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!
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Gold’n Gob Enfant 2024 Award for Le Chemin de la Maison
November 2024: Le Chemin de la Maison by Leo Colovini has won the Gold'n Gob Enfant 2024 prize! The prize was awarded at the board game fair ‘Les Jeux Du Stan’, which took place on 23-24 November 2024 in Nancy (France).
Calcolo Mentale 2024: ecco i vincitori
4 novembre 2024: è online la classifica finale del Campionato Italiano di Calcolo Mentale 2024, svoltosi sabato 2 novembre a Genova nell’ambito del Festival della Scienza. Pubblicate anche le foto del campionato e degli eventi correlati.
Premio Archimede 2025: two new trophies
October 2024: the Premio Archimede 2025 is enriched with two new trophies: the QP Trophy for the most innovative physical game design, awarded by the Chinese QP Group, and the Visual Interface Trophy for the game with the best visual aspects of its components, awarded by the BoReD (Boardgame Research and Design) Laboratory of the University of Milan.
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.
Masters in Games – final event
October 2024: having completed the workshop on game design in collaboration with Rete Biblioteche Venezia, we will meet for one last special event open to the public on 19 October at the Biblioteca di Carpenedo Bissuola.
Mental calculation 2024: the program is online
24 September 2024: the program for the Italian Mental Calculation Championship 2024 and related events, which will take place in Genoa as part of the Festival of Science, is now online.
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.
Gradara Ludens 2024 Award to Dario De Toffoli
21 September 2024: the prestigious Gradara Ludens Prize was awarded, as every year, to four personalities who have distinguished themselves in the field of gaming. Among this year's awardees is our Dario De Toffoli.
Mental Calculation 2024: registration open
10 September 2024: registration for the Italian Mental Calculation Championship 2024, which will take place on Saturday 2 November in Genoa as part of the Festival of Science, is now officially open.
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.
Italian Mental Calculation Championship 2024
29 July 2024: it's official! The Italian Mental Calculation Championship 2024 will be held on Saturday 2 November in Genoa as part of the Festival of Science, by far Italy's largest popular science event, with over 200,000 visitors.
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.
Giampaolo Dossena Prize to Dario De Toffoli
18 May 2024: the Giampaolo Dossena Prize for Game Culture this year was awarded to our Dario De Toffoli, on the occasion of Play, the Modena Game Festival. A great honour for Dario, who considers his close friendship with Dossena one of the best things that has happened to him in life.
Masters in Games – workshop
May 2024: the project dedicated to game design in collaboration with Rete Biblioteche Venezia continues, and now gets into full swing with a hands-on workshop. Participants will try their hand at designing a new board game, under the guidance of experts.
The notice of competition for Premio Archimede 2025 is online!
25 March 2024: did you design a game and would like to show it to the most important publishers and have it published? The notice of competition for Premio Archimede 2025 is now online, with all the information you need to participate to the biggest Italian contest for unpublished board games! Keep an eye for the latest changes, read the notice carefully!
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.