Enigmistica24 diventerà settimanale
18 maggio 2020: continua l'apprezzato supplemento del Sole24Ore a cura di studiogichi. Il numero previsto per il 23 maggio uscirà il 6 giugno, poi dal 20 giugno la pubblicazione acquisterà cadenza settimanale.
Premio Archimede 2020 extended
10 April 2020: considering the coronavirus health emergency, we decided to reopen the terms of the competition. The deadline for sending us the prototypes is extended to the 31st of October, 2020 and the final ceremony is postponed to a future date in 2021, which is yet to be defined.
IUSVE Cube Radio intervista Zaccariotto
18 maggio 2020: poggiamo sul tripode! IUSVE Cube Radio intervista il nostro Dario Zaccariotto, che parla dell'attività di studiogiochi e dell'importanza di giocare anche da adulti.
Creators of worlds
12 May 2020: we talked with CNR about creativity in music, in games and in science... there are many points in common! Dario De Toffoli and Leo Colovini attended in behalf of studiogiochi.
Esculea International de Juegos de Estrategia
10 May 2020: live speech by Dario De Toffoli to a beautiful initiative of the "Esculea International de Juegos de Strategia". Among the many guests, Paco de la Banda, Andres Kuusk, Ricardo Gomes, Vincent Frochot and also our incredible Andrea Muzii.
Castello Methoni on Spielbox
May 2020: on issue 2 of Spielbox 2020, you can find a nice review of Castello Methoni by Leo Colovini written by Christwart Conrad, who was so attentive that he noticed also some of the influences that inspired the author.
Dummy game of summer 2019
May 2020: after more than 20 years, our little game still has its relevance: sometimes the secret really lies in simplicity.
Ludica. Annali di storia e civiltà del gioco
April 2020: Issue 25 of the prestigious magazine Ludica. Annals of the history and culture of games edited by Fondazione Benetton Studi Riceche / Viella. This issue also contains, among others, a review by Federico Colovini and Dario De Toffoli, of the volume Le Jeu de rôle sur table, un laboratoire de l'imaginaire, edited by Danièle André and Alban Quadrat.
Coronavirus, the world of games does its part – De Toffoli on Il Fatto Quotidiano
3 April 2020: games at the time of the virus; charity, on-line gaming and cultural past examples. And slot machines are closed!
Marco Polo II on Spielbox
February 2020: Marco Polo II Marco Polo II just earned the cover of the latest issue of Spielbox! And, in the review, all the 5 playtesters agreed on giving it the same vote, 8. Excellent!
Garum by Ricardo Jorge Gomes
March 2020: the game Overmatch, created by the Portuguese author Ricardo Jorge Gomes, was selected in the long-list of Premio Archimede 2016 and is now published by Pythagoras. Ricardo is a great "tabletop games" player and in 2018 won the Eurogames World Championship in London at the Mind Sports Olympiad. Well done, Ricardo!
Musée Suisse du Jeu – Premio Archimede
5 March 2020: also this year the Musée Suisse du Jeu (Suiss Museum of games) organized an exhibition dedicated to the Premio Archimede’s games. The awarded prototypes are shown as well as some games of the previous editions which in the meantime have been published.
Vabanque new edition
February 2020: at the casino tables the stakes increase from round to round, with intuition and bluffs... A new amazing edition of Vabanque is coming soon!
Leo won the “5 Seasons 2019” award
10 February 2020: Playing Season awards the best board games of the last year in Portugal. Sixteen categories with votes from the public and from expert jurors. Between the international titles there is Leo goes to the barber by Leo Colovini, winner in the "Kids" category and distributed in Portugal by Devir, that won also the prize "Game distributor of the year".
Gaetano Cozzi Price
February 2020: the Benetton Foundation announces the Gaetano Cozzi 2020 Prize for unpublished essays on the history of game. The competition is dedicated to young scholars born after 1984. All the essays have to be submitted to the Foundation within March 15, 2020, and the winning works will be published in the specialized magazine Ludica. Annali di storia e civiltà del gioco.
Merchant of Dunhuang
February 2020: previewed in Nuremberg also the new game by Gabriele Bubola, coming from the last edition of Premio Archimede and published by Mandoo Games. Expected release in April.
Schatzsuche im Wunderwald
February 2020: Haba released the new game of Cielo d'Oro, based on the ingenious internal design of the board. Players must help animals to recover their treasures, hidden on the treetops, developing eye memory and strategic movement.
Die Verlassene Bibliothek
February 2020: moses. Verlag released Die Verlassene Bibliothek, a new game by Leo Colovini. A pocket escape room, where players must solve many puzzles while into an abandoned library to unlock the exit door.
Spielwarenmesse 2020
Norimberga, gennaio 2020: ben 6 giochi targati studiogiochi sono stati presentati alla Spielwarenmesse 2020... e naturalmente la solita esagerazione di meeting, incontri, presentazioni e naturalmente di festeggiamenti.
Kangourou takes mathematical games to Venice
28 January 2020: Kangourou Italia, together with studiogiochi, the City of Venice and local Hard Rock Cafe, took mathematical games to Venice. Kangourou mathematic contest involved 12 teams of students from high schools of the Veneto Region.