Czech Games Edition

Another year has passed and it's another year when you've shown us a great support—and we would like to thank you for it! There would be no board games without people playing them, so thank you for chatting with us at conventions or leaving a message on BGG or our socials, and thank you for playing our games.

Below, you can find some of the treats that we've prepared for you to enjoy as a small thank you gift!

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We have an early xmas gift to all city-builders and guild-members, as we've just released a free browser-based companion app for Kutná Hora: The City of Silver.

The app simulates the game's physical cardboard resource trackers, while also calculating players' income, and offering two modes of economy.

You can preview and read more about the app in our BGG article.

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With the building buzz around this year’s new releases, we’ve been getting a lot of the same question from people all over the globe: when are CGE’s 2023 new releases available in my country and language? For those who can’t wait to get your hands on Kutná Hora: The City of Silver and Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition, we’ve got some updates for you!

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With the building buzz around this year’s new releases, we’ve been getting a lot of the same question from people all over the globe: when are CGE’s 2023 new releases available in my country and language? For those who can’t wait to get your hands on Kutná Hora: The City of Silver and Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition, we’ve got some updates for you!

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After a brief SPIEL break, the CGE documentary is back—and this time, we're bringing you a special episode that's focused on one game and its family. A game that was a huge milestone in the CGE history and which exploded into becoming one of the global hits of board gaming. We're talking about Codenames.

Today, Codenames is available in two sizes (regular and XXL), each in three variants (standard, Pictures, and Duet). It had licensed versions featuring for ex. Harry Potter or Marvel. It's a browser game and a mobile app is on its way. It's the most streamed board game on Twitch and, after all those years, it still belongs to one of the most beloved and played party board games in the world.

But do you know how this all started? And what was the game's journey? Join us on our trip back to the time around the year 2015 and later to find out.

And if you have missed previous episodes, you can check them all out in the YouTube Playlist.

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We're excited to share our SPIEL streaming schedule with you, featuring content on both YouTube and Twitch, hosted by Eleni and Stephen!

Join us on Wednesday for an afternoon dedicated to previewing some of the most anticipated games of Spiel '23, including our latest releases: Kutná Hora: The City of Silver and Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition. You can catch it on our YouTube channel!

Join Stephen for an exciting adventure as he explores the Messe halls, providing you with an exclusive look at the most highly anticipated titles from other publishers. Be sure not to miss these live Twitch streams!

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We're proud to share, that we've recently welcomed two new wonderful people to CGE's North American team—please, meet Megan, our new in-house streamer, and Jaffer, our new events manager!

Megan will start streaming after SPIEL (but will already be active in our Twitch chat during our live streams from SPIEL), and you will be able to spot Jaffer in the near future at SPIEL, BGG.CON, and PAX Unplugged.

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WHERE: Hall 3, booth #3Y124 (NEW LOCATION!)
WHEN: October 5–8, 2023

Next week, gamers will once again gather in Essen for yet another exciting four days of SPIEL—and, if you’re coming, we'd like to invite you to stop by our CGE booth. But careful, this year, you will find us in a new location! We’ve moved to Hall 3 and you can find us at booth #3Y124.

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In the fourth episode of our captivating "Making Board Games" series, we're rewinding the clock to the years 2011-2014. At this point in our journey, Czech Games Edition (CGE) was known for exclusively publishing designs from Czech authors, but we had an unwavering appetite for extraordinary games that pushed the boundaries of creativity...

We are currently in the middle of the docuseries. How are you enjoying it so far? We'll soon leave the deep nostalgia behind and enter the recent era with newer CGE games.

The next episode captures a milestone, not just in CGE history but also in the broader board gaming world. We'll reveal how the idea of Codenames was born, so be sure to stay tuned in October after Spiel.

In the meantime, catch up on episodes featuring your favorite CGE games that you might have missed on the YouTube Playlist.

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We are thrilled to announce that Letter Jam, the 2–6 player cooperative word game, is now available to play online—Letter Jam Online, our browser implementation of the board game is officially out!

If you can’t meet with your friends or family face-to-face but still want to enjoy a round or two of Letter Jam, we’ve got your back! Simply head to www.LetterJam.game, create a room, and send out an invite link to start playing.

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The third episode of the "Making Board Games" video docuseries delves into dungeons, starting with Dungeon Lords and Dungeon Petz. Discover the story behind the charming illustrations, color scheme, and artistry by French artist David Cochard that brought little imps and unpredictable petz to life.

Not skilled at painting like David? No problem! Pictomania, a clever drawing game, demands no such ability and eliminates waiting—it's everyone's turn at once. See how the game springs to life and learn who from Vlaada's family added drawings to the Pictomania box.

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After an exciting gaming event last month at Gen Con, where some of you had the chance to purchase the latest Arnak expansion, The Missing Expedition, and try out the demo of the dynamic city-building Euro-style game Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, we're bringing both new games to Spiel '23 in Essen in just 6 weeks!

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In this second episode of the unique docuseries, we delve into the inception of Galaxy Trucker and Space Alert. You'll discover the fascinating story behind when and why (and where :-)) Vlaada Chvátil conceptualized Galaxy Trucker. This real-time building game, with its quirky chaos and explosive energy, immediately captured players' hearts.

And if you've ever wondered how the Galaxy Trucker game would unfold when encountering a hostile enemy or a meteor shower, then get ready to step into the shoes of the brave crew who must man the cannons, confront unforeseen challenges, and work together as a team. Thus, the concept of Space Alert, a cooperative survival game...

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We’re proud to unveil our SPIEL 2023 release, Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, as the first modern board game to feature RE-Wood—a revolutionary material developed in Germany.

This new technology combines wood waste and recycled binding material in an 80:20 ratio, creating biodegradable products, including intricate board game bits!

If you're attending Gen Con, come check out our Kutná Hora RE-Wood bits at our demo tables. And for those unable to join us, you can experience the components yourself after the game's release this Fall.

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Where: CGE room 235–239 (right above Hall I entrance)
When: August 3–6, 2023

It's this time of year again—Gen Con! And we're excited to invite you to the CGE room to play games, meet Arnak designers, and enjoy the beautiful hobby of board gaming.

Here's all that we've prepared for you this year:

• Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition Pre-Release and Designers Meet-and-Greet
• Demos of Kutná Hora: The City of Silver and other CGE games
• Exclusive CGE Documentary Screening
• Live-Streams from the Halls
• Treasure Hunt

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The story of CGE began a long time ago and now we're thrilled to announce the start of our documentary series with Episode 1: Story of Through the Ages and CGE's founding!

Get ready for an 8-episode series that provides a comprehensive view of the board game industry. Join us as we explore the captivating stories, extraordinary individuals, and memorable events that have shaped CGE over the past 16 years!

Immerse yourself in the evolution of our beloved hobby. You'll enjoy exclusive interviews with industry experts and passionate personalities like Tom Vasel from The Dice Tower, Kevin Sussman from The Big Bang Theory, Rahdo, and more.

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We are excited to announce that Starship Captains has been chosen as one of the official tournament games for Europe Masters 2023! After a 4-year hiatus, this highly anticipated board game tournament will make its grand return to SPIEL in Essen, Germany, from October 5th to 8th, 2023. With approximately 36 teams participating, the competition promises to be fierce and exhilarating!

Europe Masters is renowned as one of the oldest and largest international board game tournaments in the world, bringing passionate gamers across Europe together to compete for the prestigious European Championship title.

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Are you ready for the one of the biggest gaming event of the year? Gen Con '23 is just around the corner, starting on August 3rd. We have exciting news for all the attendees: pre-orders are now open!

Take a chance to be among the first players to get your hands on the highly anticipated expansion, Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition, at our CGE Room 235! But that's not all – we also offer a fine selection of other CGE titles for you to explore. Don't wait too long, as pre-orders will close on July 28th.

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It’s going to be a busy month for the CGE team—after UKGE, our show teams split up and each head to two different conventions that are both happening on the same weekend—Origins Game Fair in Columbus and Game Con Canada in Calgary.

And if you’re coming to either one of those two events, make sure to stop by for a chat and some game demos!

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WHEN: June 2–4, 2023; 9am–6pm (9am–4pm on Sun)
WHERE: STAND 2-420 @NEC Birmingham

CGE will be coming back to Birmingham to teach you the newest additions to our catalogue!

Be among the first to try our upcoming 2023 releases—you’ll have a chance to preview our newly announced expansion for Lost Ruins of Arnak, THE MISSING EXPEDITION, and get a demo of the historic city-building euro-game KUTNÁ HORA: THE CITY OF SILVER and the highly expected CODENAMES APP for mobile devices.

What’s more, you’ll also have a chance to meet Mín & Elwen, the designers of Lost Ruins of Arnak, who’ll be at the CGE booth. Read more...

Did you know— There is a huge community of creators who live-stream their Codenames games? We know it can sometimes be hard to get a group together to play with, so when that happens, why not browse the "Codenames" category on Twitch? There are tons of creators making live interactive Codenames content every day!

For the next month, we're celebrating just a handful of these amazing creators by making them into Codenames agents. By checking out the info below, we hope that you can find the Codenames streamer who's perfect for you.

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Smelt precious silver to develop a Medieval royal city and build a beautiful gothic cathedral — with influence and aid from prominent guilds and intrepid miners in Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, our latest upcoming euro from authors Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava, and Pavel Jarosch.

We love the way this heavyweight city building euro for 2-4 players combines Czech history with a unique dynamic supply and demand economy that shifts throughout the game. Be sure to catch the teaser below and read on for more details!

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Would you like promos for your favorite CGE games but haven't been able to find any? Now you have the chance to purchase them directly from our new official online store!

We have more than just promos, too!

Have you ever had trouble finding our older titles? Our online store is the place to get your hands on some of our tougher to find releases! Our main focus with the online store is to make sure you have access to CGE games that are hard to find elsewhere.

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Are you ready for even more adventures in the world of Arnak? We’re excited to announce Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition, the second content-packed expansion for fans of our award-winning deck building and worker placement game!

Follow the trail of your dear friend, Professor Kutil, who has gone missing while exploring the Lost Ruins of Arnak! The Missing Expedition’s challenging six-chapter story campaign can be enjoyed as either a solo or co-op experience for two players. It includes new story scenario content, helpful carrier pigeons for passing resources between co-op players...

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This year has brought many new games, lots of amazing content, and plenty of love to the best industry around. We're so grateful to be a part of it all! In this time of holiday calm, it's the perfect moment to reflect back at many of 2022's milestones together.

Thank you for every comment, rating, and bit of feedback on our games' BoardGameGeek profiles. Btw, now is the perfect time to contact your FLGS, since both Starship Captains and Deal with the Devil are heading into North American stores in the coming weeks.

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Are you going to PAX Unplugged this week? Make sure to come and meet the CGE crew there! You can find us in room 126 on the ground floor, and our doors are open between 10am–10pm on Friday and Saturday, and between 10am–6pm on Sunday. See the map below for more information on where to find us.

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Exciting news for all experienced Galaxy Truckers: English copies of the new Keep on Trucking expansion have started to be available for sale in stores in the USA.

It's the expansion for the relaunched edition of the fast and goofy game designed by Vlaada Chvátil, where 2-4 players build space ships in real time by grabbing ship-building tiles as fast as they can. Then they test their ships by flying across a galaxy that wants to blow them up!

With the Keep on Trucking expansion, your flight through the stars becomes more chaotic and more fun thanks to tons of new content...

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Who doesn’t love flying around the galaxy in style? The foldable cardboard ship tokens in Starship Captains are already pretty slick, but for players who want something a little extra, we’ve got just the thing for you!

