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Mental Calculation 2026: registration is now open

30/12/2025 giorgia.marchesin@studiogiochi.com

30 December 2026: Registration is now officially open for the 2026 Italian Mental Calculation Championship, which will take place on Saturday 11 April at the IMT Alti Studi di Lucca.

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Mental Calculation 2026: rankings published

Publications

Enigmistica24

10/12/2025 giorgia.marchesin@studiogiochi.com

December 2025: Enigmistica24, a supplement to the Italian business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, will continue to be with us throughout 2026!

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Reazione a catena 2026

Interventions

Matematica nei giochi e giochi nella matematica

24/10/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

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!

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BGRM 2025

Events

Premio Archimede 2025 – videos by ioGioco

17/10/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

October 2025: Thanks to ioGioco, the complete montage of the 2025 Archimedes Award ceremony, enriched with lively interviews and comments. Various other video interviews are also available on the same page.

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Mental Calculation 2026: rankings published

Interventions

25° Città di Jesolo

01/10/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

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.

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BGRM 2025

Events

Apnea by Flavio and Riccardo Foches wins the Premio Archimede 2025

21/09/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

21 September 2025: Apnea by Flavio and Riccardo Foches from Trentino is the winner of the Premio Archimede 2025! In second place is Magic Mushrooms by Carlo Scolari, and in third place is OilRock 1864 by Marco Piola Caselli. We will be publishing all the photos from this extraordinary event in the coming days.

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Mental Calculation 2026: rankings published

Events

MSO 2025 concluded

26/08/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

26 August 2025: and this year's edition is over! A subdued edition for Italy, but for our De Toffoli, the Mind Sports Olympiad remains an unmissable event. Read his reports from the boards to find out how it went.

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Mental Calculation 2026: rankings published

Interventions

Gloomies on ioGioco

29/07/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

July 2025: In issue 40 of ioGioco, you’ll find a great review of Gloomies, the game by Filippo Landini that came second in the 2023 Archimede Award and was subsequently published by Ravensburger.

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BGRM 2025

Awards

Double award at UK Games Expo 2025 for Australis

15/07/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

July 2025: We are delighted to announce that Australis, a game by Alex Zucchini and Leo Colovini magnificently produced by Kosmos, has won the UK Games Expo People's Choice General Award 2025! Not only that, it also won the Best Dice Game of the Judges Choice Awards!

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Spiel der Spiele 2025 per Gloomies

Interventions

Board Game Research Meeting 2025

14/07/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

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.

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BGRM 2025

Publications

The puzzles of top-flight football

09/07/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

July 2025: here’s the perfect summer treat for fans of top-flight football and the best crossword puzzles! Edited by Dario Zaccariotto, three books dedicated to three Italian football teams – perfect for packing in your suitcase and playing under your beach umbrella... Available from Friday 11 July in the Italian bookshops and online.

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Reazione a catena 2026

Publications

20 years of sudoku!

03/07/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

3 July 2025: exactly 20 years ago, on 3 July 2005, we published the first classic sudoku in La Stampa and in a special supplement of Tuttosport.

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Reazione a catena 2026

Publications

Crazy Worms

30/06/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

June 2025: here's another game from the Premio Archimede! Published by Piatnik, Crazy Worms by Fabrizio Tronchin and Ghigo Maurizio Buso is a fun and colourful tile game, easy to learn and quick to play, suitable for young and old!

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Reazione a catena 2026

Awards

Spiel der Spiele 2025 per Gloomies

23/06/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

June 2025: Gloomies by Filippo Landini has won the top prize at Austria's Spiel der Spiele 2025! Published as a result of its participation in the Premio Archimede and beautifully produced by Ravensburger, Gloomies emerged as the game the committee liked best, for its rich mix of interaction, planning and a bit of luck.

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Double award at UK Games Expo 2025 for Australis

Publications

Virtus!

18/06/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

June 2025: the board game Virtus! by Mario Quartana has arrived! It is a new game from the Premio Archimede and is published by Giochi Uniti. A deep and strategic card game, where every choice counts and can decide the fate of the game.

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Reazione a catena 2026

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Reazione a catena 2025

09/06/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

9 June 2025: the official weekly magazine for Reazione a catena, the Italian game show broadcast daily on the Italian channel Rai 1 and presented by Pino Insegno, is set to return to newsstands. Available from 12 June every Thursday throughout the summer, as always produced by studiogiochi!

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Reazione a catena 2026

Interventions

Leo Colovini guest at Venezia Comics 2025

29/04/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

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.

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BGRM 2025

Publications

Chi vuol esser milionario? – Il Torneo

29/04/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

April 2025: a new adaptation by Leo Colovini! Are you ready for the climb to the Million? 800 questions with four possible answers to relive the excitement of the famous TV game show at home.

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Reazione a catena 2026

Publications

La Ruota della Fortuna

16/04/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

April 2025: the adaptation of the board game inspired by the historic Canale 5 Italian TV show La Ruota della Fortuna (Wheel of Fortune) is by studiogiochi. Over 300 phrases to relive the excitement and fun of the famous game show at home!

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Reazione a catena 2026

Publications

Gloomies

14/04/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

April 2025: a new game by Filippo Landini is in the stores! Presented at the Premio Archimede 2023 and published by Ravensburger, Gloomies is a simple strategy game in which everything revolves around seeding and harvesting the beautiful flowers of a magical night garden...

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Reazione a catena 2026