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11/03/2025 / Events

Join us for Rebirth Month

On March 1st, we launch REBIRTH MONTH! This entire month is dedicated to bringing Rebirth to fans both new and old through a bunch of exciting on- and offline events! Whether you’re just learning about Rebirth or have already rebuilt the ruins of Scotland and Ireland, this month is packed with opportunities to dive deeper …

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14/11/2024 / Events

Calling All Adventurers for Fateforge Month

Get ready, adventurers – on November 15th we launch Fateforge Month! This entire month is dedicated to bringing Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan to fans both new and old through a bunch of exciting on- and offline events. Whether you’re just learning about Fateforge or have already explored the lands of Kaan, this month is packed …

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Art Society board game
22/02/2024 / Musings

Why you want Art Society in your board game collection

So, you’re thinking about diving into the world of board games and building up your collection? Or you’re just looking for a new exciting game to add to your collection? You came to the right address. If you want a game that’s super easy to get into but still packs a punch of fun, Art …

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Excavation Earth
12/07/2021 / News

Excavation Earth: It Belongs in a Museum!

Earthlings! We’re proud to announce Excavation Earth: It Belongs in a Museum, the newest expansion for Excavation Earth. The expansion is designed by Dávid Turczi and introduces two new alien races, mysterious artefacts, a deck of technology cards and a whole new museum board! The alien races have opened up an interstellar museum in the …

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02/04/2020 / Designer Talk

Excavation Earth: Dávid Turczi Designer Diary, Part 1

This week, we present the first part of renowned game designer Dávid Turczi’s two-part designer diary for Excavation Earth, Mighty Boards’ upcoming board game. The second part will be up next week, as we launch the Kickstarter campaign for the game. Some games take form over a long weekend. Other games have a tiny, shining …

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26/03/2020 / Musings

Excavation Earth: Imagining a world without us

Imagine a deserted Earth, long devoid of humans, visited by tribes of alien collectors eager to get their appendages all over the stuff we’ve left behind. This is the setting for Mighty Boards’ next game Excavation Earth, coming to Kickstarter next month. Though thoughts of an abandoned Earth have long been a part of our …

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19/12/2019 / Game Studies 101

Blurring the magic circle

How many times have you heard – or even said – the phrase, “It’s just a game”? Perhaps a fellow player, someone you thought was your best friend, believes you shouldn’t be upset about his betraying you and robbing you of the victory that was within your grasp. Or your annoying friend keeps bringing up …

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15/11/2019 / Designer Talk

SPIEL’s what you make it: Looking back at Essen Spiel ’19

We’ve just about recovered from our participation in Essen SPIEL ‘19, where we were busy launching Posthuman Saga, Nights of Fire and Petrichor: Honeybee, previewing the Vengeance: Director’s Cut expansion (on Kickstarter right now!) and Excavation Earth (hitting Kickstarter in 2020!), talking to our fans, running from meeting to meeting, and, in between, trying to find time to check out everything …

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10/10/2019 / Designer Talk

The Mighty Boards production pipeline

At Mighty Boards, we work both on game design projects coming from our own internal designers and on projects that we receive from external designers. This is a privilege: it gives us a greater pool of potential games to develop, and allows us to work specifically on projects that we really love. At the same …

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Characters aren't born into the world fully formed
10/10/2019 / Designer Talk

Building the right art style for a game

In this week’s blog post, our art director, Mark Casha, talks about the choices behind our games’ art style. Whether it’s the bright, tactile beauty of Azul, the richly-painted world of Scythe, or the cute-yet-autumnal cartoon style of Root, beautiful artwork can make a board game stand out on increasingly crowded shelves. Of course, it’s …

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