If you have access to a 3D printer, you can now easily upgrade your copy of Starship Captains for free by downloading and 3D printing out these cool new ship tokens our design team created. We hope you enjoy them!

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Come meet our CGE crew from Prague Tomáš, Felix, and Jakub in Dallas at BGG.Con (November 9–13, 2022)!

You’ll be able to play both of our hot new titles, Starship Captains and Deal with the Devil, or take a peek at the already released first Galaxy Trucker expansion, Keep on Trucking!

What’s more, we’re also bringing some copies of Starship Captains and Deal with the Devil for sale. But beware, our stock will be very limited and we’re not doing pre-orders—so if you want be among the first board gamers owning these games in the US, make sure to stop by our booth early.

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It took us a while to settle all the lovely moments of Spiel'22 last week. Overall, the show felt busier than last year, with over 147,000 visitors officially reported. It was great to see you all again, and now we are thrilled to share some of our favorite highlights!

Your tremendous interest in Starship Captains and Deal with the Devil – which just released for the show – couldn't make us happier.

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Next week the Spiel in German Essen starts, so now is the perfect moment to list what will be available at the CGE booth, 1D139, for you: Simply put, NEW STUFF!

Along with hot new games Deal with the Devil, Starship Captains, and Galaxy Trucker, other games will be demoed in the gaming area, including Lost Ruins of Arnak, GIANT Under Falling Skies, and the Codenames mobile app. Quick-paced games like Letter Jam and Pictomania will be available over the weekend.

Pre-order both new and classic CGE games until Monday, October 3^rd. You can reserve the game, pick it up, and pay for it at Spiel.

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With the Essen Spiel ‘22 launch of Starship Captains not far on the horizon, we have one more exciting update to share! Our new sci-fi euro game will now have a dedicated solo mode included in the box on release, making it enjoyable at 1-4 players!

Designer Peter Hoffgaard and our internal development team at CGE have been working hard to craft a fun, dynamic, and highly replayable experience for Starship Captains’ solo mode.

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Essen Spiel is the biggest European gaming show and it's coming up in just 5 weeks! If you love playing board games, then this is an event you don't want to miss. There will be tons of new games released at the show, as well as brand new and classic titles from Czech Games Edition!

Pre-ordered your games now and we'll see you at CGE booth – Hall 1, D139.

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Our team is back from Gen Con, some more jet lagged than others, but all safe and happy that we got to spend the four days in Indy, meeting friends old and new and sharing our passion for games with others.

Thank you all who visited us in our room 235–239 and played our games or just stopped by to say hi – and those of you who didn’t make it to the show, here’s an overview of the most interesting Gen Con highlights.

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It's a great pleasure today to announce another big euro-style game for this year: Deal with the Devil - by Matúš Kotry, the author of Alchemists – is a deeply thematical euro-style game for 4 players, set in a fantasy medieval era.

Players are competing to construct grand buildings in a medieval city. To be a successful ruler, you need resources. To get resources, you need to make smart deals, offering the other players things they really need. One of the players is secretly the devil and really needs a piece of your soul.

Thanks to the simple app, all identities and trades are kept secret, and nobody really knows who is who

Gen Con'22, starting this year on August 4th in Indianapolis, will bring a ton of fun. We hope you'll come to visit us at CGE room n. 235 and check what we have there for you!

Be among the first to get your hands on Galaxy Trucker: Keep on Trucking, which is launching at Gen Con, as well as other hits including, Lost Ruins of Arnak, the Expedition Leaders expansion, Letter Jam, Under Falling Skies, and bonus items for your favorite games!

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If you are in the Birmingham area this weekend and are looking for some board-gaming action, make sure to stop by UK Games Expo and say hi to our CGE team on site! You can find our stand 2–420 in Hall 2 of NEC Birmingham.

And what can you expect? We have quite a few games for you to play:

- Starship Captains
- Galaxy Trucker and the Keep on Trucking Expansion
- Lost Ruins of Arnak and the Expedition Leaders expansion
- Under Falling Skies

as well as our lighter assortment of games...

You might have noticed that for the past few weeks, we have been releasing videos covering tips, tricks, and background details for every new leader from the Expedition Leaders expansion. And today, this series is finally complete with the release of the last video for the Mystic.

If you have missed the series or have been simply waiting until it was complete before watching it, you can check out all 6 videos on our YouTube channel.

Make sure to also subscribe to this channel, so that you don't miss any new content – the Leaders video series might be complete but we have much more content planned for you in the weeks and months to come!

With the upcoming expansion for Galaxy Trucker, we've prepared an animated video trailer for you. Big thanks and credits go to Radim "Finder" Pech, our in-house animation master and creator of this video. Feel free to comment, like, and share it with all Galaxy Trucker fans.

So... What is this expansion about?

It adds more of everything, offering exciting new tactical options for building and defending your ship.

To enjoy the new expansion to its fullest, master the basics with our How to Play tutorial. Remember to balance earning cosmic credits with avoiding any serious harm.

Hailing all Starship Captains! Get ready to embark on a maiden voyage through the cosmos in this euro-style action selection and engine building game for 2–4 players.

Explore a galaxy full of dangerous pirates and interplanetary missions, as you manage, train, and promote your crew to improve their diverse skills. Then harness the power of cool alien technology to help your crew tackle goofy missions through the stars and beyond.

Fans of sci-fi won’t want to miss this medium-weight euro gaming homage to the spacefaring classics. Starship Captains will be warping in just in time for an Essen Spiel release, with a North American launch to follow in Q4 2022!

We have some exciting new video content we hope you will enjoy and share with other board game enthusiasts. We've asked our designers some burning questions, and you might be surprised by what they had to say!

Watch Vlaada Chvátil (legendary designer known for Through the Ages, Codenames, Galaxy Trucker, and Mage Knight, among others), Tomáš Uhlíř (Under Falling Skies), Adam Španěl (Project L), Ondra Skoupý (Letter Jam) as well as Elwen & Mín (Lost Ruins of Arnak) talk about the games they love, their favorite mechanics, what kind of superpowers would be most useful for them and more!

Watch, like, and recommend the video from the CGE YouTube channel.

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Keep on trucking with this new expansion for the recently relaunched version of the classic Galaxy Trucker board game. The release is planned for Gen Con'22.

With new ship classes, new adventure cards, more ship-building components, Rough Roads cards, and new aliens with unique abilities, your flight through the stars becomes more chaotic and more fun!

The different parts of this expansion can be mixed and matched, allowing you to choose the combination that feels the most fun to you. So whether you're flying with grizzled veterans who miss the thrill of exploding spaceships or teaching newbies who just survived their first flight, this expansion will help you Keep on Trucking!

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We are excited to share two extra pieces of content for your favorite games today: Codenames and Lost Ruins of Arnak. Both are quite special.

New Mode for Codenames!

Codenames Solo is an exciting new way to play Codenames – by yourself! Sounds cool, doesn’t it?

Missing Page from Lost Ruins of Arnak Rulebook

It has come to our attention that our Lost Ruins of Arnak rulebooks are missing the last page, covering some very important rules clarifications. We regret this error...

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To the Russian players who have bought some of our games in the past: we strongly believe the vast majority of you do not support the acts of war your president and government have unleashed upon Ukraine.

We totaled all of the profit we have ever received from Russian copies of CGE games; it is nearly €400,000 Euro. We have sent all of this money to help Ukraine.

We hope you won't mind this decision. Perhaps you may even welcome it. Thank you again for buying, playing, and enjoying our games—in addition to the fun we hope you had with them, it will now also help a just cause.

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Mark your calendars because we have a very special stream coming up next week!

Ray, our amazing content creator, will be sitting down with Arnak designers, Mín and Elwen, for a live Q&A! And we'll be super happy to have you join us :) So stop by the Twitch stream to ask your questions and just chat.

The stream will happen on February 3^rd, 3pm EST/9pm CET
at https://twitch.tv/CzechGamesEdition

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We're happy to share with you that, after its long voyage across the ocean, the container carrying boxes of Expedition Leaders has safely arrived in our US warehouse.

This means that the first English copies of Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders should be starting to pop-up in stores around the US in mid January and early February – and some stores might have already received their copies! Make sure to keep an eye out ;)

A similar situation should be happening in Australia and New Zealand – our partners in those two countries should have recently received their first orders and the first expansions are starting to be available for sale.

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What an interesting year! As we finally reach the end of 2021 and take a moment to catch our breath, we would like to wish you all happy holidays from the team at CGE! We're so grateful to be have been able to see you all at shows again and share our new titles with you.

This year, Gen Con, Essen Spiel, and Pax Unplugged attendees had a chance to try out a giant version of the newly re-launched Galaxy Trucker.

For really brave truckers, there is a free mini-expansion called Rough Roads that makes the game even harder and crazier. We're also currently working with our partners on many language translations, so keep an eye out for updates soon!

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Between 10am and 2pm on Saturday, we’ll have six CGE team members located at key spots inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center at PAX Unplugged who represent the six unique leader characters in the Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders expansion. You’ll follow clues to discover the locations of those six leaders. Each one of them has a special item that works as a keyword.

Entering a keyword into this special Arnak scavenger hunt website will unlock a puzzle that you must solve to progress to the next character. Those who finish the hunt and solve at least one puzzle can enter our drawings for many cool prizes later in the day on Dec. 11th. The more puzzles you solve, the better prize you can win.

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Tis’ the season to be gaming, which is why we can’t wait to all see you at PAX Unplugged 2021, December 10th through December 12th, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia! Czech Games Edition will be set up in Room 202, just off the Grand Hall. So be sure to stop by and say “Hi” on your way to the exhibition hall. We’ll have tons of demos, a huge CGE store, giant-sized versions of some of our most popular games, and a few other cool surprises waiting for you.

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Dear friends and fans of Lost Ruins of Arnak,

We have some updates about the availability of the game’s expansion, Expedition Leaders.

You might have seen that the expansion was first available at SPIEL’21 in both English and German languages. Expedition Leaders quickly became a bestseller of the show, alongside the new edition of Galaxy Trucker—for which we are grateful. It was incredible to be able to showcase both the expansion and the base game after almost two years of no conventions. If you weren’t at the show, you can check out our video report.

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We know, we know...our Twitch channel has been a little quiet the last few months, but all that is changing now that we’ve officially kicked off the channel relaunch! Are you ready to join us each week for multiple live-streams of community-focused content, special guests, and a lot of fun silly shenanigans. Great! Let’s do this (now with 449% more TONY EMOTES)!

So what can you expect from our new approach to Streaming here at CGE? For starters, Ray—our new Twitch content creator and host—will be streaming three days a week, bringing you a rotating line-up of exciting segments.

Check out our general schedule...

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It's no surprise that Essen Spiel'21 was a smaller show this year. The good news is that while there may have been fewer exhibitors and fewer attendees than in years past, the energy and enthusiasm we saw was anything but small. Throughout the convention, demo tables were bustling non-stop, and our hearts were full of happiness from seeing you all again!

This year attendees had a chance to try out a giant version of the newly re-launched Galaxy Trucker in the gallery between halls 2 and 4. It was hilarious watching everyone running around and scrambling to build their ships with large tiles, and people seemed to have a blast with it...

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After successful Gen Con and Origins with our US colleagues, the European CGE team now heads towards Essen to attend SPIEL ’21. And we have a lot in stock for you so come check it out!

Our team will reside in Hall 1 of the Essen convention center, at booth 1D139. You will be able to play the new edition of Galaxy Trucker, last year's hit Lost Ruins of Arnak, and a giant demo of our epic solo game Under Falling Skies.

Also, Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders will be available for sale for the very first time!

