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Frostpunk quarrel

1 marca, 2023 by Ignacy Trzewiczek 2 komentarze

Those guys couldn’t agree for the life of them, and it’s strange because the matter was simple, basically, no room for disagreement – one of them bought Frostpunk, they played it, and instead of rating the game on BGG and giving a clear message to the world whether the game is good or bad, they started arguing. Absurd.

Steve: First of all, the game looks AMAZING. The so-called table presence is at the highest level here, large beautifully illustrated cards, huge tiles of terrain, a lot of large, double-layered boards, and of course, the tower – a gigantic model of a generator, into which we will throw coal cubes and check whether the generator has burned out. You look at the table with Frostpunk spread out, and you’re blown away. It’s brilliant.

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This game might be for you…

24 lutego, 2023 by Ignacy Trzewiczek Jeden komentarz
I don’t want to say that this is a game for old people, don’t get me wrong, but well, it’s kind of like that. I don’t want to exclude anyone, I don’t want to categorize, but if you’re a man in your forties and had a PC or Amiga in the 90s, then unfortunately, I must say it – this game is probably for you.
What did we play back then? There was Mortal Kombat, there was Doom, there was Civ, there were hugely popular Pinball games, and there were many more. On the one hand countless games, on the other hand, we could name most of them today, there were dozens of them, but certainly not thousands like there are now. One of the iconic genres of games was Football Managers. I myself played a Bundesliga manager on my PC, which was initially created for the Amiga.
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What’s the difference between designer and developer

22 lutego, 2023 by Ignacy Trzewiczek Brak komentarzy

What is the difference between a designer and a developer? It’s roughly like the difference between a father and a grandfather. Like the difference between a mother and a grandmother. The mother gets up at 2 am to feed the baby, while the grandmother sees the baby on Sunday after dinner, chats with them, says sweet nothings, proud of her grandchild, as if it couldn’t get any better! The father rocks the baby in his arms for two hours because the baby has colic and is screaming so loudly that he can be heard throughout the neighborhood. The grandfather, on the other hand, comes around during the holidays, tells a nice story, gives a gift, offers some advice, and then goes back home. He went through all of that, now let the young parents struggle, he’s too old for that.

Testing Thorgal gives me wild joy. I come, play, give my opinion here and there, ask for something to be changed or added, and then I go back to my duties. Let the young parents…

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Detective inspired RPG

3 lutego, 2023 by Ignacy Trzewiczek Jeden komentarz

This is generally an exciting wheel of time. When I designed the Detective game, I used all of my 30 years of experience in RPG games. I managed to create a board game that is very close to what RPGs are. It offers just as exciting, engaging an experience but does not require a Dungeon Master. Two years ago, when we played Detective again and I saw how much players enjoyed it, it hit me like a bolt of lightning – I can reverse this! Just as RPGs improved Detective and gave it a lot of solutions and ideas, I can have fun the other way around – take a few solutions from Detective and introduce them into my RPG sessions. This twist changed the style in which I currently run RPG sessions.

I have to admit to my biggest weakness as a Dungeon Master. I can’t improvise. When players come up with an idea that surprises me, and I have to come up with something on the spot, I feel very uncomfortable with it. I’m a perfectionist in this regard – I like when the scenes, meetings, NPCs that appear during the session were previously prepared, thought through, and nicely presented.

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Old chestnut

1 lutego, 2023 by Ignacy Trzewiczek Jeden komentarz

Today, the shipping of 51st State: Ultimate Edition has begun. It’s another iteration of the game. Another reason for jokes, another reason for complaining, another reason to mention that I am the master of old chestnuts and that I am selling the same thing over and over again. And I generally agree with this. I generally see a lot of sense in this. What sets me apart from those who make fun of me is the perception. Some of you think that I should be ashamed that I’m selling the same over and over again. For me, on the contrary, this is a reason for pride. Let me explain!

51st State was released in 2010. The game was well received, although fans complained about the lack of interaction. I took the rules, shook them up, changed this and that, and in 2011 the expansion (that was also a stand-alone game ) appeared – The New Era. Great reception, interaction fixed, so in 2012, the next one appeared – Winter. In the following years, the Scavengers add-on was released, and the number of fans did not decrease. The game’s print run was exhausted, so we finally decided to take all these expansions, throw them into one box and make 51st State: Master Set. It came out; people liked it, and they played and praised it. So we made more expansions, Allies, Moloch, the group of fans still stood faithfully by the game. The print run, meanwhile, was long exhausted. So we decided again, let’s throw all the content into one box and reprint again. Now under the name 51st State: Ultimate edition! Another few thousand fans will discover this system and will build their empires. And that’s what we did, 51st State: Ultimate Edition was put on a crowdfunding platform and made a great success. Now, in a few days, more fans will discover this game.

For some of you, I’m still the old chestnut dude. And for others? And for others, I am the author of the game that, 13 years after its release, is still one of the best engine builders on the market, still has a loyal group of fans, and still thousands of people want to add it to their collection. So, false modesty aside, maybe this is an old chestnut, but man, this is a freaking awesome one.

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Nobody in the USA cares for soccer.
Also, half of the print run for Eleven sold out in 4 weeks.

I appreciate you. Thank you for being awesome.

Link: https://shopportalgames.com/collections/eleven

Nobody in the USA cares for soccer.
Also, half of the print run for Eleven sold out in 4 weeks. 

I appreciate you. Thank you for being awesome.

Link: https://t.co/9u1ztHzmi9
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OMG! It's only been a month since the release of Eleven: Football Manager Board Game and half of the print run is already sold out!

We are incredibly proud, thanks to you! 😁

Check out here:
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Today we published our monthly debrief, so buckle up and see what’s happening at Portal Games!

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Great selection of the new releases, including our Eleven at Games and Stuff!

Great selection of the new releases, including our Eleven at Games and Stuff!
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Happy Monday! Time to start the week off right with some board game excitement 🥳

Which game are you itching to add to your collection this week? Let us know in the comments 👇🏼 and let's make this week a blast! #boardgames

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If you missed this news, you can find all the most essential information about the two expansions for Eleven here 👉 http://bit.ly/Solo-Stadium-release

Be the best football manager on the board and expand your collection! ⚽

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