Meet Dawny! Or as they were properly named at birth - Dawn On Titan. The brain child of Björn Ekenberg is a board game where you compete to explore and exploit the moons around Saturn. And what could be more holiday festive than war in space? And since it's Sunday Funday today, should we maybe offer a lil discount on Dawny? You think? Well, alright then. Just because you are our favourite space explorer. Use the code: MerryXmasDawnOnTitan in the checkout on our webshop and you get a 15% discount...
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Meet Besime! Our CEO and also the designer behind our upcoming board game Sammu-ramat! She has this to say about Xmas: "Christmas has always been one of my favorite Holidays. It is a holiday full of light, hope and care. I wish the spirit of Christmas could last the whole year around. My favorite Christmas tradition is playing games with my family. All of us gather around a board game, young and old. We usually play quiz games, so Ion Game Design’s upcoming game Smarter than a Monkey will most likely be...
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Meet Justin! Justin's work can be found in such easy breezy board games as our upcoming Interstellar and the rest of the High Frontier 4 All collection. Not familiar with those? Think playing Jenga, Parcheesi and Scrabble, but all at the same time, as you tumble through the fifth dimension while standing on your head on a two headed eel slithering through the upper levels of consciousness. And hung over. That kinda gets you semi close to the experience. When I asked him about his wintery holiday thoughts, he had...
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Meet our Twitter!  We try to mix both silly and useful content there, to keep you guys entertained and informed of all things Ion Game Design. We once heard Twitter being described as "the SMS of the Internet", but we feel it can be so much more. A virtual living room where we can all hang out together and discuss all our favourite things! So join us there, and let your voice be heard! We can't wait to see you! And also, join us here tomorrow for the next door...
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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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