Besides that, we’ll also be in the Gallery, booth GA15, with our giant Galaxy Trucker, and our friends at HeidelBÄR at the booth 1C121 will be helping us sell German versions of our games.

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It’s been a successful year for the two 2020 CGE titles, Lost Ruins of Arnak and Under Falling Skies. Both games have received many recognitions around the world and their reception has been incredibly positive.

Recently, both games have been announced the winners of IGA, International Gamers Awards – Lost Ruins of Arnak in the Multiplayer category, and Under Falling Skies in the Solo category.

In addition to this, Lost Ruins of Arnak has been also nominated for the Dutch gaming award, De Nederlandse Spellenprijs, in the Expert category.

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Essen Spiel '21, starting this year on October 14th, will bring us an amazing amount of shiny new games. Please find us at our booth Hall 1, Booth D 139, and check what we have there for you!

Our classic titles and new games can be pre-ordered now and picked up later at Spiel. Speaking of new titles, here they are:

Galaxy Trucker from Vlaada Chvátil
2–4 players, 8+, 30 min, € 30, BGG profile

Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders from Mín & Elwen
1–4 player(s), 12+, 30 min/player, € 30, BGG profile

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After English and German, the web application for The Search for Professor Kutil now features full and official translations into the following languages:

 Czech

 Spanish

 French

 Italian

 Korean

You can check these out at solo.arnak.game

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And bigger than ever! Starting today, you can catch the US team in Room #233-239 at Gen Con 2021 for tons of fun and excitement. We have live demos, a massive CGE store, and even giant-sized versions of Galaxy Trucker and PictoMania!

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Today, Lost Ruins of Arnak won the Deutscher Spielepreis. We would like to congratulate all other listed titles – every single game mentioned on the list is great and winning this prize is an honor. Thank you!

It’s been an exciting and unbelievable year for Lost Ruins of Arnak, and we would like to thank everyone who’s been on this journey with us – we hope that you will follow us into the next chapter of Lost Ruins of Arnak that starts at SPIEL'21 with the game’s first expansion, Expedition Leaders.

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Don’t be surprised if you see some friendly new faces popping up on our Twitch and YouTube channels very soon. They say two heads are better than one...and we absolutely couldn’t agree more. That’s why we decided to bring two new smiles to the CGE family. Meet Eleni and Rachel, our new in-house content creation team!

As the newest additions to our growing US team, Eleni and Rachel will be spearheading the expansion of our online video content across Twitch and YouTube. You’ll be seeing a LOT of them in the coming months, so we wanted to take a moment to introduce them both to you!

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The wait is almost over! We’re excited to share that the new re-launched edition of Galaxy Trucker is landing on the shelves of your favorite friendly local game stores very soon!

European gamers should start to see copies on store shelves this week (September 8^th), with the North American launch following close behind at this year’s Gen Con on September 16^th. Be sure to support your FLGS and grab a copy!

The original edition has received many awards and recognition over the years, and the re-launched edition recently earned the Seal of Excellence from The Dice Tower.

We hope you love it as much as they do!

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We have missed physical shows and meeting with you. That's why we are thrilled to see some of you at Gen Con on September 16-19 in Indianapolis, over at CGE Room n. 233-239. Safety is our biggest priority, even though you might run into some adventurous moments while playing our board games: meteor showers causing explosions, scary jungle exploration, and much more.

Reservations for Gen Con pick-up is open now!

Today we're giving you the chance to be among the very first to get a brand new relaunched edition of Galaxy Trucker. Or get a copy of the hit of 2020, Lost Ruins of Arnak together with the Saxophone promo card.

>>> Reserve your copy now! <<<

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We are proud to announce that our award-winning board game Lost Ruins of Arnak is getting an all-new expansion titled Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders.

Give your expedition an edge by choosing one of six unique leaders, each equipped with different abilities, skills, and starting decks that offer different strategies and styles of play for you to explore.

In addition to the leader abilities, which bring a new element of asymmetry to the game, this expansion also contains new research tracks that offer even more variety and a bigger challenge, along with new item and artifact cards.

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Today we're excited to share a few production progress updates for the upcoming relaunched edition of Galaxy Trucker!

If everything goes well, the first copies will appear in stores in late summer. Other languages will follow, as usual. The recommended price is $29.95/ €29.95.

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Dear friends,
After months of development, testing, and iterating, we have released our free four-chapters-long solo campaign The Search for Professor Kutil.

The famous scholar’s expedition vanished somewhere in the uncharted waters of the Pacific Ocean—while searching for a mysterious island nobody believed existed. It seems the professor may have found what he was looking for, but what happened to his expedition? Only scarce traces of the team’s presence remain, but nothing truly explains where they are or what happened to them.

Will you succeed and find Professor Kutil and his team? The Search for Professor Kutil is on!

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We're excited to see Lost Ruins of Arnak nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2021, alongside Fantasy Realms and Paleo.

The road to Arnak wasn't easy, as you might've read in our recent blog post – and we are ever so grateful for you supporting us on this journey.

We want to congratulate all other nominees and to wish them good luck! The winners of Kennerspiel des Jahres will be announced on July 19, 2021 – so keep your fingers crossed!

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We are thrilled to announce the relaunch of Galaxy Trucker, the award-winning family game by Vlaada Chvátil!

In Galaxy Trucker, 2 to 4 truckers begin by simultaneously rummaging through the common warehouse, frantically trying to grab the most useful component tiles for building their space ship — all in real-time.

Once the ships are launched, players will encounter dangerous situations while vying for financial opportunities—each hoping to gain the most valuable cargo and finish with as much of their ship still intact as possible.

Of course, that's easier said than done since many hazards will send pieces of your ship, your cargo, and your crew hurling into the depths of space...

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We have a fun surprise for our Lost Ruins of Arnak fans! As of today, the game has officially entered into beta on Board Game Arena and is finally available to play online. We would like to thank our friend Adam Španěl for his hard work and for bringing this implementation to life. Also, huge thanks to our alpha testers for their numerous comments and ideas!

We wanted to provide our fellow board gamers with a quality option to play Lost Ruins of Arnak remotely, as we know that there are still many people who cannot meet with their friends for a game night.

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Castle TriCon 2021 Spring Edition is over, and it was a blast! Over two days, we welcomed almost 1,000 board gamers from over 50 countries.

There were over 400 entries in the Letter Hunt contest and over 70 entries in our Scavenger Hunt. Huge thanks to everyone for taking part, and congratulations to our lucky winners. The competition was tough!

Also, choosing only the six best screenshots from all of the amazing and funny pictures you shared was tough as well! If you want to see more of them, search for #castletricontest on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Once again, we've teamed up with HeidelBÄR Games and Horrible Guild to bring you another exciting Castle TriCon event! You can join your friends and us in our virtual 3D world this weekend to chat, play games, win a copy of hot titles, fly around, and have fun!

Castle TriCon will open its virtual gate for all gamers this weekend!

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We are thrilled to announce that Codenames: Duet, a cooperative version of the beloved classic, is newly online and free to play remotely with your friends and family on www.codenames.game.

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If your friendly local game store doesn't have Under Falling Skies or Lost Ruins of Arnak anymore, do not worry – more copies of both our new titles will be arriving soon worldwide, and we're here to give you more info about when.

The next reprint of the English version of Lost Ruins of Arnak will be landing in European stores throughout February. We expect the US stores to receive their shipments shortly after, in late February. More languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, ...) will follow in the weeks after.

The English copies of Under Falling Skies have just arrived in the US and should be landing in stores soon. Other languages (specifically Czech, Spanish, French, Italian, and Polish) along with more German and English will hit the market throughout March. Japanese games should arrive a month later in April.

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It is again with great pleasure that we invite you to Castle TriCon! Join us during our 2021 Spring edition of the show, happening publicly on February 26^th and 27^th.

Castle TriCon, as you might remember from the last September, is an online board gaming convention that will be happening in a unique virtual 3D world!

Connect with your friends and play games by HeidelBÄR Games, Czech Games Edition, and Horrible Guild.

Register for FREE to receive all of the information you will need to join us.

For more information about the event, visit the Castle TriCon website.

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We have some great news for those brave adventurers, who dare to explore the Lost Ruins of Arnak all alone. As promised, we bring you two free updates to spice up your solo adventures – a new difficulty level, and a set of rival objectives.

Rival Objectives

They add more interaction into your solo adventure. Each round, your rival plans a few objectives that would grant them extra points, and it's up to you to outrun them and fulfil them first.

Purple Actions

They provide a satisfying challenge even for the most experienced adventurers. Similarly as with the red tiles, choose how many to use and shuffle them into your rival's action stack, instead of the easy tiles.

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Every year at conventions, we give out what we like to call our "happy cards" – simple little messages to spread positivity and good vibes.

This year, we couldn't go to conventions, but we still wanted to share these little pieces of joy with you – so we've prepared a selection of our happy cards that you can download and even print out!

Share those happy cards with your loved ones, print them and use them as a name tag for your presents, … or simply give them to someone who might use a little mood boost :)

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October releases, Under Falling Skies and Lost Ruins of Arnak, are nearly available worldwide.

Status of pre-orders

All pre-ordered copies from the SPIEL.digital CGE store have been dispatched and received over the last month. If you are still waiting for your parcel, please be patient. There might be delays due to the current covid situation. Thank you for understanding.

Now is the right time to ask your favorite local game store for a copy...

These days, English copies are traveling to our distributors and from them to retailers.

Other language versions

Thanks to our localization partners around the world, other fellow gamers will able to play Lost Ruins of Arnak in and Under Falling Skies in their mother language soon.

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SPIEL.digital is here, and we at CGE cannot have missed this opportunity to participate and have a chance to meet you, our fellow board gamers, and play games with you. Here is an overview of all that we have planned for you during the show.

CGE SHOW HOURS

22 October (Thursday): 12 PM – 4 AM CEST (6 AM–10 PM EDT)
23 October (Friday): 12 PM – 4 AM CEST (6 AM–10 PM EDT)
24 October (Saturday): 12 PM CEST – 3 AM CET* (6 AM–10 PM EDT)
25 October (Sunday): 12 PM – 4 AM CET (7 AM–11 PM EDT)
* (Central Europe is changing from daylight savings time to standard time on a night from Saturday to Sunday)

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As you surely know, Essen Spiel 2020 will be replaced by SPIEL.digital, a virtual convention that will be taking place next week, October 22-25^th.

CGE is excited to be a part of SPIEL.digital as a Gold Sponsor for the event, and we want to convey to you: our fans, partners, and media representatives an experience as close as possible to what you are used to when visiting us at an in-person convention.

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Shortly? It wasn't bad actually. Not bad at all!

First, we want to express our gratitude to all of you (over 800 virtual attendees) for being with us during the Castle TriCon event held in an innovative and playful 3D world.

If you want to be informed about the next round of Castle TriCon or kind of similar event, please jump to the official page and sign up for the newsletter. Thank you.

None of this would have happened if it hadn't been for our great partners HEIDELBÄR GAMES, and HORRIBLE GUILD, with whom we went into the unknown together and perhaps not for the last time.

Discovering the 3D virtual world of the Castle TriCon event!

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Czech Games Edition accept pre-orders which will ensure a delivery of the "Essen Spiel" package right to your hands.

Under Falling Skies from Tomáš "Uhlík" Uhlíř
1+ players, 12+ years, 20–40 min, € 30, BGG profile

Lost Ruins of Arnak from Mín & Elwen
1-4 players, 12+ years, 30 min per player, € 60, BGG profile

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We are excited to announce today that Codenames.game will be officially out of Beta next week during our Castle TriCon event! Codenames.game is the official online platform through which you can play Codenames remotely with your friends and family.

