How to pitch a board game to Czech Games Edition

In its own words

“Please fill out the form to let us know more about your game.”

“We will get back to you ASAP, but sometimes it might take a while.”

What it says it looks for

“We are mainly focused on medium-heavy and heavy euro games with unique mechanisms and twists.”

“We aren’t looking for RPG games, games that are too similar to any existing game, or games that plays in less than 20 minutes.”

“We are very interested in games with these attributes, but we are open to other types of games as well - party games, games for children, etc.”

What it has bought from outside

1. 2020

   Lost Ruins of Arnak from designers Mín and Elwen (Michaela and Michal Štach)

   “Lost Ruins of Arnak is a 2020 board game by the husband-wife duo Michal "Elwen" Štach and Michaela "Mín" Štachova.” en.wikipedia.org

2. 2015

   Codenames from designer Vlaada Chvátil

   “Krycí jména) is a 2015 party board game designed by Vlaada Chvátil and published by Czech Games Edition (CGE).” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a board game

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  Exploding KittensHas a submission portalExploding Kittens takes game ideas through the Game Submissions page on its site.

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  Stonemaier GamesReads unsolicited workStonemaier is tentatively open to game submissions, through its submission guidelines page.
• Big Potato GamesHas a submission portalBig Potato takes game ideas through the submission form on bigpotato.com, and promises to take a look.
• Goliath GamesHas a submission portalGoliath takes inventions through its form at inventors.goliathgames.com, under a confidentiality agreement that lasts two years.

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  RavensburgerHolds open callsRavensburger no longer reads game proposals sent in unasked.
• University GamesHolds open callsUniversity Games takes original designs from students in a college or university design program, one each, and they must own the rights.
• Wizards of the CoastOnly through an agentWizards of the Coast does not review game or card submissions it did not ask for, and sends inventors to an agent, broker or experienced…

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  Fantasy Flight GamesDoes not take outside ideasFantasy Flight Games does not accept game design, development or writing submissions it did not ask for.

All of them, open doors first