2024-10-02Little Alchemists Now Available on the CGE Online Store
If you’re not attending SPIEL but still want to get your hands on Little Alchemists, you’re in luck—starting today, Little Alchemists is available for purchase on our online store.
Please note that we’re currently shipping from our European store, so shipping outside Europe may be a bit more expensive. However, we’re working on launching a US version of the store, so keep an eye on our channels for more updates.
If you’re interested in purchasing SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, it should be available in our store in a couple of weeks. We want to give friendly local game stores a chance to offer the game first through their own channels.
2024-09-30Meet CGE at SPIEL 2024
When: 3–6 October 2024
Where: Booth 3Z411 (main booth)
Where: Booth 6A101 (Little Alchemists & Codenames only)
Join CGE at SPIEL 2024 to try our new games, meet our game designers, or chat with our team!
Visit our main booth in Hall 3 (3Z411) to explore our full range of games. For the first time, we’ll also have a second booth in Hall 6 (6A101), focused on Little Alchemists and the Codenames family, including the app.
2024-09-24CGE Rebrands with A New Logo!
It’s been a busy year behind the scenes here at CGE! We have a lot of exciting things in motion, as we continue to evolve and expand in the board game industry. After 17 years as a company, we felt it was a good time to make some changes to the CGE brand and freshen things up a bit. To kick things off, we’re happy to announce that we have a new logo (and a new mascot)!
Some of you might recognize this little guy. He’s one of the little astronauts from Galaxy Trucker, which was one of the first titles we published way back in 2007. It’s been a part of our history almost since the very beginning...
2024-08-29Join CGE at PAX West 2024!
📅 Dates: August 30 - September 2, 2024📍 Location: Seattle, WA
🔍 Booth: CGE #126 in the Expo Hall
⏰ Hours: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Get ready for an exciting weekend with CGE at PAX West! Visit us at Booth #126 in the expo hall, where we'll showcase Codenames and other fan-favorite lighter games from our collection. This is also your last chance to experience the Codenames App before its official release—don't miss out!
2024-08-28SPIEL ESSEN 2024 Pre-Orders are Live!
Pre-order your favorite CGE titles for pickup at SPIEL Essen ’24. This year, you can find us in two halls: Hall 3, Z411, and Hall 6, A101.
Our brand-new titles, SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (with a promo card) and Little Alchemists, are available for pre-order, along with most of our older titles (also with promos where applicable). For the first time ever, we're also offering Codenames merchandise in limited quantities—you can pre-order it or buy it on the spot.
2024-07-22Find CGE at Gen Con 2024!
When: August 1st - August 4th
Where: Indiana Convention Center - Indianapolis, Indiana
Find CGE at: Room 235-239 (upstairs) AND Booth 1003 (Exhibit Hall)
Are you ready for another busy Gen Con? We sure are, and we have a lot of cool things in store for you this year! Expect tons of games, demos, a treasure hunt, and many other fun surprises. Read on for all of the details…
2024-06-16CODENAMES comes to mobile devices
The game you love finally comes to Android and iOS with a brand-new adaptation. The CODENAMES APP release is scheduled for September 5th. You can look forward to new game modes, thousands of new thematic words you can use to build your unique word collection, upgrades, gadgets, achievements, and much more. CODENAMES APP is our most ambitious digital project yet!
The principle remains the same—two rival teams race to contact all their agents before the other team does. However, spymasters, the masterminds who know the identities of all the cards on the grid, can only use single-word clues to guide their teammates to the correct answers.
2024-05-23Find CGE at these upcoming conventions!
For anyone who is interested in trying out our upcoming 2024 releases, both SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Little Alchemists will be available to demo at BGG Spring, UK Games Expo, Origins, and Gen Con this year! Little Alchemists will also be making its official release debut at Gen Con, too!
We’re about to kick off the start of a busy show season, and we can’t wait to see you all soon! To make it easier for you to find us at upcoming gaming conventions and events this summer, we’ve put together a detailed breakdown on the major shows we’ll be attending. Here’s all the info on where to find us and what new games you’ll be able to check out at each show!
2024-05-16New Languages for Kutná Hora Coming Soon!
Lately, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about when different language editions of Kutná Hora will be available. Good news: we have some updates for you!
Up until now, the game has been available in English, German, Czech, French, Polish, Italian, and Spanish, and we’re happy to announce that we’re adding Korean, Japanese, Hungarian, Mandarin Chinese, and Serbian language editions soon. Below, you’ll find out more about the expected timeframes for the availability of these new language variations of our heavy city-building historic euro.
2024-04-11Announcing: Little Alchemists
Fun is brewing for all ages in Little Alchemists, a game of potion craft and deduction for 2–4 players. Based on the original Alchemists game from designer Matúš Kotry that was released in 2014, Little Alchemists is a streamlined standalone version that’s geared toward younger players and their families.
We’re excited to be releasing this new family-focused spin on the CGE classic on the 10 year anniversary of Alchemists’ original launch. Look for Little Alchemists when it releases at Gen Con 2024! Also, be sure to watch the teaser and read on for more details...
2024-03-31Announcing SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Lead a scientific institution tasked with searching for traces of life beyond planet Earth in SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, a new eurogame for 1-4 players coming from CGE in late 2024.
Designed by Tomáš Holek, SETI pays homage to space and planetary exploration, astronomy, the ongoing search for signs of life in the vastness of space, and efforts to understand the nature of life in the universe.
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence will be released at ESSEN Spiel ‘24!
Learn more about the game, and be sure to subscribe to the SETI page on BGG...
2024-03-01CGE acquires their own factory, leveling up their gaming production
We at CGE (Czech Games Edition) proudly announce the acquisition of Oriens Karton, a facility producing & assembling board games and jigsaw puzzles based in the Czech Republic. This starts a new chapter for the company and brings a lot of exciting opportunities—not only for us at CGE, but also for other publishers whom we invite to produce in our factory as well.
2024-02-16Making Board Games Episode 8: The Story of Arnak
This is it…the grand finale! We’ve made it to the eighth and final episode of our epic Making Board Games documentary series. It’s been a long road and a lot of hard work behind-the-scenes (thanks Eleni!). We’re so thrilled to have you following along with us as we journey through CGE’s history and unique approach to making board games!
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the story of Lost Ruins of Arnak, then touch on other recent CGE releases that have launched in the years since. You’ll also learn a lot about how and why we do things the way we do as a company.
2024-01-14Making Board Games Episode 7: Under Falling Skies, Letter Jam, ...
It’s a New Year and a great time to roll out the next episode of our long-running CGE docuseries! We’re getting close to the end, but there’s still more to come.
By the way — In case you missed Episode 6, which released right before the Christmas holidays, that one covers the creation of CGE Digital and our digital adaptations of some of our favorite CGE releases (including the Galaxy Trucker, Through the Ages and Codenames apps).
And with that, we’re already up to Episode 7, which is out now! In this episode, we talk about the post-Codenames era of CGE and the emerging new wave of game designers at the company who brought fresh (and sometimes risky) ideas to life.