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Essen – May 19th 2023  Space Cowboys are excited to announce that Unlock!, the immersive escape room board game has won the brand new Spiel des Jahres Jury Special Prize.  In the heart of the gaming community, the Spiel des Jahres stands as the most prestigious board game award worldwide. Unlock!, designed by Cyril Demaegd […]

When you look at First Giants, the dinosaur museum theme might seem like an obvious choice. Dinosaurs are cool, museums are elegant; what’s not to love? But the truth is, we didn’t pick dinosaurs (only) because they looked good on a box cover. We picked them because, after months of exploration, they were the only […]

Artistic Background and Practice I’ve been drawing since childhood and initially had a strong interest in animation. After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Saint-Étienne, my artistic practice evolved to include both site-specific and studio work. This is an ever-evolving process, never truly finished, in which I place great importance on observation. I mainly use watercolor, […]

Elysium is an aggressive game. Bold, unapologetic, and full of emotion. It’s no surprise that, more than 10 years after its release, I still remember it so fondly. Having worked at Libellud since 2017, you might think I mostly thrive on cozy, feel-good games. But in reality, I’m especially drawn to games with guts, those […]

It’s not often that you get a chance to revisit one of your old published games, and reimagine it for a new audience. Elysium, designed with Brett J. Gilbert, and published by Space Cowboys in 2015, is one of the games I am the most proud of in my ludography. There are a lot of […]

This year at the Essen Spiel game fair in Germany, the few hundred copies of Dewan released as a preview sold out within just a few days. The game was showcased and played in preview at the fair, along with signing sessions by its two designers, Johannes and Yoann, as well as mobile animations that […]

The story of my latest game, SpellBook, begins almost twenty years ago when I first got into the hobby of modern board games. As I was discovering all the amazing titles that had been coming out of Europe, I also found my first favorite mechanism: set collection. I marveled at how different designers could take this […]

The History of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Dave Neale in conversation with Suzanne Goldberg

As the co-designers of Perspectives, we decided it would be appropriate to write our sections for this designer diary separately, each recounting the experience from our own perspective. We agreed that we would not edit out any discrepancies. If there are any inconsistencies or differences of opinion about what happened, it’s because that’s how life – […]