We want to thank everyone who have joined us so far, and who have provided us with priceless feedb ack! Codenames.game is finally ready to peel off the Beta label.

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Castle TriCon is an online board gaming convention that will be happening in a unique virtual 3D world!

Connect with your friends and play games by HeidelBÄR Games, Czech Games Edition, and Horrible Guild.

Register for this event to get your ticket and access information that will allow you to join the online world during the event.

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The challenges of this year for publishers, distributors, and retailers are vast, as they are for all people, non-gamers and gamers alike. The best we can do is to adapt to this new situation. This requires us to expand into new platforms to present our games, so we can hopefully bring more joy to the tabletops of the world.

It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to a new event, but one that has a strong foundation. Please join us for CASTLE TRICON 2020, taking place from Saturday to Sunday, September 26–27^th.

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UK Games Expo 2020, a free virtual show, begins Friday, August 21st. You might be interested in what’s new from CGE this season, and we have 2 brand new games prepared for release this fall! Under Falling Skies and Lost Ruins of Arnak will be presented at CGE’s virtual stand V-126 in less than 3 days!

The virtual hall opens on Friday at 6 pm (BST – British time, use this little helper for your convenience). However, we are so excited that we are starting at 4 pm with an Under Falling Skies playthrough with Tom Heath and Russ Chapman!

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We would like to send you a huge Thank You for being with us during Gen Con Online for the whole 4 days, and turning them into an awesome experience for all of the CGE team.

Thanks to all virtual visitors, the amazing Imps from our demo team, and our brilliant partners – they all helped us create lots of video content that we shared with you during Gen Con Online via the CGE Twitch channel. You can find all of this amazing content above, so you can enjoy the videos anytime you want!

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After successfully launching the solo mode for our game Adrenaline in May, we are happy to bring you a solo variant for our fantasy board game Sanctum!

Sanctum is an epic, competitive, adventure game for 2–4 players that’s inspired by the hack & slash genre and converted into a modern board game. You may already be familiar with racing against other heroes with the goal to banish the evil that plagues Sanctum. With fighting your way through hordes of enemies while gearing up to face the blight that is Demon Lord, all to restore the realm to its former glory.

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We are happy to officially announce that Lost Ruins of Arnak will be our new big box title of 2020. A couple of enthusiastic designers, Mín and Elwen, are behind this project for 1 to 4 brave explorers.

Do you dare to step into the jungles of a long lost island in uncharted seas, where traces of a once great civilization have been found?

Players lead rival expeditions to a newly discovered island. Through a unique combination of worker placement and deckbuilding, each expedition attempts to uncover the lost island’s secrets...

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We are very pleased with such a great reception of Under Falling Skies 9-card print and play version we shared with you over the last few weeks!

We would now like to officially announce that Under Falling Skies from the author Tomáš Uhlíř will be the next new title for CGE this year.

In this solo game you take charge of an underground base, trying to stop the alien invasion.

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In the past few weeks, the long-awaited New Leaders and Wonders expansion for Through the Ages has been introduced to countries all around the world – and today, it is finally available in the North America as well.

To celebrate the release, we would like to share with you some behind-the-scenes notes from the designer of the game, Vlaada Chvátil.

Have you even wondered how the original set of personalities and wonders was picked for the game? Do you want to know more about who Jan Žižka is, why we picked him for the game, or what his abilities represent? Or would you like to read more behind-the-scenes details about some other cards in the game? We have some good news for you!

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It seems so long ago. Back in 2016, Adrenaline by Filip Neduk, inspired by the first-person shooter computer games was published. The game combined area control, careful resource management, no dice and no mercy!

The expansion came two years later. Adrenaline: Team Play DLC added the possibility to play with up to 6 players, in 2 teams, with character-specific weapons and abilities. It also added a unique Adrenaline Rush system and streamlined gameplay.

However, the voices of solitary warriors hollowly echoed against the empty metal walls of the Adrenaline arena. Until now...

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First of all, we would like to express how much we respect all of you, our fans, and gaming partners. Thanks to the gamers who purchased Letter Jam, it’s currently our 2^nd most popular game, after Codenames!

This support has been overwhelming and makes us keen to make sure we can provide the game to as many literacy-game-lovers as possible. This brings us to our localization partners. Letter Jam has been already translated into 9 languages so far: English, Italian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, German, French, Hungarian and Dutch!

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This year we are working on something special. It's a solo game called Under Falling Skies. This game originated as a print & play game on BGG. In fact, it won the 2019 9-Card Nanogame P&P Design Contest!

At about that same time, we hired the designer to work on various projects at CGE. He brought Under Falling Skies to one of our playtesting events, and we liked it a lot!

Now we're developing an expanded version with high-quality components, new artwork, a variety of missions, and an extended campaign.

While you're waiting for more information about the official release, you can read more about this project, download the print & play version right now, for free, on CGE blog. Enjoy.

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First of all, we hope you are reading this report in the safety of your home, and if you must go out, that you are still in good health. We do not have to remind you of the situation we all are in.

We are with you during these difficult days and are prepared to overcome this together. Our update today is longer than usual, but... you have time, don't you?

CGE blog – why now and what to expect?

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Starting today, Through the Ages includes official tournament support! It will allow our community to create and manage their own online tournaments directly from their CGE Account. Players will also be able to join an open declared tournament, invite particular people to join the battle and set their custom rules.

Together with the tournament support, we are launching the CGE Forum - a place where the tournaments can be discussed and where our players can get together and talk about their favourite cards, strategies and CGE games.

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These times are harsh and it is not responsible or safe to meet up for board game events – therefore, we suppose that you could welcome an opportunity to play with your gaming buddies online.

Starting today, March 20, both Through the Ages and Galaxy Trucker digital games are available for half of their original price.

We were considering to give the apps for free, but in the end, we have decided for a different approach. All our proceeds coming from those app sales will be donated to COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

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We are happy to announce that the New Leaders and Wonders expansion boxes are leaving our warehouse and have started their journey into the whole wide world! The road to this release has not been easy and we are grateful for your patience and understanding – let's hope that this last trip will be smoother than the events leading to it (you can read about the story of the New Leaders and Wonders delay).

Our European fans can expect the game to appear in their local game stores during March and April, for the US, we have set the release date for May 13.

Now, get your civilizations ready to welcome the new courageous leaders and make space for their wondrous creations – the first Through the Ages expansion is on its way!

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Today, February 26^th is the day, when Sanctum is available in game stores across North America, and at other worldwide retail partners.

This means that it is time to ask for this game at your favorite local game store!

To make this game release a bit more special, our colleague Radim "Finder", the great Czech animator, has prepared a surprise. He has breathed life into the Sanctum heroes and has captured their characteristic fighting styles in these short videos.

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Did you notice that your Letter Jam cards have codes? Have you ever wondered what they're for? Would you like to add a bit more mystery and surprise to your game?

This companion app works as a scanner for Letter Jam cards. It prepares a secret word for every player around the table without anyone knowing any of the words! Once the game is over, the app reveals which words were chosen for each player.

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We are back with an update regarding the Through the Ages: New Leaders and Wonders release date.

As you already know, because the original paper supplier went out of business (explained in our previous post), we had trouble matching the card backs from the expansion with the cards from the base game. Due to this, the expansion has been delayed.

However, we are pleased to say that with the cooperation of our printer, we have found a satisfactory combination of paper and varnish to achieve the intended look.

Our plan is to have the game available in March in Europe and in April/May in the USA.

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We’re sorry to announce that we still have no concrete release date for Through the Ages: New Leaders and Wonders. The card printing problem that led to the original delay last month is more difficult to solve than we expected. As a result, we hope to have the game out by Spring of 2020, but we can’t be more specific.

The problem we are trying to solve is that the card backs for the expansion look different than the card backs for the base game. This means players can make out how many expansion military cards their opponents have, or see whether the next prepared event is from the expansion. This is not information players should have.

We apologize for the delay this is causing. We would not be postponing the game’s release, however, unless it was to ensure that every player of Through the Ages and its expansion has a good experience.

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Thank you to all the fans who came by and played games, talked to us, or bought games to take home! This was one of our favorite Spiels ever. We enjoyed demoing Letter Jam and Sanctum, and we really loved everyone’s photos they entered into the #PlayLetterJam contest.

We're especially grateful for all the interest in Sanctum — which sold out! Geek Buzz voters took the game to 5^th on the charts during the show at one point and helped the game to end at 21^st place overall. We love this game, so we’re happy to see players seem to enjoy it too.

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We’re sorry to announce that, despite our best efforts, we are unable to offer Through the Ages: New Leaders and Wonders for sale at Essen Spiel 2019.

Due to an error at the printer side, the card backs for the expansion are a different shade than the card backs for the base game. This is very unfortunate, especially with military cards that should remain secret.

In the meantime, if you haven’t already, you can try the expansion on the digital Through the Ages app. It’s already for sale now for iOS, Android, Steam, and GoG. Or you can come by our booth at Essen Spiel (Hall 1, F-145) for a digital demo.

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Sanctum is a competitive epic adventure game for 2 to 4 players.

Expect Sanctum in stores worldwide in February 2020 … Or you can come by Booth Hall 1, F-145 at Essen Spiel ‘19 to get your hands on a copy earlier.

Preorder your Spiel copy through October 21.

In the meantime, you can take a look at our BGG Sneak Preview Article Series. (And once you’ve read up on the game, take our BGG quiz! Four lucky winners will win a free copy.)

The game is inspired by hack-and-slack RPG video games, and there are plenty of dice rolls … but don’t let that fool you. This is a highly strategic game.

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Today, we have some serious business news to share. This news is certainly very important for our German partners, and we firmly believe will only be beneficial to them in the future.

We, Czech Games Edition and HeidelBÄR Games, announce complete re-establishment of cooperation regarding all CGE's hobby market games in German-speaking territories.

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After many months of careful design, testing, and balancing, we are proud to release the long-awaited expansion to the digital version of the beloved game Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, titled New Leaders and Wonders!

The new expansion contains plenty of new leader cards to choose from, including such great personalities as Cleopatra, Jan Žižka, or Marie Curie. You can build exciting new wonders such as the Forbidden City, and explore new ways of interacting with your fellow players through new military cards!

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Essen Spiel '19, starting this year on October 24^th, will bring us an amazing amount of shiny new games. Czech Games Edition is no exception. You can find us at our booth Hall 1, Booth F 145.

Once again, we will accept pre-orders which will help you to reserve a copy of the game you want. To do so, please fill out simple form. Pre-orders close on Monday, October 21^st at 12:12 AM (CET).

At Essen, we will be able to accept payment by credit card. There is no need to pay anything in advance. Games should be picked-up by Saturday at noon.

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Now that Gen Con (the 4 best days of gaming) has concluded, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for a fantastic event!

Thank you for stopping by, whether it was to chat with us, compete in the Galaxy Trucker or Codenames tournaments, or trying out our classic titles as well as the new games of this season.

It's thrilling how well the pre-released Letter Jam clicked with you immediately...

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The long wait is over! After months of development, careful balancing, and intensive testing, we are proud to announce that the expansion for Through the Ages, titled New Leaders & Wonders, will come out this fall – digitally on September 12, 2019, and as a board game on October 24, 2019!

The expansion will bring to play new courageous and inspiring leaders, more great wonders, and clever military cards and tactics. It will come to all current digital platforms (via Google Play, App Store, and Steam) and will cost $4.99. The physical board game expansion will have a recommended retail cost of $24.95.

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In two weeks we will be welcoming you to Room #237 at Gen Gon, the biggest US gaming event!

