EN In June 2016 the newest addition to our board game fleet, ICECOOL, was given the Silver Award in the Game Expo Player category at the Imagination Gaming Family & Education Games Awards 2016. IG Game Awards was also a part of the UK Games Expo, the biggest hobby game convention in the UK, where ICECOOL was launched to the public for the first time. This was the second award for ICECOOL and we’re pleased to see the game receiving accolades so soon after its launch. This was the 4th Imagination Gaming Family & Education Games Awards, an annual international board tabletop game competition organized by Imagination Gaming with the aim of finding games that engage children and families alike an
EN In June our IQ-boosting series Logic Cards received the Gold Award for the Best Maths Game at the Imagination Gaming Family & Education Games Awards 2016. Created by a math and economics teacher Kristaps Auzāns, Logic Cards is a set of logic, geometry and mathematical challenges. It stands out for a never-before seen solution in the gaming industry — an accompanying app that is used to watch the solution for each challenge. Logic Cards was launched one year ago and since then has received praise from both the gaming and education industries. These were the fourth Imagination Gaming Family & Education Games Awards, an international board game competition held in the UK and organized by Ima
EN On June 5 our Game of Trains was awarded the Best General Card Game at the UK Games Expo 2016. Game of Trains is a family card game where the cards have super powers, making the game fun and fast-paced. Brain Games launched Game of Trains last year at the Spiel 2015 convention in Germany and we’re really happy to see it winning recognition from board game lovers in UK! The winners of UK Games Expo Awards are determined by a combination of a public vote and a panel of judges. The games are judged for their innovation, design and entertainment value. Brain Games entered four games into the competition, which were all shortlisted and two — Game of Trains and ICECOOL — were presented with awa
EN The review is in! Legendary Tom Vasel of gaming podcast The Dice Tower has reviewed Brain Games’ new flicking game, ICECOOL. His verdict? “Into my collection!” ICECOOL is now the proud bearer of The Dice Tower’s Seal of Excellence. Tom is a big fan of flicking games, so he naturally found ICECOOL a total blast. In Tom’s words, ICECOOL is “one of those games that is so fun, you don’t care about the game.” The fun only increases as the flicking skills improve! Tom Vasel highlighted game’s effortless box-in-a-box set up, the quality of the penguin pieces and the game’s affordability compared to other flicking games. The review has already had over 8000 views and you can check it out on The D
EN On June 5 Brain Games’ newest game ICECOOL received the UK Games Expo Award 2016 for the Best Children's Game at the UK Games Expo, the largest hobby game convention in the UK. The game sees players flick penguin pieces to make them slide, jump and dive to gather fish or catch other penguins and was launched just some days earlier, at the convention. We are delighted to see the game’s uniqueness and innovation — flicking techniques and 3D box-in-a-box set up — recognized from the get-go. The winners of UK Games Expo Awards are determined by a combination of a public vote and a panel of judges. All games are judged on their innovation, design and entertainment value. Brain Games entered fo
EN In June 2016 Brain Games participated in the UK Games Expo, where we launched our brand-new board game, ICECOOL. This launched ICECOOL, an innovative flicking game featuring mischievous penguins on a mission to collect fish, to the public for the first time and it immediately won over board game aficionados. Visitors tested out the game and their flicking skills at our humongous ICECOOL-themed Brain Games’ booth, where ICECOOL was also available for purchase. We received some excellent feedback and, to top it off, ICECOOL also received the UKGE Award 2016 as the Best Children’s Game. This was our second time at the UK Games Expo, the largest hobby games convention in the UK, which celebra
