Meet Robin! (he's the one lying down) "In my family we spend our christmas holidays every other year in Spain with my side of the family and the other year with my wife's family in Dalarna in Sweden. It is quite a different christmas-experience depending on where we are that year. As a person who is not so much into traditions generally, sitting in the sun with a cold beer playing board games with my family is of course a really nice way to celebrate christmas! As to gifts we...
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Meet Björn! The designer of Dawn on Titan is our very own Grinch. Here is his list of things he dislikes about christmas. The darn red gnomes everyfreggingwhere. Pine tree needles in my socks. Glögg (Swedish traditional glüwine), that’s always either too cold or too hot. Slushy snow Almonds Worrying about how to get rid of the christmas tree after christmas Porridge Pets - well, that's not just during christmas, but still... Darkness Being afraid that all the candles will set the house on fire Spoons (Yes, spoons. Bloody useless.)...
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Meet HP! HP Kuusela is the designer behind Galenus. As you can see he (the one with the beard) and his family are a very serious bunch, who take life way, way too seriously. It's all Excel sheets and ironed shirts and whole grained food. He has this to say about the Christmas season: My favourite holiday food is a slowly overnight whole cooked (7kg with bone) ham, it fills the house with a succulent aroma that's great to wake up to. We have a special tradition of having a...
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Sunday Funday! As promised, little treats on Sundays! *tails wagging, eyes glittering* This lovely day, halfway to Christmas, we present you with a discount on the popular Pax Viking! Who would enjoy this as a present? Might that someone be you? Send this page as a veeeery subtle hint to someone who might need it. #NoMoreDangSocksForChristmas Just add the discount code MerryXmasPaxViking in the checkout, and you get 15% off! And hurry, because it's only valid until next Sunday December 19th. And also hurry, because we've sold so much of...
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Meet Pål! His fondness for coffee is like the universe, never ending and yet - expanding. His love doesn't discriminate, a microwaved cup of old cold coffee can be just as tasty as a fresh cup, it's like the bad-ness of it is yummy in it's own way. He's usually found with a coffee cup in hand, rocking the "foppatoffel" (the plastic sandals) at the office, deep in thought over some production detail. So much so, he forgets he doesn't have a chair and just improvises one out of thin air. ...
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Meet our Facebook! Join us on Facebook! If we cant hang out IRL, then let's do it online! Tag us in pics when you're playing our board games, we want to see how it's going, how you are doing, who's winning! Ok, so the pic above isn't really our Facebook, it is at our very IRL offices in Stockholm, but it could be a representation of us all hanging out on the interwebz! The game being playtested here is Stationfall, and the players are Jon, Pål and Robin The Power Pointer....
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Meet Hanna! Our Content Creator Hanna is very fond of this whole xmas business. Like REALLY fond. Think The Elf on cocaine while riding a glitter unicorn down a rainbow while Mariah is wailing her little holiday heart out. You know, THAT kind of craz.. hrm, fondness. She puts up her tree already on December 1st. That poor tree is so bedazzled with ornaments and lights and glitter that it might just implode into a black hole. Her lists of christmas music are about 75 hours long and goes on...
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Meet Astro Chimp! Did you ever have one of those days? I kinda feel Astro Chimp has only had those. But dang it, if he ain’t finding a silver lining on that burning space station! His favourite Xmas tradition is hunting down kool shiny things, like that pistol he found lying around in the canteen the other day. It could make a very nice present to someone. That someone could be himself. In an emergency they do say to put your own oxygen mask on before attending to anyone else,...
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Meet our Instagram! Are you following your favourite boardgame company? No? Well, git yer butt over there, lots of silly and plentiful content to be found. And our friends are probably your friends too, just that you might not have met yet. And until we can all sit down at a table in real life together, let's hang out with the like minded peeps on the internet! And for all that is holy, please tag us when you're playing our games, we wanna know everything! Did you win/dominate, how did...
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Meet Bruss! (He's the semi fuzzy one) The designer behind our upcoming board game DerrocAR! (Just a couple hours left on the crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound! Hurry!) When we were speaking of all things Christmas Bruss Brussco had this to say: "Christmas is coming! and here in Argentina that means “VITEL TONE”!!! A very refreshing meat, because here we cheer with more than 30º in the shade. A tasty ice cream is also welcome (everyone chooses Dulce de Leche flavor but I prefer Pistachio). This year is very special for...
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Meet Madde! The Artist behind the artwork on for instance Pax Viking, StegegetS and the upcoming Sammu-ramat. And meet her cat Tristan! One of her floofy furbabies, who has an allergy to dust, which is a tad unfortunate since he happens to gather quite a lot of it in his snow white fur while sneaking around doing secret cat stuff under beds and up on shelves. When Madde isn’t getting up quickly enough to make him his breakfast, he chews electrical cords or randomly screams. This method has proven to be...
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Meet Our Public Discord! Join our crew of awesome people here on our public Discord channel. Join the cut throat discussions, get handy tips, ask all the silly questions you are afraid to ask, find a new gamer friend, schedule a game session, I mean - what CAN’T you do here? It’s the place to be for all things Ion Game Design. A warm welcome to the community! What could be better than a friend who likes the same things as you? Join us tomorrow as we inch closer to Xmas...
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