We accept pre-orders which will help you to ensure a copy of the game you want. To do so, please fill out simple form.

You could be one of the very first people who try out our fresh new title Letter Jam, a 2-6 player cooperative word game, where players assist each other in composing meaningful words from letters around the table. The trick is holding the letter card so that it’s only visible to other players and not to yourself.

Are you curious how is this game is played? Check out video, where Tyler explains it all. Please note, that some components in the video are not final yet. Which will not be the case of the shining new final copies!

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Origins Game Fair was a great 5 days long tabletop gaming con held in Columbus, OH, last month. It's a great event to meet people from the gaming industry and of course gamers themselves, the kind of people we care a lot about.

We are always thrilled to show you what's new at CGE and what we are working on. Usually, the CGE team gets back from Origins with a huge feeling of gratitude for the time got to spend with you. This year, one member of our team brought home something extra.

That's right, Vlaada, our key game designer (he himself is the author of ⅔ of all CGE portfolio) has been inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame.

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All of you word-associative-game lovers move in a little bit closer and let us tell you about the newest release.

Codenames: Duet, the cooperative version for two players or two teams is now double–sized.

Starting tomorrow, you should be able to find Codenames: Duet XXL (so far in English, followed by German language next week) at your favorite hobby store for a price around $40.

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Prepare to explore Sanctum, a new game designed by Filip Neduk and going to be released in Fall 2019.

Sanctum is an epic adventure game for 2–4 players, inspired by a classic monster slashing and looting goodness, converted to a modern board game.

As one of the heroes, you will embark upon a quest to rid the land of a demonic invasion, fighting your way through countless enemies and gearing up to face the Lord of Demons himself.

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We are thrilled to officially announce the newest 2019 title that we are working on right now: it’s called Letter Jam, created by Ondra Skoupý, one of our game designers.

Letter Jam is a 2–6 player cooperative word game, where players assist each other in composing meaningful words from letters around the table. The trick is holding the letter card so that it’s only visible to other players and not to yourself.

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Great news, Truckers – our shuttles have successfully landed on Steam! Repeat, the shuttles have landed, and our brave space explorers have started colonizing computers all over this new strange land.

To support these colonization efforts, we’ve set up a 38% discount that will last until 14 March.

Join in, and discover a new wider Galaxy! Enjoy Galaxy Trucker on a bigger screen of your Mac or Windows.

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We are facing an unusual phenomenon in the Codenames: Duet game.

On the double sided key card grid there are 3 words seen as black from the one side, where one of them is black for your co-op partner as well. The second black word is surprisingly green on your colleague's side of grid and the last one (the third one) is neutral, beige. It works same way on both sides.

The problem starts when you try to check it by turning the grid card from one side to another and all of the sudden you realize that all this doesn't work with your grid card! Moreover, it doesn't work for any of the key cards in your game actually...

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Good news everybody! Trapwords and the Adrenaline DLC expansion has landed at our US warehouse in Madison. That means that you can ask your favorite local hobby store to order a copy and ensure some nice gifts for the board game lovers in your life. You can even please yourself with our newest fun and fast-paced games.

Just be aware that the actual stocking date depends on each retailer and their shipping policy. It can also depend on the distance from their distribution warehouse. For the latest information please contact your local friendly game store.

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From the whole CGE team, who has arrived safely back home from Essen (the greatest boardgaming fair in the Europe) we want to thank you very much for being there with us!

Regardless if you just took some time to talk about the Adrenaline: Team Play DLC expansion, or found time to get a proper demo of Trapwords, the revised edition of Pictomania and XXL edition of Codenames and Codenames: Pictures, we hope you enjoyed it, at least as much as we did.

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We don’t know if they were skilful carriers, the sea was quiet, or the game just wanted to be played as early as possible, but the fact is that last week our warehouse in Madison reported that Pictomania landed!

Usually it takes almost 2 months just to ship a container full of our games from one side of Atlantic Ocean to the other. This time, it made it in less than the half the time. We are really happy that everything went smoothly to get the new version of Pictomania to you.

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Essen Spiel '18, starting this year on October 25^th, will once again bring the amazing amount of shiny new games. As usual, we will be there with our titles this year. You can find us at our booth Hall 1, Booth F 145.

Once again, we will accept pre-orders which will help you to ensure a copy of the game you want. To do so, please fill out simple form. Pre-orders close on Monday, October 22^nd at 10 AM (CET). Until then, you can edit your order as much as you need. Games should be picked-up by Saturday at noon.

For the first time, we will be able to accept payment by credit card.

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Thank you all for the marvelous year you have spent with us playing Through the Ages. Over the course of almost 160,000 finished online games, you have generated over 46.5 millions of the culture points – that’s a remarkable trace through this virtual world’s history.

That’s not even including the massive amount of single-player games you’ve played! 40,767 brave leaders conquered at least one challenge and 689 mastered all of them. The 35 most devoted heroes have gathered every achievement the game offers!

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You might know that this year CGE released Codenames XXL with plans for other XXL versions of the favorite Codenames family. You may like to know who came up with the original idea and who should be given credit for this.

Back in 2016, it was December 13^th, the CGE "Christmas" party was held and we invited all our colleagues, their families, our dear Czech partners and also manufacturer representatives. It was them who brought two super size Codenames boxes they made for this occasion, as a gift, after the huge success of Codenames that year when it won the Spiel des Jahres award.

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We are very pleased by such a warm reception of the new Trapwords at Gen Con last week! We would now like to officially announce that Trapwords will become another new title for this year. We plan to release it for Essen Spiel'18 (25^th-28^th October) and then ship it over the ocean to our US friends as soon as possible. The recommended price will be $19.95/16.95 €.

The game is for 2 teams, divided into two approximately equivalent number of players and takes about 30 minutes to play. It was created together by a trio of promising new Czech authors, Jan Březina, Martin Hrabálek, and Michal Široký. Their lifelong love for board games and a two-year game development lead to creating Trapwords.

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Preparations for the greatest american gaming event are culminating. Shall we enter the imaginary door of room 236 and walk through what we will have there for you?

Also don't forget, we are running a BoardGameGeek contest this week. Unlike the past, we've avoided our favorite brain-melting questions. Pictomania is more about fun and right guesses, so take your chance to win one of 10 shiny new games.

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Through the Ages, the digital app, is part of the Steam Summer Sale and will be available until July 5^th with a fine tuned discount of 38 %.

Take the opportunity to bring the award-winning strategy game to a wide screen this game deserves. Compare the strengths of science, culture, and army. This is the game where the mastered balancing of all your resources really matter. Take Ceasar and let him lead your tribe or follow the knowledge of Aristotle.

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We are thrilled to introduce to you the second edition of Pictomania, the favorite family game where everybody draws and everybody guesses – all at the same time!

Seven years ago, the first edition was released. In gaming, that’s a long time, so let's remind you a bit how is the game played, shall we?

The game itself consists of two simultaneous actions: drawing the one word or phrase and guessing what other players are drawing.

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Our newest title is not necessary to introduce since it's still the good old Codenames, the multiple awards-winning social word game by Vlaada Chvátil, Spiel des Jahres 2016 winner.

But it's a bigger now!

How big you ask?

Twice as big, which means double the size of the box and cards. Those hoping we would double the size of the timer for more time to think will be disappointed.

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The Tabletop Day celebration starts in 3 days on Friday, April 27^th. It lasts a whole week and, man, do we have some good stuff for you:

• There will be a running traditional Delivery Mission connected with a contest – upload the cargo of board games from CGE catalog. Three lucky truckers will get one of the games they loaded and brought safely home!
• Both the base game and expansion on iPad and Android will be just $2.99.
• Last, but not least, the iPhone version will be free!

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Starting today you can play Through the Ages on the wide screen at Steam for Mac and PC, with a special first-week price of $9.99. Welcome to the realm of one of the best strategy board games ever – now fully digital. Challenge your friends across various devices and beat the artificial intelligence.

Long story (of civilization) short: Lead your civilization from pyramids to spaceships in less than one hour with hundreds of cards which provide you unlimited replayability.

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Through the Ages app is coming to Steam? Exactly! The big EPIC screen and all that it comes with. Come March 26^th, Through the Ages is only as far away as your alt-tab is. All PC players can join our big family of Through the Ages fans! They can try to climb the leaderboard or just enjoying building their own civilization in less than an hour using hundreds of cards.

Go from pyramids to spaceflight on Windows or Mac computers. Bring your civilization to the wide screen this award-winning strategy game deserves! On March 26^th you can play Through the Ages wherever you like for a one-week special price $9.99.

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We are thrilled to announce that Pulsar 2849 was picked as one of the nominees to become the part of EuropeMasters 2018!

EuropeMasters has been around for 30 years and is one of the oldest and also the largest international boardgame tournaments in the world. It is hosted at the Spiel in Essen, where teams compete for the European Championship title.

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Today, we would like to inform you about the situation regarding counterfeit copies of Codenames that CGE has been looking into for a couple of months.

Counterfeit copies of Codenames include components of lower quality, misprints, or even some pieces missing. They harm both customers and the CGE brand as we are not able to guarantee the replacements since it's not really our game.

Unfortunately, this is still happening, so we felt it was time to help people avoid these fake versions.

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It’s a great honor for our CGE digital team that the recently released Through the Ages won Reader’s Choice Game of the Year 2017. We are really happy and would like to thank all of the readers of Pocket Tactics and all of the players around the world.

Through the Ages was also a winner in two other categories: Card Game of the Year and Multiplayer Game of the Year - this also makes us very proud.

The bar has been set high for 2018, but we are ready to go. We are working really hard on the expansion for Through the Ages, where we would like to introduce you new leaders and wonders. We are also working on other digital games, such as Codenames, and the Steam version of TTA. So stay tuned.

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The year 2017 is slowly coming to an end, the year when Czech Games Edition celebrated 10 years of the existence, publishing our games and being a part of the great community of board gamers.

This year was hectic for our in-house digital department. The Through the Ages digital implementation was released and has been enjoying great popularity among both players and reviewers. Thank you.

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Many of you are asking when Pulsar 2849 and Tash-Kalar: Etherweave will be available in the US. The good news is that the new games have landed at our US warehouse and are shipping out this week. The local stores should have them on their shelves before Christmas.

Please understand that the actual date depends on each retailer, their shipping policy, and also the distance from their distribution warehouse. For the latest information please contact your local friendly shop.

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To all Galaxy Truckers, every Friday seems the same in the darkness of space.

But for you, this Friday will be a special one!

Galaxy Trucker brings you a Black Friday deal:
Starting today and lasting for all of next week, the Galaxy Trucker app is just $2.99.
Invite your friends and have some intergalactic fun!

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We would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for a fantastic Essen. The CGE demo team were glad if you took the time to stop by and try out Pulsar 2849, Codenames: Duet, and That's a Question! We were using the "quick-start" demo style from Paul Grogan to get people playing within a few minutes rather than having to listen to all the rules beforehand.

You also had a chance to meet Vlaada Chvátil, David Turczi, Vladimír Suchý, and also the illustrator Sören Meding.

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As you surely know, Essen Spiel'17 starts in a week
and it's time for a quick reminder of some things
you might be interested in.

