Mind Sports Olympiad 2020
24 August 2020: a month of online Mind Sports Olympiad. 90 tournaments. Thousands of participants from over the world. And a lot of Italians are getting into it. Come and discover how it is going!
Events
Premio Archimede 2020 extended
10 April 2020: considering the coronavirus health emergency, we decided to reopen the terms of the competition. The deadline for REGISTERING and 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.
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.
Premio Archimede is becoming increasingly international!
October 2019: we welcome three new publishers have become Premio Archimede partners, and their editors that will be part of the final jury: CMON (Singapore) with Andrea Chiarvesio, MANDOO (Corea del Sud) with Kevin Kichan Kim, RIO GRANDE (Usa) with Jay Tummelson.
Essen 2019
October 2019: studiogiochi could not miss the Mecca of games, the legendary Spiel of Essen, this year biggest than ever!
ISOP 2019-2020: De Toffoli Omaha Main’s triumph
26 October 2019: Dario De Toffoli wins the ISOP 2019-2020 Omaha Main tournament held in Nova Gorica!
From Premio Archimede to the stores
October 2019: already 48 games presented at the Premio Archimede and published... and 10 more are under contract with international publishers: they are coming in stores in the next months. Let's find out which ones...
The notice of competition for Premio Archimede 2020 is out!
11 June 2019: did you design a game and would like to show it to the most important publishers and have it published? In the dedicated section you can find all the information you need to participate to Premio Archimede, the biggest Italian contest for unpublished board games!
Premio Archimede 2018: the winner is JAP, by G. A. Cappuzzo
29 September 2018: JAP (Just Another Pirate game), by Gian Andrea Cappuzzo wins the competition. Second place goes to Feudalink by Marcello Bertocchi, by just one point.
Schedule for the award ceremony of Premio Archimede 2018
September 2018: schedule for the award ceremony of Premio Archimede 2018.
Premio Archimede 2018 – Long-list
1 September 2018: during the event IdeaG Nord-est, in Udine, Leo Colovini comunicated the "long-list" with the 81 games that will access the final of Premio Archimede 2018.
Premio Archimede 2018
June 2018: 158 prototypes at the Premio Archimede 2018, the second biggest edition ever!
Kangourou ’18
6 May 2018: the 2nd Italian Challenge of Mental Calculation, organized by studiogiochi together with Kangourou Italia, took place in Cervia.
Premio Archimede 2018 – Giury
May 2017: Also ThunderGryph is among game publishers that are supporting Premio Archimede 2018!
Premio Archimede 2018 – Giury
May 2017: Also Pegasus is among game publishers that are supporting Premio Archimede 2018!
Kangourou 2017
May 2017: The 1st Italian Challenge of Mental Calculation, organized by Dario De Toffoli together with Kangourou Italia, took place in Cervia.
17° Città di Jesolo
April 27th-May 1st 2017: Our Dario Zaccariotto, National Adviser of CNB (Circuito Nazionale Backgammon), organized and supervised, together with Alfonso Sara and Cesare Nanti, the 17° Backgammon Tournament Città di Jesolo. 120 participants for a real celebration of backgammon!
Premio Archimede 2018 – Giury
April 2017: two more publishers are now supporting Premio Archimede 2018: Kosmos and Queen games!
Premio Archimede 2018 – Notice
April 2017: tender notice and participation form to the next edition of Premio Archimede are now online!
Casino Campione Challenge
January 2017: the German player Julian Becker wins the first "Casino Campione Challenge" International Backgammon Tournament, beating in a tense final the Russian player Nodar Gagua.