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25° Città di Jesolo

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

1 October 2025: Once again this year, our Dario Zaccariotto, together with his colleagues Alfonso Sara and Cesare Nanti, is organising and directing the City of Jesolo Backgammon Tournament, which kicked off yesterday evening at the Atlantico Hotel and will continue until Sunday 5 October. The results and photos of the event will soon be available on this website.

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Board Game Research Meeting 2025

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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

21 settembre 2025: è Apnea dei trentini Flavio e Riccardo Foches il vincitore del Premio Archimede 2025! Al secondo posto Magic Mushrooms di Carlo Scolari e al terzo OilRock 1864 di Marco Piola Caselli. Nei prossimi giorni pubblicheremo tutte le foto di questo straordinario evento.

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MSO 2025 CONCLUDED

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MSO 2025 CONCLUDED

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

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

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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Double award at UK Games Expo 2025 for Australis

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

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

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Spiel der Spiele 2025 per Gloomies

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Board Game Research Meeting 2025

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

10 July 2025: Dario De Toffoli was invited as a speaker at the Board Game Research Meeting, where he spoke about the genesis, history, evolution, impact and prospects of the Premio Archimede.

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25° Città di Jesolo

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Spiel der Spiele 2025 per Gloomies

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

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

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Double award at UK Games Expo 2025 for Australis

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Leo Colovini guest at Venezia Comics 2025

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

4 May 2025: Leo Colovini guest of honour at Venezia Comics, with an exhibition of his best-loved games, which it was also possible to play. Dario De Toffoli and Andrea Angiolino also dialogue with him.

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25° Città di Jesolo

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Premio Archimede 2025: a new record

02/04/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

April 2025: registration for the Premio Archimede 2025 has just closed and a new record has been set: 246 games have been entered, from 16 countries and 4 continents! Many games will make it to the finals to be tested by the international publishers, who have already reached 26!

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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Il Gazzettino interviews Dario De Toffoli

02/04/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

2 April 2025: Filomena Spolaor interviewed our Dario De Toffoli as part of a report on gambling in the Gazzettino.

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25° Città di Jesolo

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Giornale Radio intervista Dario De Toffoli

17/03/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

17 March 2025: Dario De Toffoli was a guest this morning on the radio programme 120 Minutes, hosted by Vicky Mangone on Giornale Radio.

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25° Città di Jesolo

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Crea il tuo Gioco

04/02/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

Febbraio 2025: studiogiochi organizza, in collaborazione con il Comune di Marcon (VE), un laboratorio sui giochi da tavolo dedicato ai giovani. Un'opportunità per approfondire la conoscenza dei giochi da tavolo, scoprirne i diversi meccanismi e provare a progettarne uno sotto la guida di esperti. Articles available in Italian only

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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Spielwarenmesse 2025

03/02/2025 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

February 2025: five studiogiochi's games were unveiled at this year's Spielwarenmesse, and more than 40 prototypes were presented to publishers in the marvellous marathon that is the Nuremberg Fair!

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25° Città di Jesolo

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Gold’n Gob Enfant 2024 Award for Le Chemin de la Maison

25/11/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

November 2024: Le Chemin de la Maison by Leo Colovini has won the Gold'n Gob Enfant 2024 prize! The prize was awarded at the board game fair ‘Les Jeux Du Stan’, which took place on 23-24 November 2024 in Nancy (France).

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Double award at UK Games Expo 2025 for Australis

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Calcolo Mentale 2024: ecco i vincitori

04/11/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

4 novembre 2024: è online la classifica finale del Campionato Italiano di Calcolo Mentale 2024, svoltosi sabato 2 novembre a Genova nell’ambito del Festival della Scienza. Pubblicate anche le foto del campionato e degli eventi correlati.

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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Premio Archimede 2025: two new trophies

23/10/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

October 2024: the Premio Archimede 2025 is enriched with two new trophies: the QP Trophy for the most innovative physical game design, awarded by the Chinese QP Group, and the Visual Interface Trophy for the game with the best visual aspects of its components, awarded by the BoReD (Boardgame Research and Design) Laboratory of the University of Milan.

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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Nobel Prize to Demis Hassabis

17/10/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

October 2024: what a thrill! Demis Hassabis, 5-time Pentamind World Champion at the Mind Sports olympiad has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Dario De Toffoli, happy for him and also proud to be his friend for so many years, presents this extraordinary person.

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25° Città di Jesolo

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24° Città di Jesolo

15/10/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

October 2024: as every year, our Dario Zaccariotto masterfully organised and directed, together with colleagues Alfonso Sara and Cesare Nanti, the City of Jesolo Backgammon Tournament. Online photos and results of the event.

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25° Città di Jesolo

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Masters in Games – final event

11/10/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

October 2024: having completed the workshop on game design in collaboration with Rete Biblioteche Venezia, we will meet for one last special event open to the public on 19 October at the Biblioteca di Carpenedo Bissuola.

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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Mental calculation 2024: the program is online

09/10/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

24 September 2024: the program for the Italian Mental Calculation Championship 2024 and related events, which will take place in Genoa as part of the Festival of Science, is now online.

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Apnea di Flavio e Riccardo Foches vince il Premio Archimede 2025

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Essen 2024

07/10/2024 cristiana.giuriato@studiogiochi.com

3-6 October 2024: as many as 40 prototypes, many of them from the Premio Archimede, were presented by studiogiochi to international publishers during this year's Essen fair, which saw more than 200,000 visitors.

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