Have a brief overview of all that stuff
you can look forward to from CGE:

• Pulsar 2849 – a Euro-style game set in a galaxy with unique dice usage and various paths to victory. Do we need to say more?
• Codenames: Duet – a co-op version for 2 or more players with 400 new words. Includes extra mission maps as a promo in Essen!
• That's a Question! – Vlaada's new party game with tricky questions and learning new things about your friends.
• Tash-Kalar: Etherweave – another expansion, the new Warp Effect which will allow you to use the effect of an arcane being, that will be summoned in future, right now.
• Through the Ages app – a digital implementation of the 2^nd highest-rated game on BGG.
• Galaxy Trucker: Rocky Road – a novel whose story is set in Vlaada's goofy Galaxy Trucker universe, so you know you can expect lots of laughs and probably a few explosions...

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Essen Spiel, a feast for all board game lovers, is in just over a month. So, today, we bring you news about the games we will present there this year. And not just that, but you will also be able to reserve your copies and pick them up during the show. To do that, please fill in pre-order form. See you at our booth F 145, Hall 1.

If you would like to try your chance at winning some of these games, get ready for a BGG contest, starting tomorrow, Sep 20^th and running until next Wednesday.

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The time that a lot of you are waiting for is finally here. We are excited to announce that Through the Ages, the digital app releases today.

The game is available for both smartphones and tablets running on Android and iOS platforms. The price is $ 9.99 and there are no in-app purchases.

We hope you will have as much fun building and defending your civilizations as we had writing the code and developing this app. Thank you once again for your patience and support. Already looking forward to your feedback.

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Allow us to update you on the release of the Through the Ages app for Android and iOS, mainly answering the question: ”Why isn’t it available RIGHT NOW?!”

CGE digital completed the app a few days ago, but before we can put it up on the App Store it has to go through an approval process at Apple. This process usually takes up to two days (which we counted on in our schedule), but a short while ago, Apple decided to reject the app for minor problems. We had to change some things and the whole approval process started over.

Long story short: If everything goes smoothly (especially at Apple), we will release on both platforms today at 5 pm GMT. If not, only Android will go live and the iOS version later.

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Dear Gamers,

We are thrilled to announce that on September 14^th, CGE will release the digital implementation of Through the Ages, the award-winning board game designed by Vlaada Chvátil and currently the 2^nd best-rated board game of all time on BoardGameGeek.com.

The app will run on both Android and iOS devices and will cost $9.99. It will be initially available in English, Czech, and German languages.

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This will be brief today because we know you like the action, brave truckers!

But if you would welcome some relaxation time with a good book while sitting in your comfy cockpit, we have a good news for you:

Galaxy Trucker: Rocky Road, the first novel set in Vlaada Chvátil's goofy Galaxy Trucker universe, written by Jason A. Holt, is now available as an eBook.

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Gen Con will be huge this year! The CGE demo team is being joined by Vlaada Chvátil and Scot Eaton – the authors of Codenames: Duet, which will be available for purchase at the show. But not only that. We are also releasing our brand new party game – That's a Question!

This year, you will find us on the 2^nd floor, Room 232. We will be there to show you our brand new games, upcoming releases as well as all of our older games.

As usual, you can reserve your copy of both new titles along with the CGE classics. Just complete this simple form. If you are unable to make Gen Con, but have a friend that is going, you can get them to pick up a copy for you, just make a note in the form.

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Even though spring is here, we don’t really care about the fact that it is becoming nice and sunny outside. Because right now, we are working intensively on new games for the year ahead.

Our motivation is strong: to meet you at conventions and events and bring you many hours of entertainment.

August 17^th to 20^th – Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN) – Room 232
October 26^th to 29^th – Spiel (Essen, DE)
November 15^th to 19^th – BGG Con (The Hyatt Regency DFW, TX)

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This is an intergalactic call for all fans of Galaxy Trucker and readers of books:

Galaxy Trucker: Rocky Road was written by Jason A. Holt, whose funny writing style you may know from our board game rules. And it just hit the stores in North America! Rest of the world will follow in July.

The novel narrates the story of a woman and an alien trying to deliver a load of sewer pipes. It's set in Vlaada Chvátil's goofy Galaxy Trucker universe, so you know it's gonna be funny. It's also kinda sweet.

Hitch a ride with Francesca Flores, a hardcore trucker, and Wally, the little brown alien who wants to be her buddy.

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Dear gamers, players, truckers, and fans of the most beautiful hobby ever!

Enjoy the upcoming International Tabletop Day in the company of Galaxy Trucker and the special "Board Games Delivery" mission.

The digital mission is available from Friday to Monday. This time your cargo will be board games from our catalog. The reward is promising: three lucky truckers will get one of the games they loaded!

In addition to this mission, we hope you and your friends appreciate that from Friday to Monday both the base app and the expansion are just $2.99.

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Gosh, where to start… What about the very beginning… Ten years ago, in 2007, CGE was founded and its first released board games under this brand were Galaxy Trucker by Vlaada Chvátil and League of Six by Vladimír Suchý.

Over the last ten years, we have published 20 base games, 14 expansions, 2 anniversary editions, one Kickstarter edition, and one digital app. For this coming year we are working on another 6 physical projects plus 2 digital ones.

We have decided to celebrate for the rest of the year and we want you to be a part of it. Join our Facebook page where we are going to…

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The recent announcement of Golden Geek award results have pleased us a lot. We would like to thank all those who voted in the traditional poll and helped Codenames: Pictures become the winner of two categories: Best Party Game and Best Family Game.

We also want to congratulate all the other great games and their creators, especially the game Scythe, which won the title Game of the Year.

For now it was enough words of thanks. We’re busy developing new games that we intend to introduce to you this year. More information coming soon.

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The 2016 Golden Geek nominees have recently been announced. Czech Games Edition congratulates all the great games of 2016 that made it onto this nominee list.

We feel honored to have 3 of our games nominated: Adrenaline (Innovative, Thematic Game), Codenames: Pictures (Family Game, Party Game) and Alchemists: The King's Golem (Expansion).

Please vote for your favorites and we look forward to the results in March.

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Codenames Disney Family Edition will feature characters and locations from Disney and Disney Pixar films throughout the last 90 years. Codenames Marvel Edition will appeal to Marvel fans and will be more of a traditional party game. The game will incorporate many fan favorites, including Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s Avengers, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man.

“We’re particularly enthusiastic about the artwork, as it includes a great mix of characters and locations that Disney, Disney Pixar and Marvel fans will appreciate,” noted USAopoly President and CEO John M. Davis.

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The end of the year is approaching. We've looked back over this hectic, yet great year with huge gratitude.

Codenames has received among other awards, the most prestigious prize in the board gaming industry – Spiel des Jahres. More than 1 million english copies have been sold and we’ve worked with partners around the world so that it is available in 31 different languages. Codenames is still #1 in Party Game Rank on BGG.

The follow-up Codenames: Pictures (4^th in Party Game Rank on BGG) was released this year, and other editions are already being discussed.

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Hello Truckers!

We hope the start of this year will be a special one for you. For us it is definitely!

Ten years ago, the very first prototype of the board game Galaxy Trucker was made, tested, and...you know how the story continues. Because you are part of this story!

C'mon! Galaxy Truckers are not sentimental guys. They want to have fun and celebrate the whole (light) year long and discover new adventures. Therefore, there is a special sale for the newest Galaxy Trucker offshoot – the digital expansion – Alien Technologies.

Starting right now, all week, the expansion will cost only $2.99!

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Nicely wrapped gifts? Check! Christmas tree, in three sizes to be sure? OK... why not! Holiday sale? Check! Special New Year multiplayer mission, called "Boom"? Sure thing!

That's how the our Galaxy Trucker's pre-christmas check list looks like to make your holiday trucking even more enjoyable.

From 23^rd December to 2^nd January, the Galaxy Trucker app will cost only $2.99 for all platforms.

Brand new multiplayer mission contain ships in the shape of Christmas trees and nicely packed boxes with presents to be delivered across the universe.

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Since the introduction of our new games (Adrenaline and Alchemists: The King's Golem) at Essen Spiel, the wheels of production and manufacturing have been moving at full speed.

Our new games are landing at our US based warehouse now and we will begin shipping them to our distribution partners starting this week. You should be able to find Adrenaline at your favorite hobby game store very soon, but pre-order it if you can to ensure you can grab a copy.

Meanwhile, in Europe, you should start to see the first English copies of these games starting 12^th December.

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For all board games lovers with Android devices, a new Humble Mobile Bundle was released yesterday. It brings you an opportunity to get a bundle of digital games for a good deal and support a charity or your favorite developer at the same time.

The 14 days of this deal started yesterday and offers these digital implementations of board games: Carcassonne, Scotland Yard, Splendor, Catan, THE aMAZEing Labyrinth, Ticket to Ride, San Juan, and Galaxy Trucker.

Also, as the Humble Bundle raises the money, more new games will be unlocked for you.

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After a great opportunity to meet you in person during Spiel 2016 in Essen, our next stop will be BGG Con (November 16–20). You will be able to get a demo of our games and also purchase our new titles for this year.

The excited CGE team are looking forward to seeing you at booth 403 or in the hot games area.

If you want to ensure you get a copy of a game for BGG Con pick up, please fill in simple form.

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We hope you all are safely back home from Essen – a huge fair of happiness!

Thank you to everyone who stopped at our booth to try out our new games and talk to us, meeting game authors such as Vlaada Chvátil, Filip Neduk, and Matúš Kotry, and also Yuffie, one of the Codenames: Pictures illustrators.

Our representatives from CGE digital were also happy with your interest in the upcoming titles, and the whole CGE team had a great time; the booth was always full of people and there was a great atmosphere all around.

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Hello gamers!

We would love to share more news about our two brand titles for 2016 – Adrenaline and Alchemists: The King's Golem. We are bringing these to Essen along with our other titles. You can still pre-order and pick them up from our Booth F 145, Hall 1.

If you want to know more about the new games, Paul Grogan from Gaming Rules! has prepared a series of sneak previews on BGG. Note that reading these previews also increases your chance of success in the latest BGG contest, which lasts until 6th October.

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The busiest, yet most magical period of the year for us is happening right now. Less than one month to go before the Spiel 2016 exhibition is packed full of lovers of boardgames from around the world and great games from many publishers.

We look forward to having the opportunity to meet you, play games with you, and deliver our games directly to you!

Let's have a look at what we’re bringing to the show – CGE booth F 145, Hall 1:

Codenames: Pictures with its multiple-meaning images gives you a different way to play this associative team game. Adrenaline and its miniature gang takes you back to first person shooter games but with solid Euro mechanics. Alchemists: The King's Golem adds many new exciting things to the base game!

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Hello Trucker!

After firing a dog into space and the first steps on the Moon, the next big event in the history of the galaxy is just around the corner.

Whether you are a seasoned pilot at the end of the campaign, or just enjoying making a few short flights, more adventure awaits you with the Alien Technologies premium expansion for the Galaxy Trucker app.

The cost of a ticket for this cosmic adventure is $4.99/4,99 €.

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The nice memories we have from Gen Con 2016 outweigh the fatigue from the jet lag back in Czech Republic. It was such a great time to be there with you all, playing CGE classics, learning the new ones, chatting and having fun. All you who found the way to our room 121 to say "Hello" deserve a huge "Thank you!". We are already looking forward to next year, hopefully in a similar kind of cozy room, where you could find a space for playing our games.

We were amazed at how well our games were received, including our prototypes of Adrenaline (the FPS game without dice), and Alchemists: The King's Golem expansion.

Codenames: Pictures was also very popular, and anyone who picked up a copy at the show received a set of bonus cover tiles.

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We are pleased to officially announce our first game for 2016 – Codenames: Pictures. This is a follow up to Codenames – our best-selling, Golden Geek Award and Spiel des Jahres winning 2015 title.

The game will be pre-released at Gen Con (CGE room 121, 4^th–7^th August). If you want to be sure you get a copy and become one of the very first owners of the game, you can use our pre-order form. As a bonus for this event, you will get five additional agent and bystander tiles, enabling you to play with the original Codenames grids.

