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ABOUT US
I first started thinking of starting Rio GrandeGames in 1997. I was a big fan of family strategy games such as are produced in Germany and wanted to find ways to make them available to people in the US. After some investigation, I decided that I needed to publish full English versions of these great games so that English-speaking players could enjoy them to the fullest, so I launched the Rio Grande Games in March of 1998.
The mission of Rio Grande Games is to promote the playing of family strategy games. We are particularly interested in getting families playing these games together. We feel that too many families have gotten away from spending good social time together. Playing good games together is a great way for families to spend social time together.
As most of the really good family strategy games are designed and produced in Germany, Rio Grande Games works with the German publishers to publish English versions of these great games. When we make the games, we translate all components into English: box, board, cards, rules, etc. We select games for their great mechanisms and for the high quality of their components. Our games, like the Germans, use wood and plexiglas for many of the pieces, have gutterless boards that lie flat, and use linen paper to wrap the boards and boxes. To keep our quality high and our costs down, we produce our versions with the German versions, using the same printers and, thus, our games have the same high quality components as the Germans.
By working together with the German publishers, we can bring these great family strategy games to the United States at reasonable prices and often at the same time they are released in Germany. This allows those who have been fans of these games to get English versions as quickly as they could get German versions shipped across the ocean.
Our first games were released in May of 1998. Since that time, the games have won numerous awards from magazine, newspapers, and others in the United States.
Through the end of 2006, Rio Grande Games has published over 300 games, with many more to come.
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