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Essen Spiel 2021!
Come playtest with us! Booth 5G121 Hall 5. Note! Links to playtest schedules are now closed for entry! BUT! You can still come by our booth and register manually with us! Booth 5G121 Hall 5. Welcome!  Sammu-ramat HF4 module 4 Interstellar Dawn on Titan Stationfall Pax Viking Galenus Derrocar Stegegets Smarter than a Monkey Bios:Mesofauna Pax Renaissance We are so excited for this! And! We're bringing tattoos, so come on over and get inked at our booth! (No, not really, they're the temporary kind that only lasts a couple of days. Unless you decide to go get it done permanent?) And... Read more...
Sammu-ramat - Design Diary chapter 1
Visit the pre-launch page for Sammu-ramat. Sammu-ramat is the first board game I have designed and the process is both exciting and nervous. Ok, this is not entirely true, just as many others I have made an attempt to design a board game when I was younger.  My cousins visited us every summer during my childhood and every summer we had some new creative project going on. Five girls that every summer got the luxury to spend at least one month together. One summer we decided to create our own... Read more...
Derrocar - design diary chapter 1
The Conception of DerrocAr Dear Diary, today I started brushing my teeth and taking a shower... no wait, not that kind of diary. Prologue This beautiful tale starts in 2019 when in the search of an international release, a KINMO reaches ION’s door. Some inside the company liked the game but both they and I knew that this product didn´t fit their unique catalogue. So I started to work on a deeper project with a new thematic but that kept some of the aspects that had captivated the ION people.... Read more...
WE NEED YOU!
How well do you know our board game Pax Viking? Are you in the Indianapolis area? Do you looooove us? Maybe you are the one we are looking for! We are on the hunt after someone who wants to volunteer to demo Pax Viking at Gen Con on September 18th at the JW Hotel, and because we are stuck all the way over in Stockholm, Sweden, we can't do it ourselves. Let us know if you're interested by dropping us a line via info@iongamedesign.com or DM us on various social... Read more...
QueerCon + Ion Game Design = *doing heart hands*
Today at 13.00 CEST! Workshop on the idea of making a board game on the Stonewall riots and/or the history of the Pride movement. Welcome to QueerCon! Twitch live stream with our founder Jon Manker and our CEO Besime Uyanik, please join and give your two cents on the idea! A warm welcome from all of us at Ion Game Design! It's all happening on Sveroks Twitch! Read more...
Dawn on Titan, Galenus & Bios:Mesofauna impacted by the pandemic
We were  hoping at this point to have received and approved the digital samples for Dawn on Titan, Galenus and Bios:Mesofauna. However, we have experienced the same bottleneck delays as many other publishers due to the impacts of the pandemic continuing to affect us all.  Besime is in contact with manufacturer daily trying to get the process moving, but other companies are doing the same. So right now, the production is at a standstill and we do not know when we will receive the digital samples. In addition to all... Read more...
An update on Sammu-ramat!
Learn more about our CEO, Besime Uyanik, and her upcoming first board game design, Sammu-ramat, about the female regent of Assyria between 811 & 808 BC in this podcast chat with Liz D from Beyond Solitaire. Strong female leaders represent!  Read more...
Ion Game Design + Swedish Witcher Old World = TRUE LOVE
  Yup. It's confirmed. Ion Game Design will publish the Swedish version of the upcoming board game Witcher Old World by Go on Board! As we speak, there are mere hours left on their Kickstarter if y'all wanna check it out! More info to come, just wanted to give you a heads up of all the wonderful sorcery in the works.    Read more...
Not to brag or anything...
...but we are soo gonna totally brag.  We are on The Hotness list on Board Game Geek! *doing a lil braggy and proud dance* with our upcoming game Stationfall, live on Kickstarter as we speak! Peeps have things to say about it, and here are a few: Candice Harris, Liege of Games and Gabriel G. Roy What are your thoughts on the game? Join the discussion over on BGG, and maybe check out some videos of both Stationfall and our other games on Youtube? And as always, thank you all... Read more...
Stationfall Kickstarter goes LIVE tomorrow Tuesday April 27th at 18.00 CEST!
Have we got a doozy of a game coming your way!   Stationfall is a game of blackmail and betrayal, of murder and mayhem, and of unknown danger and desperate survival. On the Kickstarter (that goes live TOMORROW April 27th!!) we've got a special treat for you early birds, namely this handsome fellow: It is one of the "Project X"s that sometimes blesses the space station with their presence. And let me tell you how the good times roll when this dude shows up! It will be made as a... Read more...
Creative Writing Challenge with Dawn on Titan!
Welcome to enter our competition Dawn on Titan Creative Writing Challenge! Dawn on Titan is a game about exploring and building colonies in space. We want to hear your story about the adventures on the moons around Saturn. The contest is open for writers between the ages of 10-14, and we want the 2 page long essay written in English. (But if your first language is something other than that, maybe write it in that first, and then work out a translation to submit!)  The science should be somewhat accurate. By that... Read more...
First look at Sammu-ramat!
Super exclusive extra yes yes oh yes! The brainchild of our brilliant CEO Besime Uyanik Sammu-ramat is in the works, and here we present the first teaser art from it. She has this to say about the game "I wanted to create a co-op game that shows my heritage and a strong female character. I, and all of my colleagues, here at Ion Game Design are very excited about this game, and can't wait to present it to you!"  Artwork by Madeleine Fjäll. And PS: Subscribe to our newsletter to... Read more...