THE LATEST NEWS

Expedition Zetta on Kickstarter
The Kickstarter for Expedition Zetta is live on Kickstarter. Check it out and check out the updates we are posting. Here’s a link to the project page if you want to check it out:  #expeditionzetta Read more...
Expedition Zetta
Tomorrow, Tuesday afternoon, Swedish time, our next game “Expedition Zetta” will launch on kickstarter! Don’t miss it! Spread the word! And if you want the game, it would mean a lot if you back it on Kickstarter as early as possible in the campaign. Early backers are as vitamin injections to Kickstarter campaigns. Here’s a link to the project page if you want to check it out:  #expeditionzetta Read more...
Youtube and reviewers
Ion Game Design has now started publishing videos with strategies for our game HIRÞ – the royal game of viking conflict. Make sure to watch this different strateies, a new video is published every second week. Our game HIRÞ has also been mentioned on different blogs. See what the Gamingclub Het Geel Pionneke. wrote. And watch our lead game designer Jon Manker in the following video by Cliquenabend! Read more...
Essen Spiel 2016
Ion Game design attend this years Essen Spiel October 13-16. During the fair we had the opportunity to meet a lot of great game lovers that got the chance to try out and buy our Viking game HIRÞ. We shared the booth with Sierra Madre Games. We also had set up meetings with distributers to hopefully get our games to retailers close to you. During these meetings we also took the chance to discuss new ideas to further spread board games to new markets and to give more people an... Read more...
WARP – Wielding the Universe
We’re pleased to introduce “WARP – Wielding the Universe”, a universe exploration game for two to four players. The game is based on real data of stars in a way that the whole universe may be randomized in a single dice throw. WARP may be played in a simplified or a full experience version. The players take part in a journey using the first version ever of a warp drive. The goal is to travel star systems in distant galaxies and bring home discoveries in the form of knowledge, life,... Read more...
Our HIRÞ game is BGG award nominee
Our game HIRÞ just been nominated for the “Most Anticipated Abstract Boardgame of 2016” at BGG. The game is doing really well as it has also bagged the 7th most anticipated abstract boardgame in the world, 2016! It has also received two great reviews by Another Dungeon and Beards and Boardgames. HIRÞ is a two-player abstract strategy game were two leaders (Viking Kings) fight in an archipelago. The first to push the other player’s king off the board wins. The game has been produced in wood and cloth, with deluxe... Read more...
Expedtion Zetta prototype
EXO (Expedition Zetta board game)
Coming to Kickstarter in 2016 EXO – Wielding the Universe, is a universe exploration game for 2-4 players. The game is based on real data on stars in a way... Read more...
Planet X app logo
Planet X apps
Get Planet X Android (Free) Android (No ads) iOS (Free) Planet X is a retro style 2D, side scrolling platform game where you get to place your own platforms on... Read more...
Hird the Viking game prototype
HIRÞ Success on Kickstarter
SUCCESS ON KICKSTARTER Our game HIRÞ managed to get funded, check out the page HERE And HIRÞ has also been nominated for “Most Anticipated Abstract Boardgame of 2016” at BGG  and ended... Read more...
Children’s busines gae
Children’s Business
Children’s busines In the game Children’s business the players take turns in trying to explain how different intricate situation at various example situations from the business world affect children. The game... Read more...
Game Design Supervision
When teaching game design, numerous unpublished student projects have been supervised focusing on design process.  This include electronic projects (videogames) as well as analogue (boardgames).  One videogame project has become published; A Story About My Uncle. 20 of the boardgame projects have become published here and here . They are all obtainable through online book stores. One design challenge for these boardgames have been that they should be print-on-demand, which they are. Read more...
Designscape
Designscape
Ion Game Design takes interest in research centered around game design, with a focus on prototyping. In this area Ion have taken part in developing a model called Designscape, that... Read more...