The general release date is September 2016. It will also be available directly from CGE at Spiel in Essen in October.

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On Monday 18^th July, Codenames from author Vlaada Chvátil, received the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) – the most prestigious award in the board gaming industry, awarded by a jury of german gaming critics.

We are really happy about the award and that many of you are playing and enjoying the game. We continue to do our best to create high-quality games, which you'll want to play again and again.

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We are thrilled to announce that our first title of 2016 – a successor to the bestselling game from Vlaada Chvátil's portfolio – Codenames: Pictures will be available for purchase at Gen Con! You can also reserve our other games!

For more information about Codenames: Pictures, please check out the entry on BoardGameGeek or the game description below. And for information about the other CGE games, please feel free to look around the Czech Games Edition web page or BoardGameGeek games profiles.

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Codenames was released 11 months ago and so far it has been very successful thanks to you all! We would love to share this very first infographic with some interesting stats about the game. Hope you will enjoy it!

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International Tabletop Day is this Saturday but we can already start celebrating:

A new International Tabletop Day Multiplayer Mission is ready for all of you board game loving truckers. Help us by delivering board game components using your spaceships! Three truckers will be rewarded with one of the board games they safely deliver. The more games you finish before midnight on Monday (UTC), the better chance to win.

If you don't have the Galaxy Trucker App on your mobile device, but you want to join us, we have discounted the app to $2.99 until Monday.

So spread the word, tell your friends and welcome all of the new truckers!

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We know it has been a while, but we are back with some news regarding Codenames, which has been keeping us all pretty busy :)

First of all, we owe you a huge thank you for accepting Codenames so well. It's been played all around the world, and social networks are full of photos, videos, amusing Codenames moments, and even a poem.

As you may know, it is the #1 party game and has also made it's way into the top 20 games on BoardGameGeek.com. And all just because of your support! It makes us happy, as you can see.

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It's just one month since Essen Spiel, we're just about catching our breath again, and... wait a minute... the pre-Christmas rush has started already! So lets have a look at what's new in the US.

The huge container full of Codenames hit the US warehouses two weeks ago. This means that distributors have them as well some of the retailers.

Since Codenames is a word-based game, it is essential to be playable in your native language, right? We are aware of this fact, so we are dealing with many language partners right now.

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To our loyal players of Tash-Kalar: Nethervoid and Galaxy Trucker: Missions who purchased the first-print edition of these games from us at Essen Spiel 2015, or via a retailer who purchased them from us at Essen.

Some of you have contacted us about a slight printing error on some of the cards and also the thinner cardboard of the Tash-Kalar: Nethervoid tokens (see pictures).

We would like to apologize for this inconvenience caused by our printer. Even though the games are still perfectly playable, we feel you deserve the best quality components.

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Hello everybody,

Czech Games Edition is happy to announce our attendance at BGG Con 2015 with all the new titles of this year available for purchase. If you plan on being there and are interested in anything new from the CGE portfolio, stop by at booth 809.

For more information about the new games, check out their BoardGameGeek profiles.

To reserve your copy today, please fill the form.

You can order more than one copy of each game, or even order our previous titles. To do so, please make a note in the form to indicate what you would like us to bring for you.

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Gosh, time goes fast. It's only been a week since we met you in Essen and we haven't stopped yet. First of all, thanks a lot all to you guys for such a great atmosphere during the show. For stopping by and saying "Hello", giving us feedback, playing the new games and having a lot of fun doing so. Also for buying our games, and then coming back to get them signed, taking them back home, unpacking them and playing them again!

It was wonderful to see you trying The Prodigals Club and the new edition of Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization. For those who want to see how to play it, Paul Grogan from Gaming Rules! has prepared a video.

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A huge thing happened one year ago! On 29^th September 2014, digital Galaxy Trucker landed on iOS devices and a great adventure began.

Since then, the app was translated into seven languages, adapted to another three platforms, and the players all around the galaxy enjoyed the funny campaign and unique multiplayer missions.

Let's celebrate!

Join in the party and wish the app a happy 1^st birthday by sending us something nice on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #bestwishesGTdigital. You have until the 6^th October. The 10 most original messages will receive a Galaxy Trucker app promo code (iOS or Windows Phone) and a T-shirt.

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Are you looking forward to being one of the first owners of the CGE new games? If so, then keep reading!

If you are attending Spiel'15 in Essen and want to reserve any of our five new titles, please complete our pre-order form.

To collect your games, please visit our booth: D-140 in Hall 1. Try to pick up your pre-ordered copies as soon as you can, but definitely before Saturday noon. After that, we can’t guarantee that the games will still be available.

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Did you know that this year, Spiel'15 is earlier in the month than usual? We do! So it's high time to bring you a preview of the new games and expansions coming out this season.

In the new Tash-Kalar expansion, Nethervoid, you will summon demons from another plane of existence via a demonic gateway. Codenames shows you how a party game can be great fun for gamers and non-gamers. The Prodigals Club will teach you how spend all your money, lose friends and political influence and have fun doing it. Through the Ages: A new Story of Civilization combines the classic and proven mechanics with beautiful new art work and rebalanced cards for more gaming enjoyment. And finally, Galaxy Trucker: Missions – inspired by the digital app – adds a new cool twist to the base game!

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As we promised last week, we have some more information about Codenames and it's different language versions!

Thanks to the success of the game, our international partners are interested in publishing the game in their language, so we can confirm that you will able to play Codenames in German (Heidelberger), Czech (MINDOK), Spanish (Devir) and Italian (Cranio Creations).

Due to popular demand, all the English copies of Codenames, which we publish ourselves have already gone to distributors and retailers, and we are planning the next print run.

More languages are being negotiated with our partners in other countries, so stay tuned. And who knows, it may happen that a version with a language everyone speaks will follow, too…

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First, we want to thank all of you for a fantastic and warm reception of our new game: Codenames. The pre-release at GenCon went really great and your interest was just outstanding.

Since GenCon we've received many nice reviews and also questions about pre-orders and availability in the US and Europe.

So here it is. If everything goes smoothly (fingers crossed) the English version of Codenames will be in stores at the end of August.

The pre-orders for Spiel'15 in Essen will start at the end of August.

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Bonjour, cześć and ¡Hola! can now be heard on the Galaxy Trucker space ships. We've added French, Polish and Spanish, so Galaxy Trucker is now fully localized in 7 languages. (That's a lucky number.)

If you were waiting to purchase the app because of the language barrier, there is no reason to wait anymore!

Enjoy the multiplayer game
(as well as the rest of the app) multilingually!

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Czech Games Edition are pleased to announce that the latest game from Vlaada Chvátil will be available for purchase at Gen Con 2015.
For more information about the game, please check out the entry on BoardGameGeek.

Pre-orders now closed, but if you are at GenCon, we may have a few copies left at booth 2052.

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As you may know, CGE is working on a new Tash-Kalar demonic expansion deck for you. In the meantime, this summer, you can participate in the very first official World Championships of Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends.

The tournament is open to everyone and will be played online at boardgamearena.com (BGA). Fame and prestige await the champion, but for the best players, there will also be prize packages consisting of CGE games.

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Do you remember those fantastic explosive, radioactive, heavy, and fragile cargo components from the campaign? Well, now you can use them in multiplayer games with your friends. Each mission has its own rules, offering new possibilities of how to play the game.

Every two days, from Tuesday 14^th July, there will be a new challenging mission ready for you to face. Some missions only slightly alter the rules, but some really test your skill – you have to take risks, face massive destruction and invent a new approach for every mission.
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Until now, Galaxy Truckers have only spoken English and Czech. But it was only a matter of time before the business spirit of all truckers made them learn German and Russian so that they could trade with far-away galactic markets as well as talk with new fellow players.

Galaxy Trucker is now fully localized to English, Czech, German and Russian.

For the occasion of welcoming new players, the price will be $2.99 for all platforms until Friday 29^th May, 2015!

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Dear Alchemists players,

As all true Alchemists explore and improve their knowledge, we continue to refine things for your enjoyment of the game. That´s why we want to inform you about an update of the Alchemists app algorithm.

Some ultra-clever Alchemists were able to decrypt the previous codes and use them to recognize one of the ingredients. Thus, they were able to cheat - which is not really fun. Ok, it could be fun for them but it is not quite fair, right? :)

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We have great news for owners of Windows Phone devices! You may now join the ranks of iOS, Android and Kindle Fire players – Galaxy Trucker is now available also for Windows Phone 8.0 and 8.1.

During the first two weeks, you can buy the app for a special price! Get the Windows Phone version for just $ 2.99 in the store until April 17^th, 2015.

Enjoy addictive spaceship building in either turn-based or real-time mode, and a wild ride through meteoric fields, space pirates and other cosmic adventures. Explore the galaxy and meet many lovely characters and unique challenges in an extensive campaign. Beat a dozen AI personalities and gain 80 achievements.

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As the new year of 2015 started, a lot of blogs and websites started announcing the best motion pictures, songs and of course the best game of the year. We are excited that Galaxy Trucker was nominated for a couple of gaming awards and - wait for it - has even won some of them!

We'd like to thank to everyone who supported us and for all your ideas for improvements. One of the most frequent requests of the past months was to get Galaxy Trucker to the Amazon Appstore. We're happy to say that you can now buy Galaxy Trucker for your Kindles.

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The end of the year is close, and it was a great year for us, filled with a lot of firsts. A first Kickstarter, a first board game digital adaptation, and a first board game using a smart phone. All we can say that it was another fun year filled with trucking, playing and creating. Thanks for being a part of that.

We also created our first calendar for us, our partners and our friends. Then we realized that the calendar is actually really nice and there might also be a couple of people among our fans who would like to have it as well. So, if this includes you, feel free to download the print data.

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Hello Truckers!

We are happy to announce that Galaxy Trucker, the award-winning board game by Vlaada Chvátil, is now also available for Android devices and iPhone!

For the first two weeks you can buy the app for a special discounted price $2.99 (regular is $4.99). Get the Android version on Google Play and the iPhone version on AppStore.

Players can build spaceships, dodge meteors, race for valuable loot and fight off bad guys, all in a quest to be the trucker with the most cosmic credits at the end of the game.

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Our fans who visited Essen already know that Alchemists are being published in German and English language. But the rest of you, who couldn't be there with us, might be wondering if you should get the Alchemists as soon as you see it in store or you should wait for your language to get a chance. We're happy to say that most of our previous partners have shown interest in publishing the game in their language. For now, we can confirm that Alchemists will be available in many languages.

We are also discussing the possibility to publish the game in even more languages. We will let you know as soon as we have more info on that.

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Not that we are keeping score, but the #1 question of the past few weeks has definitely been "When can I get my hands on Alchemists?" :)

We have good news for you. This week, a container with Alchemists and Dungeon Lords Kickstarter edition left our warehouse and is heading to North America. If there are no pirates on the way, the ship with our games should arrive on Dec 8^th.

To those of you in the EU - you will be able to get your hands on Alchemists even sooner. We're trying to get the games to you within a few weeks.

So clear out your shelves, our new releases are coming!

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Hey everyone!

We hope that you've already managed to try at least half of all the new Essen games that you brought home with you :) Among which might also be Alchemists - our new game that uses a mobile app to help you mix potions in your lab. The app is now available not just for iOS and Android, but also for Windows devices. Here are the links: iTunes  /  Google Play  /  Microsoft store.

If, for whatever reason, you don't want to use the mobile app, you can still use the web-based version or play with one player acting as the game master.

