among the reccomended games also Die Geheimnisvolle Drachenhöhle by Lanzavecchia - Obert. The link goes to a nice report of the day written by the very same Obert.
May 2016: when poker returns to be fun again. The right motivations, serious competions but without too much money, friendly atmosphere, perfect organization and wonderful hospitality.