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To our fellow Alchemists, the mighty academics who attended Spiel 14 in Essen:

We would like to address the issue that some of you have already noticed about our new game Alchemists. We are glad that the game got so much attention and was very popular, but we know that not everything is yet as great as it could be (and should be).

The +/- tokens that you place into the base screen to mark your potions are not the perfect size, although the game is still perfectly playable without it. Please see the picture below, which shows that you can put the tokens into the triangle quite well. We've tried it ourselves, and they shouldn't fall out of the screen, which is probably your main concern.

However, we are already having new, smaller tokens printed for you and we will be sending it out to you directly from the printer's.

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Hey Essen attendees, board gamers and fans!

Essen is over and we are all safely back and ready to roll again. Before the dust settles, let us say a few words about this year's Spiel fair.

The first is definitely a big Thank you! What we experienced this year in Essen was beyond anything we could have imagined. We had a lot of faith in this year's main title, Alchemists, and we brought more copies to Essen than any other year, but still - they were sold out by the second day of the show! At the end of the show, almost all our titles were sold out, and this demand both surprised and pleased us. We put a lot of care into our games, and it is sooo nice to see you gamers appreciate that!

So thank you for being there with us and making this Essen a huge success.

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Galaxy Trucker, the award-winning board game by Vlaada Chvátil, has finally landed on your iPad! Build space ships, dodge meteors, and fight off bad guys, all in a quest to be the trucker with the most cosmic credits at the end of the game.

This digital version can be played with up to three other players, either online or on one shared iPad. A turn-based building system designed especially for this app allows pass-and-play or asynchronous online play. You can also play real-time games online using the traditional building method of grabbing stuff and attaching it to your ship as fast as you can.

The App is available in iTunes for a discounted price of $4.99 until October 12^th.

For more info, pics, video and goodies please visit galaxytrucker.com.

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We already announced that the new edition is ready for release at Spiel 2014 in Essen. Now, we would like to share some more details with you, and show you the upgraded graphics.

This Tash-Kalar edition will have higher-quality cardboard, upgraded graphic design of all the cardboard components and both the task and flare cards. We are also preparing an upgrade pack for those who already own Tash-Kalar, so you can have your Tash-Kalar all shiny and new :). This upgrade pack will be available in Essen, as well as the new edition of the base game and the Everfrost expansion.

First, let's have a look at the game board - the Arena itself. We added more of a 3D feeling to the arena and redesigned the board to add more details.

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Hey everyone, and especially people attending Spiel 2014!

To those of you who subscribe to our newsletter, we sent you a nice shiny message a couple of days ago about our new games for Essen. But we kept to ourselves one important piece of good news.

We will have both Alchemists and the new Tash-Kalar Everfrost expansion in German language there too. We were not sure until the last moment, but happily, we made it!

Also, please don't forget to stop by our booth 1-D140 for some goodies. We have an exclusive bonus card for Alchemists prepared - an extra artifact.

And now, let's head to Germany :) Hope to see you there!

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Dear board gamers!

As Spiel 2014 in Essen is getting nearer and nearer, your inquiries about our new games are more and more frequent :) We are happy about that, and therefore we've prepared for you a pre-order form, so you can ensure that you will be among the first people to get our games.

To pre-order, please complete the form. You can pick up any pre-ordered games in Essen before noon on Saturday at our booth: Hall 1, number 140. But if you are there on Thursday or Friday, please try and pick them up as soon as you can. After noon on Saturday, we cannot guarantee that the games will still be there!

Details about these games can be found on BoardGameGeek (Alchemists), on our Facebook page, or on our Essen 2014 page.

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As Essen 2014 is very near, you might be interested in what's new from CGE for this year's SPIEL. We have one brand new game, one expansion, one anniversary edition, one upgraded game, and our first CGE digital app - all ready for you this year! You can find us at Hall 1, Booth D 140.

In Alchemists, you find yourselves in the role of a young aspiring academic trying do uncover the secrets of their work. In the new Tash-Kalar expansion deck, Everfrost, you will rule the beings of the frozen world, and if you get too cold, you can always stop by at the Imp's party, celebrating the 5th year of Dungeon Lords. And if you are looking to earn some money along the way, try the career of a space trucker in the new Galaxy Trucker app (to be released in late September)!

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We are happy to officially announce our new and intriguing game - Alchemists by Slovak game designer (and our dear colleague from our digital development team) Matúš Kotry.

In Alchemists, 2-4 players compete to discover the secrets of their mystical art. Mix magical ingredients into potions and drink them to determine their effects - or play it safe and test the concoction on a helpful assistant! Points can be earned in various ways, but most are earned by publishing theories - correct theories, that is - and therein lies the problem.

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We at Czech Games Edition are pleased to announce that we will now be handling our own distribution for most English-language editions of our board games. Titles that were distributed through Rio Grande Games and Z-Man Games will now be distributed under the CGE logo. We'd like to thank Rio Grande and Z-Man for helping our small, indie company grow so much over the last seven years.

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We are happy to announce that we plan on releasing a new Tash-Kalar expansion deck named Everfrost in Essen 2014!

The new Everfrost deck contains new powerful beings that live in the frozen lands of never-ending winter, on snow plains, cold mountains or in palaces of ice.

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We are happy to announce that today (June 24th) we will go live on Kickstarter with Dungeon Lords: Happy Anniversary. That's right! Dungeon Lords, a game by Vlaada Chvátil, is 5 years old this year. To celebrate, we could have just made an imp-shaped cake, but we wanted to go a little bit further!

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Dear board gamers,

Today we have an announcement that we believe many of you have been waiting for. You might have heard that we have been developing a digital adaptation of Galaxy Trucker for quite some time now. Some of you have asked us when it will be released and why it is taking so long. Today we want to answer both those questions.

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Like last year, we have 2 opposite booths (1-D-138 and 1-D-140) where we will explain, demo, and sell our games.

But this year we're going to have 1 more booth (1-A-104) where we're going to have our digital division. You will be able to try the digital versions of both Galaxy Trucker and another of our very popular board games that we're currently working on.

Moreover, we'll have a special board-gaming edition of Rubik's Futuro Cube that you can try and buy at the booth. We only have a limited supply of these, so we recommend you reserve a copy of the Cube.

If you plan on attending “Spiel 2013″ in Essen, and you want to be sure you get your copy of our games, you can preorder them. You can pick up any preordered games in Essen on Thursday Oct 25th or at Friday Oct 26th at our booth: Hall 1, number 140.

More details about these games can be found on BoardGameGeek (where our friend Paul Grogan is making sneak previews of them) and on our Facebook page or on our Essen page.

We are sure that you are looking forward to Spiel ’13 and so like previous years we have prepared for you the preview of new games and extensions for this season. You can join us into the combat arena of fallen heroes with Vlaada’s new game Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends, or tame various creatures in the forbidden area in Imp town, or be kicked out of your precious work, or to sit among old mythical Maya and drink a cocoa by the fire.

The choice is all up to you!

Maybe you've noticed that at the request of our fans, we've published on our facebook fans page, the comic book created for the 5th Anniversary of Galaxy Trucker. On this page we also promised that the comic book will be available in every already published language on our website soon. Now we deliver on our promise and we hope you'll have as much fun reading it as we enjoyed creating it for you.

comic book:           

It was a great success for us this year. All of the new games are published gradually by our foreign partners, the majority of the other language versions will be finished by the end of the year.

Even Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar is in first place on the chart of games from Essen 2012and our fans are certainly not idle as they have already translated the rulebook on their own, for example these Spanish and Hungarian translations of Tzolk'in and Italian translation of Goblins Inc.

For more information about the publishing of our new games click on More

We are happy to announce that this year our fabulous Essen bonuses return with new vigor. With every purchase during Spiel 2012 at CGE booth in Hall 4, you will receive interesting goodies.

But remember, the stock is limited, so don’t postpone it until Sunday.

Essen Bonus no. 1: Button badges of Pets from Dungeon Lords:Festival Season
We’ll give away a free badge with each copy sold of Dungeon Lords: Festival Season, or with a purchase of three or more of our other games.
You can even choose which pet to adopt!
And don’t worry, these are not the same as last year. These are based on the beautiful new artwork from David Cochard.
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Hello aspiring dungeon lords. The Festival Season is about to start in a few days, and we would like to announce the winners of our creative contest, so they can properly celebrate.

You sent dozens of ideas for new Special Event cards. After removing a few that didn’t match the criteria (i.e. were not nasty enough or referred to what happens in the “next season”), we had to go through quite a bunch of interesting cards and choose three to be included in the expansion.

The winners (and the cards they inspired) are:

Drew Sonnenberg – A Scout at the Entrance
Chris Wilczewski – Pet Shop
Matt Eyo-Tonks – I’m Back, Ladies

Thank you guys. Your minds are twisted the right way.

If you plan on attending “Spiel 2012″ in Essen, and you want to be sure you get your copy of our games, you can preorder them. You can pick up any preordered games in Essen on Thursday Oct 18th or at Friday Oct 19th at our booth: Hall 4, number 310.

More details about these games can be found on our Essen page, on BoardGameGeek (where our friend Paul Grogan is making sneak previews of them) and on our new Facebook page.

If you buy at least one game at our booth you can get previously released bonuses to our other games: Additional pets for Dungeon Petz, the Player Order board for Last Will, or stickers for Dungeon Lords. We’ll also have some other interesting stuff for our new games.

“Control tower, this is trucker transport Golf Tango Alfa Bravo Echo ready for takeoff, launch pad es en two zero one two” *click*
“Golf Tango Alfa Bravo Echo, control tower, you are cleared for takeoff, ascent vector one zero one eight, Checkpoint Gamma Eridani.” *fzzt*
“Internal sensors show just the normal bugs, Tower. All engines running… mostly…” *click*
“Trucker transport, be advised, a part of your ship just fell off!” *fzzt*
“Faulty connection happens, Tower. She will hold together.” *click*
“We have a liftoff. Good luck and godspeed.” *fzzt*
“It’s about time!”
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CGE is proud to announce that our successful 2012 game Pictomania by Vlaada Chvátil was awarded by Wiener Spiele Akademie as Spiele Hit mit Freuden (Hit for playing with friends).

Congratulations to Vlaada to his double success in Austria this year, as his another game, Mage Knight, won Spiele Hit für Experten (Hit for experts) title; we are glad CGE could participate on developing and playtesting of this game for WizKids. Also congratulations to Pegasus who published german version of both games.

Like previous years CGE is preparing new interesting games for the Essen fair 2012. This year we’ll surprise you with games from non-Czech designers as well as an expansion to one of our older games. Keep reading if you want to find more ….

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Those familiar with the Dungeon Lords game know that there are three events each year – pay day, taxes and a random special event. In the expansion (due for Essen 2012), there will be one more season, so we decided that two random special events happen each year. Of course, this just calls for more interesting and nasty Special Event Cards.

If you have a great idea for such a card, you can submit it to us. If we use your idea, we will thank you in the rulebook and send you a copy of the expansion once it is released.

Spiel des Jahres announced nominees for SdJ 2012. The same jury also released a list of recommended games from the titles released during this time period – roughly April 2011 to March 2012.

We’re happy to announce that Pictomania is one of the highly recommended titles.

Have you wondered why you always have to play after the same player in every game of Last Will? Now you have a chance to change that with Player Order Board expansion.

Are your Dungeon Lords minions grumpy ever since they saw their younger colleagues in Dungeon Petz? It’s time to make them happy! Lets pimp them with new fancy Dungeon Lords stickers.

CGE in cooperation with BoardGameGeek are bringing you new mini expansions, now available in BGG Store.